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 handle exceptional conditions in cics?

1073

Can you define cics task?

1030

What is the main function of the sign-on table?

996

Can you define transid?

972

Can you define cemt?

1000

Can you explain differences between temporary storage queue (tsq) and transient data queue (tdq)?

1019

How to do automated restart when a job abend?

1291

In job processing, what happens in execution stage?

1142

In job processing, what happens in conversion stage?

1150

How do you access an uncatalogued dataset in a jcl?

1167

What is the output of the following command given in tso/ispf terminal?

970

How many registers we are using in mvs?

1130

What is need of start 0?

1067

How to get the last record in vsam file in cluster? And how can u get the ksds file records into cobol program?

976

How to get the last record in vsam file in cluster? And how can you get the ksds file records into cobol program?

1096

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

What is a storage group (stogroup)?

1192

Define cebr?

1026

Can we delete records from view?

922

What is the function of the dd avgrec keyword in sms datasets?

1289

is oorexx compatible with rexx?

905

What is the difference between hdam and hidam databases?

1058

Can I redefine an x(200) field with a field of x(100) ?

1152

Explain How will you the specification of database file?

825

Is it rquired any server for Ibm framework? Give me list of Ibm framework & recent version IBm framework?

2191

Define db2.

1067

What is the need of a secondary index in IMS?

1020

Particular area has been affected in cics screen, what is the process to find?

9750

Explain about few error status codes of idms.

838

Which statement is used to identify the private libraries in job?

1131

How can the duplicate values be eliminated from db2 select?

1044

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