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MainFrame Interview Questions

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How do you reference the fixed block file formats from cobol programs

1227

how do you reference the rrds file formats from cobol programs

1576

Write a cobol program making use of the redefine clause.

1181

What do you understand by passing by reference and passing by content?

1 1613

how do you reference the ksds vsam file formats from cobol programs

1189

What are various search techniques in cobol? Explain.

1070

Explain what you understand by passing by value.

1154

What rules are to be followed while using the corresponding options?

1069

How did the release of cobol/370 version 1.3 improve the performance of release 1.1?

1083

What is multithreading in jcl?

1468

How to execute 2nd and 4th steps among 5 steps in jcl proc?

1320

Explain the mdt in cics?

1162

Explain the maps in cics?

1176

How to define a vsam file in cics getting into cics to define a vsam file.

1158

How do you use altindxs in batch, cics programs?

1041

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

what is sflrolval?

1067

In case if at some point of time db2 is down, would that impact the pre-compilation process of a db2-cobol program?

1044

What is a query can be displayed without saving it?

1093

How do you handle exception in PL/1?

1662

Explain database descriptor in brief?

1007

can all users have the privilage to use the sql statement select * (dml)?

1168

Is it possible to obtain a record from IDMS database without mentioning the record-name itself?

1333

What is a db2 package?

1056

Explain how do you access the records randomly in tsq?

1106

pls send the docs of any telecommunication mainframe project

2167

What is the type of ppt in the cics?

1003

Would you specify freespace ce for an esds?

1086

Can you explain multitasking and multithreading?

1150

Differentiate cobol and cobol-ii. (Most of our programs are written in cobolii, so, it is good to know, how, this is different from cobol)?

1117

How to handle exceptional conditions in cics?

1136

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