MVS Which of the following is an example of a situation where a Hiperspace has been selected for data storage?

a a) Data is accessed from expanded storage with COBOL or FORTRAN program instruction. b) Data is accessed from the disk in 4K blocks with program executing in the address space. c) Data is accessed directly with Assembler program instructions after the initial I/O to DASD. d) NA What is the only virtual storage space that is backed exclusively by one storage area?a a) ESO Hiperspace b) Standard Hiperspace c) Data space d) Address space If SMS were implemented and running at your installation, which of the following data definition parameters may no longer need to be explicitly specified by application programmers?c a) Data set disposition b) A data set name c) Device volume serial number d) NA Since SVS and MVS both support virtual storage, what would be an advantage of installing MVS over SVS?a a) Each program has its own address space. b) All programs share a larger, single address space. c) MVS provides 2 gigabytes of virtual address space. d) MVS allocates more room to operating system programs and data. Several distribution data sets are being updated for a biannual sales meeting. Pieces of this data in virtual storage buffers are being paged in and out during program execution. When a page of data gets paged out, where does it go?c

a) DASD storage or main storage b) Main storage or expanded storage c) Auxiliary or expanded storage d) NA You are an external consultant to a company considering upgrading from XA to ESA. Since ESA uses more main memory than XA, why would you advise the company to purchase the ESA system?c a) ESA allocates more room to operating system data, which facilitates more efficient processing. b) ESA facilitates increased use of auxiliary storage, which is much less expensive than using main storage or expanded storage. c) ESA use hiperspaces, which can be directly manipulated to execute programs and therefore save main storage. d) ESA used virtual storage more extensively to avoid excessive I/Os. Since MVS and MVS/XA both allow one address space for each job, what would be an advantage of choosing the MVS/XA operating system over MVS?b a) MVS/XA implements the concurrent execution of multiple jobs. b) MVS/XA provides a larger address space for data and programs. c) MVS/XA manages auxiliary storage more efficiently. d) NA Your system reads the first record of a block payroll records. What does the system do to process this record?d a) Reads the information from the buffer and then performs an I/O to the disk. b) Moves each record in the file to a data set. As such data set is filled, it is moved to the buffer to be processed. c) Reads the first payroll record from the DASD into the buffer, processes it, and places it back on the DASD. d) Performs an I/O to the disk to retrieve enough data to fill the buffer. You want to allocate a VSAM data set without using IDCAMS. What SMS construct lets you do this?b a) Management class

b) Data class c) Storage class d) Storage group Your company plans to triple their inventory of 750,000 parts within the next two years. Management is considering upgrading from an MVS/XA to MVS/ESA system to accommodate the increased volume. How does ESA maintain larger amounts of data in memory?a a) It includes operating system data in a hiperspace with application data, and uses the virtual memory buffer to avoid extensive I/Os. b) It places operating system data and application data in a shared data space, thus using data space for both types of data. c) It reserves an entire data space or hiperspace for application data and can use many hiperspaces and regular data spaces for each program task. d) It places application data in a private data space, therefore excluding all information and allowing the program to execute in its own data space.

a) Operating system program code and data elements are excluded from a data space, while part of an address space is devoted to them. b) In the MVS/ESA system, the storage space in a data space has been expanded beyond the size of an address space. c) An area within a data space is used to buffer data, while an address space cannot be used in this way. d) NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------When your payroll program executes its instructions, in which type of storage do these instructions reside?a a) Main storage only. b) Main storage and auxiliary storage. c) Virtual storage only. d) Main storage and virtual storage. You want to keep a payroll data set, which is accessed frequently by many users, in memory to avoid I/O. Main storage is not constrained. Choose the most efficient storage type.d

a) Standard hiperspace. b) Private regular data space c) ESO hiperspace d) Shared regular data space. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Your system reads the second record in a block of payroll records. What does the system do to process this record?c a) Retrieves the data set containing the block of payroll records from the virtual storage. b) Performs an I/O to load the second payroll record in to virtual storage. c) Accesses the second payroll record from the virtual storage buffer in main storage. d) NA Your company recently converted from an MVS/XA system to an MVS/ESA system. You notice that the weekly payroll procedure, which prints checks for all personnel in your large international company, runs much more efficiently on the ESA system. What could be a possible explanation for this change? c a) MVS/ESA has a larger operating system than MVS/XA. b) ESA manages auxiliary storage more efficiently than XA. c) Expanded storage is used to a greater extent in ESA than in XA. d) ESA has more address space room for more data in memory. Your current operating system supports the concurrent execution of programs and allows each job its own 16-megabyte virtual address space. However, because your programs and data will no longer fit in a virtual address space, what operating systems may you migrate to which will relieve this constraint?d a) MVS/XA or MVS b) MVS/ESA or MVS c) MVS/XA or SVS d) MVS/XA or MVS/ESA

Although the XA and ESA systems are similar, ESA maintains more data in storage in order to increase your ability to enhance and enlarge programs. What unique feature makes this possible in the ESA environment? b a) ESA manages auxiliary storage more efficiently thank XA. b) ESA provides more virtual storage capabilities than XA. c) ESA has a larger operating system than XA. d) ESA uses real memory more efficiently than XA. The system process that alleviates overuse of the CPU, memory, and I/O is known as which one of the following? c? a) Swapping b) Paging c) Buffering d) NA Your inventory program is executing and encounters a page fault when it searches for data in main storage. The system then retrieves the page from expanded or auxiliary storage. What does the system do with that page once it is located?b a) Keeps it in expanded or auxiliary storage until main storage has room to receive it. b) Transfers it to main storage to allow the program currently executing to continue. c) Moves pieces of the page to main storage in increments of 8K until the entire page has been moved. d) NA You are writing a program for your purchasing department which uses files accessed by order entry, invoicing, and inventory applications. Because you are concerned about response time, you plan to use a hiperspace to store data. How do hiperspaces use virtual storage to improve response time? b a) A program stored as data in a hiperspace does not need to be transformed to main storage to execute, because it can also execute from the hiperspace. b) Operating system programs and data can be placed in a hiperspace and be retrieved in multiple blocks of 4 K. c) A hiperspace allows more data to be kept in virtual storage,

thereby avoiding unnecessary I/O. d) NA The appearance of data and programs residing exclusively in main storage during program execution can be attributed to what storage area? d a) Virtual b) Expanded c) Auxiliary d) Real ---------------------------------------------------------Which of the following descriptions apply to an installation using SMS? Application programmers are a a) Not responsible for using the SMS constructs that automate data management functions. b) Not responsible for determining the life cycle procedures of a data set. c) Responsible for determining the archival procedures for data sets. d) Responsible for determining the physical placement of new data sets. Since MVT and SVS both support the concurrent execution of programs, what would be the advantage of converting to the SVS operating system? b a) Implementation of virtual storage b) Provision of one address space for each job c) Provision of a2-gigabyte virtual address space d) Expanded storage is managed more efficiently. A system is executing a large inventory program, which reads sequentially and takes a long time to process. As an application programmer, which of the following can you control directly to decrease the time it takes the program to execute? b?? a) Paging b) Buffering c) Swapping d) NA