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 6618

Can you use DYNAMIC calls in CICS ?

IBM,

2 7569

What is MDT? What are FSET, FRSET ?

IBM,

3 25910

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

3 6857

Explain the term Function Request Shipping?

IBM,

1 3859

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

1 4731

What is the difference between the XCTL and LINK commands?

IBM,

1 7448

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

IBM,

1 4993

What does EIB mean?

IBM,

3 33605

What is the purpose of the Program List Table?

IBM,

2 7008

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

1 4357

Do you require a table entry for a TSQ?

IBM,

2 7217

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

IBM,

2 17397

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

IBM,

1 4851

What is the common work area (CWA)?

EDS, IBM,

1 15966

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

What does a deadlock mean in DB2?

1160

What do you mean by storage group (stogroup)?

1037

What is a run unit in idms?

857

Explain the purpose of the file status clause in the select statement?

986

Explain the primary function of the processing program table (ppt)?

983

What is meant by drda?

945

What are fset, frset?

1005

what are the differences between temporary storage queue (tsq) and transient data quene (tdq)?

1225

Which isolation level provides highest data integrity?

1114

Distinguish among erase, erase permanent, erase selective and erase all?

1658

Define adabas?

975

how you will the direct the data to spool using sysout option?

2423

what is procedure prototype and procedure interface.

1219

which cics command must be issued by the application program in order to gain access to the common work area (cwa)?

1132

When we create a pf and did not fill up maint parameter, then by default which access path will the system take & why?

1089

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