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

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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

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

2 6764

What does the initialize statement do ?

2 7239

What are the two search techniques ?

iGate,

2 10051

Can you access ESDS files from CICS ?

IBM,

2 13782

What is the function of the Terminal Control table?

4 10588

How do you access storage outside your CICS program?

IBM,

2 8983

What is the primary objective of CICS ?

IBM,

1 7194

What do the keywords MAPONLY and DATAONLY mean?

2 9373

What is ENQ, DEQ ?

IBM,

1 14115

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

1 5797

What is the function of the CICS translator?

1 13789

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

1 6661

What are the situations under which NEWCOPY is required ?

Cap Gemini, IBM,

2 15726

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

IBM,

4 20893

Can you define multiple maps in a BMS mapset?

Cap Gemini, IBM,

3 10381

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Explain the catalog?

990

Which command is used to connect to a database in DB2 ? Give the Syntax.

1104

is this a rpg channel?

1170

Ap wkur,=p5 where wkur is a label?

1152

Explain how many conditions can you include in a single handle condition command?

1034

What is non-conventional programs?

1086

How is the sorting of vsam files carried?

1122

What do you mean by rollback?

991

Explain sorting techniques in cobol program? Provide the sort file definition, the sort statement, its syntax and meaning

1094

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

2677

Suppose you are processing an input file in a natural program and you want the program to fail if the file is empty. What command you use in natural to force it to fail?

1072

Define task work area?

1322

How to get the cursor position when we receive a map?

1081

what is the maximum number of files allowed in rpg?

1640

What is db2 look?

1025

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