Test 2 part 2
All of the following statements concerning files or data sets are TRUE, expect
A records contain unstructured information, which are stored as a collection of bytes or bits.
27. TSO displays three asterisk displayed on a TSO screen. What does three displayed TSO asterisks indicate?
A requested TSO action has been completed press the 3270 Enter key to continue
Which of the following BEST describes the concept of a mainframe User catalog?
A storage structure that lists data sets across volumes and physical storage devices.
All of the following statement concerning the physical structure of a traditional DASD are TRUE, except?
A track contains blocks
z/OS uses an application programmer user interface called ISPF. Which of the following statements BEST describes the functions of ISPF?
A collection of menu-driven panels normally designed for application programmers to interact with a z/OS system.
Concerning the rules for naming a data set, which of the following statements if FALSE?
A data set name is limited to 22 characters
Concerning the rules for naming a data set, which of the following statements is FALSE?
A data set name many not contain more than four segments.
Which of the following BEST describes the concept of a mainframe VTOC (Volume Table of Contents)?
A file structure that stores th names of data sets that reside on a volume, along with information about the location and size of each data set, and other data set attributes.
Which of the following data set names is illegal?
H.#3.DDD. 1234
Which of the following data set names is illegal?
H.#3.DDD..G1234
All of following are TRUE concerning access methods, except?
An access method is a type of file system used to store data in a z/FS volume.
The ISPF structure used to navigate the z/OS panel interface is?
Hierachial
All of the following statements describe IBM's ISPF (Interactive System Productivity Facility), EXCEPT
ISPF provides several system administration panels and commands that are used to display manage or configure jobs or system resources.
Which of the following is NOT a common characteristic of a Batch Processing workload?
Immediate output response is common.
All of the following programming languages are supported by IBM z/OS mainframes (2019), except
C# and VB.NET
Of the following statements concerning Partitioned Data Sets (PDS) are TRUE, except?
Can only be allocated on DASD, not other storage devices like tape.
Which of the following BEST concepts describes how a z/OS will process the content of a data set?
DSORG parameter
The z/OS file system is built on the previous OS360 mainframe file system. Which of the following statements BEST describes a collection of logically related data records or bytes.
Data Set
SDSF (System Display and Search Facility) may be used to display information and status about the mainframe hardware by using the /D command. Which of the following Windows utilities is most similar to function of SDSF JOB /D to display hardware information and status mainframe hardware?
Device Manager
Which of the following is NOT a common characteristic of an OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) workload?
Large volumes of input data to be processed in real time
All of the following statements concerning Partitioned Data Sets (PDS) are TRUE, except?
May be used to contain data to be processed by different applications
All of the following are advantages of a PDS, except?
May store an unlimited number of members within the constraint of the space allocated to the PDS
Under the ISPF Primary Option Panel. a customized menu titled "Other Installed Products" displays a two-character abbreviations, which is used to quickly navigate to other z/OS system utilities that used to manage other z/OS subsystems, such as SDSF, RACF, DB2, and OSHELL (UNIX) Which of the following Windows utilities is most similar to function of an ISPF customized menu titled "Other Installed Products"?
Microsoft Management Console
When a user first logons to z/OS the command input or option navigation line is displayed close to the bottom of the panel. How does one configure ISPF to display command input or option navigation line so that is displayed close to the top of the panel.
Navigate to the ISPF SETTINGS Panel, then appropriately edit the "Command Line at Bottom Setting", and Press the ENTER to change the setting.
Of the following statements concerning Partitioned Data Set Extended (PDSE) are TRUE, except?
Periodically uses the IEBCOPY utility to remove wasted space (compress) when members are moved, updated or deleted.
A red, graphical letter "X" is displayed at the left corner of the TSO or ISPF display and the user cannot type anything. Which of the following statements BEST describes how to resume typing?
Press the ESC Key, since it is mapped to PA1 3270 key.
Which of the following statements BEST describes how to exit any ISPF panel, save any changes, and returns to the previous panel or TSO?
Press the F3 key.
If your 3270-emulator does not support a mouse, what is the recommended method to move the cursor between TSO or ISPF unprotected fields?
Press the Tab Key.
The mainframe role which most likely ensures that batch workloads run to completion without error and delay is _______?
Production control analyst
Under the ISPF DSLIST (Data set List) Panel you type an "I" under the Command column to display information about a single data set. Which of the following Windows utilities is most similar to function of an ISPF DSLIST "I" Command?
Properties dialog box
All of following statements are examples of text-based 3270-emmulator clients, except
PuTTy
During a 3270-emullator client logon process, which of the following z/OS subsystems, will authenticate a z/OS userid and password?
RACF
Assume that a PDS contains a member named STEELER. Which of the following examples will correctly access the member named STEELER?
RMU001.COBOL (STEELER)
Given the following data set name PPP.DDD.RRR, which of the following is classified as the lowest-level qualifier (LLQ)?
RRR
The security concept(s) designed to prevent anyone person from having unlimited access to resources, any appearance of conflict of interest, wrongful acts, fraud, abuse and errors is called?
Separation of Duties
All of the following statements concerning Partitioned Data Set Extended (PDSE) are TRUE, except?
Similar to a PDS, PDSE cannot store executable modules as a member
The function of the WS file for the IBM Personal Communication software (PCOMM) is to
Store communication and display configurations to start PCOMM
The mainframe role which most likely maintains security resource control lists, users and user profiles, network connectivity and monitors system performance is ______?
System administrator
The mainframe role which most likely maintains security resource control lists, users and user profiles, network connectivity and monitors system performance is _______?
System administrator
The mainframe role which most likely maintains security resource control lists, users and user profiles, network connectivity and monitors system performance is
System administrators
The mainframe role which most likely is staffed by IBM and other vendors to provide technical customer support is ________?
System engineer
Cognitive Model systems that are designed to aggregate, consolidate and analysis of structured or unstructured transactional data to support "quality" decisions, discover trends and make predictions are described as:
System of Insights
The mainframe role which most likely consults with the run book, monitors console messages and is responsible for starting, stopping and restarting major subsystems is ______?
System operator
The mainframe role which most likely monitors and controls the operation of the mainframe operation of hardware and software is ______?
System operator
The mainframe role which most likely installs, customizes and maintains the operating system is _____?
System programmer
The mainframe role which most likely plans hardware and software system upgrade, automates operation, runs installation jobs and script, optimizes system performance and performs integration testing on new applications is ________?
System programmer
Cognitive Model systems that are designed to collect unstructured data from customers, employees, vendors, and other sources, such as, email, web searching apps, social applications, platform businesses, and open source communities from a variety mobile, Internet of Things, GPS and other behavior tracking technologies are described as:
Systems of Engagement
Cognitive Model systems that a built on batch, user online, or web service transaction processing systems that are designed to collect, maintain, and to ensure the reliability and integrity of data required by internal financial accounting systems are described as:
Systems of Record.
The Cognitive Model introduced a more complex model to describe information processing systems as compared to the previous transaction processing categories, such as batch processing, online transaction processing and online line analytic process. All of the following are examples of the Cognitive Models, except
Systems of Record.
After a 3270-emullator client, e.g., e.g., PCOMM, connects to z System mainframe server, which of the following is the first z/OS subsystems executed?
TSO
SDSF (System Display and Search Facility) may be used to display the status of executing or completed jobs, or tasks. Which of the following Windows utilities is most similar to function of SDSF JOB Status panel?
Task Manager
Which of the following statements BEST describes how a user knows that they have exited ISPF and now are able to execute TSO commands?
The READY command prompt is displayed
Which of the following statements BEST describes the concept of Serviceability?
The ability of a system failed to allow the replacement of a hardware or software component while minimizing the impact on the operational system.
Which of the following statements BEST describes the concept of Reliability?
The ability to conduct automated extensive tests to identify potential problems that will impact the availability of the system.
Which of the following statements BEST describes the concept of Scalability?
The ability to increase processing and storage capacity to meet the needs of the organization's workload.
Which of the following statements BEST describes the concept of Availability?
The ability to recover from minor or extensive hardware failures without impacting the rest of the running system.
Which of the following statements BEST describes how to LOGOFF from TSO?
Type the =X ISPF primary command and press the ENTER key to execute the command
The z File system was designed for storage efficiency and high performance required for transaction processing workloads. However, the z File system was not designed to be flexible to support many different file types (file content) or hierarchical organization as Windows NTFS file systems supports. All of the following statements BEST describes alternatives to implement a flexible file system similar to Windows file systems, except
Upgrade to z/OS Version 2.4
All of following statements concerning the traditional 3270-Terminal keyboard and 3270-emmulators are TRUE, except
Uses a mouse to select, copy/cut-and-paste displayed text information.
All of the following operating systems are supported by IBM z/OS mainframes (2019), except
Windows Server
All of the following statements concerning the content of files or data sets are TRUE, expect
Within a z/OS data set name, the Low Level Qualifier (LLQ) specifies the type, or content of a data set.
The physical unit of data retrieved by a disk and returned to z/OS for processing by an application is called a(n) ___________?
block
A z/FS mainframe DASD is another name for a __________?
disk drive
The unit of information that will be processed by an application, e.g., COBOL, Java, C++, etc., is called a(n) ___________?
logical record
A block is a structure that contains a group of _______ that are accessed using one READ/WRITE I/O process to improve processing efficiency.
logical records
A z/FS library is a collection of members stored as a ________?
partitioned data set
A partitioned data set is used to store
program development files like source programs and JCL jobs
All of the following are examples of worldwide IT industries who require large-scale, high availability, and EAL 5+ secured transaction processing and are dominated by IBM z Systems architectures (2019), except
social media
All of the following are popular conventions used for HLQ segment names, except?
to describe the type of content of a data set
Which of the following is popular convention used for LLQ segment names?
to describe the unique name qualifier for a data set name
Key Sequence Data Set (KSDS), Entry Sequence Data Set (ESDS), Relative Record Data Set (RRDS), and Linear Data Sets (LDS) are examples of?
types of VSAM data sets
F (Fixed), FB (Fixed Blocked), V (Variable), VB (Variable Blocked), and U (Undefined) are examples of?
types of data set record formats
All of the following are features for the IBM Personal Communication software (PCOMM), except?
Copies files between local PCs and a remote IBM mainframe
Which of the following is NOT an example of a typical Batch Processing workload?
Customer balance inquiries of bank tellers and ATM machines
All of following statements concerning a 3270-emmulator client are TRUE, except
To upload or download files (datasets) between a client and a System z mainframe server.
Each disk, DASD or other storage device must be physically identified. All of following are examples of Physical Storage IDs, except
LPAR, Support Element, Volume Name
All of the following statements are TRUE concerning alternative z/FS Disk Organization content structure to data sets, except
A Member Data Set (MDS) is collection of program source programs or load modules designed for application programmers.
All of the following are a sample of major corporate entities who continue to rely IBM z/OS mainframe servers (2019), except
Amazon, Google, or Facebook
The mainframe role which most likely will design, build, unit test and deliver applications to company's users and customers is _______?
Application programmer
After a user has authenticated their userid and password to RACF for the first time, the user will immediately be required to:
Enter and verify a new password
IBM mainframes provides for hardware (LPAR) and software virtualization (z/VM). The concept of virtualization BEST relates to which of the following categories used to compare computer systems?
Environmentally Friendly
Which of the following statements BEST describes how to LOGOFF from TSO?
Exit ISPF, type the TSO LOGOFF command and press the ENTER key to execute.
You view the header DSLIST (Data set List) in the upper left-hand corner of an ISPF panel. Which of the following Windows utilities is most similar to function of an ISPF DSLIST Panel?
File Explorer
The most popularly used VSAM data set is?
Key Sequence Data Set (KSDS)
A file system is a collection of operating system program that logically organizes stored data in a useful manner that will allocate, access and manage data files or data sets. All of the following statements concerning file systems are TRUE, except
Microsoft created the first file system, named FAT, to support the original IBM personal computer
All of the following concerning the configuration of a 3270-emullator client, except
Mouse support must be configured
Concerning the concepts of a block and logical records, which of the following statements is TRUE?
One block contains one or logical records
Assume that a PDS contains a member named ROBERTMORRIS. Which of the following will correctly access the member named ROBERTMORRIS?
None of the above
Which of the following is NOT a common characteristic of an OLAP (Online Analytic Processing) workload?
Normally requires less computing resources or data volumes than batch processing
Given the following data set name PPP.DDD.RRR, which of the following is classified as the high-level qualifier (HLQ)?
PPP
Which of the following data set names is illegal?
PPP.DDD.
The basic unit of stored information for non-VSAM data sets that contains a fixed number of bytes is called a _______?
Record
Which of the following statements BEST describes the concept of Extensibility?
The design of existing computer hardware, operating systems and applications to take into consideration the future changes in the system.
Which of the following statements BEST describes the concept of Compatibility?
The design of new computer hardware, operating systems and applications to be integrated with older computer systems.
Which of the following statements BEST describes the concept of "Separation of Duties" on a mainframe.
The person who develops an application program, should not be the person who performs final testing or executes the program in production.
After a user has authenticated their userid and password to RACF, an error message similar to "Already Logon" is displayed. Which of the following statements BEST describes the "Already Logon" error message?
The user did not LOGOFF from RACF from a previous session and simply disconnected from the user session.
A red, graphical letter "X" is displayed at the left corner of the TSO or ISPF display and the user cannot type anything. Which of the following statements BEST describes cause of a red, graphical letter "X"?
The user typed a character into a protected area of the screen display.
All of the following statements are TRUE, except
The z File system is classified as a hierarchical file system; whereas, NTFS, Ext-4, and the Apple File systems are classified as a flat file system.
All of the following statements concerning IBM z Systems (2019) are TRUE, except
The z System main server platforms supports operating system, such as, z/OS, postfix UNIX, open source Linux, and Windows Servers.
To find a data set that you have requested, z/OS must know all of the following information, except?
data set owner name
