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

COBOL Interview Questions

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can we use variable picture clause as xx.99 in cobol.

3 10076

what is dynamic array in cobol? what is the difference b/w array and table in cobol?

2 21458

When search all is used in cobol program without sorted input data?

CGI, Principal Finance,

6 14660

Can we use goto statement in inline_perform ?

IBM,

5 10508

what is the difference between occurs and occurs depending on? i dont think so there is the difference in storage..then why we should use occurs depending on?

TCS, Tech Mahindra,

9 30300

can we use go to statement inline-perform?

IBM,

7 13171

how to change picture class of copy book variable inside program?

2 9322

What will happen if a variable is declared as below.. Explain with an example? Working storage section:- 01 WS-VARX PIC X(9) VALUE SPACES. 01 WS-VARN REDEFINES WS-VARX PIC 9(9).

8 11876

What is normalisation?

IBM,

2 6881

How to declare if emp-name = AAAAA""BBB in working-storage section. After display emp-name should print like AAAAA""BB

Polaris,

6 9785

How to read records from flat file in reverse order through COBOL program?

Accenture, Broadridge, IBM, MAT, Polaris, SPIC, Syntel, TCS, Wipro,

14 74359

I have 2 dimensional array with having 100 elements. So how to find the 11th item in an array?

IBM,

6 16235

soc-7 is a bad data,invalid data. when ever we are moving the alphabets in the position of numeric then we got this abend. so my question is if o1 ws-data pic 9(1) value passing the alphabet some x. then we got soc-7 or not? i want clarification ?

CitiGroup, IBM,

7 12715

What is EIBCALEN? Why it is used?

ADP,

9 37971

i want to learn mainframes. i completed MCA ,whats the future of mainframes

5 8888

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Un-Answered Questions { COBOL }

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

1243

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?

7894

i want a program using by if, evaluate , string, unstring, perform, occurs?

4722

Are you comfortable in cobol or jcl?

1049

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

1262

How do you get the data to code the BMS macro?

1971

Which Search verb is equivalent to PERFORM…VARYING?

1043

What is the difference between a binary search and a sequential search what are the pertinent cobol?

1138

Discuss about changing dataset name in proc.

1235

Whats the difference between search & search ALL?

6531

how to convert the recors form vsam file to db2 table tru file aid

3262

Write some characteristics of cobol as means of business language.

1143

What is the difference between next sentence and continue in cobol programing language?

1221

Which is the default, TEST BEFORE or TEST AFTER for a PERFORM statement?

1356

Which division and paragraphs are mandatory for a COBOL program?

1276

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