IBM MainFrame Interview Questions
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If a=1 or 2 or 3 NEXT SENTENCE ELSE move a to b. a) if A not = 1 or 2 or 3 move A to B b) if not A = 1 and 2 and 3 move A to B c) if A Not = 1 and 2 and 3 move A to B d) if A NOT = 1 or NOT=2 or NOT =3 move A to B

Accenture,

2 6926

Total no of bytes in the following 01 rec-1 02 first-group 03 a1 pic x(4). 03 a2 pic 99. 02 second-group redefines first-group. 03 A3 pic999. 03 A4 pic 999. 02 third-group. 03 A5 occurs 5 times pic 99. A)22 B)16 C)12 D)10

Accenture,

3 6762

Determine the total no of bytes in the following 01 rec1 . 02 a pic x(6). 02 b redefines a. 03 c occurs 6 times pic 9. 02 d occurs 4 times. 03 e pic x(5). 03 f pic 999. a)38. b)44 c)14 d)32

Accenture,

3 7805

subscripting can be said as A) subscripting enables us to write a move compact code in the procedure division. B) subscripting enables us to refer to any element of a table by the same data name with the facility of identifying a particular element through the values of subscript. C) Subscripting reduces the no of entries to be included in the data division D) subscripting enables us to use loops in the procedure division

Accenture,

1 4730

01 A 02 B occurs 10 times 03 C pic 999. 03 D occurs 15 times 04 E pic 999. 04 F occurs 20 times 05 G pic XXX. 05 H pic 99. Determine the total no of byte in A. A) 175 B) 15480 C) 21750 D) 9065

Accenture,

3 8341

which one of the following cannot cause more than one execution of paragraph that may be nam in statement. A) simple perform B) perform with time C) perform until D) perform varying

Accenture,

3 5504

01 T1. 02 month-day pic x(30) value ?jan,31, feb,28, mar,31, apr,30, may,31, june, 30? 02 new-day redefines month-day occurs 6 times 03 A pic xxx. 03 B pic 99. What are the content of A(3) and B(2) respectively A)mar,31 B) Feb,28 C) 28, Mar E)Mar, 28

Accenture,

1 5732

which of the following is not true about search verb A) every search stmt must contain the AT END clause B) any no of WHEN clause can be used with this verb C) this verb can only applied to a table which is defined with the OCCURS clause and INDEXED phases. D) WHEN condition is satisfied

Accenture,

2 10674

which are the following verb can be used to manipulate the value of an index name A) ADD B) MOVE C) SUBTRACT D) SET

Accenture,

4 15369

GO TO stmt which of the following is not true A) GO TO stmt is not essential in the sense that it is possible to write programs without using GO TO B) The target of the GO TO stmt being a procedure name avoiding GO TO result in a program with no procedure name C) Indiscriminate use of GO TO stmt can make the control structure program substantially complex D) Too many GO TO stmts make a program difficult to understand

Accenture, IBM,

2 5480

DB2 is a A) data base/data communication system B) data base C) RDBMS D) Programming language

Accenture,

4 7969

AGGREGATE function support by DB2. A) SUM & AVG B) SUM, MIN & AVG C) SUM, MAX, AVG , MIN &COUNT D) NONE

Accenture,

2 18952

how does the defining of a stored procedure effect the size of a DB2 data base A) it increases the size of a data base B) it decreases the size of a data base C) it does not effect the size of the data base D) it changes the table space structures

Accenture,

2 9232

what is contained in the DB2 node lock file? A) data base names B) data base users names C) license keys D) server names

Accenture,

5 13697

which authority can be granted to group of users using the GRANT stmt? A) SYSCTRL B) SYSADM C) DBCTRL D) DB ADM

Accenture,

3 8679


Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

What is meant by dclgen?

618


Is db2 a mainframe?

581


What is the common work area?

540


What is the primary aspect of CICS?

654


How to check last update on table in db2?

624






What is the role of the data page in the db2 database?

585


In job processing, what happens in conversion stage?

734


How long have you been working on mainframes?

563


What is the difference between local and central version operating modes?

908


Name and explain the location modes?

497


What is the need of base registers in IBM 360/370?

2275


Difference between cobol and cobol-ii?

704


State the difference between jes2 and jes3?

556


What happens when you issue a escape routine in a program? Will there be any compilation /run time erro?

548


In a KSDS file, key is missing for one record. How to insert the key for that particular record from back up file. Is there any sorting needed for the back up file before the key insertion?

986