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

if someone is using my file,how can i find which user id is using?

4 8532

I am having one step in my jcl.in that step,i am calling one proc.In that proc,i have 10 steps.i want to call a particular step in that proc without writing any new jcl ike iebedit utility...

Satyam,

2 8064

How to use COND Parameter in jcl

NIIT, Wipro,

4 11250

what are the different types of keys in AS400

HSBC,

2 12131

what is commitment control?explain about it?

HSBC,

1 7549

In RPG program one file using as a PRIMARY file while running program some of the records reading twice any body know why its happening

2 8515

PLAN IS EXECUTABLE AND PACKAGE IS NOT EXECUTABLE . THEN WHAT IS THE USE OF PACKAGE?

Tech Mahindra, Wipro,

2 15960

WHAT IS MEANT BY COMMIT COMMAND?

Wipro,

7 11146

HOW CAN YOU VIEW LAST 10 DATASETS CREATED BY YOU?

2 5359

why we sometimes use same file name in FILE and TOFILE in OVRDBF and sometimes different??please tell

3 9773

a input file contains 1000 records, how to move the first 500 record into one out put file and how to move to second 500 records to anothere output file

ITC Infotech,

6 31938

A. Job Abended in STEP03. Now run job again to execute STEP03, STEP04 (STEP01,STEP02 should not execute again)

Cap Gemini, CSC, Xchanging,

3 9574

Can anyone explain me CALL procedure in COBOL.Does it carries similarities like call by reference in C.

1 3379

What are the commands that can be executed in CLP but not in RPG? Why?

CSC,

1 8008

i need the code for this program in cobol. 2 + 1 = 3 4+3=7 6+5=11 8+7=15 10+9=19

2 6577

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

how can you define a dataarea(DTAARA) IN RPG? Which spec you define it C-spec/D-spec?

1815

What is release/acquire in bind?

1062

define the purpose of the leave operation?

1534

What is the syntax for seeing the columns and data types of a table in the db2 database?

1092

How to find the number of rows in db2 tables?

1003

Can you explain cics translator?

993

What will happen if we drop the base register in the program which contains only one basereg?

932

What is db2 catalog database?

993

PLEASE SEND ME THE DOCUMENTS IF ANY ONE HAVE REGARDING THE IMPACT ANALYSYS,REVIEWS

2342

B37 abend during spufi?

1408

What is the difference between record occurrence and record type in idms?

785

Which division and paragraphs are mandatory for a COBOL program?

1202

How to run cobol program using jcl?

1161

How to convert a spool file to PDF file in AS400?

1178

What is the use of disp parameter?

1086

For More Un-Answered { MainFrame } Questions Click Here