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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What will happen if you code GO BACK instead of STOP RUN in a stand alone COBOL program ?

Arigo Infotech, IBM,

8 37027

What is the Importance of GLOBAL clause According to new standards of COBOL?

Infosys,

2 13821

What is the file organization clause ?

2 6875

What is an in-line perform ?

Accenture,

4 14829

What R 2 of the common forms of the EVALUATE STATEMENT ?

Cap Gemini,

1 10062

Name some of the examples of COBOl 11?

CSC,

3143

In EBCDIC, how would the number 1234 be stored?

TCS,

2 10489

What are VS COBOL 11 special features?

1 5207

What are options have been removed in COBOL 11?

1 4053

What is the reference modification.

2 10961

How would the number +1234 be stored if a PIC clause of PICTUREs9(4) comp-3 were used?

6 16224

What is an index for tables?

2 6601

What is a subscript ?

3 7567

What is Alternate Index ? How is it different from regular index ?

2 14888

What is CALL statement in COBOL?

4 17169

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

what is difference between cobol and cobol/400

22927

what is an mdt (modified data tag)? Its menaing and use?

1136

Explain how you can characterize tables in cobol?

1063

Why do we need reorg in db2?

985

if we display var1 then what will b displayed in below condition. 77 var1 pic s9(2) value -10. 77 var1 pic s9(2) value -11. " " " -12. " " " -13. -14 ... ... -19.

6589

can a single screen format occupy a screen area above and below a subfile format ?

1675

What is the maximum number of columns in a db2 table?

1283

What is cursor in dbms?

1064

What is the difference between PIC 9.99 and 9v99 in COBOL?

1333

define the purpose of the *cat function?

1673

Is the order of the when clause important in an evaluate statement? Is the order of the when clause significant in an evaluate statement?

952

Why do we code s9 (4) comp. Inspite of knowing comp-3 will occupy less space?

1153

what is difference between file-aid tool and file-aid utility?

1501

What is a plan and package in db2?

1102

What are declaratives and what are their uses in cobol?

1205

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