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

COBOL (1072)
JCL (1031)
CICS (755)
DB2 (1122)

IMS (143)
IDMS (107)
Natural (81)
ADABAS (26)

REXX (60)
Assembler (68)
CLIST (6)
QMF (32)

MVS (25)
OS390 (10)
OS 2 (7)
VSAM (319)

IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

How do you read from a TSQ?

IBM,

1 7997

Are sequential files supported by CICS?

1 6464

Name and explain some common CICS abend codes?

HSBC,

2 48555

What is the attribute byte?

IBM,

2 14841

What is the process of converting the CICS commands into the equivalent host language statements called?

3 8108

What is the common systems area (CSA)?

IBM,

2379

What are the 3 working storage fields used for every field on the map?

IBM,

1 4814

Explain how to handle exceptional conditions in CICS.

IBM,

1 6939

What is the difference between the enter key, the PF keys and the PA keys?

2 9837

What are the two types of transient data queues?

IBM,

1 4749

How to build up LU 6.2 communication?"

IBM,

1 4415

Which of the following commands, when issued by 2 different programs running at the same time, will prevent simultaneous use of resource 'SINGLE'?

1 4075

What happens to resources supplied to a transaction when an XCTL command is executed?

IBM,

1 4153

What is EIB. How it can be used?

1 6998

What is an ASRA abend ?

IBM,

3 14747

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

What db2 400?

1170

How are data passed from jcl parm to assembler program?

1000

How to alter the parameters for the existing gdg?

1195

how do you reference the ksds vsam file formats from cobol programs

1182

What is RRange and ARange?

2101

What is interval control?

1127

What is performance tuning db2?

1057

What is null value in db2?

1016

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

1107

I would like to know some real time questions.. please any one help me.. If the changes made by you .. lead to system inconsistency how others will know its cause???

2114

What is comp-1 and comp-2?

1225

Explain the thress bms options?

1004

Is schema the same as database?

1053

What is idms-restart ?

1473

can you please let me know if there is any walkins for COBOL/PLI/DB2/IMS/JCL in pune other than IBM and ITC infotech

2424

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