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

What is the difference between Structured COBOL Programming and Object Oriented COBOL ?

1 7288

What is a scope terminator? Give examples.

2 9508

In an EVALUATE statement, can I give a complex condition on a when clause?

2 13761

What are different file OPEN modes available in COBOL?

Sun Life,

4 24100

The maximum number of dimensions that an array can have in COBOL-85 is ?

11 32665

What is the difference between performing a SECTION and a PARAGRAPH?

Accenture, Patni,

5 34104

In a COBOL II PERFORM statement, when is the conditional tested, before or after the perform execution?

3 8966

SIGN TRAILING SEPARATE field occupy ?

3 23202

How do you define a sort file in JCL that runs the COBOL program?

Syntel,

6 30560

What is file status 39 ?

JPMorgan Chase,

10 50898

What are the pertinent COBOL

IBM,

2629

What is COMP SYNC?

3 12718

What is the difference between CONTINUE & NEXT SENTENCE ?

2 8171

How to execute a set of JCL statements from a COBOL program?

Patni, Syntel,

2 14720

What is SSRANGE, NOSSRANGE ?

5 59844

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

Can we redefine the field of x(200) to less than 200?

1437

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

2333

How can values be passed from the job stream to an executable program?

1525

what will happen when you try to open an empty vsam file in a cobol program for input?

1093

How gdg are concatenated?

1173

Explain the maximum number of pcbs allowed in a psb?

3668

Can ESDS files be accessed from CICS?

1258

how do you bind the cobol with db2

2857

Explain how can return codes be tested before execution of a job step?

1379

How to execute 2nd and 4th steps among 5 steps in jcl proc?

1412

Name the statement which can be used to send data to another mvs jes3 node?

1223

What does EIB mean in CICS?

1236

What is afoper?

914

How converted the natural coding for adabas

3352

what are transient data sets defined to cics?

1255

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