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What is IBM Z’s premier operating system?

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z/OS

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Which of these are the two most popular data processing methods used by organizations?

LAN
Manual
Online
TSO
Batch
DASD

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Online
Batch

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This person is responsible for scheduling ongoing and on-demand job activity on the mainframe.

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Production controller

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This person is responsible for the analysis, development, modification, installation, testing, and maintenance of the mainframe and middleware operating systems’ software.

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Systems programmer

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True or False

Online processing can only support a small number of logged-in users.

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False

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True or False

One of the characteristics of an online processing system is that transactions are run outside of business hours.

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False

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True or False

Batch processing can run in the background to online processing.

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True

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True or False

Batch processing is performed by CICS

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False

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True or False

Job scheduling software is often used by organizations to submit and monitor batch job processing.

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True

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Which three items are transaction management systems?

PL/I
WebSphere Application Server
JCL
COBOL
CICS
IMS

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WebSphere Application Server
CICS
IMS

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What OS provides virtual machines for the mainframe?

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z/VM

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z/VSE

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The less complex mainframe operating system used for smaller mainframes.

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What are the officially supported Linux variants that run on the mainframe?

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SUSE, Ubuntu, RedHat

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z/TPF

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A specialized OS for very high transaction capacity

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True or False

z/TPF can utilize multiple mainframes?

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True - Handles thousands of transactions per second

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z/OS

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The premier IBM OS

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What is the role of middleware?

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It provides connectivity services between software components or applications across different platforms.

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Central Processor

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Responsible for scheduling and processing instruction execution.

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How many central processors can the latest hardware support?

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200

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Name that Accronym

SAP

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System Assistance Processor

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System Assistance Processor

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Responsible for running internal microcode primarily to control the I/O subsystem

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Name that Accronym

IFL

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Integrated Facility for Linux

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Integrated Facility for Linux

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Dedicated to running the Linux OS.

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True or False. An IFL is the same as a central processor

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True - Other than a couple z/OS related instructions that are disabled, it is a regular processor.

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Name that Accronym zAAP
Z system Application Assist Processor
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Z system Application Assist Processor
Dedicated to running Java workloads
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True or False zAAPs are only supported on z14 and later?
False zAAPs were retired along with z14 and replaced with zIIP
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Name that acronym zIIP
Z system Integrated Information Processor
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Z system Integrated Information Processor
Dedicated to database and workloads previously handled by zAAP such as Java.
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Name that acronym ICF
Integrated Coupling Facility
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Integrated Coupling Facility
Enables multiple IBM mainframes to share, cache, update, and balance data access across systems.
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Spares
Non-configured processors that are installed and referenced only if the system detects a failing central processor. The spare takes the workload of the failing processor
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Capacity on Demand
A collection of capacity planning options
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Which capacity planning options are available?
CIU On/OFF CoD CBU
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Name that acronym CIU
Customer Initiated Upgrade
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Customer Initiated Upgrade
Allows the customer to initiate a permanent increase in processing capacity
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Name that acronym On/OFF CoD
On/Off Capacity on Demand
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On/Off Capacity on Demand
Allows for adding short-term additional processing capacity.
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Name that acronym CBU
Capacity Backup Upgrade
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Capacity Backup Upgrade
Provides reserved emergency backup capacity for all processor configurations.
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Which two systems allow you to deploy cloud environments on their servers? HMC FICON LinuxONE TS4500 z15
LinuxONE z15/16
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As of the beginning of 2021, which two are the current enterprise and entry-level versions of this hardware? LinuxONE Emperor LinuxONE Rockhopper LinuxONE z15 T01 LinuxONE III LT2 LinuxONE III LT1 LinuxONE z15 T02
LinuxONE III LT2 LinuxONE III LT1
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Name that acronym DASD
Direct Access Storage Devices
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Define mainframe storage in terms of programs
The area where programs must reside in order for them to run, much like the PC and its use of memory
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Define mainframe storage in terms of data
The medium used to store data that at some stage will need to be processed, for example, Direct Access Storage Devices (DASD), tapes, and cartridges
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Define "Real storage"
Real storage is also referred to as processor storage, central storage, or real memory. Put simply, it is the computer's memory.
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Define "Auxilliary storage"
External storage such as DASD, tape, and cartridge
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Define "paging storage"
Also is auxiliary storage. This term is used when program instructions or data are "paged" to auxiliary storage.
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Name that acronym LPAR
Logical partition
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Logical partition
Contains resources (processors, memory, and input/output devices) and operates as an independent system.
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True of False A mainframe can contain multiple LPARs
True
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Channel subsystem
A mechanism to receive data from and send data to devices such as DASD, printers, tapes, and cartridges, which is external to central storage.
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z/OS 2.3 on z14 can support up to __ of memory per LPAR
14 TB
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Name that acronym PR/SM facility
Processor Resource/System Manager
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Processor Resource/System Manager (PR/SM) facility
Hardware circuits and microcode built into IBM System/390 mainframes that support logical partitions (LPARs)
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z/OS 2.5 on z16 can support up to __ of memory per LPAR
16 TB
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Name that acronym SNA/VTAM
Systems Network Architecture/Virtual Telecommunications Access Method
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Systems Network Architecture/Virtual Telecommunications Access Method (SNA/VTAM)
IBM's protocol for networking and the software that manages communication in mainframe environments.
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SNA
Systems Network Architecture
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Systems Network Architecture
SNA is the original networking architecture that allowed mainframe computers to communicate with each other
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Virtual Telecommunications Access Method
Responsible for handling the data flow and overall communication session with user terminals or application programs within an SNA network
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Name that acronym TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
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Name that acronym OSA Express
Open Systems Adapter Express
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Open Systems Adapter Express (OSA Express)
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Name that acronym CSM
Communications Storage Manager
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What is the most common protocol for network communications with z/OS?
TCP/IP
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True or False TCP/IP is unable to communicate with other protocols such as FTP, Telnet, HTTP, etc.
False TCP/IP can communicate with other protocols
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Name that acronym OSA
Open Systems Adapter
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Open Systems Adapter
A network controller that enables the mainframe to communicate with a number of LANs by using network protocols such as SNA and TCP/IP.
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Name that acronym
QDIO
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Queued Direct I/O
An operation that allows OSA-Express to achieve data transfer speeds of up to 10 Gbps.
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Which protocol is used to emulate of some mainframe applications
3270 protocol
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Mechanism that manages Internet applications on the mainframe
TCP/IP
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Mechanism that manages communication for CICS IMS
Systems Network Architecture (SNA)
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used for handling session establishment and data flow between user terminals and application programs within an SNA network
Virtual Telecommunications Access Method (VTAM )
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Which type of operating system is particularly suited to organizations that have very high transaction volumes?
z/TPF
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What is an LPAR?
A partitioned part of the computing environment that operates as an independent system.
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Name that acronym
Central Processor
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Central Processor
Responsible for scheduling and processing instruction execution.
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Which z/OS Communications Server component provides shared I/O data flow?
Communications Storage Manager (CSM)
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Using what system is an LPAR configured?
Processor Resource/System Manager (PR/SM)
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IBM Mainframe Systems Operator Level I Certificate 2.5 (V2) (10 decks)

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