COBOL Interview Questions
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In EBCDIC, how would the number 1234 be stored?

TCS,

2 9337

What are VS COBOL 11 special features?

1 4411

What are options have been removed in COBOL 11?

1 3222

What is the reference modification.

2 9629

How would the number +1234 be stored if a PIC clause of PICTUREs9(4) comp-3 were used?

6 14036

What is an index for tables?

2 5520

What is a subscript ?

3 6089

What is Alternate Index ? How is it different from regular index ?

2 13876

What is CALL statement in COBOL?

4 15318

When can the USING phrase be included in the call statement ?

2 5845

What does the initialize statement do ?

2 6200

What are the two search techniques ?

iGate,

2 8980

consider the following piece of code 01 GROSS-PAY 05 BASIC-PAY PIC 9(5) 05 ALLOWENCES PIC 9(3) if BASIC-PAY has a value 1000 and ALLOWENCES has a value of 250,what will be displayed by the statement DISPLAY GROSS-PAY a.1250 b.01000250 c.01250 d.1.250

TCS,

3 7378

consider two data items 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99 VLAUE 123.45 after the statement MOVE W-A TO W-B what will be W-B's value? a.123.75 b.b23.75 (where b indicates space) c.023.75 d.invalid move

TCS,

5 10604

what is the result of the following? DIVIDE A INTO B GIVING C. a.C=A/B b.the reminder of B/A is stored in C c.C=B/A d.the reminder of A/B is stored in C

TCS,

3 12635


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How do u write test cases?

1631


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

735


What are declaratives and what are their uses in cobol?

701


What is the difference between Global and External Variables?

656


Hi pls anybody tell me about " ANALYSIS DOCUMENT PREPARATION AND ESTIMATION OF TASK " (in real time project)."I want to update a sequential file in my project" for that purpose i need both structures i mean analysis document and estimation of task.

1693






Write down the divisions of cobol program?

663


how to refer the data field?

1797


Explain what you understand by passing by value.

688


What are the different rules to perform a Search?

613


i made it to stage 3 of an interview process wednessday they will quiz my knowledge again face to face for an analyst role recruiter said it will be based on Business requirements system is cobol and good ideas what they might ask etc

2096


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

634


which is Best IBM Mainframe Training and Placement Institute in Ameerpet Hyderabad

1017


How are the next sentence and continue different from each other?

755


1.give the details about WHEN OTHER. 2. how many form are available in evaluate.

1605


Why occurs cannot be used in 01 level in COBOL?

707