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

COBOL Interview Questions

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01 a pic 9(3) value is 123 01 b pic 9(6) move a to b wht will be the value ? and 01 a pic x(6) value is abc 01 b pic x(3) move a to b wht will be the value ?

Patni,

7 11130

where do we use dyanamic call ? and where do we use static call pls give any example pls ?

Patni,

3 7589

01 a pic 9(9v99) 01 b pic 9(9.99) wht will be the stored vales in both cases

Patni,

6 12545

Size of a column has been changed in DB2 table (Suppose it was of 5 characters and later changed to 4 characters) and forgot to change the DCLGEN in COBOL program, what will happen during the execution of code? If the program Abends then what will be the error? If it doesn't abend then hpw the error can be catched?

IBM,

5 10991

I have a table with 3 dimensions like this : 01 ws-table 04 ws-page occurs 3 08 ws-column occurs 2. 12 ws-record occurs 20 pic x(40). How to code with PERFORM varying with 3 dimension...I forgot..

EDS,

2 6427

wht happens if we dnt give scope terminator ?

TCS,

4 8675

where will u code file status ?

TCS,

2 6705

how do u link sub pgm to main pgm ?

TCS,

2 7517

how to pass 100 to s9(4) how r they inserted ?

TCS,

3 10056

can we print comp 3 stmts how ?

Accenture, TCS,

3 13567

Difference between ps, esds

3 14228

Difference between lrecl, blksize among PS, PDS issues? i.e in jcl at dcb

1 6066

s9(18) comp-3:: What is the size of memory it takes internally?

4 9805

How to define variable 9(20) in COBOL, because compiler does not allow us to declare variables with Pic 9(18). Can anyone please let me know the answer... I know one answer to this question which is to use Compiler option Arith (Extend) during Compilation. It extends the maximum limit to 9(32)..Just wanted to know if there is any other way to extend this?

CSC, TCS,

4 18299

what is srange and nosrange pls reply to ths question ?

L&T,

2 7175

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Un-Answered Questions { COBOL }

What is the usage of comp fields in cobol?

1188

How to remove 2 duplicate records and copy only one using job control language?

1219

can you please let me know if there is any walkins for COBOL/PLI/DB2/IMS/JCL in pune other than IBM and ITC infotech

2429

can anybody post me about file-aid and changemen tools pls and give me reference if any mainframe guys are there

2375

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

1355

How to remove the spaces at the end of each record in the output file of variable length, via cobol program?

1169

I have a File that has duplicate records. I need only those records that occur more than thrice.?

9890

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

1243

What are the pertinent COBOL commands?

3175

What is difference between static and dynamic call in cobol?

1390

There are 5 fields and 1000 records in a file. Unload it into an array. Write the syntax for declaration and how will you unload it.

1435

What is cobol?

1238

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

1198

What is the utilization of copybook in cobol?

1192

What do you understand by psb and acb?

1122

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