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 To Compile The COBOL-BD2-CI CS Programs In Real TIme? Please Give Me the Detailed Description?

CSC, IBM,

1 6748

How do you enter into cics region and how many regions available?

Cap Gemini,

1 7920

How can you compare table column after update and before update?

Satyam,

5 10068

Can any one write coding for scrolling logic or page up & page down?

Cap Gemini, Satyam,

1 14320

How To Retrive The VSAM Datasets in CICS application programs?

Accenture, IBM,

1 3778

Which of the following characters is NOT valid in column 7? a. - b. \ c. * d. # e. $

4 8532

Ques: How can we code COND parameter in a JCL so that only even steps (or only odd steps) get execute??

HSBC,

3 18769

Is It Possible to Update or change in VIEW Mode?

CSC,

5 12452

2)Where the Plan is located in CICS-DB2?

IBM,

1 5503

If I want to increase the Limit in GDG. What should I do?

IBM,

2 13441

Can we use two or more SYSPUNCH DD statements in a JCL for multiple unload (SYSREC00 & SYSREC01)..?

1 8783

How many types of sorts are there in cobol?

Cap Gemini,

5 14097

1.Is it possible to move the data from 99.99 to 99v99? 2.What is the CICS-vsam Compilation process? 3.In My GDG 5 generation will be there GDG3 got an abend what will happen? 4.In my GDG first generation is +1 And I want to add the new generation what will happen previous generation? 5.How can you give the PIC clause below conditions A). s9 (reddy), B). s9 (5) occurs 5 times? 6.How override the proc from a particular step? and what is symbolic and override Procs?

IBM,

5809

If a sub program is called from mainprogram.I have opened cursor in main program and Fetch the result in subprogram ,Is it possible ?If yes please tell me the reason.

1 6976

in options (main) , what is meaning of main . if u not used main what will happen? After compiling, os will not understand where to load and execute from

AppLabs,

2183

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

How many databases are there?

1052

how to refer the data field?

2267

What is blu acceleration in db2?

1069

Explain the purpose of the dd keylen parameter?

1162

Explain the difference between exec cics handle condtion and an exec cics ignore command?

1036

What is timing concept in mainframe?

2200

How to code the db2 queries using rexx, and also plz send some link and examples using db2 queries?

915

How can a like table be created?

982

How do you eliminate duplicate values in db2?

1174

Define cobol coding sheet?

1002

Explain paging concept in memory?

1011

IIN APITUDE THEY GAVE ONLY 10 QUESTIONS.. THEY ARE SIMPLE ONE FROM NUMBER SERIES,BOATS,TIME & DISTANCE,PROFIT &LOSS,FIND OUT THE NUMBER ? 9 25 4 36 81 64 49 AND surveillance SPELLINGS E.T.C

2180

What is amode(24)?

1227

What is the need of a secondary index in IMS?

1058

A table has two indexes defined. Which one will be used by the SEARCH?

1281

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