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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

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What is the difference between getting the system time with EIBTIME and ASKTIME command?

2 12626

What is the use of a TDQ, TSQ?

IBM,

1 6742

What are extra partition & intra partition TDQs?

IBM,

2 13247

By which CICS defined field can you determine the position of the cursor on the map ?

1 4516

Name three ways the Modified Data Tag can be set on?

IBM,

6 14586

What is the access method used by DB2?

1 5696

How do you handle errors in CICS pgms ?

IBM,

1 6331

Do you receive the attribute byte in the symbolic map?

IBM,

2 8994

Explain the term Transaction routing?

IBM,

1 4277

What is a deadlock?

1 5001

What is the command used to send a map to a terminal?

1 5334

What are the 3 common ways to create maps?

IBM,

1 7627

What is the CICS LOAD command?

IBM,

3 18839

What is a resident program?

IBM,

2 9986

Name some of the common tables in CICS and their usage.

IBM,

1 7673

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

What is the default value(s) for an initialize? What keyword will allow for an override of the default?

1115

Explain about rct.

1085

hi,what is the module? how many modules in mainframe based banking projects

2989

What are the common tables in cics and their usage?

1005

What does a store statement do?

1542

What is the physical storage length of date data type?

1251

What is RRange and ARange?

2102

What is maximum displacement?

1172

What is the utilization of copybook in cobol?

1182

Explain the difference between various read and find statement?

1048

Why do we code s9 (4) comp. Inspite of knowing comp-3 will occupy less space?

1149

Explain about mirror activator disk mirroring?

1003

Express the distinction between jes2 and jes3?

1164

What is cics load command?

1060

what sorting order does search all have?

1008

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