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

What is the meaning and use of the EIBAID field?

4 27325

How do you get data from a task that began with a START command?

2 6311

Explain the various ways data can be passed between CICS programs.

IBM,

2 9337

Which option of the PCT entry is used to specify the PF key to be pressed for initiating a transaction?

IBM,

2 7674

What is the meaning of the ENQ and DEQ commands?

IBM,

1 11082

What is the function of the EXEC CICS HANDLE CONDITION command?

3 17796

Mention the option (along with argument type) used in a CICS command to retrieve the response code

3 9314

The READ command with INTO option will read the record specified into the data area specified (True or False)

1 4439

If DATAONLY option is specified in the SEND MAP command what will happen?

2 9246

What is the name of the mapset definition macro?

1 4643

What is the other way of terminating a transaction?

IBM,

2 6759

Why is a TERM ID recommended in naming a TSQ?

IBM,

1 5195

Into what fields will the date and time values be moved after execution of the above command?

IBM,

1 4798

What CICS command would you use to read a VSAM KSDS sequentially in ascending order?

IBM,

4 12554

How do you control cursor positioning?

IBM,

3 6700

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

Explain database descriptor in brief?

1059

Explain the contention situations caused by locks?

1148

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

1227

Where do you specify them?

1376

to use the rewrite command, how should the vsam file be opened?

1368

What is fset?

1071

i want new rexx tool which will perform jcl chk without submitting it

2177

Why block size is multiple of lrecl in jcl?

1478

What are steplib and joblib? What for they are used?

1310

What is the meaning of a (new, catalog, keep) disposition mean?

1201

What is the type of ppt in the cics?

1077

How do you submit a job for execution?

1165

What are the common vsam error conditions and codes?

1121

What are the pertinent COBOL commands?

3243

What is copy pending status in db2?

1186

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