MainFrame Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is the difference between COMP & COMP-3 ?

2 30344

What was removed from COBOL in the COBOL II implementation?

1917

What will happen if you code GO BACK instead of STOP RUN in a stand-alone COBOL program i.e. a program which is not calling any other program ?

3 14956

How many sections are there in data division?.

Amdocs, TCS,

10 26661

What is the difference between NEXT SENTENCE and CONTINUE?

Mphasis,

2 13476

Can you REWRITE a record in an ESDS file? Can you DELETE a record from it?

ABC, IBM, Mphasis, Wipro,

6 25500

What is the maximum length of a field you can define using COMP-3?

Complex System, Infosys,

4 36529

How do you define a variable of COMP-1? COMP-2?

3 17556

What is the difference between comp and comp-3 usage? Explain other COBOL usage?s.

IBM, Xansa,

3 36488

Explain the difference between an internal and an external sort, the pros and cons, internal sort syntax etc.

3 12952

What do you feel makes a good program?

2 5855

What are the different data types available in COBOL?

4 10723

Can JUSTIFIED be used for all the data types?

3 10200

What is the linkage section?

4 9018

What is Static and Dynamic linking ?

3 10709


Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Explain is it possible to code goto statement in natural? If yes please provide the syntax of the same?

808


Tell me can we update with histogram?

855


which cl command is used to trap error messages during program execution?

1174


Can any one tell me that how we go for the compare,unit testing after changing requirement as per client request. this is very helpful for me when u give suitable (coading) exmple.

1953


What is the purpose of the dd keylen parameter?

966


How can we find that module can be called – whether DYNAMICALLY or STATICALLY?

1010


What is lock escalation in db2?

813


what is cab?

920


How does control intervals and control areas related to each other?

809


before altering a table is it necessary to lock ? if lock what is it ? how to do ? ifi want to lock a table what is that command ?

1957


What is the function of dd name parameter with a 2 part structure; audit.report?

1007


PLEASE SEND ME THE DOCUMENTS IF ANY ONE HAVE REGARDING THE IMPACT ANALYSYS,REVIEWS

2208


how to declare a constant variable in the freeformat?

1211


Explain the contents that are a part of dclgen.

910


how to write code for singlepage in sqlrpgle with update ?

2627