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

How to use the same COBOL program in Batch and CICS on lines? explain with an example

IBM,

2393

what type of version is we r using now real time in all modules(cobol, jcl, cics, db2, vsam)?

Accenture,

1 3824

What type of versions we r using in mainframe (jcl, cobol, db2, vsam, cics)?

Accenture,

1 7147

WHAT IS MENT BY RECORD LEVEL IDENTIFIER ? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS?

1 7586

WHAT IS MEANT BY SIGNATURE VAILOTION ERROR

IBM,

1 6611

Need a sql query: retrive all duplicate records in table

3 11349

what's the significance of freespace(0 0) and freespace(100 100)

3 12674

how can we know running job is batch or intractive ? i need all the possibilites.........plz help me

HSBC, IBM,

3 9907

What is timing concept in mainframe?

2209

In JCL I have 5 steps,I need to execute 1st,2nd and 5th steps only,can any one answer me please?

TCS,

2 20534

i have 6 steps in my jcl program after going to 5th step i want to execute 3rd step.....how can i do it....by using(RESTART) can i do it or not?

Wipro,

2 7363

HOw to submit a job from other user id.? for exp some other job name like "t4622sdx".now i want to submit that job from my user id?(we don't know that location at all Just we know job name)

MSN Pharma, UST,

1 9448

I have a input file. Data like: ABCDEFGH.... i want out put file like AB BC CD DE....How can do this??

UST,

7 12720

In my table having 100 Rec. How can I delete the 7th row?? (we don't know what is data inside the table)

IBM,

9 15776

How many maps can we declare in a mapset.what is the limit.

IBM,

4 9856

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

in conjunction with what other keyword must ovrdta and ovrata be used?

1555

Write about the self-referencing constraint?

975

What is a collection in db2?

1036

Express the distinction between jes2 and jes3?

1176

What is the need of base registers in IBM 360/370?

2650

Can you explain referential integrity?

1001

What is db2 catalog database?

1043

Explain the difference between dfhcommarea and tsq?

1100

i was faced one question- i have value -00001234.56 Suppress the zeroes and the output should be -1234.56 But Not - 1234.56 spaces should not be available after suppressing the zeroes. logic in jcl and cobol?

1329

Can any one explain the basic things about RLU and Printer Files and their Definitions for both and why are they used,i'm a newbee so please help me out

3473

Explain how do you control cursor positioning?

1011

Can we give +2 instead of +1 while creating a new gdg file?

965

What is the use of tdq and tsq?

1113

Explain how can the attributes of one sms dataset be copied to another dataset?

1215

What is host variable?

1057

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