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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wht steps we need will coding cobol and db2 pgm ?

CGI,

6 10396

can any one give good example for cond 88 level number and for renames pls urgent dudes ?

DELL,

3 8774

how will u code parm parameter and where pls ?

DELL,

3 7875

wht is the difference between goto and perform stmts

DELL,

7 36047

wht is the diff b/w if and evaluate stmts ?

DELL,

2 6391

wht is the d/f between positional parameter n keyword parameter ?

1 20542

db2 restart logic ?

DELL, HTC, UHG,

1 12262

which one is better among static call and dynamic call?

3 7205

Dear All, I have one confusion related to my platform. I am working with Wipro from last two year however still I am looking for AS400 platform kindly show me the way out of it. And please share with me the hardware knowledge that how I grow myself in hardware (AS/400) also.

Wipro,

1 3306

what are stage one indexable predicates?

1 6278

suppose i have 10 job steps and i want to execute only step 6.How to write?

6 12353

what is the function of spool command?

4 10174

i have table agdet i want first 5 maximum commission which query will you write for this thanks in advance

3 6737

How to handle null values in db2

4 20234

can there be multiple mapsets for a single program?

1 4915

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

. How to know why the OPM job is in MSGWAIT state?..WHAT COULD BE THE REASON FOR it?

7953

Explain ims software environment?

980

can we describe the results of opening for input empty vsam files in a cobol program?

1015

what will happen if there is no secondary allocation made for datasets?

1113

what is the purpose of coding class parameter in job statement?

1263

i tried to copy some records from microsoft excel to as-400 physical file through "Bosanova" emulation. Out of 14000 records only 12000 records copies and subsequently programe started to hang. Then, i closed the program forcefully. I did' under stand the problem. Also when i try to compile the physical file it is showing as "The file in use". How to overcome this problem?

2535

Explain the biggest disadvantage of using a vsam dataset?

1045

What are the contents of dclgen?

1112

What is inspect in cobol ?

1302

What are the record format field mapping options in cpyf?

1029

What is the purpose of having vsam data space?

959

Explain control variable in online screens?

1004

what is use of dsn parameter in dd statement?

1161

Explain the difference between and exec cics xctl and an exec cics link command?

1117

How is data passed from a calling program to an assembler called program?

1069

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