CICS Interview Questions

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What is the difference between the NOHANDLE option and the IGNORE condition?

If -1 is moved to length for more than one field on a map,where will the cursor be positioned?

What is the use of using MDT in CICS?How it works?

how to code the following map using occurs clause? all the three fields have different length. ename eno address 1)
_______ _________ __________ 2) _______ _________ __________ 3) _______ _________ __________ 4) _______
_________ __________ 5) _______ _________ __________ 6) _______ _________ __________

How can we initiate a transaction from batch?

How to execute a CICS program from a particular date and time or specified date and time?

What does it mean when EIBCALEN is equal to 1 and other values?

what is partial search analysis in CICS?

define multiple maps in a BMS map set?How?sent with syntax?

what is Amp?

What is quasi-reentrant concept in CICS?

what is the purpose of using link ?

At which situation we need to use the push and pop conditions?with examples?

What are the advantages of Model Data Set Table: it will be help to which among this DCB; LRECL; DISP; SPACE?

what is the use of TSQ and TDQ?at what situation we need to use this?

when will the TDQ and TSQ be used?

where can we declare the files in FCT,PCT,PPT and RCT?give clear structure

How to test CICS and Mainframe applications?

what is deadlock?

What are the naming conventions for the Temporary Storage Queues?
What is MDT ?How it is related to FSEAT & FRESET?what is the meaning of MDT?

IN CICS APPLICATION PROGRAM, INSTEAD OF HARD CODING MAP AND MAP SET NAMES WHILE SENDING AND
RECEIVING.CAN WE DO LIKE THIS?MOVE MAP AND MAP SET NAMES TO WORKING STORAGE SECTION
VARIABLES AND USE THOSE VARIABLES WHILE SENDING AND RECEIVING MAP.IF YES,HOW CAN WE MOVE MAP
INPUT,OUTPUT VARIABLES.

give about full transaction process? when user press enter key after that what happens from there to till end of transaction?

how can we establish a link between two maps using a COBOL application program? & how can we use 'back' in a map to
come back on previous

What is the difference between START and XCTL?How do you determine when to use either option?

WE GOT ERROR LIKE "CDS IS FULL".WHAT ITS MEAN?

What are the different system tables used in CICS?

What is the ABEND command and when would you use it?

What will happen if the TDQ that you want to delete is not in the DCT?

What is the content of the PPT entry?

Mention the option used in the CICS READ command to gain accessibility directly to the file I/O area.

In an on-line environment how can you prevent more than one user from accessing the same Transient Data Queue at the
same time?

How do you access the records randomly in TSQ?

Which is the program which determines whether a transaction should be restarted?

How is the storage determined in the symbolic map if you have multiple maps?

What is CEBR?

What is an AICA abend?

What is the primary function of the Processing Program Table(PPT)?

What is the difference between a package and a plan.How does one bind 2 versions of a CICS

Sync points cannot be requested by the application programs(True or False).

How do you establish a starting position in a browse operation?

What is multitasking and multithreading?

What is effect on RECEIVE MAP when PF key and PA key are pressed?

How can you start a CICS transaction other than by keying the Transaction ID at the terminal?

Which of the following statements correctly describe the syntax of CICS command language?

How is dynamic memory allocated within a CICS application program?

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

Why is it important not to execute a STOP RUN in CICS?

What are the DB2 steps required to migrate a CICS DB2 program from source code to load module?

The DFHCOMMAREA is used to pass information from one application to another.What are some other ways

How to get the sign-on user-id from an application program?

What is ASRA ABEND in CICS?

Explain the term ?MRO? (Multi Region Operation)?

What happens when a CICS command contains the NOHANDLE option?

Which is the command that is used to dump the main storage areas related to a task?

Which of the following are recoverable CICS resources?

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

How do you invoke other programs? What are the pros and cons of each method?

Before issuing an ASKTIME command what will be the values in the EIBDATE and EIBTIME fields ?

What is the EIB (execute interface block)?

How is the stopper byte different from an auto skip byte?

Specify the requirements for Automatic Task Initiation. (Mention the control table, it?s entries and the corresponding
Procedure division CICS command).

For protecting a transaction using the transaction security function, the two things that must be done are?

What tables must be updated when adding a new transaction and program?

What is the size of commarea?

Name the macros used to define the following: MAP MAPSET FIELD?

What information can be obtained from the EIBRCODE?

How would you release control of the record in a READ for UPDATE?

When there are 2 records with the same key specified in a DELETE operation what will happen?

What is Communication Area?

How do you use extended attributes?

What is the name of the log which contains the information needed to restart the system, including the task

Can a program change protected field?

What is BMS?

What is CEDF?

Which is the CICS control program which governs the flow of control among the CICS application

Difference between TSQ & TDQ?

What is the effect of including the TRANSID in the EXEC CICS RETURN command?

What is a transid and explain the system transid CEMT?

What is the difference between pseudo-conversational and conversational?

How many conditions can you include in a single HANDLE CONDITION command?

Which is the command used for terminating a browse operation?

How do you terminate an already issued DELAY command?

What are the various types of accesses that can be allowed by the SERVREQ option of the DFHFCT?

How do you make your BMS maps case sensitive?

If you use the OPTIMIZE compiler option the size of the program can be reduced by 5 to 10%(True or False)

Can we define an alternate index on VSAM/RRDS?

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

What is MDT?
Is there any entry for TSQs in CICS tables?

What is DFHEIBLK?

What are the parameters that you have to give when you are using the CSSN transaction?

What are attribute bytes and how and why are they modified?

What is some of the information available in the EIB area?

Which is the EIB field that gives the date when a task was started?

Name some translator and compile options and explain their meaning?

What does Pseudo Conversational?mean?

What is a resident program?

What is the CICS LOAD command?

What are the 3 common ways to create maps?

Explain the term Transaction routing?

How do you handle errors in CICS pgms ?

What is the access method used by DB2?

Name three ways the Modified Data Tag can be set on

By which CICS defined field can you determine the position of the cursor on the map?

What are extra partition & intra partition TDQs?

What is the difference between getting the system time with EIBTIME and ASKTIME command?

How do you dynamically set the CURSOR position to a specific field?

How do you execute a background CICS transaction

What CICS facilities can you use to save data between the transactions?

What is the command for reading a record form a TSQ?

What is trigger level in the context of TDQs?

which table is the terminal id registered?

Name some important fields in the EIB block?

What is the use of DCT?

What is the function of the Terminal Control Table(TCT)?

What option is specified in the SEND command to send only the unnamed fields on to the screen?

What will happen, if an out-of-range or negative value is specified in the LENGTH option of the SEND

Where are transient data sets defined to CICS?

What are the databases that CICS can access?

What is the EXEC CICS HANDLE ABEND?

How do you fire a batch job from a CICS transaction?

What is an AEY9 abend ?

What is the difference between a RETURN with TRANSID and XCTL ?For example prog. A is issuing REUTRN with
TRANSID to prog B. Prog A. is issuing XCTL to prog B?

Explain floating maps with illustration?

What is the difference between EXEC CICS HANDLE CONDITION and an EXEC CICS IGNORE command?

Name some common CICS service programs and explain their usage?

What is the difference between LINK and XCTL

How and where is the TWA size set?

What is the meaning of BMS length of field = 0?

What are the differences between an EXEC CICS XCTL and an EXEC CICS LINK command?

What is the function of the LOAD command?

Mention the 5 fields available in the symbolic map for every ?NAMED? field in the DFHMDI macro? Give a brief description
of these fields (Not exceeding a line).

For a CICS-DB2 program, how is the plan referenced?

How do you initiate another transaction?

What is the meaning of the SYNCPOINT command?

How many exceptional condition can be given in a HANDLE CONDITION?

Which type of TDQ is read destructive?

What are the differences between Temporary Storage Queue (TSQ) and Transient Data Queue (TDQ).?

How do you delete Item 3 in a five-item TSQ?

Which CICS service transaction is used to gain accessibility to CICS control tables?

What information do you get when an EXEC CICS STARTCODE is issued?

What is EXEC CICS RETRIEVE?

If no exception handling is provided in the program, what will happen?

Name some commands used for CICS file browsing?

How many ways are there for initiating a transaction?what are they?

Can you access QSAM (seq ) files from CICS?

What other file control processing commands are used for file updating?

What is the general Command format of CICS?

What are the differences between and EXEC CICS XCTL and an EXEC CICS START command?

How would you resolve an ASRA abend?

Which is the AID that will not be identified in the ANYKEY option of the HANDLE AID command?

What are the CICS commands associated with temporary storage queue processing?

What is the difference between using the READ command with INTO option and SET option?

Which is the control table where you specify all the transaction that are to be started by CICS after CICS

What is a logical message in CICS?

What is an MDT (Modified Data Tag) - it's meaning and use?

Specify the CICS command used to read a VSAM record starting with prefix ?F?. Code all the relevant options?

What is temporary storage?

What does the BUFFER option in RECEIVE mean?

What is the most common way of building queue-id of a TSQ? (Name the constituents of the Queue ID).

A map set consists of three maps and 10 fields on each map . How many of the following will be needed ?

List all the CICS tables and explain their contents?

What is the option specified in the read operation to gain multiple concurrent operations on the same data set?

What is ATI? What kind of TDQ can be used?

What is CECI?

The error code AEIV is?

Can you simply check if length = 0 for checking if a field was modified?

An XCTL uses more CPU time than LINK (True or False)

Once a transient data queue is read, can it be reread?

What are the CICS commands available for program control?

What is the difference between the INTO and the SET option in the EXEC CICS RECEIVE MAP command?

What are the three BMS options ?

In which CICS table would you specify the length of the TASK WORK AREA (TWA)?

In the CICS command level all the reentrancy issues are handled by the System(True or False).

When an XCTL is done, does the trained change?Is a new task created?Does it cause an implicit

what are the differences between DFHCOMMAREA and TSQ?

What CICS command do you need to obtain the user logon-id?

A CICS program ABENDS with an ASRA ABEND code.What is its meaning?

What is the option that is used to erase all unprotected fields during a SEND MAP operation?

What are the three ways available for a program to position the cursor on the screen?

Reading a record from a TSQ will logically delete the record from the Queue (True or False).

Why doesn't CICS use the COBOL Open and Close statements ?

How will you place cursor on a field called ?EMPNO?.

How do you place the cursor on a particular position on the screen?

What is the command which will delete a program Loaded into the main storage using LOAD command?

What is the difference between CICS Program Control Table (PCT) and CICS Processing Program Table (PPT) ?

Native Mode Data Stream (NMDS) is a mixture of Buffer Control Characters(BCC) and text data (True or False)

Which CICS system program is responsible for handling automatic task initialization?

What is the use of DSECT parameter in BMS?

What is the significance of RDO?

Explain the means of supporting pseudo conversation programming.(E.g. Storing and restoring of states)

What is meant by a CICS task?

How do you rollback data written to an ESDS file?

What is the difference between physical map and symbolic map?

Which transient data queue supports ATI?

How are VSAM files Read in CICS pgms?

What is a two Phase commit in CICS?

What are the two ways of breaking a CPU bound process to allow other tasks to gain access to CPU.

What are the attribute values of Skipper and Stopper fields?

Why must all CICS programs have a Linkage Section?

What are the commands used to gain exclusive control over a resource (for Ex a Temporary storage queue.)?

What is the command used for receiving a map from a terminal?

In SYMBOLIC Cursor Positioning after moving -1 to the length field also the cursor is not positioned in that particular field.
Give reasons?

Can you issue SQL COMMIT from a CICS program?

What is a cursor in CICS sql processing?

What is the command that is used to add a new record to the file?
What are different ways of initiating transaction in CICS ?

What is an ASRA?

How to establish dynamic cursor position on a map?How to get the cursor position when we receive a map?

What is the CICS command that is used to copy a screen image of a terminal into another terminal?

What is the primary function of the Sign-on Table?

What is meant by program re entrant?

How can you accomplish break point in inter test?

What is the COMMAREA(communications area)?

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

What is the CICS command used to access current date and time?

What happens to resources supplied to a transaction when an XCTL command is executed?

How to build up LU 6.2 communication?

What are the two types of transient data queues?

What is the difference between the enter key,the PF keys and the PA keys

Explain how to handle exceptional conditions in CICS?

What are the 3 working storage fields used for every field on the map?

What is the common systems area (CSA)?

What is the process of converting the CICS commands into the equivalent host language statements called?

What is the attribute byte?

Are sequential files supported by CICS?

What is the common work area (CWA)?

What command do you issue to delete a record in a transient data queue?

Explain the basic difference between Intra partition TDQ and Extra partition TDQ?

The first step in the development of an application system is the Requirement Analysis(True or False).
What is the purpose of the Program List Table?

What is the CICS Command that is used for reading a record from the TDQ?

What is the difference between the XCTL and LINK commands?

For multithreading an application program need not be re-entrant(True or False)

Explain the term Function Request Shipping?

How is address ability achieved to the data outside programs working-storage?

What is MDT? What are FSET, FRSET?

Can you use DYNAMIC calls in CICS?

How do you define Task Work Area?

What is the error condition that is set when the file specified in the NAME option is not in the FCT?

When you compile a CICS program, the (pre)compiler puts an extra chunk of code. Where does it get stored?

What is interval control and what are some of the CICS commands associated with it?

What is the command that is used to delay the processing of a task for a specified time interval

Which command is used to release a record on which exclusive control is gained?

What CICS command would you use to read a VSAM KSDS sequentially in ascending order?

Explain the difference among the EXEC LINK, EXEC XCTL and COBOL II static call statements in CICS?

What is task control and what are the CICS commands associated with it?

In which table would you make an entry for a BMS map?

How are programs re initiated under CICS ?

What is transient data?

How To Set MDT(Modified Data Tag) Thur Application Program?(Dynamically)?

what is difference between call and link?

How do you control cursor positioning?

What is the other way of terminating a transaction?

What is the name of the map set definition macro?

If DATAONLY option is specified in the SEND MAP command what will happen?

The READ command with INTO option will read the record specified into the data area specified (True or False)

Mention the option (along with argument type) used in a CICS command to retrieve the response code

What is the function of the EXEC CICS HANDLE CONDITION command?

What is the meaning of the ENQ and DEQ commands?

Which option of the PCT entry is used to specify the PF key to be pressed for initiating a transaction?

Explain the various ways data can be passed between CICS programs?

What is the difference between FSET and FRSET?

What will be the length of the eibcalen ,if the transaction is used to cics first time?

What is the MASSINSERT option?

What is the CICS command that gives the length of TWA area?

What is Journal Recovery and Dynamic Transaction Back out?

What are the six different types of argument values in COBOL that can be placed in various options of a CICS command?

What is ENQ in CICS?

The EIB field which gives the last CICS command executed is

What do the terms locality of reference and working set mean?

List the sequence of steps used to achieve?Modification in Skip Sequential Mode?

How does COBOL II and CICS release 1.7 provide for exceptional conditions and how does that differ from

What is a Logical Unit of Work (LUW)?

What are the two outputs created as a result of generation of a map?

What are the situations under which NEWCOPY is required ?

Which is the macro used for making an entry in the PPT?

What is the function of the CICS translator?

What is the name of the facility provided by CICS to free the application program form the problems caused

What do the keywords MAPONLY and DATAONLY mean?

What is the function of the Terminal Control table?

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