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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What does ?Pseudo Conversational? mean?

IBM,

3 9749

Name some translator and compile options and explain their meaning?

Fujitsu,

2849

What are the steps you go through to a create a BMS executable?

IBM,

2 6570

What is some of the information available in the EIB area?

IBM,

2 5928

Which is the EIB field that gives the date when a task was started?

1 7007

What are attribute bytes and how and why are they modified?

1 5469

What are the parameters that you have to give when you are using the CSSN transaction?

3 5976

What is DFHEIBLK?

IBM,

3 29447

How can the fact that EIBCALEN is equal to zeros be of use to an application programmer?

IBM,

1 5310

Is there any entry for TSQs in CICS tables?

IBM,

3 8436

What is MDT?

IBM,

1 5324

CICS and DB2 can exist in the same region under the Operating system (True or False)

2 6612

What does the following transactions do?

1 4942

Can we define an alternate index on VSAM/RRDS ?

IBM,

2 7655

If you use the OPTIMIZE compiler option the size of the program can be reduced by 5 to 10%(True or False)

2 5432

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

How does db2 sample database connect?

1034

What is the role of schema in the db2 database?

1280

I have many files which i am receiving from client everyday. I have one step for every file to check for empty or not. Here client gives 30 files i need to check for every file for empty or not and i need to perform 30 steps. Can I do it in single step. Dynamically i need to change the File name in my step.

1219

Write the difference between hidam and hdam databases?

1012

what is the sqlcode -501

13170

What is the need of running runstats in the test environment?

1080

What are the mainframe computing pros and cons?

1123

How to execute stored procedures?

1135

what the purpose of ovrdta, ovrata keywords?

1964

Differentiate between structured cobol programming and object-oriented cobol programming.

1161

what is *inzsr used for?

2335

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

1155

What is the difference between pct and fct?

1227

What is the syntax for FETCH in DB2 ?

1222

how do you reference the fixed unblock file formats from cobol programs

1248

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