VSAM Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

what is the RRN for the first record in RRDS?

2 11071

what is a Base Cluster?

HSBC, TCS,

3 9520

If FSPC(100 10 is specified does it mean that both the control interval and control area will be left empty because 100 % of both CI and ca are specified to be empty?

DSRC,

1 7559

what is the probability of a complete system distortion under high end low performing multiprocessor job?

SunGard,

2031

The first VSAM file V1 has 2 fields A and B . There is a DB2 file which has fields E and f. We need the fields A, B , E and F to another VSAM file called V2. Kindly mention the logic in procedure division in cobol..

Cap Gemini,

2 7910

what is reuse parameter ?

Polaris, Xansa,

3 27119

What is VERIFY command ? when do you use this command?? What actually it does ??

Xansa,

2 29267

Create syntax for a VSAM file ?

Xansa,

2 23080

How did you refresh a VSAM file and how frequently you do it ?

CSC, IBM, Patni, Xansa,

3 9959

how yo view the vsam file?

DSRC, TCS,

5 39882

Alt key is used for what type of vsam file

3 6383

How many cluster index can have in a table?

HSBC,

3 6279

What are the different types of VSAM files available?

CSC,

3 11432

What is Control Interval, Control Area ?

L&T,

1 6502

How do you load a VSAM data set with records ?

2 6262


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On which dataset you can have alt index?

504


what is the syntax of ams modal commands?

774


What is a lds (linear data set) and what is it used for?

527


Define gdg?

565


What is a lds (linear data set)?

560






OPEN INPUT StudentFile READ StudentFile AT END SET EndOfStudentFile TO TRUE END-READ PERFORM UNTIL EndOfStudentFile DISPLAY StudentId SPACE StudentName SPACE CourseCode SPACE YOBirth READ StudentFile AT END SET EndOfStudentFile TO TRUE END-READ END-PERFORM CLOSE StudentFile STOP RUN what will be output

2081


explain the information contained in ci

608


What is control area?

646


there are seven idcams commands in vsam. Can you name and explain each of them?

654


Explain the index set?

617


What are the information stored in ci?

579


What are the different commands used in idcams for vsam?

559


What is a base cluste?

608


In a KSDS file, key is missing for one record. How to insert the key for that particular record from back up file. Is there any sorting needed for the back up file before the key insertion?

992


what is buffering and how does it apply to vsam files ?

716