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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

Define transient data?

1039

What is dynamic transaction backout?

1134

What is interval control?

1133

Explain how do you establish a starting position in a browse operation?

1067

Explain the difference between link and xctl?

968

Explain the logical message in cics?

1027

What is the pic clause for the any bll cell type of data fields?

1067

Explain the difference between the into and the set option in the exec cics receive map command?

1122

Explain the cics command that is used for reading a record from the tdq?

1006

Explain how do you terminate an already issued delay command?

1004

Explain the significance of rdo?

1085

Explain how to build up lu 6.2 communication?

1034

Explain the purpose of the program list table?

999

Explain the difference between getting the system time with eibtime and asktime command?

1089

What is the pic clause for the data type of length option field type of data fields?

943

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

what is the most common way of building queue-id of a tsq?

1085

Define base cluster?

1010

If you are current on the owner of a set, what is the difference between an obtain next and obtain first in idms?

851

What do we mean by 'Virtual storage' for a dataset and for a JOBSTEP ? What is the significance of the following statement for a programmer 'Virtual storage results in program addresses being independent of the addresses that actually exist in a computer' ?

2026

What is copy pending status in db2?

1127

What is mainframe application testing?

1055

What is integrated data dictionary?

946

if we have " ibm mainframe ",in that how to remove first and last leading space eg:"ibm mainframe" like that the answer we need

1349

Describe the various parameters utilized in the creation of a gdg?

1156

Explain what is the massinsert option?

1067

What do you mean by the term fct?

978

How is Telon(CA-Telon) used to build map?

4613

What are the cobol coding sheets?

1271

What is the difference between structured cobol programming and object alternativelyiented cobol?

1248

What is amode(24), amode(31), rmode(24) and rmode(any) (applicable to only mvsesa enterprise server) ?

1212

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