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

IBM MainFrame (5234)
IBM AS400 (1355)
IBM PL/1 (31)

MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

how we rectify soc7 and soc4 errors in project?

Anaxis, TCS,

1 6018

how to identify the pseudo conversation by seeing the program

DELL,

2 7883

how can we find total no of records in a file ....is there any utility......?

IBM,

3 8004

how will u pass dadta to cobol+db2 program...?

IBM,

4 9918

can anyone explain me about sort in jcl with inrec and outrec ?

HCL,

2 15387

in production region 100 steps are running,but i need to run only step5 without changing code how can i do it?

HCL,

4 11890

which is better either static call or dynamic call? and why?

HCL,

5 12232

can we redefine 77 level item is it possible

HCL,

4 11136

what are difference organizations in cobol and access mode in cobol? can you expalin what organization means while declaring for ksds,esds,rrds?

HCL,

1 9312

what is the advantage of using redefines instead of delaring the variables ?

HCL,

5 10639

cobol-db2 runjcl please?

DELL,

2 6768

can we update the table by using cursors can anyone post the query?

DELL, HCL,

5 11072

is there any lock for vsam file so that no one can update the vsam file ?

HCL,

2 9823

what is the use of aix in vsam why do we go for aix and wht is build index in vsam?

HCL, IBM,

5 12535

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 A PIC X(3) VALUE 'ABC' 01 B PIC 9(3). PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE A TO B. STOP RUN. OUTPUT IS: AB3 WHY AND HOW THIS IS HAPPENING.

Atos Origin,

4 8492

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

What are s0c1, s0c4, s0c5, s0c7 and socb?

1176

Mention the various locks that are available in db2.

1039

When you are obtaining next within a set and get a end of set return code, on what record are you now current?

1413

Explain the benefits you can get from mainframe connect?

972

What is icm instruction?

1062

INREC AND OUTREC? HOW TO SPLIT 5K RECORDS TO DIFFERENT FILES IN A FILE IN COBOL? RESTART IN COBOL-DB2? ISOLATION LEVELS?

868

What is the difference between using bind () and rebind () methods of naming class?

1401

I have many files which i am receiving from client everyday. I have one step for every file to check for empty or not. Here client gives 30 files i need to check for every file for empty or not and i need to perform 30 steps. Can I do it in single step. Dynamically i need to change the File name in my step.

1217

how is the future of tandem mainframe?

3380

How ENQ and DEQ used in CICS?

1443

Write a program to enter and display the names of students in a class using the occurs clause.

1208

how do you reference the esds vsam file formats from cobol programs

1216

Which component is used to execute the sql statements?

1096

What is dbrm? When it will be created?

1029

how to do automated restart when a job abends?

1385

For More Un-Answered { MainFrame } Questions Click Here