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

COBOL Interview Questions

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diffrence between z(2) and z9(2)

Cap Gemini,

4 23602

9(2).99 how many bytes take? Why . consider as a byte?

2 7681

what is difference between the sysabend and userabend?

2 7724

which one is the best of com and com-3.using of real time ?

Cap Gemini,

7 13139

where do u use low-value and high value in cobol

CGI,

3 23601

how can u redefine picx(10) with pic 9(6).

TCS,

3 10199

I HAVE FOLLOWING DECLARATION. 02. A PIC X(10) VALUE 'XXXXXXXXXX'. 02. B REDEFINES A. 05. C PIC X(3). 05. D PIC X(3). 05. E PIC 9(3). IN MY PROG, I HAVE MOVE 1 TO E. DISPLAY A. WHAT WILL BE DISPLAYED AS A RESULT OF THIS? PLEASE EXPLAIN THE ANSWER. THANKS.

Amdocs,

7 12068

01 x pic s9(8) comp. How will the following value be internally allocated '18787'

Steria,

4 10596

When and how can we use index & subscript ?

2 6529

i want to store 20 digits . h will u do it in cobol ?

TCS,

4 11963

What is R-mode and A-mode?

TCS,

3 10933

Hi , I am posting some questons which are asked at interview. These may help u for ur interview... what is static and dynamic call?

TCS,

2 5915

Hi, My interviewer ask A calls B and C calls B, a and b are static c and b are dynamic.what happens if they compile and execute at same time.

iGate,

3 9627

subscript and index r not coded in u r application program what will happen?

2 6185

here is my compile and link edit steps in a jcl //COMPILE1 JOB (3CUS,S),'CCDM TEST' //STEPNAME EXEC PGM=IGYCRCTL,PARM='DYNAM,RENT,LIB,OBJECT, // OFFSET,APOST,OPTIMIZE',REGION=4096K //STEPLIB DD DSNAME=PM7351.TEST2.COB,DISP=SHR //SYSIN DD DSNAME=PM7351.TEST2.COB(PGM1),DISP=SHR //SYSUT1 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT2 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT3 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT4 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT5 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT6 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT7 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSLIN DD DSNAME=&&LOAD,DISP=(MOD,PASS),UNIT=SYSDA, // SPACE=(10,(10,10)),DCB=BLKSIZE=400 //LKED EXEC PGM=IEWL,REGION=1024K //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=A //SYSLIB DD DSN=PM7351.TEST2.LOADLIB,DISP=SHR // DD DSN=PM7351.TEST2.COB(PGM1),DISP=SHR //SYSLMOD DD DSN=PM7351.TEST2.LOADLIB, // DISP=SHR //SYSUT1 DD UNIT=SYSDA,DCB=BLKSIZE=1024,SPACE=(CYL,(1,1)) //SYSTERM DD SYSOUT=* //SYSLIN DD DSN=&&LOAD,DISP=(OLD,DELETE) //SYSIN DD DUMMY i am getting IEW2013I 0F08 NO MEMBER NAME WAS SPECIFIED. MODULE WAS SAVED USING TEMPNAM1. could any one tell me the resolution for this..?

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Write a program that uses move corresponding.

1156

input= ,,,, mainframe training ,,, hyderabad .... location.... output1=$ mainframe training in hyderabad location$ output2=**** mainframe training in hyderabad location ****. In this pgn when we give input considering the spaces the output is displayed in this format.Like in the place of ,,,, $ should be displayed likewise.So please helpmeout.

2230

How to find out the closest prime number of an input number? I believe it has something to do with SEARCH and COBOL Linear Array.

4177

What is the LINKAGE SECTION used in COBOL?

1535

How do you reference the following file formats from cobol programs?

1171

What is report-item in COBOL?

1166

Why do we code s9 (4) comp. Inspite of knowing comp-3 will occupy less space?

1161

What rules are to be followed while using the corresponding options?

1086

What is the use of intialize verb?

1262

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

1146

What is link edit in cobol?

1213

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 to change size of Initial number of records to *NOMAX for ALL PF files from perticular library, how can I do that

3234

How to read the 2nd last record of a VSAM file? (The file size is huge and we don't know the key)

3266

What kind of error is trapped by on size error option?

1250

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