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TSO & ISPF – MCQ

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does TSO stand for in mainframe systems?

a)

Terminal Service Option

b)

Time Sharing Option

c)

Task Scheduling Operator

d)

Transaction System Operator

2.

Which command is used to start a TSO session?

a)

START

b)

CONNECT

c)

LOGON

d)

SIGNON

3.

Which TSO command is used to dynamically allocate datasets?

a)

FREE

b)

ALLOCATE

c)

ATTRIB

d)

LISTDS

4.

Which command releases dynamically allocated datasets in TSO?

a)

DELETE

b)

REMOVE

c)

FREE

d)

CANCEL

5.

Which command sends datasets or messages to another user?

a)

SEND

b)

TRANSMIT

c)

RECEIVE

6.

ISPF is mainly used for:

a)

Batch job execution

b)

System booting

c)

Menu-driven user interaction

d)

Hardware management

7.

Which ISPF command displays the current panel name?

a)

MSGID

b)

PANELID

c)

SCRNAME

d)

PFSHOW

8.

Which ISPF command recalls the last executed command?

a)

RETP

b)

RETF

c)

RETRIEVE

d)

CRETRIEV

9.

Which command displays PF key definitions?

a)

KEYLIST

b)

KEYS

c)

PFSHOW

d)

SCRNAME

10.

Which statement about TSO and ISPF is correct?

a)

ISPF runs independently

b)

TSO cannot run inside ISPF

c)

ISPF commands run outside ISPF

d)

TSO commands run inside ISPF

11.

What does RFE stand for in TSO applications?

a)

Remote File Editor

b)

Review Front End

c)

Resource File Environment

d)

Runtime Front End

12.

In the RFE main menu, which option is used to display the data set list?

a)

O

b)

T

c)

D

d)

X

13.

In the DSLIST screen, what happens when the Command field is left blank and Enter is pressed?

a)

A new dataset is allocated

b)

The dataset list is displayed

c)

The dataset is deleted

d)

The screen exits to TSO

14.

Which command is used to allocate a new dataset from the DSLIST screen?

a)

CREATE

b)

NEW

c)

ALLOC

d)

DEFINE

15.

What does the Data Set Name Prefix represent?

a)

Volume serial number

b)

Dataset type

c)

User's high-level qualifier

d)

Dataset size

16.

Which selection code is used to Edit a dataset in DSLIST?

a)

B

b)

V

c)

E

17.

What does the selection code B stand for in DSLIST?

a)

Backup

b)

Browse

c)

Batch

d)

Build

18.

Which selection code is used to delete a dataset?

a)

L

b)

R

c)

D

d)

U

19.

Which option in the RFE main menu is used to issue TSO commands?

a)

D

b)

O

c)

T

d)

X

20.

What does the message RFE ENDED WITH RC=0 indicate?

a)

Program ended with error

b)

Program ended abnormally

c)

Program ended successfully

d)

Program is still running

21.

Which command is used to search for a specific string in a dataset?

a)

LOCATE

b)

SEARCH

c)

FIND

d)

QUERY

22.

What does the FIND ALL command do?

a)

Finds first occurrence

b)

Deletes matches

c)

Displays all occurrences

d)

Replaces all

23.

Which command finds the next occurrence of a search string?

a)

FIND NEXT

b)

RFIND

c)

AGAIN

d)

CONTINUE

24.

Sorting is performed based on?

a)

Dataset name

b)

Record key fields

c)

Volume serial

d)

User ID

25.

Main benefit of sorting before batch processing?

a)

Reduces size

b)

Improves efficiency

c)

Changes format

d)

Removes invalid data