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

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How we create a tables in DB2 ?Previously client has using 7 letters for user id,now he wants to increase the letters from 7 to 12 for user id.How we can do it?

Wipro,

6 10901

By seeing a program how we findout it is a VSAM program?

TCS,

6 12242

how to submit a jcl by cobol program. clear me with an example.

HCL,

3 18553

Explain about level numbers?

3 17538

Explain about Redefines cluse?

iGate,

3 7299

Q:what is the difference between the variable length and fixed lenght.how it varies in the cobol.

CTS, Wipro,

12 84660

what is the deadlock?

2 6604

what is the difference between SEARCH and SEARCHALL?

2 10084

what is PERFORM? and its types?

7 16628

define comp?

2 7885

what is the difference between comp & comp-3?

4 12340

how array can be declare in cobol?

6 34741

what is the difference between section,paragraph and sentences

4 40756

define sort? and its syntax?

3 8371

what is INPUT PROCEDURE and OUTPUT PROCEDURE?

2 19419

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

how can I control the way a remote browser uses its cache?

1210

what are the commands used to gain exclusive control over a resource?

1222

In a KSDS file, key is missing for one record. How to insert the key for that particular record from back up file. Is there any sorting needed for the back up file before the key insertion?

1466

Explain the maps in cics?

1176

what is *inzsr used for?

2329

how do I preserve and clean the array?

1147

what is pdes?

1117

what opcode will be used to test the zone of a character field?

1783

How are you going to remove duplicates from the file that is being read?

993

What is idms?

859

What is the advantage of creating the acbs well ahead of time?

1035

what operation is performed by job statement?

1126

Name the two types of transient data queues?

1051

Write some characteristics of cobol as means of business language.

1143

define a output queue?

1588

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