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

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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is commarea (communications area)?

977

Define task work area?

1275

What is the common systems area?

1002

What is journal recovery?

1004

What is the syncpoint command?

1147

Explain the difference between dfhcommarea and tsq?

1043

Define temporary storage?

1011

What are some of the cics commands associated with interval control?

1001

Sync points cannot be requested by the application programs? State true or false

1129

Define the term mro (multi region operation)?

1054

Name the 3 common ways to create maps?

1082

name the command that is used to dump the main storage areas related to a task?

1051

What is the use of mdt (modified data tag)?

1015

What is an mdt (modified data tag)?

986

Explain how do you delete item 3 in a five-item tsq?

891

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

What is bind package and plan in db2?

1022

what is a jcl?

1107

How can you count the number of rows from a table tab?

1059

Explain how do you delete item 3 in a five-item tsq?

891

what optimum values can we find for freespace, ci etc?

987

PLEASE SEND ME THE DOCUMENTS IF ANY ONE HAVE REGARDING THE IMPACT ANALYSYS,REVIEWS

2357

In the EIB block of CICS, highlight the names of few of the important fields?

1001

What is the difference between plan and package in db2?

1061

What is fset?

973

explain the means of supporting pseudo conversation programming. (Eg. Storing and restoring of states, control flow, error handling)?

1023

How many bytes S(8) comp field occupy and its maximum value?

2106

How can we see the copy book length using file-aid?

919

Define the term mro (multi region operation)?

1054

Can you explain primary aspect of cics?

1111

explain how can you initialize a vsam file before any operation?

1072

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