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

COBOL Interview Questions

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Q:what is the difference between the variable length and fixed lenght.how it varies in the cobol.

CTS, Wipro,

12 84654

i have two file, each file having : file1 is having 2 fields field1 field2 file2 is having 3 fields field1 field2 field3 my req is to make it one file like: field1 field2 field1 field2 field3 if anyone know please send me syntax, i tried this with DFSORT but could not succeed.

Syntel,

9 17662

1)what is the maximum limit for occurs? Eg: 01 A PIC X(10) OCCURS N TIME. What is the max value for N?

Wipro,

11 43906

How to find How Many Lines in Sysin DD * Parameter Thru Cobol Coding? If any one knows the Answer Please Reply .....Thanks From Shree

Merrill Lynch,

3 12153

select TURE Statement(s) aboUt eject statemenet in cobol? a)The eject statememnt must be the only statement on the line b.It causes the program to edit abnormally c. eject statement can be written in either area A or area B d. specifies that the next source statement is to be printed at Top of the next page e.The EJECTstatement has no effect on the compilation of the source program itself

2 6465

What is the difference between Perform para and perform asaection in cobol?

TCS,

3 9162

Minimum how many Number of Paragraphs are there in ID- Divison?

IBM,

7 11626

With in these three which one is the default one Call Reference, Call By Value, Call By Content.-Which one is default?

IBM,

4 10847

SSRange is used to do a range check on which of the Following. SUBSCRIPT,INDEX,REFERENCE MODIFICATION,Run-time option.

Lehman Brothers,

3 14127

Can you please let me know the centre name of INS certification in Kolkata.

2244

what is mainframe? what is the mainframe software ? what is use in s/w field?

CSE,

7 12494

what is the basic concept of mainframe? what knowledge is needed for learn this mainframe?

CSE, TCS, Wipro,

4 17041

How we copy a program from production region to development region.What is the process & syntax ?

CTS,

3 13669

Explain complete concept of table handling in COBOL with an example?

IBM, TCS, Wipro,

2 18820

how many bytes do SPPPP999 will store?

18 23828

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Whats the difference between search & search ALL?

6531

How you can characterize tables in cobol?

1201

INREC AND OUTREC? HOW TO SPLIT 5K RECORDS TO DIFFERENT FILES IN A FILE IN COBOL? RESTART IN COBOL-DB2? ISOLATION LEVELS?

868

In COBOL programming, what is PERFORM? What is VARYING?

1150

EXPLAIN MAIN FRAME TESTING PROCESS...HOW TO FIX THE MAINFRAME BUGS?

2541

What is Pic 9v99 Indicates in COBOL?

1256

here is my requirement A1 is alphanumeric with value 'A1B2C3D4' as defined below 05 A1 PIC X(8) VALUE IS 'A1B2C3D4' but i need to have A2,A3 as ABCD & 1234 repectively...... A2 = ABCD A3 = 1234 Can you please explain me what are the different ways to do it?

7892

what is the difference between COBOL2 AND COBOL390?

3051

What are the pertinent COBOL commands?

3175

Explain how will you differentiate between an internal and an external sort, the pros and cons, internal sort syntax etc

1249

How to print 10 to 1 if the input have only 10 digit number?

1261

System Testing for Mainframe Developers What is System Testing? integration testing ? what's the procedure ..

2076

What is inspect in cobol ?

1298

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

1370

State the various causes of s0c1, s0c5 and s0c7.

1081

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