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

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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is the difference between various read and find statement,and which one should be used when for better adabas performance ?

IBM,

2 6635

What is the difference between working storage copybook and linkage section copybook?

TCS,

5 18298

What is meant by pseudo-conversation?

Accenture,

1 9539

is it possible to create TDQ's and TSQ's dynamically,How

1 7998

can we write paragraph in area B .....

L&T,

4 8683

how to run sub programs using static and dynamic call ...

TCS,

3 7856

i want to code a rexx program in order to get the inputfile and output files of jcl. i want code snippet or the coding for this , please

1 10838

HOW WE WILL SORT THE ARRAY WHICH IS GOING TO USE FOR SEARCH ALL?

Cap Gemini,

2 8667

WE HAVE 2 FILES IN COBOL. ONE IS FIXED LENGTH RECORDS ANOTHER ONE IS VARIABLE LENGTH. IF I DECLEAR LRECL OF FIXED ONE AS 80 AND 2ND RECORD AS 132. WHAT WE NEED TO DECLEAR LRECL FOR THOSE 2 FILES IN JCL?

iGate,

4 9929

i have a requrement in A as viswa!@#$%&^**reddy i need to move viswareddy in B without junk values pls say how to do ths reply fast

L&T,

4 9393

i have a jcl containing header body and trailer .in header i have viswa body 2 6 1 9 7 trailer reddy .now i need to sort only body in either asecending or descending order how can i do it

L&T,

1 14988

what is the use of filler in cobol programing?

MAT,

4 39264

in a series of 10 steps, i need to run only 1,3,5,7 & 9th steps only. how do u code?

ADP,

5 10210

what modification we need to do in jcl if we use sort in cobol? I mean whether we need to include tempary file used for sorting in assign statement?

TCS,

3 8044

I want to add 10 days in current date. how it is possible in CL program...?

CSC,

11 47059

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

How many types of page locks can be held in db2?

1044

Which component is used to execute the sql statements?

1104

I have mainpgm(abc) this is the only cobol pgm(non-db2).And this pgm calling subpgm name "acd" this also only cobol(non- Db)and this pgm calling some other subpgm this pgm has cobol-db2 pgm. 1) IF you calling static mode how to run and how to compile? 2) IF you calling dynamic mode how to run and how to compile? plz suggestion me.

2626

What Is The Object Type Of Pf, Lf, Printer File & Display File?

1163

Explain how to update data area in cobol 400 program?

1028

) how do u code after getting data?

2156

Distinguish among erase, erase permanent, erase selective and erase all?

1672

If a ceo wants to see all employees of the company from an online screen. How will be the design of the map from the developer point of view?

1039

The content of Physical file is as below: hfcftp wruquief SENDPASV 0 CDUP ASCII GET 01100901.CSV ramndk/ECP505.EC0110090 (REPLACE QUIT Thw above commands will get executed when we call STRTCPFTP from CL program.... Now if I want to use SFTP what can be the solution? plz reply in detail....Thank you for ny help... I m using RPG/ILERPG to download...

2367

What is the difference between record occurrence and record type in idms?

861

How to declare host variables?

998

How many bytes does a s9(7) sign trailing separate field occupy ?

1128

We can use PASS with permanent datasets also. THEN Which is the condition in which we may use PASS (instead of KEEP) with permanent data sets, while there is no need to specify UNIT and VOL for them like temporary data sets (in cas we use KEEP for permanent data sets) ?

2234

What is the need for a secondary index in ims?

1079

List the various advantages of using jcl language?

1461

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