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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is the meaning and use of the EIBAID field?

4 27104

How do you get data from a task that began with a START command?

2 6175

Explain the various ways data can be passed between CICS programs.

IBM,

2 9229

Which option of the PCT entry is used to specify the PF key to be pressed for initiating a transaction?

IBM,

2 7539

What is the meaning of the ENQ and DEQ commands?

IBM,

1 10962

What is the function of the EXEC CICS HANDLE CONDITION command?

3 17659

Mention the option (along with argument type) used in a CICS command to retrieve the response code

3 9184

The READ command with INTO option will read the record specified into the data area specified (True or False)

1 4349

If DATAONLY option is specified in the SEND MAP command what will happen?

2 9155

What is the name of the mapset definition macro?

1 4579

What is the other way of terminating a transaction?

IBM,

2 6660

Why is a TERM ID recommended in naming a TSQ?

IBM,

1 5104

Into what fields will the date and time values be moved after execution of the above command?

IBM,

1 4733

What CICS command would you use to read a VSAM KSDS sequentially in ascending order?

IBM,

4 12386

How do you control cursor positioning?

IBM,

3 6580

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Pose, there are 100 records in the file.i need to retrieve all the records matching/equal to the particular name field. How can we do the above using search criteria other than using the if cond?

1050

how to access data held on the jes spool?

1067

How jcl work to handle various input output file operations?

1169

Explain the different ways of initiating transaction in cics?

948

Is therE anybody who knows about TICKLER FILE of RM.??thank you

2121

When is inspect verb is used in cobol?

1258

What is meant by MDT? Furthermore, comment on FRSET and FSET ?

1136

What is the latest version of ibm db2?

1269

if there is a module object , how to find the program object for this module object.Assume the module object name and program object name is not same.

2631

why is the declare cursor statement is used for?

1058

Mention a credible reason why select* is never given preference in an sql program that has been embedded.

1196

what is the compile process of cobol program expalin with code

2586

What is the device independent method to indicate where a record is stored?

1049

which are the relational operators in rpg?

1130

What is dynslt?

1216

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