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

How to use the same COBOL program in Batch and CICS on lines? explain with an example

IBM,

2392

what type of version is we r using now real time in all modules(cobol, jcl, cics, db2, vsam)?

Accenture,

1 3824

What type of versions we r using in mainframe (jcl, cobol, db2, vsam, cics)?

Accenture,

1 7147

WHAT IS MENT BY RECORD LEVEL IDENTIFIER ? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS?

1 7584

WHAT IS MEANT BY SIGNATURE VAILOTION ERROR

IBM,

1 6610

Need a sql query: retrive all duplicate records in table

3 11348

what's the significance of freespace(0 0) and freespace(100 100)

3 12672

how can we know running job is batch or intractive ? i need all the possibilites.........plz help me

HSBC, IBM,

3 9907

What is timing concept in mainframe?

2206

In JCL I have 5 steps,I need to execute 1st,2nd and 5th steps only,can any one answer me please?

TCS,

2 20532

i have 6 steps in my jcl program after going to 5th step i want to execute 3rd step.....how can i do it....by using(RESTART) can i do it or not?

Wipro,

2 7363

HOw to submit a job from other user id.? for exp some other job name like "t4622sdx".now i want to submit that job from my user id?(we don't know that location at all Just we know job name)

MSN Pharma, UST,

1 9448

I have a input file. Data like: ABCDEFGH.... i want out put file like AB BC CD DE....How can do this??

UST,

7 12719

In my table having 100 Rec. How can I delete the 7th row?? (we don't know what is data inside the table)

IBM,

9 15769

How many maps can we declare in a mapset.what is the limit.

IBM,

4 9851

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

What is the place for VSAM KSDS?

1103

What is parallel sysplex?

815

What is image copy in db2?

1017

What is commit in db2?

1055

What is the use of tdq and tsq?

1113

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.

6589

does anybody know about niit technologies ? how is that company ? any body working in that company ? please answer my question.I got selected in NIIT Technologies delhi.

3003

What is mainframe cics?

1106

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

1034

run jcl for cobol+db2 pgm?.. //jobcard //step001 exec pgm=ikjeft01 //systin dd * DSNSYSTEM(--------) RUN PROGRAM(MYPGMNAME) PLAN(-----), LIB(-------), PARMS(------) /* WHAT WILL U GIVE INSIDE THE BRACKETS... WHAT IS PLAN,PACKAGE,BIND?..PLAN N PACAKGES ARE GENERATED BY ?...

4312

What is the copy idms subschema-binds?

830

there are seven idcams commands in vsam. Can you name and explain each of them?

1110

Can we give +2 instead of +1 while creating a new gdg file?

964

How are the next sentence and continue different from each other?

1295

Explain the difference between record occurrence and record type in idms?

865

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