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

How to DEBUG a JCL?

Satyam,

9 26610

What are the functions in DB2?

Satyam,

3 9225

How to know the primary key of a table without defining the primary key in the table?

Satyam,

5 15136

can we drop column from a table

INDUS,

7 20779

how to create a new pds with the structure of an existing pds?

Cap Gemini, IBM,

17 42741

How to declare if emp-name = AAAAA""BBB in working-storage section. After display emp-name should print like AAAAA""BB

Polaris,

6 9555

How to send a SMS to a mobile through Mainframe MVS? Please let me know a detailed information regarding this SMS feature in Mainframe.

5 15710

What is the differentiation between TRK,cyl, and Bytes... how they can be connected??

2 28873

How to execute a cics program from a paticular date and time .or specified date and time.

CSC,

3 10287

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

1937

who will provide realtime projects for me on mainframe banking Or health care domain on bangalore."it's urgent for me" pls send uregent reply

IBM, Infosys,

3 12366

what is the difference between clear and reset opcodes and open and close opcodes?please tell me in real time senario with example please? And What is the use of SFLNXTCHG?Where we can use this?

IBM,

4 39681

Hi,while writing a program, what is the mandatory specification using rpg/400 (in7 specification)?And please tell me what is the difference between SCAN AND CHECK opcodes?can any body tell me in real time senario?with example?

3 9830

what is the rpg and cl life cycle?Please tell me any body

4 11051

whare we can use IN AND OUT AND UNLCK opcodes?please can any body tell me in real time senario with example

2 7646

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

hello friends ,i have exam in Hsbc,pls any on send me placement papers and technical questions on mainframes,thank u

2100

What is a set in idms? What pointers are required, what are possible? How may sets be ordered?

801

How to define a vsam file in cics getting into cics to define a vsam file.

1082

what the purpose of ovrdta, ovrata keywords?

1870

How to retrieve rows from a db2 table in embedded sql?

1329

What are db2 tables?

1053

What are the terms cics generally means?

948

How to test SQL -911 error while developing COB-DB2 program

7445

how can I control from my cgis the cache of a remote browser?

1106

What are concurrency issues?

1032

What is the difference between comp and comp-3?

1134

How arrays can be defined in COBOL?

1139

What is bind plan?

981

If i change any file through application after entering data , how to check which file is updated through applications . For call stack we takes esc 3 then we chose 11..But What is answer of below qtn..?

1854

Name and explain the three location modes?

1315

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