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

How do you define Task Work Area?

IBM,

1 6628

Can you use DYNAMIC calls in CICS ?

IBM,

2 7586

What is MDT? What are FSET, FRSET ?

IBM,

3 25925

How is addressability achieved to the data outside programs working-storage.?

3 6879

Explain the term Function Request Shipping?

IBM,

1 3866

For multithreading an application program need not be re- entrant(True or False).

1 4735

What is the difference between the XCTL and LINK commands?

IBM,

1 7468

What is the CICS Command that is used for reading a record from the TDQ?

IBM,

1 5004

What does EIB mean?

IBM,

3 33626

What is the purpose of the Program List Table?

IBM,

2 7018

The first step in the development of an application system is the Requirement Analysis(True or False).

1 4366

Do you require a table entry for a TSQ?

IBM,

2 7229

Explain the basic difference between Intra partition TDQ and Extra partition TDQ.

IBM,

2 17398

What command do you issue to delete a record in a transient data queue ?

IBM,

1 4854

What is the common work area (CWA)?

EDS, IBM,

1 15974

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

explain in brief how you can create a vsam file?

1135

What is alias in db2?

1061

What is the pic clause for the hhmmss type of data fields?

941

Sync points cannot be requested by the application programs? State true or false

1161

How to check sequence on a table in db2?

1062

Explain the configuration section of a cobol program with examples of syntax.

1200

Is it possible to move an alphanumeric incentive to a numeric field?

1001

Explain the difference between link and xctl?

968

What is eib?

1170

What is copy pending and check pending in db2?

1004

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

2121

What is the purpose of dd?

1239

Which components manage deadlocks in db2?

1071

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11750

is it compulsory commitment control in journal?

2478

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