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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

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What are the two ways in which dl/i interface can be invoked?

1007

What are the retrieval sequences in ims db?

1418

What is psb?

1089

What are the path calls in imsdb?

2 2393

What does the 'cemt:cics' transactions do?

1257

What is the eib parameter?

1107

What does the 'ceci:cics' transactions do?

1163

What does the 'cedf:cics' transactions do?

1107

Kindly specify the pic clause for the data type of length option field type of data fields?

1203

What are the recoverable cics resources?

1061

How to get the cursor position when we receive a map?

1137

Db2 what is the difference between a package and a plan. How does one bind 2 versions of a cics transaction with the same module name in two different cicsregions that share the same db2 subsystem?

1182

What is the difference between a return with transid and xctl?

1117

How many ways are there for initiating a transaction?

1103

How to establish dynamic cursor position on a map?

1118

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

Can you define ppt and what are its uses?

1124

Explain the maximum number of segment types allowed for a single database?

2334

Describe the benefits of drda?

1017

How can unused space allocation be returned to the system when a dataset is closed?

1571

What is the difference between the mro & isc?

1122

What is the pcp in the cics?

984

example for sub strings ? and refernce modifications whit output pls

2372

What is integrated data dictionary?

998

Name a few IBM utility programs, and explain its function.

5039

what are the six different type of argument values in cobol that can be placed in various options of a cics command?

1334

How to know whether the module is dynamical or statistical?

1213

Explain the function of the steplib dd statement?

1186

Explain the use of DCT ?

1124

suppose I have two tables a and b. Both tables are connected with ssn number as foreign key. I want to retrieve a column data from b table. How will you write a query?

1032

what is DD statement is used in JCL?

1254

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