Re: interview questions

A) Yes, they expect you to know some of the more common ABEND codes

B) The interesting thing is that I would probably have put ""e)" because after
looking in STEPLIB, it would then look in JOBLIB (if available) and then
LINKLIST/LPA. However, I doubt that is the answer they want (but it might be) -
and I have always had some problems remembering the full library search order.

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4) suppose while execuetion .the JCL can't find the load module in the
library psecified in STEPLIB ,what will happen...?
a)program abend with code s0c4
b) program abend with code s0cE
c) program abend with code s0c3
d)program abend with code s806.
e) non of the listed option.

You are kidding me, that don't ask questions like this, do they? Expecting
people to know the specific abend codes resulting from various errors? I
would think the correct answer is, "Program abends, and just as with any abend
you look up the error code to figure out why."

(Strangely enough, although I haven't worked on a mainframe in over five
years, I actually know the answer to this one. But that probably says a lot
more about my (lack of?) ability to 'set up' JCL than it does about my
ability to create an application).

(FWIW, I remember S0C3 and S0C4 are more common than the other two, but darned
if i can tell you what each means. I think one is invalid address and one is
numeric exception? Oh well, that's why the manual exists, so you can look 'em
up when they happen.)

MCM




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