diff --git a/first-network/scripts/script.sh b/first-network/scripts/script.sh
index 09367df45c..cb88dee332 100755
--- a/first-network/scripts/script.sh
+++ b/first-network/scripts/script.sh
@@ -101,21 +101,21 @@ if [ "${NO_CHAINCODE}" != "true" ]; then
 	## approve the definition for org1
 	approveForMyOrg 1 0 1
 
-	## query the approval status on both orgs, expect org1 to have approved and org2 not to
-	queryStatus 1 0 1 "\"Org1MSP\": true" "\"Org2MSP\": false"
-	queryStatus 1 0 2 "\"Org1MSP\": true" "\"Org2MSP\": false"
+	## simulate committing the chaincode definition, expect org1 to have approved and org2 not to
+	simulateCommitChaincodeDefinition 1 0 1 "\"Org1MSP\": true" "\"Org2MSP\": false"
+	simulateCommitChaincodeDefinition 1 0 2 "\"Org1MSP\": true" "\"Org2MSP\": false"
 
 	## now approve also for org2
 	approveForMyOrg 1 0 2
 
-	## query the approval status on both orgs, expect them both to have approved
-	queryStatus 1 0 1 "\"Org1MSP\": true" "\"Org2MSP\": true"
-	queryStatus 1 0 2 "\"Org1MSP\": true" "\"Org2MSP\": true"
+	## simulate committing the chaincode definition again, expect them both to have approved
+	simulateCommitChaincodeDefinition 1 0 1 "\"Org1MSP\": true" "\"Org2MSP\": true"
+	simulateCommitChaincodeDefinition 1 0 2 "\"Org1MSP\": true" "\"Org2MSP\": true"
 
 	## now that we know for sure both orgs have approved, commit the definition
 	commitChaincodeDefinition 1 0 1 0 2
 
-	## query on both orgs to see that the definition committed ok
+	## query on both orgs to see that the definition committed successfully 
 	queryCommitted 1 0 1
 	queryCommitted 1 0 2
 
diff --git a/first-network/scripts/utils.sh b/first-network/scripts/utils.sh
index 592cd249bc..e7d1a95d44 100755
--- a/first-network/scripts/utils.sh
+++ b/first-network/scripts/utils.sh
@@ -211,14 +211,14 @@ commitChaincodeDefinition() {
   echo
 }
 
-# queryStatus VERSION PEER ORG
-queryStatus() {
+# simulateCommitChaincodeDefinition VERSION PEER ORG
+simulateCommitChaincodeDefinition() {
   VERSION=$1
   PEER=$2
   ORG=$3
   shift 3
   setGlobals $PEER $ORG
-  echo "===================== Querying approval status on peer${PEER}.org${ORG} on channel '$CHANNEL_NAME'... ===================== "
+  echo "===================== Simulating the commit of the chaincode definition on peer${PEER}.org${ORG} on channel '$CHANNEL_NAME'... ===================== "
   local rc=1
   local starttime=$(date +%s)
 
@@ -228,9 +228,9 @@ queryStatus() {
     test "$(($(date +%s) - starttime))" -lt "$TIMEOUT" -a $rc -ne 0
   do
     sleep $DELAY
-    echo "Attempting to Query approval status on peer${PEER}.org${ORG} ...$(($(date +%s) - starttime)) secs"
+    echo "Attempting to simulate committing the chaincode definition on peer${PEER}.org${ORG} ...$(($(date +%s) - starttime)) secs"
     set -x
-    peer lifecycle chaincode queryapprovalstatus --channelID $CHANNEL_NAME --name mycc $PEER_CONN_PARMS --version ${VERSION} --sequence ${VERSION} --init-required >&log.txt
+    peer lifecycle chaincode simulatecommit --channelID $CHANNEL_NAME --name mycc $PEER_CONN_PARMS --version ${VERSION} --sequence ${VERSION} --init-required >&log.txt
     res=$?
     set +x
     test $res -eq 0 || continue
@@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ queryStatus() {
   echo
   cat log.txt
   if test $rc -eq 0; then
-    echo "===================== Query approval status successful on peer${PEER}.org${ORG} on channel '$CHANNEL_NAME' ===================== "
+    echo "===================== Simulating the commit of the chaincode definition successful on peer${PEER}.org${ORG} on channel '$CHANNEL_NAME' ===================== "
   else
-    echo "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Query approval status result on peer${PEER}.org${ORG} is INVALID !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
+    echo "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simulate commit chaincode definition result on peer${PEER}.org${ORG} is INVALID !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
     echo "================== ERROR !!! FAILED to execute End-2-End Scenario =================="
     echo
     exit 1
diff --git a/high-throughput/scripts/query-status.sh b/high-throughput/scripts/simulate-commit.sh
similarity index 71%
rename from high-throughput/scripts/query-status.sh
rename to high-throughput/scripts/simulate-commit.sh
index d5592a81ef..93a8f2e264 100755
--- a/high-throughput/scripts/query-status.sh
+++ b/high-throughput/scripts/simulate-commit.sh
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ setGlobals() {
   fi
 }
 
-queryStatus() {
+simulateCommitChaincodeDefinition() {
   VERSION=$1
   PEER=$2
   ORG=$3
   shift 3
   setGlobals $PEER $ORG
-  echo "===================== Querying approval status on peer${PEER}.org${ORG} ===================== "
+  echo "===================== Simulating the commit of the chaincode definition on peer${PEER}.org${ORG} ===================== "
   local rc=1
   local starttime=$(date +%s)
 
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ queryStatus() {
     test "$(($(date +%s) - starttime))" -lt "$TIMEOUT" -a $rc -ne 0
   do
     sleep $DELAY
-    echo "Attempting to Query approval status on peer${PEER}.org${ORG} ...$(($(date +%s) - starttime)) secs"
+    echo "Attempting to simulate committing the chaincode definition on peer${PEER}.org${ORG} ...$(($(date +%s) - starttime)) secs"
     set -x
-    peer lifecycle chaincode queryapprovalstatus --channelID $CHANNEL_NAME --name $CC_NAME --signature-policy "OR('Org1MSP.peer', 'Org2MSP.peer')" --version ${VERSION} --init-required --sequence ${VERSION} >&log.txt
+    peer lifecycle chaincode simulatecommit --channelID $CHANNEL_NAME --name $CC_NAME --signature-policy "OR('Org1MSP.peer', 'Org2MSP.peer')" --version ${VERSION} --init-required --sequence ${VERSION} >&log.txt
     res=$?
     set +x
     test $res -eq 0 || continue
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ queryStatus() {
   echo
   cat log.txt
   if test $rc -eq 0; then
-    echo "===================== Query approval status successful on peer${PEER}.org${ORG} ===================== "
+    echo "===================== Simulating the commit of the chaincode definition successful on peer${PEER}.org${ORG} ===================== "
   else
-    echo "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Query approval status result on peer${PEER}.org${ORG} is INVALID !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
+    echo "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simulate commit chaincode definition result on peer${PEER}.org${ORG} is INVALID !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
     echo "================== ERROR !!! FAILED to execute End-2-End Scenario =================="
     echo
     exit 1
diff --git a/interest_rate_swaps/network/scripts/query-status.sh b/interest_rate_swaps/network/scripts/query-status.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 008ec01a4d..0000000000
--- a/interest_rate_swaps/network/scripts/query-status.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright IBM Corp All Rights Reserved
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-queryStatus() {
-  echo "===================== Querying approval status for ${CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID} ===================== "
-  local rc=1
-  local starttime=$(date +%s)
-
-  # continue to poll
-  # we either get a successful response, or reach TIMEOUT
-  while
-    test "$(($(date +%s) - starttime))" -lt "$TIMEOUT" -a $rc -ne 0
-  do
-    echo "Attempting to Query approval status for ${CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID} ...$(($(date +%s) - starttime)) secs"
-    set -x
-    peer lifecycle chaincode queryapprovalstatus -o irs-orderer:7050 --channelID irs --signature-policy "AND(OR('partya.peer','partyb.peer','partyc.peer'), 'auditor.peer')" --name irscc --version 1 --init-required --sequence 1 >&log.txt
-    res=$?
-    set +x
-    test $res -eq 0 || continue
-    let rc=0
-    for var in "$@"
-    do
-        grep "$var" log.txt &>/dev/null || let rc=1
-    done
-  done
-  echo
-  cat log.txt
-  if test $rc -eq 0; then
-    echo "===================== Query approval status successful for ${CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID} ===================== "
-  else
-    echo "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Query approval status result for ${CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID} !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
-    echo "================== ERROR !!! FAILED to execute End-2-End Scenario =================="
-    echo
-    exit 1
-  fi
-}
diff --git a/interest_rate_swaps/network/scripts/script.sh b/interest_rate_swaps/network/scripts/script.sh
index 089661509c..0a2035ffcd 100755
--- a/interest_rate_swaps/network/scripts/script.sh
+++ b/interest_rate_swaps/network/scripts/script.sh
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ approveChaincode() {
 	done
 }
 
-queryApproved() {
+simulateCommitChaincode() {
 	for org in partya partyb partyc auditor rrprovider
 	do
 		export CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID=$org
 		export CORE_PEER_ADDRESS=irs-$org:7051
 		export CORE_PEER_MSPCONFIGPATH=/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/$org.example.com/users/Admin@$org.example.com/msp
-		queryStatus "\"partya\": true" "\"partyb\": true" "\"partyc\": true" "\"auditor\": true" "\"rrprovider\": true"
+		simulateCommit "\"partya\": true" "\"partyb\": true" "\"partyc\": true" "\"auditor\": true" "\"rrprovider\": true"
 	done
 }
 
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@ queryPackage
 echo "Approving chaincode..."
 approveChaincode
 
-. scripts/query-status.sh
+. scripts/simulate-commit.sh
 
-# Query approval status
-echo "querying approval status..."
-queryApproved
+# Simulate committing the chaincode definition
+echo "Simulate committing the chaincode definition..."
+simulateCommitChaincode
 
 # Commit chaincode definition
 echo "Committing chaincode definition..."
diff --git a/interest_rate_swaps/network/scripts/simulate-commit.sh b/interest_rate_swaps/network/scripts/simulate-commit.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f238bc1a59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/interest_rate_swaps/network/scripts/simulate-commit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#
+# Copyright IBM Corp All Rights Reserved
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+simulateCommit() {
+  echo "===================== Simulating the commit of the chaincode definition for ${CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID} ===================== "
+  local rc=1
+  local starttime=$(date +%s)
+
+  # continue to poll
+  # we either get a successful response, or reach TIMEOUT
+  while
+    test "$(($(date +%s) - starttime))" -lt "$TIMEOUT" -a $rc -ne 0
+  do
+    echo "Attempting to simulate committing the chaincode definition for ${CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID} ...$(($(date +%s) - starttime)) secs"
+    set -x
+    peer lifecycle chaincode simulatecommit -o irs-orderer:7050 --channelID irs --signature-policy "AND(OR('partya.peer','partyb.peer','partyc.peer'), 'auditor.peer')" --name irscc --version 1 --init-required --sequence 1 >&log.txt
+    res=$?
+    set +x
+    test $res -eq 0 || continue
+    let rc=0
+    for var in "$@"
+    do
+        grep "$var" log.txt &>/dev/null || let rc=1
+    done
+  done
+  echo
+  cat log.txt
+  if test $rc -eq 0; then
+    echo "===================== Simulating the commit of the chaincode definition successful for ${CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID} ===================== "
+  else
+    echo "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simulate commit chaincode definition result for ${CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID} is INVALID !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
+    echo "================== ERROR !!! FAILED to execute End-2-End Scenario =================="
+    echo
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}