College of Business
Administrative Sciences 34036
"Large Systems Technology"
ISPF Test
August 5, 1998
Multiple Choice
_____ 1. Which of these is generally considered IBM’s dominant large system ("big iron") operating system?
A. ISPF
B. MVS
C. TSO
D. VM
_____ 2. The software used in the Kent system to track jobs entering the system, schedule them for execution, and manage output datasets is
A. JES
B. JCL
C. SDSF
D. JES2
_____ 5. The ISPF/PDF main option item that can be used to look at datasets but not to update them is:
A. 1 - BROWSE
B. 2 - EDIT
C. 3 - UTILITIES
D. S - SDSF
_____ 7. Which of these would be a "label" in the ISPF editor that could be assigned to a line in an edited file for quick reference?
A. >>0023
B. 001200
C. .SOURCE
D. //REF//
_____ 9. How would you display the default values of the ISPF editor profile?
A. Bring up any file in the editor and enter the word PROFILE on the command line.
B. Go into "0 - ISPF PARMS" from the ISPF main menu and then select the "Edit Profiles" sub-option.
C. Edit the file INSXXX1.INS2000.PROFILE.EDIT where "XXX" would be your own UserID.
D. It can’t be done – the editor options and defaults can’t be changed in MVS.
_____ 15. Prior to using a dataset in TSO you must first do what?
A. Format it.
B. Initialize it.
C. Allocate it.
D. Profile it.
_____ 21. There is no limit on the number of characters in each component of a TSO dataset as long as the TOTAL length of the name, including periods, does not exceed 44.
_____ 27. In the ISPF editor PF8 scrolls down one screen, but this scroll amount can be changed to scroll less than one screen in response to PF8.
_____ 32. Once TSO datasets have been created, users can not delete them. If you wanted to delete a dataset from your INSXXX1 account, you would have to ask the system administrator to do the deletion.