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

COBOL Interview Questions

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diffrence between z(2) and z9(2)

Cap Gemini,

4 23578

9(2).99 how many bytes take? Why . consider as a byte?

2 7664

what is difference between the sysabend and userabend?

2 7702

which one is the best of com and com-3.using of real time ?

Cap Gemini,

7 13118

where do u use low-value and high value in cobol

CGI,

3 23578

how can u redefine picx(10) with pic 9(6).

TCS,

3 10182

I HAVE FOLLOWING DECLARATION. 02. A PIC X(10) VALUE 'XXXXXXXXXX'. 02. B REDEFINES A. 05. C PIC X(3). 05. D PIC X(3). 05. E PIC 9(3). IN MY PROG, I HAVE MOVE 1 TO E. DISPLAY A. WHAT WILL BE DISPLAYED AS A RESULT OF THIS? PLEASE EXPLAIN THE ANSWER. THANKS.

Amdocs,

7 12041

01 x pic s9(8) comp. How will the following value be internally allocated '18787'

Steria,

4 10580

When and how can we use index & subscript ?

2 6514

i want to store 20 digits . h will u do it in cobol ?

TCS,

4 11944

What is R-mode and A-mode?

TCS,

3 10915

Hi , I am posting some questons which are asked at interview. These may help u for ur interview... what is static and dynamic call?

TCS,

2 5894

Hi, My interviewer ask A calls B and C calls B, a and b are static c and b are dynamic.what happens if they compile and execute at same time.

iGate,

3 9609

subscript and index r not coded in u r application program what will happen?

2 6164

here is my compile and link edit steps in a jcl //COMPILE1 JOB (3CUS,S),'CCDM TEST' //STEPNAME EXEC PGM=IGYCRCTL,PARM='DYNAM,RENT,LIB,OBJECT, // OFFSET,APOST,OPTIMIZE',REGION=4096K //STEPLIB DD DSNAME=PM7351.TEST2.COB,DISP=SHR //SYSIN DD DSNAME=PM7351.TEST2.COB(PGM1),DISP=SHR //SYSUT1 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT2 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT3 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT4 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT5 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT6 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT7 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSLIN DD DSNAME=&&LOAD,DISP=(MOD,PASS),UNIT=SYSDA, // SPACE=(10,(10,10)),DCB=BLKSIZE=400 //LKED EXEC PGM=IEWL,REGION=1024K //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=A //SYSLIB DD DSN=PM7351.TEST2.LOADLIB,DISP=SHR // DD DSN=PM7351.TEST2.COB(PGM1),DISP=SHR //SYSLMOD DD DSN=PM7351.TEST2.LOADLIB, // DISP=SHR //SYSUT1 DD UNIT=SYSDA,DCB=BLKSIZE=1024,SPACE=(CYL,(1,1)) //SYSTERM DD SYSOUT=* //SYSLIN DD DSN=&&LOAD,DISP=(OLD,DELETE) //SYSIN DD DUMMY i am getting IEW2013I 0F08 NO MEMBER NAME WAS SPECIFIED. MODULE WAS SAVED USING TEMPNAM1. could any one tell me the resolution for this..?

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What are the different open modes available in cobol?

1191

How do you define a variable of comp-1 and comp-2?

1201

How you can characterize tables in cobol?

1203

Are you comfortable in cobol or jcl?

1049

How do get the result of your program directly on your pc?

2342

what is the use of outrecord?

2216

how do you reference the esds vsam file formats from cobol programs

1216

What is inspect in cobol ?

1301

Define cobol?

1403

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

1971

What is the utilization of copybook in cobol? Could we utilize a similar copybook?

1233

What are the different rules for performing sort operation?

1224

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

1076

What is amode(31)

1173

Can you please let me know the centre name of INS certification in Kolkata.

2244

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