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Certificate in Customer Information Control System (CICS)

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Customer Information Control System (CICS)


About Customer Information Control System (CICS)

On IBM mainframe systems running z/OS and z/VSE, the IBM CICS series of mixed-language application servers provide online transaction management and connectivity for applications. Products from the CICS family are middleware that allows quick, high-volume online transaction processing.

Why is the Customer Information Control System (CICS) important?

While many other customers are requesting to execute the same applications, using the same files and programs, CICS offers services for executing an application online upon request. CICS controls resource allocation, data integrity, and execution priority while responding quickly.

Who should take the Customer Information Control System (CICS) Exam?

  • Software programmers
  • Mainframe Developer
  • Cobol Developer
  • System Engineers
  • Application Programmers

Customer Information Control System (CICS) Certification Course Outline

  1. Introduction to CICS
  2. CICS in a z/OS system
  3. CICS programs, transactions, and tasks
  4. Using programming languages with CICS
  5. CICS conversational and pseudo-conversational programming
  6. CICS programming commands
  7. How a CICS transaction flows
  8. CICS services for application programs
  9. CICS program control
  10. CICS programming roadmap

Certificate in Customer Information Control System (CICS) FAQs

The result will be declared immediately on submission.

It will be a computer-based exam. The exam can be taken from anywhere around the world.

You have to score 25/50 to pass the exam.

No there is no negative marking

There will be 50 questions of 1 mark each

You will be required to re-register and appear for the exam. There is no limit on exam retake.

You can directly go to the certification exam page and register for the exam.