IMS DB/DC Online Skills Assessment Test

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iMocha’s IMS DB/DC online test is the ideal pre-hire test for recruiters and hiring managers to assess candidates objectively. This test is useful for hiring IMS Mainframe Developer, IMS DB DC Developer, and Technology Analyst. Our test has helped our customers to reduce technical screening time by 80% and increase interview-to-selection ratio by 62%.

About IMS DB/DC Online Skills Assessment Test

IMS DB/DC online test helps employers & hiring managers to effectively assess the skills of IMS DB/DC developer before an interview. IBM Information Management System (IMS) Database is a hierarchical database where data is stored at different levels and each entity is dependent on higher level entities. IMS DC helps in improving customer and internal service by providing current and consistent information. IMS DB DC skills test is designed to check the development and programming skills of IMS DB/DC Developer-As per industry standards.

This test on IMS DB & DC Basics is designed by our Subject Matter Experts (SME) to gauge the knowledge of IBM IMS Mainframe developer before hiring. Using powerful reporting, you can have a detailed analysis of the test results to help you make a better hiring decision and predict the candidate’s performance.

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Test Summary

IMS DB/DC knowledge test enables employers and recruiters to evaluate skills and job readiness of candidates. For this reason, the emphasis is laid upon evaluating the knowledge of applied skills gained through real work experience.

IMS DB DC assessment test may contain MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions), MAQs (Multiple Answer Questions), Fill in the Blanks, Whiteboard Questions, Audio / Video Questions, LogicBox (AI-based Pseudo-Coding Platform), Coding Simulators, True or False Questions, etc.

Test Duration: 20 minutes

No. of Questions: 10

Level of Expertise: Entry/Mid/Expert

Useful for hiring

  • IMS Mainframe Developer
  • IMS DB DC Developer
  • Technology Analyst

Topics Covered


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Error Handling

iMocha’s IMS DB/DC online test helps recruiters and hiring managers to evaluate candidate’s understanding of error codes for error handling

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Recovery Check Point

This assessment helps to check candidate’s ability to handle data failure by understanding of data recovery check points

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DL/I Function

Our IMS DB DC skills test helps to assess candidate’s knowledge about Data Language Interface (DL/I) function that helps to perform transaction management function in an application

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Batch Terminal Simulator

This assessment evaluates candidate’s understanding about batch terminal simulator which helps to test application programs logic

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Scratch Pad Area

This test assesses candidate’s knowledge about Scratch Pad Area (SPA) which helps to get or put data while working with IMS

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Common IMS ABENDS/ Regions

Our IMS DB DC assessment test helps to check candidate’s understanding about common IMS ABENDS/Regions

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IMS DC/ MFS Facilities/ Paging

This test evaluates candidate’s knowledge about MFS in IMS which translates the message and displays on terminal

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IMS DC/Processing Methods/Batch Message Processing

This test validates applicant’s understanding about batch message processing which helps to access the IMS message queue for input and output

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IMS DB/Access Methods

Our assessment evaluates candidate’s knowledge about data access methods to perform operations on it

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IMS DB/DLI Control Blocks

This test on IMS DB and DC basics helps to assess candidate’s proficient knowledge about control blocks which helps to access the data stored in the database

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IMS DB/Secondary Indexes

This test evaluates candidate’s understanding about secondary indexes which provides additional access to the database

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IMS DB/Multiple Processing

Our IMS DB/DC knowledge test helps to assess applicant’s understanding about multiple processing at a time in a database

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IMS DB/Cobol Basics For IMS

This assessment helps to validate candidate’s knowledge about Cobol programming language while working with IMS/DB

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IMS DB/IMS General Concepts

Our IMS DB/DC online test helps to evaluate candidate’s understanding about general concepts of Information Management System (IMS)

Sample Questions

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Question types:

Multiple Option

Topic:

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Difficulty:

Easy


Q 1. James has just written a new program following your advice to use checkpoints but now faces another problem. After issuing a checkpoint, the program seems to "forget" its last position in the database as it restarts from the beginning of the database.
You need to help James understand why this happens. Which of the following does he need to know in order for him to fully understand what is happening in the program?

I.     When a checkpoint is issued, all database podition is lost
II.   IMS sets the position to the start of the database
III.  After a checkpoint call, the program needs to reposition itself
IV.  This repositioning can be done by issuing a GU Call to the last segment accessed before the checkpoint
I only
II and III only
IV only
I, II, III, and IV

Question types:

Multiple Option

Topic:

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Difficulty:

Easy


Q 2. In response to a task you gave to James, he has written the following code to create a DBD using DBDGEN control statements. He was required to make LIBRARY the root segment while BOOKS and MAGAZINES were to be child segments to LIBRARY. You have found something wrong with the code. 

Line1:    PRINT    NOGEN
Line2:    DBD    NAME=LIBRARY,ACCESS=HIDAM
Line3:    DATASET    DD1=LIB,DEVICE=3380
Line4:    SEGM    NAME=LIBSEG,PARENT=0,BYTES=10
Line5:    FIELD    NAME=(BOOKS,SEQ,U),BYTES=10,START=1,TYPE=C
Line6:    SEGM    NAME=BOOKSEG,PARENT=LIBSEG,BYTES=5
Line7:    FIELD    NAME=(BOOKS,SEQ,U),BYTES=10,START=1,TYPE=C
Line8:    SEGM    NAME=MAGSEG,PARENT=LIBSEG,BYTES=9
Line9:    FIELD    NAME=(MAGZINES,SEQ),BYTES=8,START=1,TYPE=C
Line10:    DBDGEN
Line11:    FINISH
Line12:    END

What is/are the corrections that James must make in order for the program to work as expected?
Change BOOKS in line 7 to LIBRARY
Change BOOKS in line 5 to LIBRARY
Change LIBSEG in line 4 to LIBRARY
Change PARENT=0 in line 4 to PARENT=1

Question types:

Multiple Option

Topic:

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Difficulty:

Easy


Q 3. You can connect to an IMS Database in DL/I or BMP mode. If you want to connect to databases in a “live” or production environment when it is important that multiple users can access and update the data simultaneously, which two modes would be most suitable and why?
DL/I because it is the most popular option
BMP, because the database data sets are allocated in the IMS Control Region, allowing multiple users to update the same databases
DL/I, because it automatically unlocks the Internal Resource Lock Manager (IRLM)
BMP, because it automatically sets DISP=SHR

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