MainFrame Interview Questions
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Give some examples of command terminators?

752

How many bytes S(8) comp field occupy and its maximum value?

1628

Which Search verb is equivalent to PERFORM…VARYING?

683

What is the difference between Call and a Link?

696

Can a Search can be done on a table with or without Index?

800

A table has two indexes defined. Which one will be used by the SEARCH?

757

What are all the divisions of a COBOL program?

662

What is the difference between Global and External Variables?

663

What are the different rules to perform a Search?

613

What is a SSRANGE and NOSSRANGE?

819

Which division and paragraphs are mandatory for a COBOL program?

707

what is SOC4 error?

735

what JCL Procedures?

699

how you can direct the data to spool using SYSOUT option?

923

what are JCLLIB and STEPLIB in JCL?

673


Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

which cl command is used to trap error messages during program execution?

863


What is performance tuning db2?

618


On which dataset you can have alt index?

501


How to update data area in cobol 400 program?

579


in ways data can be passed to a COBOL program from JCL?

663






Are view updateable?

627


What is the need of a secondary index in IMS?

660


Is ibm db2 free?

573


What is the usage of open cursor command?

599


How can return codes be tested before execution of a job step?

919


which of the following operations does not zero the field flda defined as 4,0?

703


Can we give +2 instead of +1 while creating a new gdg file?

539


Service Program : S1 Modules in S1 : M1 M1 having two procedures : ADD, SUB Current Binder Language STRPGMEXP PGMLVL(*CURRENT) EXPORT SYMBOL("ADD") EXPORT SYMBOL("SUB") ENDPGMEXP Doubt: I need to add one new Module to the Service Program M2 having one procedure ‘MULT’ How to add this new module to the service program S1 ? If I need to recreate the service program again, Do I need to mention the Module M1 again while recreating along with new Module M2? There is no Binding Directory. Binder language structure will be like this STRPGMEXP PGMLVL(*CURRENT) EXPORT SYMBOL("ADD") EXPORT SYMBOL("SUB") EXPORT SYMBOL("MULT") ENDPGMEXP STRPGMEXP PGMLVL(*PREVIOUS) EXPORT SYMBOL("ADD") EXPORT SYMBOL("SUB") ENDPGMEXP

1927


Which statement is used to identify the private libraries in job?

674


Why do we use cursor?

599