IBM MainFrame Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

name the vsam file in which the deletion is not possible.

1 4060

If i have a variable A pic 9(2) value 10 Compute A = a - 100 what will be the value of A and will there be any error becoz of the Negative value

CTS,

3 7970

how many subpgms we can use in a main pgm ? how do u link sub pgm to main pgm ? how can i use the parameters declared in main pgm to sub pgm ?

TCS,

2 6996

how many bytes does s9(15) occupy in comp1 comp2 and comp3 ?

TCS,

4 19973

select 100 records from million records ?

Verizon,

2 7034

i have step1,step2,step3 from where can i start coding cond parameter ?

Verizon,

2 5504

cursor with hold explain ?

Verizon,

1 5487

how do u send return code from cobol to jcl ?

TCS,

2 7591

i have variable record in the 5th, i want to sort from 5th filed ? how ?

TCS,

2 6155

what is a load module ?

TCS,

3 7636

how do u start your process after conducting impact analysis ?

TCS,

1665

what is symbolic parameters in jcl, what is a temparary data set ? where do u use ?

Verizon,

2 14190

how can u identify the db2 from jcl ?

TCS,

2 6656

i have a db2 variable how do u declare tht into working storage section ?

TCS,

1 5102

tell me about examine inspect and evaluate ?

CTS,

2 9841


Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

Name the various locking levels available?

638


Explain the difference between physical map and symbolic map?

567


Is mainframe an operating system?

502


What is inspect in cobol ?

806


Define dl/i?

3129






Define acb?

3185


Explain the index set?

616


I have a job called careerride and some steps in it as step1,step2. But I want to execute step2 before step1 ? How do I do that?

835


What is the tcp in the cisc?

598


Explain the difference between a symbolic map and physical map?

571


Define check constraint.

646


I want to set position for a particular text in a certain position in several of my cics maps.Please provide me with a solution. Ex: If "F1-Help" has to be set to pos(4,27) always in all the maps within a PDS.

1946


how do you create an alternate index ?

588


Let us say you have a collection of multiple maps in cics. So if you are asked to determine the exact storage space that is available in a symbolicmap, then how will you compute it?

691


Explain the maps in cics?

693