MainFrame Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

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MainFrame Interview Questions

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Which is not true about evaluate statement

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i have 10steps and i want run step3 and based on step3 i want execute step7,8,9,10?in jcl

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How to empty the records in jcl

1 1511

Want to know related Interview questions and answers for seniors

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How do you check object lock

831

How to reverse a string using RPG?

1494

INREC AND OUTREC? HOW TO SPLIT 5K RECORDS TO DIFFERENT FILES IN A FILE IN COBOL? RESTART IN COBOL-DB2? ISOLATION LEVELS?

868

1. There is a file called Month. Month has 12 members called Jan, Feb, ..., Dec. How to design a rpg code which can access any member and show its content. (User can ask for any member when required)?

1049

Write a CL program which will run a batch job at 1 am every night

1096

There is one string as A B C and wanted to display string as Shri A Shri B Shri C, how we can do this in sql? If we have around 100 values in string like this, each value should be displayed with initials as Shri.

1181

How to convert a spool file to PDF file in AS400?

1246

What is FORMAT keyword and its use?

609

What is DYNSLT keyword? How do you perform selection using DYNSLT

1 1609

How can we read records for specific member in CL? AND rpg?

700

How can we retrieve the total number of records in RPG & CLLE?

655

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

explain how do you define a gdg in vsam?

1031

If a (+1) generation dataset is created in the first step of a job, how can it be referenced in later steps of the same job for input?

1308

Name a few CICS programs which are generally used ?

1046

What is a lds (linear data set) and what is it used for?

1010

What is the purpose of dd dummy statement?

1463

what is diffrence b/w file-aid tool and file-aid utility???

4891

what optimum values can we find for freespace, ci etc?

1016

what is join logical file?

1889

If the stored record is not defined as automatic of a set, how can it be stored as a member of the set?

807

What the difference is between continue and next sentence?

1167

what is *inzsr used for?

2329

How many ways are there for initiating a transaction?

1050

How do you overcome this limitation ?

1204

What are foreign keys in db2?

1104

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

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