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 can we describe comp sync?

IBM,

1104

what is use of linkage section?

IBM,

1131

what is the meaning of a (new, catlg, keep) disposition mean?

IBM,

1077

what is the meaning, the advantages and which are the types of evaluate statement?

IBM,

1111

can we describe the results of opening for input empty vsam files in a cobol program?

IBM,

1061

what is the meaning of ssrange and nossrange?

IBM,

1063

how do we describe static call and dynamic call?

IBM,

1073

suppose I have two tables a and b. Both tables are connected with ssn number as foreign key. I want to retrieve a column data from b table. How will you write a query?

IBM,

1032

what is difference between file-aid tool and file-aid utility?

IBM,

1580

which is more efficient, level 77 or 01?

IBM,

1101

what sorting order does search all have?

IBM,

1069

what is the right time for using in-line perform?

IBM,

1101

execution of a subordinate module is caused by the use of the cobol verbs ------------in the superior module

IBM,

1143

suppose oza017.myorg.emp has 100 records ,oza018.myorg.staff has 200 records but 50 are the common records in both files copy all the common records into oza017.myorg.xyz dataset?

IBM,

1071

how can you prevent more than one user from accessing the same transient data queue?

IBM,

1144

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Define TCT.

1225

Explain the difference between various read and find statement and which one should be used when for better adabas performance?

1065

What happens if both JOBLIB & STEPLIB is specified ?

1209

why icetool be used in programmer view?

2628

Write about a ‘view’ in brief?

1018

Explain how to move cursor to a particular field when position is not known?

1089

Why select is not preferred in embedded sql programs?

1356

How to restart a DB2 program?

1965

What are the error (ONCODES) codes did you encounter in PL/1 programme?

2972

list the sequence of steps used to achieve modiication in skip sequential mode?

1235

How to run cobol program using jcl?

1300

What is the default page size of buffer pools?

1175

What is the difference between bind and rebind in db2?

1515

What is ims (db/dc)?

1115

explain the difference between defining subfile and message-subfile?

1951

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