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

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MainFrame Interview Questions

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File1 has 100 records and file2 has 200 records i want to copy 50 records which r in both file into file3

7 11695

How to fetch even records from one file to another file by using ICETOOL in JCL?

3 16568

if we display var1 then what will b displayed in below condition. 77 var1 pic s9(2) value -10. 77 var1 pic s9(2) value -11. " " " -12. " " " -13. -14 ... ... -19.

IBM, Steria,

2 6452

Hi pls anybody tell me about " ANALYSIS DOCUMENT PREPARATION AND ESTIMATION OF TASK " (in real time project)."I want to update a sequential file in my project" for that purpose i need both structures i mean analysis document and estimation of task.

2083

in my jcl have 20 steps step1,step2,.... step20.and i have to execute step1,step2,..and skip the step3 and remaing step4,step5 are execute? i want skip step3 only? what code u can write?

Patni,

3 8798

waht is inspect verb? where it can be in real time?

Patni,

1 5459

I have a cobol program with a sub program. How ca i find that it is a dynamic call? or static call..?

HCL, IBM,

3 10332

WT R TECHNICAL MAINFRAME QUESTION ASKED IIN ANJANASOFTEARE??

1 3461

I hav vari declaration like..... 77 a pic s9(9).99. 77 b pic s9(9).99 comp. 77 c pic s9(9).99 comp-3. if i use MOVE 123456789.99 to a,b,c what happen every one working fine ?

Mphasis,

1 6314

how to eliminate the duplicates in sorting

Fidelity,

4 22242

can we use reference modification an arry.

1 4419

what is inrec fields and outrec fields in sorting

Fidelity,

3 10119

we define the array like this 01 array 02 veg occurs 10 times 03 days occurs 6 times 04 cost pic 9(5). but why don't we write it as 01 array 02 veg occurs 10 times 03 days occurs 6 time 04 cost pic 9(5). is there any error will occur ,what is it? and why don't 01,02,03 not contain picture clause? if we put pic in those is there any error will occur what is it will occur?

Fidelity,

1 4974

what is the difference between vsam and dataset how do u create vsam dataset which file you r used?

Fidelity,

2 10954

how do you bind the cobol with db2

Fidelity,

2735

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

How would the varchar column remarks defined?

1038

What are the different types of PL/1 files?

2118

What is rmode(any) ?

1184

Whenever a cics program goes through a compilation process, there is always some extra code that is added to the program. Where exactly does this new piece of code go to and what is it termed as ?

979

Explain how to convert 2010/02/11 to m/dd/yyy.. With string and without string if any other method... Code?

1090

What is the use of db2 optimizer?

1042

Explain the difference between exec cics handle condtion and an exec cics ignore command?

981

What is one line to pass PARM from JCL to COBOL?

4903

Which statement is used to identify the private libraries in job?

1127

What are various search techniques in cobol? Explain.

1028

What is the clustering index in the db2 database?

958

What is file information data structure(infds) in as400?

1421

what is logical file?

984

what is use of disp parameter in dd statement?

1048

how to get the last record in vsam file in cluster? And how can u get the ksds file records into ur cobol program?

905

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