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

COBOL Interview Questions

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

Complex System, Infosys,

4 37502

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

3 18142

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

IBM, Xansa,

3 37303

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

3 13501

What do you feel makes a good program?

2 6317

What are the different data types available in COBOL?

4 11398

Can JUSTIFIED be used for all the data types?

3 10837

What is the linkage section?

4 9933

What is Static and Dynamic linking ?

3 11346

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

1 7225

What is a scope terminator? Give examples.

2 9388

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

2 13636

What are different file OPEN modes available in COBOL?

Sun Life,

4 23893

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

11 32306

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

Accenture, Patni,

5 33867

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Un-Answered Questions { COBOL }

Explain about different table spaces.

1104

Explain sorting techniques in cobol program? Provide the sort file definition, the sort statement, its syntax and meaning

1094

i have 10 names in an array and my name is one of them also array is not in sorted order i need to display my name using index how will i do this

1538

Why do we code s9 (4) comp. Inspite of knowing comp-3 will occupy less space?

1153

how can i see junk values in dclgen or in hostvariable of comp ?

2997

What are different data types in cobol?

1321

When is inspect verb is used in cobol?

1258

how to access the file from prodution from changeman tool and to submit a file to production

7549

What is an in line perform? When would you use it? Anything else you wish to say about it.

1076

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

1375

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

9104

How are the next sentence and continue different from each other?

1295

i want to learn mainframe..any websites and material to learn from basic..? my mail id : rajeswaribe2010@gmail.com

2219

Mention the guidelines to write a structured cobol program?

1095

Explain the configuration section of a cobol program with examples of syntax.

1198

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