MainFrame Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

Can a PS file be read in reverse order?If so,how

Syntel,

2 9629

How many days does a job remain in spool

Syntel,

7 12851

Please give me the coding for converting VB to FB and FB to VB

HP,

3 19826

I hv ten records in ps file and i hv say some 15 records in vsam file .i hv empno and age in ps file n empno,empname,dept n desig in vsam file. i hv 2 read the ps file n check wid matching empno in vsam file and then insert all fields from ps and vsam into db2 table....plz help in writin the procedure division

1 5213

If we use GO BACK instead of STOP RUN in cobol?

Temenos,

1 6230

how you will define variables length in cobol.

Temenos,

3 10075

can we declare occurs in 01 level?

Temenos,

2 6585

how to create temporary data set in jcl? what is the use?

Cap Gemini, Temenos,

3 20015

How to concatenation one or more string?

Temenos,

4 13957

If we use GO BACK instead of STOP RUN in cobol?

Temenos,

2 7850

what is difference between Static call and Dynamic call? How does it function?

Syntel,

1 5772

what is different three logs in DB2?

Syntel,

1 5766

what is difference between random and sequence file access

Syntel,

1 5152

How do you run JCL in cobol program

IBM, Syntel,

1 5642

what is difference between Plan and Package

Syntel,

1 6116

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

What is the purpose of dd * statement in jcl?

1289

Difference between NOPASS & OMIT?

1852

input= ,,,, mainframe training ,,, hyderabad .... location.... output1=$ mainframe training in hyderabad location$ output2=**** mainframe training in hyderabad location ****. In this pgn when we give input considering the spaces the output is displayed in this format.Like in the place of ,,,, $ should be displayed likewise.So please helpmeout.

2221

How to test SQL -911 error while developing COB-DB2 program

7566

What is the function of currentdata option in bind?

1034

how do you define single dimensional array and multidimensional array in your cobol?

1096

What is the utilization of copybook in cobol? Could we utilize a similar copybook?

1233

Explain the use of the where?

1074

how to compare two datasets without using superce because output is limited to 133 bytes

2108

State the maximum number of tables that can be joined?

990

can you specify some the distinctive features of a ksds, key sequenced dataset?

1027

explain sorting techniques in cobol program?

1201

WHAT IS FERERENTIAL INTRIGRITY ?

1631

how can we run a batch job?

1175

what is the function of cpysplf command?

1686

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