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

IBM MainFrame (5234)
IBM AS400 (1355)
IBM PL/1 (31)

MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What are Fillers ? What is the actual use of Fillers ? With small/simple Example..

Patni,

1 8161

In case you modify the attribute field of map do you need to recompile the map?

RBS,

5 13293

I have two files , file1 is input file it contains 10,20,30,....,records but i want to display the records in file 2 as reverse order .how can we do by using jcl& cobol(dont use array) please any one can tell me the answer

GreenTree, IBM,

3 9932

how to increase the space of a dataset in instream procedure.

HCL,

1 8304

what happens when time=0 is given in jcl code. what happens when blksize=0 is given in jcl code. what is symbolic and overriding parameters and a example program.

HCL,

6 14410

What is the diff bw PF/LF Name and their Record format name? what is restriction in record format then file name?

Wipro,

3054

I have a dataset with record length 40 in production, due to some requirements it was changed to 80. Then how can we know the jobs which are effected by this change and how can we resolve it.

iGate,

3 9106

1)what is compilation jcl for cobol program but it is calling another program 2)what is compilation jcl for cobol program but it is calling another program(in this, main program is pure cobol but sub program is cobol+db2 program anyone please answer me for above questions. it's very urgent

1 4525

i have cobol+ db2 program but it contains n number of subprograms for this how many dbrm members i need to mention in bind process

2 6734

hi,what is the module? how many modules in mainframe based banking projects

3050

Mr.Yallamanda Reddy P thanks for your answer sir,can we use test(D) opcode in RPG/400,if yes please help me by eloborating on that answer by writing a sample code for that sir

iGate,

2 5726

Can you use a select query in a loop to fetch multiple rows? If so what is the advantage of using a cursor?

L&T, UST,

2 4808

Can we use select query in a loop to fetch multiple rows in a COBOL PROGRAM? If so, what is the advantage of cursor?

UST,

1 6204

1)what is compilation jcl for cobol program but it is calling another program 2)what is compilation jcl for cobol program but it is calling another program(in this, main program is pure cobol but sub program is cobol+db2 program.can anyone please answer me for above questions. it's very urgent

Mind Tree,

4 13970

How can you validate Sql errors during cursor operation in db2 pgms and where do you code?

IBM,

2272

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

What is the role of union all and union

1196

how will you find a particular line in debugging if its a infinite loop

1828

How scary is it to write code for a bank?

1064

can any one exaplin about Decision Tables in test region with good example

2858

How can the disposition of sysout datasets be set for an entire jobstream?

1396

What is node in db2?

1106

what is kids-rpg?

1180

Can you explain cics translator?

1102

What are the uses of db2 optimizer?

1366

What information does a psb contain?

1190

mention the option (along with argument type) used in a cics command to retrieve the response code after execution of the command?

1240

What is sort?

1038

What is the difference between the positional and keyword parameters? Give examples.

1332

What are the utility programs in jcl?

1223

What is jcl in mainframe, and how many types of jcl statements are there for a job?

1259

For More Un-Answered { MainFrame } Questions Click Here