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

i want to enter the name 'pandu' into ur table how?

1 6280

How to import the cics code for updations? what are steps do we need follow for execution again after modification? plz any body help me to know

IBM,

1 4585

what is difference bt COND, REGION & TIME parameters at JOB & EXEC. give an exp.

Syntel,

1 9021

in real time what is the suitable exp where in-stream procedure is better then catalog procedure.

1 2948

hi.... anybody send real time project related questions & answers whatever will ask in interview plz.....help me? advanced thanks....

2436

how to set dependancy for jobs?

4 15157

how to get duplicate records from tables?write qurey for this?

ANZ,

4 9735

which certifications r 4 cobol,jcl,db2,cics what is format of xam n what is importance of these certifications... plz post answer only if u r sure... thanks

1 2935

how can you access index

IBM, Tech Mahindra,

4 9411

01rec1. 05 a pic 999v99 value 123.12 05 b pic 99v9 value 45.9 02 rec2. 05 x pic 999v99 05 y pic 99v99 05 z pic x(3) value 'abc' if rec1 is moved to rec2 then what is the value of rec2?

Amdocs,

5 13254

How do I link an existing logical file to it's Physical File without recompiling?

2 8682

ID DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. PLO. DATA DIVISION. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 VAR1 PIC 9(2). 01 VAR2 PIC X(2). PROCEDURE DIVISION. ACCEPT VAR2. MOVE VAR2 TO VAR1. STOP RUN. if i give 'PI' in var2 then what will b output of progr. any abend?????

TCS,

6 14264

can u give result for the fallowing example... 05 a pic 9(2) 05 b redifines a pic x(2). move 'xy' to b. display a,b.

IBM,

10 12309

By seeing the file itself how can we identify whether it is A vsam file or flat file

IBM,

7 14215

which MONMSG will give higher priority in CL program? I know MONMSG are of two types. Program Level Monmsg and Command Monmsg?

1 11668

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

How to dsect parameter is used in bms?

1190

What are various search techniques in cobol? Explain.

1028

What is the difference between "db2ilist" and "db2 get instance" commands in DB2 Database Server?

1221

I executed one job and I forget to save the final JCL. But took an XDC from SPOOL. Now I want to recover the JCL from XDC dataset. Is there any process to do this?. (Manually it takes a lot of time). Is there

3004

Explain the different system tables used in cics?

950

How to define a vsam file in cics getting into cics to define a vsam file.

1082

What are the different data types in cobol?

1335

Where & How Do You Code Identifier In Jcl?

1212

What is the binary search?

899

at what level s,o are defined and what they will do?

1699

What is FORMAT keyword and its use?

552

Explain how can you accomplish breakpoint in intertest?

975

What is the difference between inrec and outrec?

1067

What type of database is db2?

913

Explain the function of //cntl statement?

1109

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