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

how can we differentiate between conventional and pseudo-conventional coding just by seeing cobol code?

2 8043

If we have 100 job steps in JCL and we want to excute steps only starting from 43 to 50, then how it can be coded in JCL/

IBM,

10 17659

01 x pic s9(8) comp. How will the following value be internally allocated '18787'

Steria,

4 10596

How can i install db2 9.x on AIX based system..? plz reply the detailed steps involved....?

IBM, TCS,

2154

When and how can we use index & subscript ?

2 6531

What is the use of VSAM files? How to read this ?

CTS,

3 9617

How can we define a table? How can we apply SEARCH ALL on it ?

1 4674

Write the fetch cycle and execute cycle for following instructions:JMPNZ (jump to the given address if the accumulator not equal to zero) RET(return from a subroutine) ADB (add the contents of register B to the accumulator and save result in the accumulator).

1 6631

i want to store 20 digits . h will u do it in cobol ?

TCS,

4 11963

What is R-mode and A-mode?

TCS,

3 10934

Hi , I am posting some questons which are asked at interview. These may help u for ur interview... what is static and dynamic call?

TCS,

2 5916

Hi , I am posting some interview ques . what is the use of cursors ? what is the diff between select and cursor ? bith are used for data retrival .. rite?

Deloitte,

2 7358

what is the use of commit ? and what is the syntax?

Deloitte,

2 10328

how to see the latest generation in gdg?

Deloitte,

3 8999

Hi, My interviewer ask A calls B and C calls B, a and b are static c and b are dynamic.what happens if they compile and execute at same time.

iGate,

3 9628

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Explain ims software environment?

990

Explain correlated sub-queries.

1038

Which component is responsible for db2 startup and shutdown?

1043

What is drop table?

1020

In AS/400 projects in Companies whats the meaning of production support team.what production support involves.also what work does development,maintenance involve what are the other teams or processes that are available for as400 project.

9084

What is the role of the data page in the db2 database?

1031

Why occurs cannot be used in 01 level in COBOL?

1169

What is the difference between structured cobol programming and object alternativelyiented cobol?

1256

hello friends ,i have exam in Hsbc,pls any on send me placement papers and technical questions on mainframes,thank u

2149

What do you mean by cursor?

995

Name some of the examples of COBOl 11?

3148

What is the difference between an obtain next and obtain first in idms?

888

Is length = 0 sufficient to ascertain that the field has been modified?

1086

How to check table size in db2 sap?

1048

What is the quality process in development?

1094

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