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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

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What is the common work area?

1046

Define communication area?

1053

Define exec cics retrieve?

1246

Explain the difference between and exec cics xctl and exec cics start command?

1231

What are the common tables in cics and their usage?

1070

Explain the function of the terminal control table?

1058

Name the three ways available for a program to position the cursor on the screen?

1141

What is cics load command?

1132

How can you access esds files from cics?

1161

Explain the difference between physical map and symbolic map?

1038

What are the cics commands associated with task control?

1050

Tsqs can be written in the main storage or auxiliary storage? State true or false

1 1656

What is a cics task?

1118

Explain the different ways of initiating transaction in cics?

999

Explain the difference between temporary storage queue (tsq) and transient data quene (tdq)?

1046

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

What is a set? How may sets be ordered?

903

Discuss about db2 bind?

1162

What is the term “where” for?

1068

What is the difference between cursor stability and repeatable read isolation levels?

1242

What is the meaning concurrency in the db2 database?

1177

List the different jcl statements that are not permitted in the procedures?

1132

How do get the result of your program directly on your pc?

2403

what do you mean by the repro command?

1165

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

3595

What is dbkey? Explain.

907

How to dsect parameter is used in bms?

1374

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

974

What is multithreading in jcl?

1534

Explain foreign keys?

1079

what is the meaning, the advantages and which are the types of evaluate statement?

1110

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