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Using the 900 Series HP 3000: Advanced Skills Module 3: Batch Processing

Challenge Test 

   1.  Which of the following characteristics refer to batch processing?

          a.  interactive processing

          b.  submits multiple commands at one time

          c.  can be scheduled to run at specific times

          d.  requires user supervision

   2.  What are the five job processing states?

   3.  Match the following terms with the descriptions below:  input
       priority, job limit, jobfence, and session limit.

          a.  establishes the priority for jobs to execute

          b.  is the maximum number of sessions that can execute
              simultaneously

          c.  must be above the jobfence for a job to run

          d.  is the maximum number of jobs that can execute
              simultaneously

   4.  Write a short job file that prints MYFILE1 on the line printer
       (assume that a file equation already exists defining LP as the
       line printer).

   5.  Write the STREAM commands that does the following:

          a.  JOBFILE runs immediately.

          b.  JOBFILE will run at 11:00 P.M. tonight.

          c.  JOBFILE will run next Monday
              at 8:00 A.M.

          d.  JOBFILE will run next Wednesday at 10:00 P.M.

   6.  What are the five commands that control job execution?

   7.  What are the ten states of a spool file?

       Match the following output spool file states to the correct
       activity of the spool file:

       READY     Spool file is being printed.

       PRINT    Being  created as output.

       CREATE      Spool file is ready to print.

   8.  What are the three most useful commands used to monitor job
       progress, and examine or delete completed spool files?

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