Q201)    What are the situations under which  NEWCOPY is required ?

A201)     When a program has been used in CICS atleast once and then changed and recompiled.

Q202)    What is EXEC CICS RETRIEVE ?

A202)     Used by STARTed tasks to get the parameters passed to them.

Q203)    Name some important fields in the EIB block ?

A203)     EIBRESP, EIBCALEN, EIBRRCDE, EIBTASK, EIBDATE, EIBTIME

Q204)    Can you use DYNAMIC calls in CICS ?

A204)     Yes, the called routine must be defined in PPT and the calling program must use CALL identifier..

Q205)    How do you handle errors in CICS pgms ?

A205)     Check EIBRESP after the call or use the HANDLE condition.

Q206)    Suppose pgm A passes 30 bytes to pgm B thru commarea and pgm B has defined its DFHCOMMAREA to be 50 bytes . Is there a problem ?

A206)     Yes, if B tries to access bytes 31-50.

Q207)    When an XCTL is done, does the tranid change ? Is a new task created ? Does it cause an implicit SYNCPOINT to be issued ?

A207)     No, No, Yes.

Q208)    How do you execute a background CICS transaction ?

A208)     With a START or ATI.

Q209)    What is the difference between START and XCTL ?

A209)     START is used to start a new task. It is a interval control command. XCTL is used to pass control to a program within the same task. It is a program control command.

Q210)    What is the usage of language in the PPT entry?

A210)     Language interface and call parameters???

Q211)    Can you have CICS code in a copybook?  If yes, what happens during compilation?

A211)     Yes. Needs to be preprocessed.

Q212)    What is an AICA abend?

A212)     Runaway Task.

Q213)    How would you resolve an ASRA abend?

A213)     In COBOL II start with CEBR, and get the offset/instruction.

Q214)    I invoke a transaction from CICS.  The program has a code: MOVE DFHCOMMAREA TO WS-AREA.  What happens to this transaction?  What happens to the other transactions?

A214)     Junk may get moved in. Will cause Storage violation. ????

Q215)    When you do a START, what will the value of EIBCALEN?

A215)     Zero.

Q216)    How are VSAM files Read in CICS pgms? – GS

A216)     File Control Commands. Random, Sequential, forward and backward.

Q217)    How will you access a VSAM file using an alternate index?

A217)     Thru the path. Define path as an FCT and use normal File control commands.

Q218)    How do you rollback data written to an ESDS file?

A218)     Define the file as recoverable. in cases where records have been inserted into the file, you may need to run a batch program to logically delete the inserted records.

Q219)    I have done a START BROWSE on a VSAM dataset.  Can I do another START BROWSE without doing an END BROWSE?

A219)     No.

Q220)    Can you access QSAM (seq ) files from CICS ?

A220)     No.

Q221)    Can you access ESDS files from CICS ?

A221)     Yes.

Q222)    In the CICS command level all the re-entrancy issues are handled by the System(True or False).

A222)     True

Q223)    What are the three BMS options ?

A223)     Minimum, Standard, Full

Q224)    What are the beginning and end points of an LUW called?

A224)     Sync point

Q225)    The DL/I database is a hierarchical database and the DL/I access method isthe access method of the Information Management System (IMS)(True or False)

A225)     True

Q226)    Before you can use a Temporary Storage Queue you must first define the Queue name in the CICS Temporary Queue Table)( True or False).

A226)     False

Q227)    The process of writing its own type of journal records by the application program, other than the automatic journalling provided by CICS is called

A227)     Explicit Journalling

Q228)    In order to display a formatted screen, a terminal must receive a series of data stream called Native Mode Data Stream(True or False).

A228)     True

Q229)    Which is the CICS control program which governs the flow of control among the CICS application programs?

A229)     Program Control Program

Q230)    What is the option of the DFHDCT macro which makes it possible to recover logically deleted records from an Intrapartition TDQ?

A230)     REUSE=YES

Q231)    CICS and DB2 can exist in the same region under the Operating system (True or False)

A231)     True

Q232)    What is the name of the facility provided by CICS to free the application program form the problems caused by NMDS (device and format dependence)?

A232)     Terminal Paging

Q233)    What is the command which will delete a program LOADed into the main storage using LOAD command?

A233)     RELEASE

Q234)    Which is the option of the HANDLE AID command that will pass control to the specified label when any key is pressed?

A234)     ANYKEY

Q235)    What is the name of the mapset definition macro?

A235)     DFHMSD

Q236)    What is the access method used by DB2?

A236)     SQL

Q237)    What is the command that is used to add a new record to the file?

A237)     READ with UPDATE followed by REWRITE

Q238)    What will happen when the resource security check has failed on the program which has been specified in the PROGRAM option of the LOAD command?

A238)     INVREQ

Q239)    What is the command used to send a map to a terminal?

A239)     SEND MAP

Q240)    What is the command used to request notification when the specified time has expired?

A240)     POST

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