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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

name the vsam file in which the deletion is not possible.

1 4899

If i have a variable A pic 9(2) value 10 Compute A = a - 100 what will be the value of A and will there be any error becoz of the Negative value

CTS,

3 9182

how many subpgms we can use in a main pgm ? how do u link sub pgm to main pgm ? how can i use the parameters declared in main pgm to sub pgm ?

TCS,

2 8115

how many bytes does s9(15) occupy in comp1 comp2 and comp3 ?

TCS,

4 21960

select 100 records from million records ?

Verizon,

2 7991

i have step1,step2,step3 from where can i start coding cond parameter ?

Verizon,

2 6503

cursor with hold explain ?

Verizon,

1 6377

how do u send return code from cobol to jcl ?

TCS,

2 8875

i have variable record in the 5th, i want to sort from 5th filed ? how ?

TCS,

2 7065

what is a load module ?

TCS,

3 9141

how do u start your process after conducting impact analysis ?

TCS,

2130

what is symbolic parameters in jcl, what is a temparary data set ? where do u use ?

Verizon,

2 15677

how can u identify the db2 from jcl ?

TCS,

2 7778

i have a db2 variable how do u declare tht into working storage section ?

TCS,

1 5960

tell me about examine inspect and evaluate ?

CTS,

2 11074

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Name the 3 common ways to create maps?

1151

What happens when we move a comp-3 field to an edited (say z (9). Zz-)?

1412

where can you specify an indicator in lokup operation?

1818

what do you mean by a upgrade set in vsam?

1077

a multiple format logical file is also known as?

1094

What are the types of the dfhmdf present in the cics?

1001

Explain the function of //cntl statement?

1177

What is the biggest disadvantage of using a vsam dataset?

1135

What is the use of limit sys?

What does a COMMIT statement do?

1399

Can anybody tell what is tool used to generate the list of PROCS used in JCL to generate a PROCTREE

2459

What is recovery parameters in define cluster command?

1061

Can the values of alphanumeric be moved to variable numeric?

1095

WHAT IS FERERENTIAL INTRIGRITY ?

1632

Explain the difference between the into and the set option in the exec cics receive map command?

1131

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