COBOL Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is the maximum length of a field you can define using COMP-3?

Complex System, Infosys,

4 36357

How do you define a variable of COMP-1? COMP-2?

3 17466

What is the difference between comp and comp-3 usage? Explain other COBOL usage?s.

IBM, Xansa,

3 36356

Explain the difference between an internal and an external sort, the pros and cons, internal sort syntax etc.

3 12869

What do you feel makes a good program?

2 5761

What are the different data types available in COBOL?

4 10621

Can JUSTIFIED be used for all the data types?

3 10086

What is the linkage section?

4 8806

What is Static and Dynamic linking ?

3 10579

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

1 6561

What is a scope terminator? Give examples.

2 8606

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

2 12959

What are different file OPEN modes available in COBOL?

Sun Life,

4 22841

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

11 30052

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

Accenture, Patni,

5 32572


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what happens if parmparameter passes zero bytes to the program

1885


Why would you use find and get rather than to obtain?

908


I have one ps file in which there are 3 fileds emp_no,emp_name and leave_app.this ps file information give the detail of employee which is going to apply for leave.suppose emp_no=113430,emp_name=ajay,leave_app=1 that means he is going to apply for 1 day leave.and accordingling the table in db2 will be updated means if he has that no of leave in his account then he will get dat leave and updated acc. in table(leave_balance=previous leave present in table-leave_app).Now i want to check whther the updated result is correct or not by comparing the two ps file using IEBCOMPARE or icetool so what is going to be the two ps file and how its is going to be compare.

2215


Describe the cobol database components?

900


I need to compare 3 variables(dates) and do some processing based on the earliest date. There could be more then 1 date record in any of the 3 fields. What is the best way to code this?

2017


how do you reference the variable block file formats from cobol programs

937


what is difference bt COND, REGION & TIME parameters at JOB & EXEC. give an exp.

8685


What type of SDLC u followed? Why?

1732


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

939


What is length is cobol?

868


What is rmode(24)

906


Give some examples of command terminators?

954


what is s000 u4087 error? please give the all error codes in cobol,jcl.

17525


Program A (Normal COBBAT) calling a B Program (DB2COBOL, COBBATDB which is using a VSAM file. its a dynamic call. How we will handle VSAM file decleration in our from JCL from where we are running A PGM. And should we have PLAN for A pGM also. if possible can some one post a sample JCL. Thanks for help in advance.

5431


What are different data types in cobol?

916