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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How do you set a return code to the JCL from a COBOL program?

4 29255

What is the significance of 'above the line' and 'below the line'?

Nokia,

2 8893

What is level 66 used for ?

TCS,

3 15020

How do you sort in a COBOL program? Give sort file definition, sort statement syntax and meaning.

CGI, TCS,

7 28557

What do you do to resolve SOC-7 error?

Sun Life, Wipro,

2 13084

What compiler option would you use for dynamic linking?

2 9240

What guidelines should be followed to write a structured Cobol program?

1 4820

What is the purpose of Identification Division?

1 5731

How can I tell if a module is being called DYNAMICALLY or STATICALLY?

CTS,

3 13865

In the JCL, how do you define the files referred to in a subroutine ?

2 10609

COMP field occupy ?

2 8146

for an INITIALIZE and what keyword allows for an override of the default.

2 5891

What are the steps you go through while creating a COBOL program executable?

3 10617

What are some examples of command terminators?

1 8716

Why occurs can not be used in 01 level ?

TCS,

2 9507

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

How many root segments do we have per database record?

994

during execution, an rpg/400 program automatically follows a sequence of operations for each record that is processed. The built-in program cycle includes the following logical steps.

1149

How to detect record is locked in cobol/400?

920

run jcl for cobol+db2 pgm?.. //jobcard //step001 exec pgm=ikjeft01 //systin dd * DSNSYSTEM(--------) RUN PROGRAM(MYPGMNAME) PLAN(-----), LIB(-------), PARMS(------) /* WHAT WILL U GIVE INSIDE THE BRACKETS... WHAT IS PLAN,PACKAGE,BIND?..PLAN N PACAKGES ARE GENERATED BY ?...

4216

what is s000 u4087 error? please give the all error codes in cobol,jcl.

17799

How is it possible to do a cross-sysplex copy of a PDS dataset by running one JCL on the target sysplex? I tried to use IEBCOPY with SUBSYS & CSM as follows: //CSMTRAN1 EXEC PGM=IEBCOPY //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSUT1 DD DSN=PDS-Dataset-name-from,DISP=SHR, // SUBSYS=(CSM,'SYSPLEXNAME-FROM') //SYSUT2 DD DSN=PDS-Dataset-name-to,DISP=OLD, // SUBSYS=(CSM,SYSPLEXNAME-TO') //SYSIN DD DUMMY This did not work. I always get the following error "IEB1071E DD NAME SYSUT1 IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PARTITIONED DATA SET BUT IT HAS NO DIRECTORY. EXPECT A TERMINAL I/O ERROR. (DS1LSTAR=X'000000' DS1DSORG=X'0000' JFCDSORG=X'0200') " The source dataset is a catalogued pds dataset with many entries. The target dataset is allocated in the same job some lines before the transfer. I got an example like this for PS datasets with IEBGENER. But for PO datasets there should be a similar possibility...

4008

How can the attributes of one sms dataset be copied to another dataset?

1353

how to move the records from file to array table. give with code example

2633

Is it slower if you access a record through alt index as compared to primary index?

982

What are the jcl procedures?

1062

Is it possible to left uncode disp? If yes, how?

1127

What is catelog procedure and how many catelog procedure to use in one job?

8554

how can we define a gdg?

906

Explain how can you accomplish breakpoint in intertest?

975

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

1018

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