MVS/CICS/JT - Part2 TRUE or FALSE

  1. Developed by: Mr. Maher Al-Sakran

One of the most important qualities of a Mainframe operator is to be ANALYTICAL. It requires the ability to make first level problem resolution to minimize system impact. Some questions are tricky and need to be analyzed well. You have 15 minutes to complete this task.

Question 1: One of the main duties of an operator includes maintaining data integrity by following established procedures and control.
 True
 False

Question 2: Presently, every morning at 07:30, we recycle PI regions on both PRD1 and PRD3 even if GL batch is not yet completed.
 True
 False

Question 3: To shutdown production system, we always bring down CICS region first before DB2.
 True
 False

Question 4: On the HMC console during IPL we should select "NO" to lock disruptive task before clicking the "LOAD".
 True
 False

Question 5: To shutdown TST1, we enter command:
s sof, m=shuttst2
 True
 False

Question 6: An IPL volume is a special disk to start the system.
 True
 False

Question 7: DISPLAY COMMANDS do not affect the system and only provide status of parts of the system.
 True
 False

Question 8: The word "ABEND" comes from two words that mean "abnormal end".
 True
 False

Question 9: To prepare for PI batch we shutdown region PCICA102.
 True
 False

Question 10: ON our 'Z/OS operating system', Z means Zero- downtime.
 True
 False

Question 11: The command, "$DU, all" will give you information on all JES2 devices
 True
 False

Question 12: DASD means Direct Access Software Device
 True
 False

Question 13: On Standard Command Abbreviation, "Z" means halt
 True
 False

Question 14: Problem escalation is not important to handle problem resolution
 True
 False

Question 15: MVS means Multiple Virtual System
 True
 False

Question 16: Volume Serial Number is a unique six digit Alpha-numeric assigned to a tape or disk drive by which it is identified.
 True
 False

Question 17: SDSF means system display and search function:
 True
 False

Question 18: In this command: "D IPLINFO". It will display current version of OS, IPL address and last IPL date
 True
 False

Question 19: ON SDSF, the ST command is a very important tool to display status of jobs.
 True
 False

Question 20: Task that can not be cancelled by normal cancel command can be forced
 True
 False

Question 21: In the event of production job and task failure, Support should always be contacted.
 True
 False

Question 22: In case of accidental but critical processing mistake, operator should hide it.
 True
 False

Question 23: Two of the most important tools to monitor the system are: Jobtrac and SDSF
 True
 False

Question 24: HSM means Hierarchical Storage Management
 True
 False

Question 25: SYSLOG is a special system dataset used to record job-related information, operational data and occurrences in the system.
 True
 False

Question 26: At the start of day of Payment Interface System, we only start the PI.
 True
 False

Question 27: It is always advisable to double-check commands that will affect the system before entering it.
 True
 False

Question 28: When a C: D or connect: direct job fails, we can always rerun it without calling the appropriate Support.
 True
 False

Question 29: When a tape is stuck in the drive, we should call the SBM CE instead of removing it ourselves to prevent damage to the tape.
 True
 False

Question 30: It is not OK to mount the tape immediately because job will not fail anyway.
 True
 False

partner: SheKnows

quizzes und tests   quizzen en tests