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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How is Telon(CA-Telon) used to build map?

4681

What is the syncpoint and its use?

1 7473

hi dudes.....can any one help me..... what is SET TO TRUE all about,anyway?

1 4672

plz,could any one tell me? what about EBCDIC in cobol?briefly?

1 4562

what is plan? is plan executable or package?

4 11843

if any of the column names is provided wrong, where do you get the error(during precompilation or during Bind)

3 7529

Can we change the LIMIT of GDG?

HCL,

6 19314

When u create a PF and did not fill up Maint parameter, then by default which access path will the system take & why

HCL,

2 8381

I have a occurs for 100 times but it has executed 101 time what could be the reason?

4 9464

What is RRange and ARange?

2177

For Read Stability locks are not applicable for phantoms, What is Phantoms?

2 6466

Please go thru the below points and let me know how to code this. 1. Sort the input dataset for the condition : Starting position is 37,length of the field is 13 based on character and in the ascending order , starting from position 25 length of 12 ,character and in the ascending order. Use a temporary dataset to hold the sorted file. 2. Use the temporary file created in the above step as the input for the next step. The next step is to execute a program and produce an output file. Use the temporary file created in the above as work file 1 and the output of the file to be created in this step work file 2.Also, pass a parameter to the program that is to be executed in this step. The parameter should have the current date in YYYYMMDD format. For the sake of convenience, you can use the below Job Name : Sample1 Input DSN : PCABDT11.CABD.TEST.INPUT Temporary DSN : Sort1 Output DSN : PCABDT11.CABD.TEST.OUTPUT Program Name : SAMPLE Thanks in Advance for your response.

2 4940

How to execute step2,step1,step3 when step1,2&3 are in order

TCS,

6 12179

i 'm new to as/400.in an interview i was asked this question.give a practical example for passing information or data through local data area. I know only that data area is an object used to store tiny bits of data or it can store one value at a time and it is used to store frequently changing values or datas.thats all i know about data area can any one tell me how local data area and user defined data area are used to pass data between jobs with a example or coding.thanks in advance.

CTS,

2 10488

What are the ways you can generate a copybook?

2 5478

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Explain processing program table(ppt)?

1225

What is the role of union all and union

1196

What is batch dl/i mode?

3417

how do you intitiate another transaction?

1244

what are the six different type of argument values in cobol that can be placed in various options of a cics command?

1334

What is a region in idms?

957

what does the opcode free do?

2045

What are packages in db2?

1083

List down the types of triggers in the db2 database?

1087

what is data area and how it is used in rpg program ?

1394

Explain in detail about buffer manager and its functionalities?

1166

what are the reserved words for cics?

1165

What is mainframe testing?

1173

how to pick up the changed records every time in a subfile after the first change made ?

1900

Can you define cemt?

1124

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