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

COBOL Interview Questions

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Why is it necessary that file needs to be opened in I-O mode for REWRITE?

1332

What is the Purpose of Pointer in the string?

1086

How can we find that module can be called – whether DYNAMICALLY or STATICALLY?

1241

What is the use of LINKAGE SECTION?

1 1886

Which mode is used to operate the sequential file?

1213

What is the difference between comp and comp-3 usage?

1209

What are the access modes of START statement?

1280

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

1366

How arrays can be defined in COBOL?

1230

What are INPUT PROCEDURE and OUTPUT PROCEDURE?

1304

Give some examples of command terminators?

1268

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

2150

Which Search verb is equivalent to PERFORM…VARYING?

1047

What is the difference between Call and a Link?

1205

Can a Search can be done on a table with or without Index?

1296

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What is a SSRANGE and NOSSRANGE?

1479

What is redefines clause in COBOL?

1301

How to use the same COBOL program in Batch and CICS on lines? explain with an example

2402

Why occurs cannot be used in 01 level in COBOL?

1168

Difference between cobol and cobol-ii?

1286

) how do u code after getting data?

2161

What are the different rules to perform a Search?

1104

Differentiate between structured cobol programming and object-oriented cobol programming.

1163

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

3234

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

What is the difference between Global and External Variables?

1386

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

4732

If you are current on the owner of a set, what is the difference between obtain next and obtain first?

1359

What are all the divisions of a COBOL program?

1220

What is rmode(any) ?

1280

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