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

The disposition parameter in the jcl is share ( DISP+SHR ) and the program opens file in extend mode what will happen?

Cognizant,

6 20428

how to delete perticular row from table for ex. how you will delete 3rd row from table please answer THANKS IN ADVANCE

IBM,

10 15105

I have a Main Program which is calling Sub-Program which is a DB2 pgm. What will happen if I am not closing the cursor used in the Sub-program? Please advise..

iGate,

3 11768

what is linkcard in cobol?

TCS,

1 10933

what is dynamic cursor?gives syntax for this?

TCS,

1 5414

i have 10 steps in jcl program but i have to exicute only 2,4,6,8th and 10th ?how it's possible?

IBM,

10 37923

what happens of we dont give time stamp in precompilation process

2 5582

What are the different types of model available in coolplex

IBM, Infosys,

1470

What are the different type of meta operations available in plex

TCS, Wipro,

1717

what is the difference between call and ++call?

HSBC,

1461

What is a continuation triple? what is the use of limit sys?

Tech Mahindra,

1544

what is mapfail and when we get this error? during send map or receive map?

HP,

3 18772

1.what are the builtin funtions in cl pgg?Explain with example 2.what is meant by left outer join?where we can use this?

2 6865

what is difference between accespath and datapath? what is the difference between accespath and open datapath?

2 10595

1.What is the difference between regular join logical file and non join logical file? 2.what are the nessasary keywords for non join logical file

ANZ,

3 15234

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

How can you access qsam (seq) files from cics?

1144

Name the cics command used to access current date and time?

1155

Explain the difference between record occurrence and record type in idms?

878

What is runstats and reorg in db2?

1323

What is the function of job statement in jcl?

1109

What is input procedure?

1011

define the purpose of the *cat function?

1695

What are Naming Standards in QMF?

1701

what do you mean by an input subfile, what are the keywords required?

1270

Is mainframe an operating system?

949

What are the rules for db2 programming?

1113

what are bind concepts in db2 cobol?

1111

how do we prepare test data using file-aid tool?

2565

under given circumstances, my cgi should link to another site. How to implement this?

1033

how to access data held on the jes spool?

1083

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