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MainFrame Interview Questions

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

1 7148

What is a scope terminator? Give examples.

2 9273

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

2 13496

What are different file OPEN modes available in COBOL?

Sun Life,

4 23709

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

11 31946

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

Accenture, Patni,

5 33628

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

3 8725

SIGN TRAILING SEPARATE field occupy ?

3 22930

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

Syntel,

6 30112

What is file status 39 ?

JPMorgan Chase,

10 50174

What are the pertinent COBOL

IBM,

2517

What is COMP SYNC?

3 12446

What is the difference between CONTINUE & NEXT SENTENCE ?

2 7970

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

Patni, Syntel,

2 14417

What is SSRANGE, NOSSRANGE ?

5 59264

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

why is as/400 called object oriented machine?

1623

How jcl work to handle various input output file operations?

1106

What is alias in db2?

1003

How to access db2 tables in mainframe?

1008

What is dbrm?

1053

What is the purpose of dd dummy statement?

1421

What is program reentrance?

1109

have you ever know what is the meaning of Packed Decimal

1535

we can define the ksds cluster by two ways by using the file-aid or by using the idcams utility. Explain them.

1272

Can you define mapset?

993

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 GROSS-PAY. 05 BASIC-PAY PIC 9(5). 05 ALLOWENCES PIC 9(3). PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE 1000 TO BASIC-PAY. MOVE 250 TO ALLOWENCES. DISPLAY GROSS-PAY. STOP RUN. 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99 VLAUE 123.45 after the statement MOVE W-A TO W-B what will be W-B's value? a.123.75 b.b23.75 (where b indicates space) c.023.75 d.invalid move

1296

when would you prefer logical file than opnqryf?

2347

Is length = 0 sufficient to ascertain that the field has been modified?

1025

Explain the function done by data manager?

1232

What are the different types of condition in cobol and write their forms.

1077

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