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

i want to learn mainframe..any websites and material to learn from basic..? my mail id : rajeswaribe2010@gmail.com

2280

Is it possible to delete Symbolic Map? What is the impactness if we delete symbolic map?

CTS,

3 11565

I have sequential file recl 1000 i want to add another 15 bytes to it. The record length should not change..How?

CTS, HCL,

1 5251

How to print data of sequential file to Spool..?

2 8234

Particular area has been affected in cics screen, what is the process to find?

Cap Gemini,

3 10003

before altering a table is it necessary to lock ? if lock what is it ? how to do ? ifi want to lock a table what is that command ?

IBM,

2226

what is the total syntax for fetch ? can any one please give me all the details of fetch ? thx

IBM,

2 6520

can we view the access paths created by dbrm ? how ? thx

IBM,

2 7211

suppose in my table 10 rows are there , i want to update odd rows salary as 90000 ? how u do it ? any one help me ? what do we use here cursor-fetch or normal sql ?

IBM,

5 11024

i have a ps with two columns eno and ename , i need to copy eno column values in one ps and ename column values in one Ps ? is it possible through iebgener . how ? thx in advance

IBM, TCS,

1 6955

wht is packed decimal in cobol

2 7393

How do you round the addition or subtraction of two numbers in assembler? what does the following code do? AP WKUR,=P'5' where WKUR is a label

CSC, IBM,

3 10816

what is sort? whis is internal & external sort ?when do u go for inter sort & external sort? tell about some sort utilites?

BirlaSoft,

2 8831

without jcl how to run the batch programs

IBM,

2585

how to run batch program without jcl?

HSBC, IBM,

3 11704

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

What is the pcp in the cics?

984

What's The Percentage Free Space ?

1290

Interviewer asked me write down DDS for load all subfile .can anybody write dds

1788

What is meant by idd in idms?

1026

can any body give me any website for getting help on mainframe projectts in banking domain.

2153

what do you mean by the repro command?

1165

Explain the catalog?

1041

What do you mean by an alias?

1181

what is the function of cpysplf command?

1789

Difference between main program and a sub program in PL/1?

3031

Is it possible to alter a table – for example adding a column, when another user is accessing or updating some columns?

1148

Define perform? And its types?

1059

Using alternate indexes in batch program?

1175

If you are current on the owner of a set, what is the difference between an obtain next and obtain first in idms?

904

how to declare a constant variable in the freeformat?

1474

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