COBOL Interview Questions
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how to transfer the file from pc to mainframe??

3 10875

01 ws-p pic 9(2). 01 ws-q pic 9(2) value 01. 01 ws-r pic 9(2) value 99. p.d. compute p = q + r what will be result of p ans(00) but my question is that how i got 10 on the place of 00. (truncation will ocuure on right side not left). please tell me ?

L&T,

6 8884

I have the file which is having the extension no as records. sample file will look like below. 2310 3410 3256 4350 3781 5408 I need to replace the record which is starting with 3 to 5 (i.e) 3410 to 5410. How can we do it through cobol and cobol-db2 program? I need the possible logic?

RBS,

5 11069

I have the requirement to compare the two files and pick up the matching records. File 1. file2 23 32 32 13 34 15 35 36 36 35 43 Get the matching records from this 2 files to out file. how you will do this in cobol program?

ADP, Broadridge, CTS, HSBC, L&T, RBS, TCS,

15 94299

What is different between variable length and fixed length?

TCS,

2 7386

can we read records in a file from botom to top. if possible how can we read

ACS,

12 17208

01 a pic s9(5) value '-12345' how it will be stored

ACS,

7 13185

how we can edit records in vsam data set and non vsam data sets

ACS,

2 7065

what is the advantage of sync class

ACS,

3 9750

01 a pic x(4) value 'abcd' 01 b pic 9(3) can we move from a to b.if possible what would be stored in b.

ACS,

15 17076

How to remove the spaces at end of each record in the output file Via COBOL program? note: The file has a VB length

IBM, Wipro,

2 15158

If A>B next sentence end-if display 1 display 2. display 3. If a>b, it will display only 3.(the next sentence, ie., after fullstop/period) ____________________________________ if a>b continue end-if display 1 display 2. display 3. If a>b, it Will display 1 2 3 (the next statement) ____________________________________ if a>b continue display 1 end-if display 2 display 3. display 4. If a>b, Will it display 2 3 4 (or) 1 2 3 4 ?

UST,

8 9563

Sending data is aplhabetic size 7 (value 3000), I wantated this value to be stored in database, which is defined as s9(7)v9(2)comp-3.

2 5247

I got user abend U4038 while compiling my runjcl.. can anyone help me?

CGI,

10 51253

i declare a Table as OCCURS 2000 TIMES.If the input file has more than 2000 records will the COBOL program fail?

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) how do u code after getting data?

1582


how do you define single dimensional array and multidimensional array in your cobol?

682


What type of SDLC u followed? Why?

1522


I have a File that has duplicate records. I need only those records that occur more than thrice.?

8661


what is the use of outrecord?

1774






What is cobol?

750


Why did you choose to work with ibm mainframe cobol programming?

631


Describe the cobol database components?

682


What is rmode(any) ?

686


Which is the default, TEST BEFORE or TEST AFTER for a PERFORM statement?

825


I have File 1 occurs 5 times with Employee-ID,Employee-Name,Employee-Dept (EEE and MECH). I have File 2 occurs 10 times with Employee-ID,Employee-Name,Employee-Dept (EEE,CIVIL,CHEMICAL and MECH). In FIle 1 and FIle 2 , for matching Employee-DEPT (Only MECH) , we need to move entire records from file1 to file 2. We should not use 2D array. Your help is needed here.

1119


What is the difference between Global and External Variables?

666


) what is the difference between AID and HANDLE AID?

1637


Explain the configuration section of a cobol program with examples of syntax.

661


If you are current on the owner of a set, what is the difference between an obtain next and obtain first? Actually in which topic will we use dis???Plz explain it clearly

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