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

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MainFrame Interview Questions

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SSRange is used to do a range check on which of the Following. SUBSCRIPT,INDEX,REFERENCE MODIFICATION,Run-time option.

Lehman Brothers,

3 13983

What is the maximum number of Alternate Index ???

4 10957

How to test CICS, MainFrame applications

Covansys,

12 30920

What are the main topics in CICS to prepare for interview purpose and for real time purpose?

iGate,

2 7890

Can you please let me know the centre name of INS certification in Kolkata.

2190

What are the advantage of Model Data Set Table: it will be help to which among this DCB; LRECL; DISP; SPACE?

1 4832

If we have 100 records in the PF, we deleted all the records then what is the Size of the PF?

2 6217

Can you define multiple maps in a BMS mapset?How,can anybody sent with syntax?

3 17048

Hi Guyz, My requirement is to empty out a PS file but not to delete. How would I do that. Is there any Utility. If any other way, plz answer. Thanks.

iGate, Lehman Brothers,

9 27009

How to move a field DT 9(8) of input file to DT 9(8) COMP-3 in output file in ezytrieve? in the output file entire dt is not moved.If any answer plz reply as soon as possible.

2158

Attended Xansa Interview , Asked Questions : 1) Diff between Renames and Redefines 2) Comp and Comp -3 3) What will happen if DISP = ( NEW, DELETE, KEEP) 4) Gave one scenario like , if PIC clause X(50) has to be increased to X(70) how u will proceed with this change. 5) Diff between Section and Paragraph

Xansa,

4 8223

how to fetch multiple records without using cursor

HCL,

14 39020

what is datacom db?

CSC,

2 8136

what is mainframe? what is the mainframe software ? what is use in s/w field?

CSE,

7 12209

what is the basic concept of mainframe? what knowledge is needed for learn this mainframe?

CSE, TCS, Wipro,

4 16855

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

how to handle -911 (deadlock) error in a db2 program so that the program will never abend?

976

what are decleratives in cobol?

2217

what is the facility that allows mainframes to be partitioned into lapars? A.z/os b.pr/sm c.vitual storaged.coupling facility

1147

what is the difference between udate and the system date?

1921

List out the data types available.

1090

Explain how can you do the explain of a dynamic sql statement?

1068

How to remove the spaces at the end of each record in the output file of variable length, via cobol program?

1111

Explain the contents that are a part of dclgen.

1041

what is db2 restart?

2107

What is the significance of addrspc parameter in the exec statement?

1021

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

2462

Code the related portions of cics/cobol-i programs to gain addressability to twa area assigned to a particular task. Assme that the size of twa area is 300bytes. What are the advantages if cobol-ii is used in the place of cobol?

1088

what are members?

999

How to compare two files in SYNCSORT and on the mismatch record should be deleted from second file.

5479

File not opened because library is *PROD and debug is UPDPROD(*NO). ? what may be the reason? how to solve it..?

2873

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