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

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Assembler (68)
CLIST (6)
QMF (32)

MVS (25)
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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What happens when you issue a ESCAPE ROUTINE in a program ? Will there be any compilation /Run time error.

Shaam,

2 14443

You are processing an input file in a Natural program and you want the program to fail if the file is empty. What command you use in Natural to force it to fail ?

IBM, TCS,

6 16230

what happens when a copybook variables are declared using include statement ?

IBM,

3 8778

Hi this is sures. i need to practice the ibm mainframes.could u telme how can i get userid from IBM.how much cost they will collect for one user id.can send me the details please.thanq

2 5571

where will we code call by content and call by reference dude pls reply soon ?

2 6396

how can u find out just by seeing wheater it is main program or sub program ? any two ways to identify reply soon ?

2 6510

which is faster either static call or dynamic call ? and specify the reasons for it ? reply fast

1 5856

wht do u mean by (*,intrdr) wht is * used for ?

2 12295

is there any utility for restarting a particular step in jcl reply soon ?

5 12449

how to get 'time stamp' in cics prgms ,what is the syntax.

1 14468

What is the difference between receive and receivemap commands in CICS?

1 6636

wht r s722,s822,s122 and s222 abends pls reply fast

Wipro,

1 27829

i have an employment table whch has salary,dept,name? i want salary b/w 1000 to 5000 can anyone pls say the query for ths ?

Cap Gemini, CGI, EDS, IBM, Satyam, Wipro,

8 14124

how can we code index in an array of cobol pgm?

Wipro,

1 7529

how can we fetch 3 records in cobol pgm any coding pls ?

CGI,

3 9377

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

How can a fb file convert to vb file using sort program?

1330

Suppose I have five jobs to do. But I want to hold one?

1127

What methodology can be adapted to transfer data to a program that is coded using the exec statement?

1214

What is an ims database?

1140

What are hierarchy levels in jcl?

1520

Distinguish among erase, erase permanent, erase selective and erase all?

1660

What is the mainframe testing?

978

What is the role of the data page in the db2 database?

1024

how will you find a particular line in debugging if its a infinite loop

1759

How is the sorting of vsam files carried?

1117

Explain difference between call and link?

1094

What is the syntax for FETCH in DB2 ?

1208

What is deadlock in db2?

1062

What does db2 mean?

1013

How do you define a variable of comp-1 and comp-2?

1199

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