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

COBOL Interview Questions

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why we are using set in searchall?

IBM,

4 8267

i need a program by giving input as a abcd in any randem order but i need a output as 1234 related to abcd. i.e,. a for 1,b=2,c.....etc..

IBM,

5 10178

why we are using picture clause in the cobol programs?

2 7550

i need a small 3d program using inline and outline.

2263

i want a program using by if, evaluate , string, unstring, perform, occurs?

1 4802

How to delete the records of a dataset through cobol programme?We should not use jcl utilitities like IDCAMS.

2 9717

suppose a cobol programme A calling programme B,C and D. If C undergoes some change what if A,B,C,D need to be recompiled or only C nee to be recompliled.

IBM,

2 8966

How do u know what version of cobol u are using?

3 15865

How to replace the GOTO statement in COBOL without changing the structure of program. e.g. consider following code... I.D. E.D. D.D. P.D. compute C = A + B. GOTO para 100-display. compute D = C - D. GOTO 200-display. some other logic...... ........ GOTO 300-para. ...... ...... GOTO 400-para. Now I want to replacce all GOTO statements without changing the structure and otput of program.

Accenture,

6 23451

I have program P1 which calls file F1 which has 100 records and following structure 001 .................. 002 .................. 003 .................. 098 .................... 099 ................... 100 .................... Now I want to read these files and write these records in file F2 in following manner. 001 ...... 051 ..... 002 ...... 052 ..... 003 ...... 053 ..... .......... ....... .......... ....... .......... ....... 048 ........ 098 ...... 049 .......... 099 ....... 050 .... 100 ......

Accenture,

4 12545

Why we need to use redefine clause when we can define the variable seperately... what is actual need....

Accenture,

5 15170

copy 100 records without using ibm utilities

3 9051

record length in spool?

Infosys,

2 7362

what is the use of outrecord?

2276

what is a zoned decimal data type and how it will be stored?

IBM,

2 8573

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Un-Answered Questions { COBOL }

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

9183

what are decleratives in cobol?

2311

What are the different types of condition in cobol and write their forms.

1157

IF I mention stop run in CICS what happens?

2432

Write a cobol program making use of the redefine clause.

1229

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

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

1309

How to find out the closest prime number of an input number? I believe it has something to do with SEARCH and COBOL Linear Array.

4213

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

1266

How do you differentiate between cobol and cobol-ii?

1286

What is amode(24), amode(31), rmode(24) and rmode(any) (applicable to only mvsesa enterprise server) ?

1275

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

2016

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

1215

) How do u handle errors in BMS macro

2106

Why occurs cannot be used in 01 level in COBOL?

1206

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