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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is the difference between Structured COBOL Programming and Object Oriented COBOL ?

1 7224

What is a scope terminator? Give examples.

2 9388

In an EVALUATE statement, can I give a complex condition on a when clause?

2 13636

What are different file OPEN modes available in COBOL?

Sun Life,

4 23893

The maximum number of dimensions that an array can have in COBOL-85 is ?

11 32305

What is the difference between performing a SECTION and a PARAGRAPH?

Accenture, Patni,

5 33867

In a COBOL II PERFORM statement, when is the conditional tested, before or after the perform execution?

3 8847

SIGN TRAILING SEPARATE field occupy ?

3 23056

How do you define a sort file in JCL that runs the COBOL program?

Syntel,

6 30332

What is file status 39 ?

JPMorgan Chase,

10 50548

What are the pertinent COBOL

IBM,

2570

What is COMP SYNC?

3 12578

What is the difference between CONTINUE & NEXT SENTENCE ?

2 8058

How to execute a set of JCL statements from a COBOL program?

Patni, Syntel,

2 14579

What is SSRANGE, NOSSRANGE ?

5 59523

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

What are INPUT PROCEDURE and OUTPUT PROCEDURE?

1297

Which command is used to replace CDUP command in FTP IF i WANT TO USE SFTP?

2437

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

1216

How to get the last record in vsam file in cluster? And how can you get the kids file records into your cobol program?

1206

Explain about find and obtain commands?

911

What is db2 connect?

1067

What is the default page size of buffer pools?

1122

kindly specify the pic clause for the following:any bll cell, data type of length option field, hhmmss type of data fields?

1112

What is the importance of common attribute?

1084

How can you do the explain of a dynamic sql statement?

1069

How to reverse a string using RPG?

1493

1. If there are two programs using same file and 2 users are using the file at the same time and what can be done to allow them both to access? 2. How can remove lock from the file for accessing it by both users?

950

What is a trigger in the db2 database?

1080

What is Cataloged Procedures?

1166

explain in brief why do vsam take more disk space than other utilities?

1094

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