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 84659

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 17672

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 43915

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 6477

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

TCS,

3 9165

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

IBM,

7 11651

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

IBM,

4 10850

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

Lehman Brothers,

3 14138

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 12499

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

CSE, TCS, Wipro,

4 17042

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

CTS,

3 13671

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

IBM, TCS, Wipro,

2 18826

how many bytes do SPPPP999 will store?

18 23837

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What is Pic 9v99 Indicates in COBOL?

1258

How do define dynamic array in cobol. how do you define single dimensional array and multidimensional array in your cobol?

1243

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

In COBOL, what is the different between index and subscript?

1245

Write the code implementing the perform … varying.

1065

what is search and searchall?what is the diffrence between them?give an best example?

6825

what are decleratives in cobol?

2261

Can a Search can be done on a table with or without Index?

1289

Write a program to explain size error.

1199

HOw can I get the negative sign while deduct high value from low value

2255

What the difference is between continue and next sentence?

1166

How can you get the ksds file records into your cobol program?

1100

How to fetch 1000 error records from VSAM file(Eg: 1000000 records present) while getting SOC7 abend ?

2471

i was faced one question- i have value -00001234.56 Suppress the zeroes and the output should be -1234.56 But Not - 1234.56 spaces should not be available after suppressing the zeroes. logic in jcl and cobol?

1328

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

1240

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