IBM MainFrame Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

In an EVALUTE statement is the order of the WHEN clauses significant?

4 10670

Give some advantages of REDEFINES clause?

Syntel,

2 18647

How do you do in-line PERFORM?

Accenture,

4 15636

Explain call by context by comparing it to other calls.

1 7928

What does EXIT do ?

Deloitte,

3 12016

what is Pic 9v99 Indicates?

2 12069

What is an explicit scope terminator?

3 18841

COMP?

2 5312

What should be the sorting order for SEARCH ALL?

5 8888

How is sign stored in Packed Decimal fields and Zoned Decimal fields?

ABC, HCL, TCS,

6 35548

How do you define a table/array in COBOL?

Hexaware,

5 29270

When is a scope terminator mandatory?

3 7955

How do you submit JCL via a Cobol program?

IBM,

5 18487

What is the difference between a DYNAMIC and STATIC call in COBOL?

2 11688

Differentiate COBOL and COBOL-II?

1941


Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

Define declaration generator (dclgen).

654


Explain the function of data manager.

625


What are Naming Standards in QMF?

1216


what is use of space parameter in dd statement?

736


What are the types of processes to create a map in cics?

570






list the sequence of steps used to achieve modiication in skip sequential mode?

724


I need to compare 3 variables(dates) and do some processing based on the earliest date. There could be more then 1 date record in any of the 3 fields. What is the best way to code this?

1792


What are the different types of table spaces?

592


what is the purpose of coding class parameter in job statement?

706


Is db2 a mainframe database?

555


What is the difference between bind and rebind in db2?

833


How will you return the number of records in table?

508


Name the cics command used to access current date and time?

558


What is the difference between next sentence and continue in cobol programing language?

695


What is the difference between comp and comp-3?

684