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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can you please let me know if there is any walkins for COBOL/PLI/DB2/IMS/JCL in pune other than IBM and ITC infotech

2503

how GDGs are concatinated?

4 9545

Using DELETE what type of file can you delete? a)SEQUENTIAL FILE B)INDEXED FILE C) D) Some options were there..i cant remember

HSBC,

3 9067

in step1 of a jcl,disp=(mod,delete,delete) step02 exec pgm=ccc,cond=(0,le) will step02 be executed? i)never ii)always iii) iv)... i dont remember options

HSBC,

4 10495

Which COND paramter will u use to execute the step only if the previous step does not execute

BoA, HSBC,

3 7915

How to delete AIX ? i) IEBGENER ii) IDCAMS iii) PURGE iv) All of the above

HSBC,

3 10131

what will be the error code if duplicate key of VSAM file is found?

HSBC, Kings,

1 7508

how many bytes timestamp token occupies?

Boss Global, Cap Gemini, TCS,

6 15931

what is the main use of OPNQRYF ?? in that query why we can use OVERDBF and in that OVERDBY why should we use SHARE(*YES)

IBM,

2 9451

where exactly we can use OPNQRYF ?

TCS,

3 11070

01 var1 pic x(10) 01 var2 redefines var1 pic 9(10). then in procedure division move 'abcde' to var1 then waht is the value of var1 and var2

HSBC,

9 15038

Code how to read 5th element of the array?

CGI,

2 8803

How to Convert 2010/02/11 to m/dd/yyy.. with string and without string if any other method... code

CGI,

5 11238

How u detect record is locked in Cobol/400 ? Wat is the solution for that ?

CGI,

2 13727

what are the steps to sort in a cobol program?

Patni,

2 5731

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Define primary objective of cics?

1057

What is redefine?

1357

What are the advantages of vsam over isam?

1200

I have 60 steps in the JCL and want to Execute Only First from PROC by overriding in JCL ?

1892

Whats the difference between search & search ALL?

6694

What is schema in db2?

1092

I just know the Panvalet dataset name, i would like to search all the members of that dataset for particular keyword through Rexx. how to achive? please suggest. Is it possible to open panvalet member in browse mode using Rexx? Your help would be appreciated very much. Thanks in advance.

5642

What is the main function of linear dataset?

1154

How do you eliminate duplicate values in db2?

1278

how to read database records without locking them?

1942

Explain how to convert 2010/02/11 to m/dd/yyy.. With string and without string if any other method... Code?

1215

in order to execute step2 a job after a return code of 8 in step1, what condition you will code in step2?

2816

How to find primary key of a table in db2?

1134

in a jcl, a large volume dataset is loaded to a table using bmcload in step1 and an image copy of the loaded table is taken using bmccopy in step2. Step2 abends because the image copy dataset cannot hold the volume of the table. How can this be rectified?

1359

What is temporal table in db2?

1114

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