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

Can a PS file be read in reverse order?If so,how

Syntel,

2 9787

How many days does a job remain in spool

Syntel,

7 13104

Please give me the coding for converting VB to FB and FB to VB

HP,

3 19990

I hv ten records in ps file and i hv say some 15 records in vsam file .i hv empno and age in ps file n empno,empname,dept n desig in vsam file. i hv 2 read the ps file n check wid matching empno in vsam file and then insert all fields from ps and vsam into db2 table....plz help in writin the procedure division

1 5299

If we use GO BACK instead of STOP RUN in cobol?

Temenos,

1 6312

how you will define variables length in cobol.

Temenos,

3 10217

can we declare occurs in 01 level?

Temenos,

2 6707

how to create temporary data set in jcl? what is the use?

Cap Gemini, Temenos,

3 20169

How to concatenation one or more string?

Temenos,

4 14099

If we use GO BACK instead of STOP RUN in cobol?

Temenos,

2 7948

what is difference between Static call and Dynamic call? How does it function?

Syntel,

1 5870

what is different three logs in DB2?

Syntel,

1 5859

what is difference between random and sequence file access

Syntel,

1 5283

How do you run JCL in cobol program

IBM, Syntel,

1 5738

what is difference between Plan and Package

Syntel,

1 6233

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

what are necessary keywords to code message subfile?

1827

what is subfile?

1671

IIN APITUDE THEY GAVE ONLY 10 QUESTIONS.. THEY ARE SIMPLE ONE FROM NUMBER SERIES,BOATS,TIME & DISTANCE,PROFIT &LOSS,FIND OUT THE NUMBER ? 9 25 4 36 81 64 49 AND surveillance SPELLINGS E.T.C

2233

What do you mean by commit and rollback?

1093

What is sysplex?

969

what how do you initialize a vsam file before any operation? A vsam with alternate index?

1068

What are the types of the dfhmdf present in the cics?

1042

how can I tell when to replace the array?

1271

List out all the tables that are a part of cics ?

1016

What is the function of rollback in idms?

961

How to submit a jcl from cics?

1213

How can we find that module can be called – whether DYNAMICALLY or STATICALLY?

1272

EXPLAIN MAIN FRAME TESTING PROCESS...HOW TO FIX THE MAINFRAME BUGS?

2599

what are the reserved words for cics?

1160

do you use message subfiles? What are the necessary keywords required coding a message subfile?

1183

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