IBM MainFrame Interview Questions
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i have a file which contains records like 10,30,90,50,20,40,80,60,70 i want to display these records in reverse order like 70,60,80,40,20,50,90,30,10 please give me the cobol code (do not sort the records)

Cap Gemini, Mind Tree,

3 13700

whats the diff bw the evaluate also and and?

CGI,

1838

what is mainframe?

CGI,

4 7497

diff bw vsam and normal flat file?

CGI,

2 14976

I HAVE A SEQUENTIAL FILE CONTAINING ONE RECORD IN WHICH I HAVE ONE FIELD AS CUSTOMER IDENTITY NUMBER FIELD WHICH IS A SIGNED FIELD. HOW TO SEQUENTIALLY INCREMENT THIS FIELD USING OVERLAY PARAMETER?.

1 4921

Name a few IBM utility programs, and explain its function.

4420

Is there any command to check wether the ps file is in sorted order?

IBM,

2414

Is there any command to check wether the ps file is in sorted order?

4 7792

I have a flat file of 10 byte with unknown total record count. Requirement is [using CLIST]: 1. get the record count of the file 2. read first 5 records in 5 different variable

1 2214

what are the secirity tools in mainframe? and let me know about the other tools and the uses of thst immediatly................

IBM,

1990

Following questions were asked in Capegemini on 8th sep,2012 mainframe test 1.)Condition code for dul recors in VSAM- 2.) Is NULL or =NULL in Select statement 3.)max size of CI 4.)What happens after CI is full 5.)Ques on COND parameter 6.)which among following can not be rolled back a)delete table b.)droptable c)Update d.)insert 7.)groupby and orderby sql querries 8.)Max extents in VSAM file 9.)quesn on DPRTY=(1,10) 10.)range of condition codes in COBOL 11.)occurs clase can not be used at which level? 12.)delimiter in jcl 13.)sort card for file in PGM=SORT 14.)PIC(6) value 120056 possible? 15)question on BLKSIZE Is (20,20) and (20,10) possible? 16.)number of bytes in RDF 17.)Can we use index in WS-section or LK-section 18.)Verify command in IDCAMS used for? 19.)question on Alternate Index 20.)Return code of file attribute mismatch 21.)In which format COBOL variables stored? 22.)what is Alternate of HANDLE? 23.)can SUM,AVG,MIN,ROUND used in numeric and char variable data types? 24.)What is the datatype of FILE STATUS codes in WS-section?

Cap Gemini,

2 7875

what is force complete

IBM,

2 18319

If I update one or more members in a pds in the step 1, how can I reach these new contents to be used in the step 2 of the same job? To start a new job via intrdr is not satisfactory, because I must solve this problem in one job.

IBM,

2 4029

If i am going to change some variable in a copybook( size or variable type) ,what are the changes that need to be done in the corresponding JCL.

IBM,

4 13156

What is Tclass in cics?what is its importance? How it is implemented?

IBM,

2 12162


Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

What is package in cobol db2?

690


Explain about LMQUERY�give a dialog information about a data set

887


What is mainframe application testing?

560


Portfolio analysis application is an example of?

614


Name the lockable units in DB2?

650






What is the default value(s) for an initialize? What keyword will allow for an override of the default?

638


what is the responsibility of the construction superintendent

1651


Explain how can an in-stream dataset be terminated?

682


What is the difference between Structured COBOL Programming and Object Oriented COBOL programming?

663


Can you delete vsam files with the delete option of the disposition parameter of jcl?

647


What is the difference between a binary search and a sequential search? What are the pertinent cobol commands?

696


Define primary objective of cics?

553


Is therE anybody who knows about TICKLER FILE of RM.??thank you

1532


Name the two types of transient data queues?

551


How many sections are there in data division in COBOL?

665