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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If there is no row in Emp table with Ename as Raghava and you run the below queries in SPUFI. 1.select Ename from EMP wher Ename = 'raghava' 2.Select count(*) from EMP where Ename = 'raghava' What is SQLCODE shown up in SPUFI

ADP,

4 10206

What is STACK in Natural? How we can use it in Program? Give me Eg.?

IBM,

2 14955

what is the use of cursors?

iGate,

3 7447

For update of a row in cursors, when do we move value into host variable in cobol progrm? is it before open or before fetch ?

iGate,

2 8456

What is Control Break processing ?

iGate,

1 10174

why subproc not run in dftactgrp?????/plz explain

CSC,

2 7972

what is *place and *auto keyword in prtf ?plz explain

CSC,

3172

How can we extract data from IMS DB and load it onto oracle database by converting it.Pls someone help me

TCS,

2 5273

Without using move verb how to move one variable to another.

5 14133

what is batch debug in as400?

3 11554

What are the types of performs in COBOL? How does perform thru work, give example.

2 7594

Given below code, find the value of 'x'. Perform s001-x thru s001-y. s001-x. add 1 to x . s001-1x. ------- . s001-y. perform s001-1y 10 times . s001-1y. perform s001-2y 10 times . s001-2y. perform s001-x 10 times .

1 4580

What are the CICS tables? How to traverse from one screen (program) to another on CICS?

1 6803

what is the job entry system used in your project?

3 7349

This was on MQseries. What does MQ queue Manager do? what are the different types of queues? do you know about remote queues etc. How do you delete records from queues? how do you empty queues?

1 4464

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Explain the function of dd disp parameter?

1134

suppose program A is calling program B, at a time A will send 100 records but it has to send 500 records. how it will possible?

2096

how does the runqry show the output?

1425

what keyword must be used with protect keyword ?

1776

Can you please let me know the centre name of INS certification in Kolkata.

2251

What are the jcl procedures?

1131

Can a Search can be done on a table with or without Index?

1298

What is a continuation triple? what is the use of limit sys?

1541

What is inspect?

1019

Explain this error: "all record formats for externally-described file abcd ignored or dropped due to error; file ignored."?

1357

what is elastic and non elastic subrile?

1015

How to find the list of source physical files in a library?

1124

What happens if both JOBLIB & STEPLIB is specified ?

1159

When an area sweep is used?

849

what is the JCL statement consists of?

1201

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