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

COBOL Interview Questions

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How many variables can be declared in w-s section.?

2 5958

how to move the records from file to array table. give with code example

ADP, Syntel,

2734

db2 variable decimal(15,2) what is the equalent size of cobol variable

Syntel,

2 18712

how do you move only numeric data from A to B 01 A pic x(10) value 'a1b2c34d5e'. 01 B pic x(5).

DELL, Mind Tree,

2 7804

Can we call a CICS program from a batch program or viceversa?If so, how?

3 7906

What happens in the background of spool when we submit a job for compilation and execution... This is a recent question in ibm...Kindly help me.....

IBM,

3 7333

I hv ten records in ps file and i hv say some 15 records in vsam file .i hv empno and age in ps file n empno,empname,dept n desig in vsam file. i hv 2 read the ps file n check wid matching empno in vsam file and then insert all fields from ps and vsam into db2 table....plz help in writin the procedure division

1 5294

If we use GO BACK instead of STOP RUN in cobol?

Temenos,

1 6306

how you will define variables length in cobol.

Temenos,

3 10214

can we declare occurs in 01 level?

Temenos,

2 6705

how to create temporary data set in jcl? what is the use?

Cap Gemini, Temenos,

3 20161

How to concatenation one or more string?

Temenos,

4 14098

If we use GO BACK instead of STOP RUN in cobol?

Temenos,

2 7945

file status 00 is checked after opening the file or reading the file

John Deere,

4 8624

What is the maximum data length for Numeric DataType ?

Cap Gemini,

3 9806

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I have to write to a outfile where the number of records in that file should be the header of that file using IMS.. can anyone help me in this issue

2608

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

2400

HOw can I get the negative sign while deduct high value from low value

2312

What is a report item?

1199

If you are current on the owner of a set, what is the difference between obtain next and obtain first?

1445

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

7633

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

1343

Have you used the sort in your project?for this type of questions any working on real time project give the eg. with real time scenario.

2478

What the difference is between continue and next sentence?

1225

if we display var1 then what will b displayed in below condition. 77 var1 pic s9(2) value -10. 77 var1 pic s9(2) value -11. " " " -12. " " " -13. -14 ... ... -19.

6677

please..could u give an example about USAGE IS POINTER ..and explain why and when we use it ?

2539

What is inspect in cobol ?

1356

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?

2333

How do you code cobol to access a parameter that has been defined in jcl? And do you code the parm parameter on the exec line in jcl?

1252

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

1266

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