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

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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

When can the USING phrase be included in the call statement ?

2 6752

What does the initialize statement do ?

2 7225

What are the two search techniques ?

iGate,

2 10031

Can you access ESDS files from CICS ?

IBM,

2 13770

What is the function of the Terminal Control table?

4 10567

How do you access storage outside your CICS program?

IBM,

2 8964

What is the primary objective of CICS ?

IBM,

1 7185

What do the keywords MAPONLY and DATAONLY mean?

2 9358

What is ENQ, DEQ ?

IBM,

1 14100

What is the name of the facility provided by CICS to free the application program form the problems caused

1 5792

What is the function of the CICS translator?

1 13782

Which is the macro used for making an entry in the PPT

1 6645

What are the situations under which NEWCOPY is required ?

Cap Gemini, IBM,

2 15699

What is the difference between a PF key & a PA key ?

IBM,

4 20874

Can you define multiple maps in a BMS mapset?

Cap Gemini, IBM,

3 10369

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

How to read the 2nd last record of a VSAM file? (The file size is huge and we don't know the key)

3257

what is u r recent task in insurence project?..plz tell how to tell this.

3323

How many types of evaluate statements are available?

987

What are steplib and joblib?

1163

What are the main uses of the transaction in the cics?

1031

What are INPUT PROCEDURE and OUTPUT PROCEDURE?

1291

Define communication area?

987

What are host variables in db2?

1061

What is bmp mode?

3532

Explain how do you establish a starting position in a browse operation?

1060

What is a SSRANGE and NOSSRANGE?

1459

Using alternate indexes in cics program?

1010

What is database reorganization?

1120

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

1127

what how do you initialize a vsam file before any operation? A vsam with alternate index?

1007

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