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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have in 100 records in a file i want to move only matched records to one output_file1 and nonmathed records are moved to another output_file2 ... any one can provide logic code

3 9993

01 A. 10 B pic X(10). move spaces to A. move spaces to B. output in A & B

Perot Systems,

2 6237

how to unload different table data into different gdg files/ vsam files.

3 10075

I have one cl program which calls two rpg programs named a & b. I am loading a run time array in Pgm A and the control comes back to cl pgm. i call pgmb and I want to read the runtime array in pgmb which was loaded in pgma. How it can be acheived. I should not use any intermediate file or dataarea to store the loaded values.

2 7693

I have a file it contain 10 records.i got abend at 8th record because of soc7.how do you know that perticular record got abend?

IBM,

3 11988

Difference b/w Error and abend in COBOL

HP,

2 6699

In JCL..for TIME Parameter was specified both JOB & STEP..which one is overrides

Satyam,

6 18809

looking at the basic definition of VSAM file how to recognize whether it is a KSDS OR RRDS OR ESDS ?

IBM, Infosys,

2 10337

OPEN INPUT StudentFile READ StudentFile AT END SET EndOfStudentFile TO TRUE END-READ PERFORM UNTIL EndOfStudentFile DISPLAY StudentId SPACE StudentName SPACE CourseCode SPACE YOBirth READ StudentFile AT END SET EndOfStudentFile TO TRUE END-READ END-PERFORM CLOSE StudentFile STOP RUN what will be output

2509

i have job card like this //job ***** //step1 exec pgm=iebgener //sysut1 dd dsn=main.sss,disp=shr // dd dsn=main1.sss,disp=shr // dd dsn=main2.sss,disp=shr //sysut2 dd dsn=out1.mmm ,disp=(new,catlg,delete) dcb=( ) // sysin dd * like this what i have to do to skip dsn=main1.sss please giveme answer asap

IBM, TetraSoft,

2 7634

What is 66 level number and where it is used in real time by software developers?

ITC Indian Tobacco Company, TCS,

2 8447

If a job has 3 steps and step 1 and step 3 should get executed and step 2 should not get executed irrespective of the return code from the previous steps. How can it be done?

TCS,

5 11539

If i got a job on mainframe technology, will i have a bright future?. Some people are discouraging me. Let me know, is it true? Please bring back me from the confusion.

2 6191

How much salary you are expecting? If they ask in an interview, what we have to tell?

Tech Mahindra, Wipro,

6 18501

How to add 99 menu (page down) option in menu creation..

2361

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Highlight all the advantages that are attached to a package.

1111

Can you define an alias?

962

Can you use occurs in bms map?

1058

what do you mean by a shareoptions parameter (shr) in define cluster command?

1300

explain sorting techniques in cobol program?

1195

How can a jobs execution priority be modified?

1285

What are the advantages and disadvantages of a hierarchical database?

1138

What is the pic clause for the hhmmss type of data fields?

926

can a join logical file be updated?

1014

what is sflpag and sflsiz ?

3427

How does coalesce work?

1010

Give the definition of COMMAREA ?

1063

What is the latest version of ibm db2?

1263

which parameter is use to declare the name of dataset in dd statement?

1252

what is the difference between udate and the system date?

2058

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