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

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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

How do I access data in control blocks such as jobname?

1 8162

How do I access data held on the JES spool?

TCS,

3 19156

What do unusual return codes such as -3 and 0196 mean?

2 9068

How do I pass parms to my ISPF Edit macro

Wipro,

2 16568

what is swap-in and swap-out? What is address space in MVS? What is the size of the address space in KBs for 16 bit address space?

HCL, IBM,

12 56262

I WORKING WITH VSAM AND CICS WHEN I AM DEFINING MY FILE IN THE FCT .I GOT ERROR LIKE "CDS IS FULL". WHAT ITS MEAN

Keane India Ltd,

4 14450

I have TSO dataset profile set to automatic recovery on. After the system disconnects unexpectedly, when I log back on to TSO, I receive an error every time I go into edit with 'automatic recovery' in the title. The options are 1.) enter 2.) end 3.) defer 4.) cancel. No matter which option I choose, I am thrown back into the 'automatic recovery' screen the next time I go into edit on any dataset. How do I get the message to go away?

5 15746

How to convert bunch of words in a line to relvant ASCII values?

2 5667

How to covert given string into ASCII value in COBOL/MF COBOL

CTS, IBM, iFlex,

3 15099

How to delete a front spaces in a data-name/variable in cobol Example:- 01 data-name-1 PIC x(20) value " cobol language". 01 data-name-2 PIC x(20). MOVE data-name-1 to data-name-2. would like the value of data-name-2 is "cobol language".

3 8359

Please let me know how the Eject verb works for page break.. I want to know the code, how it is used.

3 7498

Can anyone tell me the syntax for printing two files at two different destinations in a single step?

3 8269

How to delete leading spaces/blank in COBOL ? Example:- 01 data-name-1 pic x(220) " English is a language". I would like to delete leading spaces.

Financial Services,

7 78048

difference between CHAIN and READE?

HCL,

8 46961

Wat is the difference between NEXT and CONTINUE statement in cobol,can any one explain with example.

Deloitte,

11 59592

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

during input operation which indicator position is seton if there is a record lock?

1601

Explain cedf transaction commands?

1151

How to do automated restart when a job abend?

1396

what would be the effect on the field where reverse image, underline and highlight display attributes are active ?

1735

Service Program : S1 Modules in S1 : M1 M1 having two procedures : ADD, SUB Current Binder Language STRPGMEXP PGMLVL(*CURRENT) EXPORT SYMBOL("ADD") EXPORT SYMBOL("SUB") ENDPGMEXP Doubt: I need to add one new Module to the Service Program M2 having one procedure ‘MULT’ How to add this new module to the service program S1 ? If I need to recreate the service program again, Do I need to mention the Module M1 again while recreating along with new Module M2? There is no Binding Directory. Binder language structure will be like this STRPGMEXP PGMLVL(*CURRENT) EXPORT SYMBOL("ADD") EXPORT SYMBOL("SUB") EXPORT SYMBOL("MULT") ENDPGMEXP STRPGMEXP PGMLVL(*PREVIOUS) EXPORT SYMBOL("ADD") EXPORT SYMBOL("SUB") ENDPGMEXP

2379

What is a collection in db2?

1041

what is the purpose of coding notify parameter in job statement?

1165

name few ibm supplied libraries?

2132

What is the main function of the sign-on table?

1082

How many minimum number of line codes does PL/1 DB2 program requires?

2987

Explain the three location modes?

909

What is dbdgen process?

1185

I need to compare 3 variables(dates) and do some processing based on the earliest date. There could be more then 1 date record in any of the 3 fields. What is the best way to code this?

2282

What are the uses of ppt in cics?

994

)If there are 10 steps in GDG, if I want to refer the step2 after step5 . what should I do?

2011

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