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

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MainFrame Interview Questions

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1.How to read a subfile in out put mode? 2.what are the keywords used to share same file? 3.using composite key which rpg code used?

HSBC,

3 10402

1.Write code to read the records from a file and load an array of size 99? Make sure that you take care of all the error conditions?

HSBC,

2 9408

1.If *HIVAL SETGT is used what opcode is used to read a record? A:READ B:READPE C:CHAIN D:READP 2.How to pass numeric parameter to the rpg pgm from the command line? 3.What keyword is used on the rpg 4 definition specification to rename a subfile in an externally definition data structure? A:RENAME B;LIKE C:EXTNAME D:EXTFLD

Manhattan,

4 21834

1.CA(command Atention key)& CF(command Function key) difference with example?Please can any body tell me in real time exp? 2.Can any body tell me some mandatery function keys using while creating any screen with use of SDA-FUNCTION kEYS?

HCL,

5 36763

1.Can any body share me about thease opcodes with example please.Im new for AS/400.Could u please tell me in real senario? 1.TESTN, 2.EVAL 3.EVALR, TIME, 4.MONITOR 5. ENDMON 6.ON-ERROR 7.COMMIT ROLLBACK?

CSC,

1 7709

1.what are the ARITHMETIC EXPRESSIONS IN CL PGM? 2.How to PASSING PARAMETER TO CL PGM?

NetCracker,

1 7774

What is the specific need of Plan and..where are the tables in DB2 are physically saved

Infosys,

3 9332

Whtz the specialty of 77 level number ?

Infosys,

2 9688

Hi, i would like to start a new carrier in DB2 DBA.Which and what all step should i have to take..?

3158

77 I pic 99 value 5 Perorm para-A I times. Para -A. move 10 to I. How many times the para-A will be executed.?

TCS,

9 12827

Can we declare cursor in Procudere division or open the cursor in the Working storage section. Is there any particular rules in the usage of cursors lifecycle

Infosys,

1 8864

Plan is an executable form of sql statements,But what exactly resides inside a Plan. what are the details inside Plan.

IBM,

2 7051

suppose there is one PF having two members PF1 PF2.PF has one unique key Emp ID.could you tell me uniqueness in PF will be effective across members as well ? assume emp iD 3333 is in member PF1 would same Emp id be exist also in member PF2 ?

Tesco HSC, Wipro,

2 7257

how to ftp the natural program to desktop? (from mainframe to pc), is it possible?

2 9656

i have one physical file which is having two logical files. logical a have unique keyword and logical b doesnt have a unique keyword. can i give duplicate values while updating through physical file. if no why?

IBM,

4 14390

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

is oorexx compatible with ibm object rexx?

1008

Explain the difference between and exec cics xctl and exec cics start command?

1157

What is data manager?

1056

What is sort? And its syntax?

1061

Which command can you use to check for the number of records in a physical file?

1319

Is it possible to define dd statements as you want?

1121

What is the contrast between delimited by space and delimited by size?

967

how can we apply for HSBC exam(Mainframe) in India??? i went to their site and was told to submit my CV ,. etc..( totally confusing...)

2403

Explain the function of data manager.

1050

how to access the file from prodution from changeman tool and to submit a file to production

7555

how many buffers are allocated to vsam ksds and esds?

1167

what is the rpg system?

1284

can you specify some the distinctive features of a ksds, key sequenced dataset?

1030

Mention some fields that are a part of sqlca.

1043

What is defragmentation and what is its advantage?

1297

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