Abend-Aid
Knowledge of and ability to use the Abend-Aid family of tools to detect, analyze and correct faults in IT applications.
Behavior Statements
Explains application debugging concepts and principles.
Describes major Abend-Aid functions, features and capabilities.
Describes Abend-Aid hardware, software and licensing requirements.
Discusses where and how to find answers to testing and debugging questions.
Uses Abend-Aid to analyze faults in applications.
Tracks faults and errors related to mainframe applications.
Reads and interprets the real-time and historical reports and graphs produced by Abend-Aid.
Performs hexadecimal arithmetic without a calculator.
Tackles basic faults by using components and facilities of Abend-Aid.
Evaluates the compatibility of the operating system environment and stability of Abend-aid.
Defines and implements procedures to ensure that the same error won't happen again.
Monitor the achievement of service level agreement thresholds in the use of Abend-Aid.
Optimizes Abend-Aid's operational processes to increase productivity.
Shows others how to combine Abend-Aid with other tools for complete problem analysis.
Oversees errors that Abend-Aid will not catch and ensures that they are diagnosed.
Designs processes for the use of multiple Abend-Aid tools in diverse environments.
Develops Abend-Aid implementation strategies and tradeoffs among other debugging tools, from a technical perspective.
Shows others how to troubleshoot, diagnose and correct complex technical problems.
Reads pure memory dumps and diagnoses errors that are beyond the scope of Abend-Aid.
Makes a valid business case for upgrading to the most current release of Abend-Aid.
Monitors Abend-Aid trends; assesses implications for the in-house production environment.
Interview Questions
- Explain the key strengths and weaknesses of Abend-Aid versus other debugging tools.
- How did you use Abend-Aid to avoid the same errors in IT applications from happening repeatedly?
- How did you combine Abend-Aid with other tools for complete problem analysis?
- What kinds of problems did you encounter when interpreting the real-time reports produced by Abend-Aid?
- Tell me about your previous experience in using Abend-Aid tools to detect, analyze and correct faults in IT applications.