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

COBOL Interview Questions

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when COMP-3 is preferrable?

Patni,

3 8433

whats the disadvantage of search all over search?

Patni, TCS,

4 9328

why do u need inspect verb?

Patni,

3 8001

How to open and see copy book ?

3 15295

How to read a 100 record from a file through cobol?

2 12444

What are the different ways to run a COBOL DB2 program using JCL?

2 9548

input:- A 10 20 30 40 B 5 7 10 14 C 8 12 14 16.... output:- A = 100,B=36,C=50. Here spaces are considered between numbers. When we give input as above, the numbers should be added n displayed.So please help me out.

4 7143

input:-AABBCCDDEFGHIIJ output:- ABCDEFGHIJ Here in input we hav the duplicate characters i.e repeating characters.SO we should eliminate the duplicate characters and should display the output in ascending order.

6 11535

input:- 12233344445555566666... output:- 1=1,2=4,3=9... Here firstno i.e 1 should be displayed and after that the alikeno.s should be added n displayed.i.e 2+2=4 like tat it goeson.

1 5564

01 WS-NAME PIC X(10) OCCURES 2. by this we can get ws-name 2 times. My qustion is how can we access the second name

TCS,

5 9905

what is the coding difference between COBOL and CICS.

Cap Gemini,

8 23260

In COBOL "BEFORE" advancing is there or not ?

3 7510

input= ,,,, mainframe training ,,, hyderabad .... location.... output1=$ mainframe training in hyderabad location$ output2=**** mainframe training in hyderabad location ****. In this pgn when we give input considering the spaces the output is displayed in this format.Like in the place of ,,,, $ should be displayed likewise.So please helpmeout.

2294

how can you identify wheather the program is using search or search all in the cobol program?

iGate,

5 10883

how to code in cobol while using variable block file?

1 6581

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)If there are 10 steps in GDG, if I want to refer the step2 after step5 . what should I do?

2069

Why occurs cannot be used in 01 level in COBOL?

1206

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

1309

What do you understand by psb and acb?

1182

What is the difference between goback, stop run and exit program in cobol?

1649

How to get the last record in vsam file in cluster? And how can you get the kids file records into your cobol program?

1270

Name the divisions, which are available in a cobol program?

1298

explain sorting techniques in cobol program?

1248

What is the LINKAGE SECTION used in COBOL?

1608

what happens if parmparameter passes zero bytes to the program

2185

What is the problem of ordered sequential files access?

1210

Discuss about changing dataset name in proc.

1296

Define static linking and dynamic linking.

1273

which is Best IBM Mainframe Training and Placement Institute in Ameerpet Hyderabad

1555

Explain how will you differentiate between an internal and an external sort, the pros and cons, internal sort syntax etc

1311

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