MainFrame Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

When can the USING phrase be included in the call statement ?

2 6881

What does the initialize statement do ?

2 7350

What are the two search techniques ?

iGate,

2 10170

Can you access ESDS files from CICS ?

IBM,

2 13924

What is the function of the Terminal Control table?

4 10720

How do you access storage outside your CICS program?

IBM,

2 9100

What is the primary objective of CICS ?

IBM,

1 7293

What do the keywords MAPONLY and DATAONLY mean?

2 9531

What is ENQ, DEQ ?

IBM,

1 14231

What is the name of the facility provided by CICS to free the application program form the problems caused

1 5877

What is the function of the CICS translator?

1 13883

Which is the macro used for making an entry in the PPT

1 6748

What are the situations under which NEWCOPY is required ?

Cap Gemini, IBM,

2 15864

What is the difference between a PF key & a PA key ?

IBM,

4 21079

Can you define multiple maps in a BMS mapset?

Cap Gemini, IBM,

3 10545

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

hi provide info about any real time requirement in health care and banking services mainframe applications. pls send immediate reply to me.

2054

Is condition checking possible in jcl?

1260

what are the idcams commands that can be used for vsam and explain each of them.

1061

which indicator is used for read?

1192

How to read a pf in reverse(from last record to first) using cl?

1206

What is the maximum length of a single line of jcl?

1412

Differentiate between structured cobol programming and object-oriented cobol programming.

1216

I have a subprogram B calling from mainprogram A.I have opened a cursor in A ,Can i fetch the same cursor in subprogram B , If yes , Please explain the reason?

2444

how do you reference the printer file formats from cobol programs

1285

What is the difference between db2 and oracle?

1183

State the uses of syspring, sysin, sort fields, sum fields and dummy.

1140

What Does 'sr' In Columns 7-8 Of C Specs Mean?

1829

What is the significance of addrspc parameter in exec statement?

1264

How do u design a physical file, when you have 2 Unique fields like for eg in A student file student ID and student examination no both are unique

1067

Is acct parameter mandatory?

1280

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