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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

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

2 6660

What does the initialize statement do ?

2 7110

What are the two search techniques ?

iGate,

2 9930

Can you access ESDS files from CICS ?

IBM,

2 13637

What is the function of the Terminal Control table?

4 10400

How do you access storage outside your CICS program?

IBM,

2 8817

What is the primary objective of CICS ?

IBM,

1 7076

What do the keywords MAPONLY and DATAONLY mean?

2 9225

What is ENQ, DEQ ?

IBM,

1 13978

What is the name of the facility provided by CICS to free the application program form the problems caused

1 5691

What is the function of the CICS translator?

1 13689

Which is the macro used for making an entry in the PPT

1 6568

What are the situations under which NEWCOPY is required ?

Cap Gemini, IBM,

2 15546

What is the difference between a PF key & a PA key ?

IBM,

4 20672

Can you define multiple maps in a BMS mapset?

Cap Gemini, IBM,

3 10180

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Define an asra abend?

1033

If anyone has IBM Certification Dumps pls forward to me & also let me know what are the Certification Codes that are available in DB2

1978

What is the main purpose of having user catalog in vsam?

997

How to print 10 to 1 if the input have only 10 digit number?

1220

What is the use of dclgen in db2?

1015

What are some uses of the evaluate statement?

905

How to remove 2 duplicate records and copy only one using job control language?

1171

What does a COMMIT statement do?

1338

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

2633

What is the use of KSDS,LDS,ESDS,RRDS??what is VRRDS?? How are all these useful in realtime scenario??Plz helpme out...Its a recent question in IGATE..

8696

What is the difference between read work file 1 and read work file once? Why we are using work file once?

925

Specify the requirements for automatic task initiation?

959

Can any one explain the basic things about RLU and Printer Files and their Definitions for both and why are they used,i'm a newbee so please help me out

3422

what is utility for parm lib

2311

Explain the significance of the shareoptions parameter?

948

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