IBM MainFrame Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

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Can we change a FB file to VB file in JCL? Please help

1 1849

write a cobol logic. i have file that has 10 records .1 record go to first output file and second record goes to 2 output and etc

1244

Which is not true about evaluate statement

2466

i have 10steps and i want run step3 and based on step3 i want execute step7,8,9,10?in jcl

1 2368

How to empty the records in jcl

1 1521

INREC AND OUTREC? HOW TO SPLIT 5K RECORDS TO DIFFERENT FILES IN A FILE IN COBOL? RESTART IN COBOL-DB2? ISOLATION LEVELS?

868

What is DYNSLT keyword? How do you perform selection using DYNSLT

1 1623

How can we read records for specific member in CL? AND rpg?

706

How can we retrieve the total number of records in RPG & CLLE?

660

2 input fles: 2 flat files, with different number of records. both are having unique key for each record and already sorted in ascending order . match these files using unique key and in output only matching key value has to be written. please procide cobol logic

2595

How to fetch 1000 error records from VSAM file(Eg: 1000000 records present) while getting SOC7 abend ?

2484

How to traceback if I am getting SOC7 or SOC4 abend? List down the steps

5377

Step 1 RC 4 Step 2 Step 3 I want to know the COND parameter which can be coded in step 2 or 3. Step 2 should be executed based on Step 1 RC and Step 3 should not be executed based on step 1's RC

4918

What is one line to pass PARM from JCL to COBOL?

4962

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

how could you write a program in a structured format?

1002

Explain referential integrity?

1113

What is the type of ppt in the cics?

1015

explain how many ways you can load data in a vsam cluster?

1051

Can ESDS files be accessed from CICS?

1213

Can you define bms?

1057

Can you define notcat 2?

1045

Explain the meaning of spufi?

1040

What is cobol coding sheet?

1243

what is use of dcb parameter in dd statement?

1314

What are the benefits of using the db2 database?

1240

What is amode(24)?

1251

Which component is used to execute the sql statements?

1105

What is non-conventional programs?

1093

What is performance tuning db2?

1068

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