To establish a job dependency, you can use the _______ parameter in JCL.

  • DEPEND
  • JOBDEPEND
  • LINK
  • PREVIOUS
The PREVIOUS parameter is used to establish job dependencies

Which parameter is commonly used to specify job dependencies in JCL?

  • DEPEND
  • ORDER
  • POST
  • PRE
The DEPEND parameter is commonly used to specify job dependencies

Explain how you can use job triggering to manage the execution order of complex job flows in a mainframe environment.

  • Dependencies
  • Execution Order
  • Job Flows
  • Triggers
Job triggering is used to manage the execution order of complex job flows.

In JCL, the _______ parameter is used to ensure that a job is not started before a specific date and time.

  • DELAY
  • SCHEDULE
  • START
  • TIME
The START parameter is used to ensure that a job does not start before a specific date and time.

How can you use IDCAMS to delete a dataset?

  • DELETE
  • DROP
  • ERASE
  • REMOVE
The DELETE statement in IDCAMS is used to delete a dataset

Job triggering allows you to automate job _______ in a mainframe environment.

  • Dependencies
  • Execution
  • Scheduling
  • Submissions
Job triggering automates job scheduling in a mainframe environment

In JCL, what is the difference between "job-level" and "step-level" dependencies?

  • Dependency levels
  • Job dependencies
  • Job-level dependencies
  • Step-level dependencies
"Job-level" dependencies are set between entire jobs, while "step-level" dependencies are set between individual job steps

The COND parameter in the JOB statement is used to specify _______ conditions for job execution.

  • Dependency
  • Execution Order
  • Job Priority
  • Return Code
The COND parameter in the JOB statement is used to specify Return Code conditions

The _______ parameter in JCL is used to specify the device type for a dataset allocation.

  • DEVICE
  • DEVTYPE
  • DSNDEVICE
  • UNIT
The UNIT parameter in JCL is used to specify the device type for dataset allocation.

In the DD statement, the _______ parameter is used to specify the device type.

  • DEVICE
  • DSTYPE
  • TYPE
  • UNIT
The TYPE parameter in the DD statement is used to specify the device type.