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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is the use of DSECT parameter in BMS?

IBM, Xansa,

2 19833

Which CICS system program is responsible for handling automatic task initialization?

IBM,

2 8319

Native Mode Data Stream (NMDS) is a mixture of Buffer Control Characters(BCC) and text data (True or False)

2 8107

What is the difference between CICS Program Control Table (PCT) and CICS Processing Program Table (PPT) ?

IBM,

4 21355

What is the command which will delete a program LOADed into the main storage using LOAD command?

2 7918

How do you place the cursor on a particular position on the screen?

IBM,

1 6552

How will you place cursor on a field called ?EMPNO?.

2 6391

Why doesn?t CICS use the Cobol Open and Close statements ?

2 9094

Reading a record from a TSQ will logically delete the record from the Queue (True or False).

1 7201

What are the three ways available for a program to position the cursor on the screen?

IBM,

2 5713

What is the option that is used to erase all unprotected fields during a SEND MAP operation?

Kanbay,

5 15841

A CICS program ABENDS with an ASRA ABEND code. What is its meaning?

IBM,

3 26644

What CICS command do you need to obtain the user logon-id?

IBM,

1 5523

what are the differences between DFHCOMMAREA and TSQ ?

IBM,

3 15781

When an XCTL is done, does the tranid change ? Is a new task created ? Does it cause an implicit

3 11753

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Program A (Normal COBBAT) calling a B Program (DB2COBOL, COBBATDB which is using a VSAM file. its a dynamic call. How we will handle VSAM file decleration in our from JCL from where we are running A PGM. And should we have PLAN for A pGM also. if possible can some one post a sample JCL. Thanks for help in advance.

5738

Name the parameters which can be used to limit the number of records written to a sysout dataset?

1146

What are the disadvantages of a hierarchical database?

3278

What rules are to be followed while using the corresponding options?

1058

How to do automated restart when a job abend?

1373

what is use of dsn parameter in dd statement?

1153

How can tablespace be moved to another dasd volume that is allocated for that tablespace?

1233

What is dclgen in db2?

1141

Explain the function of dd name parameter with a 2 part structure; audit.report?

1452

What is consistency token in db2?

1134

Can you explain create an empty file by using sort?

943

What is the difference between record occurrence and record type in idms?

846

What are the objectives of dbms in ims?

1084

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

2423

Differentiate between the joblib and the steplib statements?

1430

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