What is a deadlock?

CICS Interview Questions

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What is a deadlock?

Deadlock (also known as a "deadly embrace") occurs when a task is waiting for a resource held by another task which, in turn, is waiting for a resources held by the first task.

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Other Interview Questions

• Can you access ESDS files from CICS?
• What is a resident program ?
• How do you access storage outside your CICS program?
• Can you use DYNAMIC calls in CICS?
• Sync points cannot be requested by the application programs (True or False).
• Name three ways the Modified Data Tag can be set on ?
• How do you execute a backgroound CICS transaction ?
• What is the meaning of the SYNCPOINT command?
• Translation Time is not reduced if the Pre-compilcation is done first (True or False).
• Code a program meeting the following requirements.
• More...