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

COBOL Interview Questions

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When the working storage variables get allocated? a.At Compile time b.At starting of the run time c.At end of the run time. d.None of these

Wipro,

6 13627

i want to use only first 100 records from a file.plz tell me how to write JCL for this(for read,copy,write operations).plz give me details of all posible JCL utilities?

CTS,

7 43965

what is the difference between Normal vaiable and comp variable.

DELL,

5 13925

How to read the last 100 records from a COBOL file. The file contains N number of records.

IBM,

11 41345

What is the significance of the PROGRAM-ID paragraph? If this name doesnt match with the name of the COBOL program, does it make a difference? Is the name specified in the PROGRAM-ID paragraph used as a name for the load module or any such thing?

IBM,

4 16508

How to find whether a Flat file is empty or not without Reading a file in COBOL Program. (not using JCL)

Bank Of America,

9 34547

How to display the index.(displacement from an array)

IBM,

4 17193

How to retain the Duplicates in the one records?

CS,

3 10206

How to retrive the 9th records out of ten records using the cobol program ?

UST,

3 10123

i have the following varibles in the working storage 05 ws-A PIC X(30) VALUE 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRESTUVWXYZ ' 05 WS-B REDEFINES WS-A 10 WS-B1 PIC X(10). 10 WS-B2 PIC 9(10). 10 WS-B3 PIC X(10). If I Display B1, B2 and B3 respectively, what is the value displayed in B2

9 13155

1) can we display the index?

ADP, IBM,

3 27568

Can we access the a[0] in the array ?

DCL, IBM,

6 12118

what is S04E error in jcl?

IBM, L&T,

11 72456

What is Static,Dynamic linking ?

2 7071

Can we use icetool in cobol program?

3 9101

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

1231

if we display var1 then what will b displayed in below condition. 77 var1 pic s9(2) value -10. 77 var1 pic s9(2) value -11. " " " -12. " " " -13. -14 ... ... -19.

6596

here is my requirement A1 is alphanumeric with value 'A1B2C3D4' as defined below 05 A1 PIC X(8) VALUE IS 'A1B2C3D4' but i need to have A2,A3 as ABCD & 1234 repectively...... A2 = ABCD A3 = 1234 Can you please explain me what are the different ways to do it?

7909

how to move the records from file to array table. give with code example

2682

what is difference bt COND, REGION & TIME parameters at JOB & EXEC. give an exp.

9111

what is the use of outrecord?

2226

Explain how you can characterize tables in cobol?

1067

can you please let me know if there is any walkins for COBOL/PLI/DB2/IMS/JCL in pune other than IBM and ITC infotech

2435

How many bytes S(8) comp field occupy and its maximum value?

2150

how do you reference the fixed unblock file formats from cobol programs

1250

What is amode(24), amode(31), rmode(24) and rmode(any) (applicable to only mvsesa enterprise server) ?

1224

Define static linking and dynamic linking.

1205

what is amode(24), amode(31), rmode(24) and rmode(any)?

1155

i want a program using by if, evaluate , string, unstring, perform, occurs?

4732

How do get the result of your program directly on your pc?

2352

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