Getting Started on Mainframe with z/OS Commands and Panels Quiz Answers

Getting Started on Mainframe with z/OS Commands and Panels Week 01 Quiz Answers

Q1. What are the two ways to end the ISPF session?

• Press the F3 (Exit) key and enter Logoff on the Primary Option Menu
• Enter the letter X on the command line of the ISPF Primary Option Menu or press the F12 (Cancel) key
• Press the F12 (Cancel) key and enter Logoff on the Primary Option Menu
• Enter the word END on the command line of the ISPF Primary Option Menu or press the F12 (Cancel) key

Q2. What is the correct procedure to logoff TSO?

• Enter the word disconnect on Primary Option Menu
• Enter the word logoff on the Primary Option Menu
• Enter logoff when in ‘ready’ mode 
• After ending the ISPF session, enter disconnect

Q3. Given a data set name of “IBM.Z.MAINFRAME”, what is the low level qualifier (LLQ)?

• Z.MAINFRAME
• Z
• MAINFRAME
• IBM

Q4. Which type of data sets contain members?

• PDS and VSAM
• PDS and PDSE
• PDSE and Sequential
• VSAM and PDS

Q5. What is it called when you establish a link to a data set?

• Create
• Allocate
• Assign
• Configure

Q6. When in a data set on the edit panel, what is entered in the prefix area to add three more lines to enter data?

• A 1-3
• I3
• A3
• 13

Q7. When in a data set on the edit panel, what is entered in the prefix area to move a block of lines?

• MM on the first line, MM on the last line, and A (after) or B (before) on the line where you want to move the lines to
• MM on the first line, MM on the last line, and F (following) or P (preceding) on the line where you want to move the lines to
• M on the first line, M on the last line, and F (following) or P (preceding) on the line where you want to move the lines to
• M on the first line, M on the last line, and A (after) or B (before) on the line where you want to move the lines to

Q8. During the exercise, you were instructed to logon TSO. Which panel was displayed after successfully logging on?

• IBM Training
• ISPF Primary Option Menu
• IBM Education
• Command prompt

Q9. After successfully logging on to TSO, what is the correct action to perform when three asterisks (***) appear on the screen?

• Enter continue
• Press the space bar
• Press the enter key

Q10. After ending ISPF, what is the current state of the TSO session?

• TSO is disconnected
• TSO ABENDs
• TSO logs off
• TSO is still running

Q11. What is a valid method of spelling and capitalizing your userid on the logon screen?:

TSOID01

tsoid01

TSoid01

• All of them
• None of them

Getting Started on Mainframe with z/OS Commands and Panels Week 02 Quiz Answers

Q1. When searching for a word in a data set, which function key can be used to locate the word again?

• F2
• F4
• F5
• F10

Q2. What is the correct syntax to replace all instances of the word mainframes to servers in a data set?

• C MAINFRAMES SERVERS ALL
• REP, MAINFRAMES, SERVERS ,ALL
• REP MAINFRAMES SERVERS ALL

Q3. In a list of datasets returned by ISPF dataset list function (3.4), which primary command locates and positions the cursor to the first dataset in the list starting with characters ‘PROD’

• F PROD
• L PROD
• S PROD

Q4. To repeat a search after locating a specific word or phrase, what is used to repeat the search without reentering the character string?

• rfind
• rchar
• rsearch
• locate

Q5. Which command in the prefix area will add six additional lines?

• I,6
• A,6
• A6
• I6

Q6. Which prefix line command copies data from specified columns of one or more source records to the corresponding columns of one or more existing records?

• C
• M
• R
• O

Q7. What TSO command recovers waste space that was formerly occupied by deleted or updated members and is now available for use again?

• Contract
• Compress
• Restate
• Consolidate

Getting Started on Mainframe with z/OS Commands and Panels Week 03 Quiz Answers

Q1. What are the three methods of entering TSO commands?

• ISPF Primary Option Menu-Option 6, on the command option line of the Dialog panel, and from the command prompt
• On the command option line of the Dialog panel, ISPF Primary Option Menu-Option 5, and from the command prompt
• ISPF Primary Option Menu-Option 6, on the command option line of the ISPF panel, and from the command prompt
• On the command option line of the ISPF panel, from the command prompt, and on the ISPF Primary Option Menu-Option 5

Q2. Select the correct statement(s) regarding TSO commands

• TSO commands contain positional and required operands
• TSO commands are not case sensitive
• TSO commands can be entered from any ISPF screen
• TSO commands are case sensitive
• TSO command HELP LISTDS ALL provides all information regarding the LISTDS command

Q3. Which TSO command will deallocate data sets no longer needed?

• REMOVE
• CLEAN
• UNALLOCATE
• FREE

Q4. Which TSO command is used to inform the system how you want to use your terminal?

• TERM
• CLIST
• EDIT
• PROFILE

Q5. What is the correct syntax of the TSO command to list the basic attributes of data set IBM.INVENTORY.RESULTS?

• LISTALC IBM.INVENTORY.RESULTS
• ‘LISTDS IBM.INVENTORY.RESULTS’
• LIST ‘IBM.INVENTORY.RESULTS’
• LISTDS (IBM.INVENTORY.RESULTS)

Q6. Using the following information, what is the correct syntax of the TSO command to allocate a new PDS?

User ID: IBM

Data set name: BUILDS.SERVERS

Block length: 100 bytes

Logical record length: 80

Data control block size: 300

2 directory block

Fixed block records

• ALLOC DA(BUILDS.SERVERS) DSORG(PDS) BLOCK(100) LRECL(80) BLKSIZE(300) DIR(2) RECFM(F,B) NEW TRACKS SPACE(2,3)
• ALLOC DA(BUILDS.SERVERS) DSORG(PO) BLOCK(100) LRECL(80) BLKSIZE(300) DIR(2) RECFM(F,B) NEW TRACKS SPACE(2,3)
• ALLOC DA(BUILDS.SERVERS) DSORG(PDSE) BLOCK(100) LRECL(80) BLKSIZE(300) DIR(2) RECFM(F,B) NEW TRACKS SPACE(2,3)
• ALLOC DA(IBM.BUILDS.SERVERS) DSORG(PO) BLOCK(100) LRECL(80) BLKSIZE(300) DIR(2) RECFM(F,B) NEW TRACKS SPACE(2,3)

Q7. What is the correct syntax of the command to display the alias enter associated with HLQ of STUDENT?

• LISTALC ENT(‘STUDENT’) ALAIS ALL
• LIST ALL ALIAS (‘STUDENT’)
• LISTCAT ENT(STUDENT) ALIAS ALL
• LISTCAT ENT(‘STUDENT’) ALIAS ALL

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