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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i have one file having 100 of records? i want to display it like 20 records in one column and 20 records in another column total 40 records per page ? how ?

EDS,

2 6968

where will u see joblog ?

Syntel,

2 5930

by using xpeditor if i want to debug the sub pgm ? how canu code in xped for main pgm and sub pgm ? wht is the debugging process ?

Syntel,

1 4088

how can we retrieve the 100 records of the file ?

IBM,

2 8427

wht happens if blksize = 0 and lrec = 0 ?

TCS,

1 14524

I am fresher 2009 passedout.can you pls explain me what is AS400 and where it can be used and how about growth in the position as well as salary, whether it is a programming language or else?

3 6913

in cobol perform stmt whether it first checks the condition or not

9 12483

Hi,Please give me the the answer for these quesitons? 1.what is IFS and ICF and RAPE amd DISKET fils? explain with example please? 2.What is the difference between POST AND SPACE OPCODES? 3.Can anybody tell me default printerfile command and object type?

2592

1.what is mean by compilation and runtime error? 2.How to define ALFA numeric value in pf? 3.what command is used to define a data in cl pgm? 4.What type of command is used in page at a time subfile and load all subfile?

2 7416

We have a Physical file, after reading 5 records,it has to read LF of that same Physical file,Will it start reading from Ist record or will start reading from 5th record?

Hexaware,

5 13295

In a particular program one file is used where override command is applied to a file, now this program calls another program where we want to use the same file but without override.How it can be done?

Hexaware,

6 19962

how you read control card into array?

HCL,

3 12773

i'm getting error while editing macro, its not even entering into the macro, getting error like 31 *-* "EDIT DATASET('"DSN"("MEM")') MACRO("CHGLINE")" +++ RC(-3) +++ ? any idea why?

1 4853

what error do we get in prodution support and questions on production support

2 23239

01 a pic x(6) value is abcdef 01 b pic x(3) move a to b wht will be the value in b ?

Patni,

3 8144

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Difference between array and sub-script ?

1669

how to do automated restart when a job abends?

1385

can any one help in hawkeye and turnover or any change management system plzzzzz or send the documents to my mail id :gvsp.as4@gmail.com

2409

What do you mean by rollback?

993

What is the copy idms subschema-binds?

835

Write a cobol program making use of the redefine clause.

1185

Write the code to count the sum of n natural numbers.

1210

What is the difference between the positional and keyword parameters? Give examples.

1264

How jcl work to handle various input output file operations?

1169

Differentiate between structured cobol programming and object-oriented cobol programming.

1159

Is it possible to left uncode disp?

1209

Explain how do you establish a starting position in a browse operation?

1070

the dfhcommara is used to pass information from one application to another. What are some other ways that this function can be accomplished?

1155

How to traceback if I am getting SOC7 or SOC4 abend? List down the steps

5375

which are the relational operators in rpg?

1132

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