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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In the COBOL SELECT statement for a KSDS what are the three possibilities for ACCESS?

3 10141

What is the COBOL RECORD KEY clause?

2 9066

What is the purpose of the FILE STATUS clause in the SELECT statement?

1 5785

If you wish to use the REWRITE command haw must the VSAM file be opened?

1 7450

Explain the meaning and syntax for the START command. ?

IBM,

4 21551

What is the meaning of dynamic processing?

2 6828

Name some common VSAM error conditions and codes. ?

IBM,

1 7070

What is the VSAM-code field?

1 4756

What is a VSAM slot?

1 5564

What is the utility program closely associated with VSAM?

1 4527

There are at least seven IDCAMS commands; name and explain each of them ?.

1 9525

What are the three levels of definition for the VSAM DEFINE?

IBM,

2 8371

What is the significance of the SHAREOPTIONS parameter?

IBM,

1 5702

What is the meaning of the DEFINE MODEL parameter?

1 5040

What is File Status in VSAM?

IBM,

1 7827

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

hi.... anybody send real time project related questions & answers whatever will ask in interview plz.....help me? advanced thanks....

2489

what is search and searchall?what is the diffrence between them?give an best example?

6829

What are iseries servers?

1075

Can we change the password using ALTER? anyone tried and changed?

2021

How many types of page locks can be held in db2?

1043

What language is db2 written in?

1049

What is data trace system 2.0 used for?

5646

How to pass the parameters from jcl to assembler program?

999

what u mean by csrloc and rtncsrloc in rpgIV in as/400.Give an eg? to do...give some coding...what is row no and column no ???..if possible...give a no of lines coding....please

4449

What is concatenating?

1082

What are INPUT PROCEDURE and OUTPUT PROCEDURE?

1300

Explain the maximum number of fields allowed per segment and what is the maximum number of fields per database?

1061

Tell me what type of files we can process thru file-aid?

944

how can I tell when to replace the array?

1214

How to create backup table in db2?

1092

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