IBM MainFrame Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

In an EVALUTE statement is the order of the WHEN clauses significant?

4 10825

Give some advantages of REDEFINES clause?

Syntel,

2 18806

How do you do in-line PERFORM?

Accenture,

4 15906

Explain call by context by comparing it to other calls.

1 8000

What does EXIT do ?

Deloitte,

3 12145

what is Pic 9v99 Indicates?

2 12211

What is an explicit scope terminator?

3 18936

COMP?

2 5378

What should be the sorting order for SEARCH ALL?

5 8988

How is sign stored in Packed Decimal fields and Zoned Decimal fields?

ABC, HCL, TCS,

6 35730

How do you define a table/array in COBOL?

Hexaware,

5 29406

When is a scope terminator mandatory?

3 8024

How do you submit JCL via a Cobol program?

IBM,

5 18638

What is the difference between a DYNAMIC and STATIC call in COBOL?

2 11762

Differentiate COBOL and COBOL-II?

1978


Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

What is the best way to code to provide me the info that there are disks in the array failing or failed? How to code? Run in batch?

426


Why is it required to have a keyed directed retrieval?

567


what EXEC statement is and what is the syntax of EXEC statement used in JCL?

640


Describe the cobol database components?

686


OPEN INPUT StudentFile READ StudentFile AT END SET EndOfStudentFile TO TRUE END-READ PERFORM UNTIL EndOfStudentFile DISPLAY StudentId SPACE StudentName SPACE CourseCode SPACE YOBirth READ StudentFile AT END SET EndOfStudentFile TO TRUE END-READ END-PERFORM CLOSE StudentFile STOP RUN what will be output

2087






I HAVE A VB BLOCK WHICH IS USED AS INPUT IN COBOL CONATINING SOME RECORDS CAN I CHANGE THE FILE FROM VB TO FB?

2115


Is the order of the when clause important in an evaluate statement? Is the order of the when clause significant in an evaluate statement?

582


What do you mean by between and in? Is between inclusive of specified range values?

680


What is the physical storage length of the data types: date, time, timestamp in the db2 database?

663


Explain how and where is the twa size set?

585


Explain the significance of dbid used in adabs?

493


explain in brief what are the 3 types of vsam files?

643


Define communication area?

575


what are the additional information you should give in the dd statement while defining the next generation of a gdg?

585


If the stored record is not defined as automatic of a set, how can it be stored as a member of the set?

458