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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i want to enter the name 'pandu' into ur table how?

1 6309

How to import the cics code for updations? what are steps do we need follow for execution again after modification? plz any body help me to know

IBM,

1 4613

what is difference bt COND, REGION & TIME parameters at JOB & EXEC. give an exp.

Syntel,

1 9036

in real time what is the suitable exp where in-stream procedure is better then catalog procedure.

1 2967

hi.... anybody send real time project related questions & answers whatever will ask in interview plz.....help me? advanced thanks....

2449

how to set dependancy for jobs?

4 15191

how to get duplicate records from tables?write qurey for this?

ANZ,

4 9796

which certifications r 4 cobol,jcl,db2,cics what is format of xam n what is importance of these certifications... plz post answer only if u r sure... thanks

1 2968

how can you access index

IBM, Tech Mahindra,

4 9463

01rec1. 05 a pic 999v99 value 123.12 05 b pic 99v9 value 45.9 02 rec2. 05 x pic 999v99 05 y pic 99v99 05 z pic x(3) value 'abc' if rec1 is moved to rec2 then what is the value of rec2?

Amdocs,

5 13309

How do I link an existing logical file to it's Physical File without recompiling?

2 8702

ID DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. PLO. DATA DIVISION. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 VAR1 PIC 9(2). 01 VAR2 PIC X(2). PROCEDURE DIVISION. ACCEPT VAR2. MOVE VAR2 TO VAR1. STOP RUN. if i give 'PI' in var2 then what will b output of progr. any abend?????

TCS,

6 14327

can u give result for the fallowing example... 05 a pic 9(2) 05 b redifines a pic x(2). move 'xy' to b. display a,b.

IBM,

10 12382

By seeing the file itself how can we identify whether it is A vsam file or flat file

IBM,

7 14270

which MONMSG will give higher priority in CL program? I know MONMSG are of two types. Program Level Monmsg and Command Monmsg?

1 11698

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

how would you create a temporary dataset? And where will you use them?

1331

what is buffering and how does it apply to vsam files ?

1134

How to fetch 1000 error records from VSAM file(Eg: 1000000 records present) while getting SOC7 abend ?

2414

what are the different types of data areas?

1670

Is their any set of rules for dd? Explain.

1127

is there any way I can ease my rpg controls on numeric input fields? How about an input date field?

1065

How to read and write a single record into a file. I would like to use it to enter a single 8-character piece of information and use it to put it into a variable for processing in JCL. Thank you

1023

Explain storage architecture of idms.

802

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

2495

Suppose I have five jobs to do. But I want to hold one?

1086

What is difference between alias and synonym in db2?

1091

what is the meaning of dynamic processing in vsam?

1006

What is the draw back of Procedures? why we are going to Modules?

1739

What statement can be used to send data to another mvs jes3 node?

1597

What is the default value(s) for an initialize? What keyword will allow for an override of the default?

1080

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