MainFrame Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

how to run only 10 modules of existing N modules in service program in RPGILE ?

Wipro,

3 7239

. How to know why the OPM job is in MSGWAIT state?..WHAT COULD BE THE REASON FOR it?

Wipro,

1 7019

Job is running in production 24/7 how do u debug that running job ?

Wipro,

1 7460

How to read 2 positions at a time in a data area? I have created a data area of length and i have to read the values of the data area like 91-92,93-94 at a time up till 100

3 7327

Is there any command to check wether the ps file is in sorted order?

IBM,

2421

Is there any command to check wether the ps file is in sorted order?

4 7821

I have a flat file of 10 byte with unknown total record count. Requirement is [using CLIST]: 1. get the record count of the file 2. read first 5 records in 5 different variable

1 2226

what are the secirity tools in mainframe? and let me know about the other tools and the uses of thst immediatly................

IBM,

1994

I have a display file with mandatory fields. Is there anyway that i can highlight those fields to bring attention to the user? The same behavior that AS400 makes when we attempt to execute a command without completing all the required parameters. Note: I have used DSPATR(HI) or DPSATR(RI) and they have different behaviors. Thanks.

2 6475

There is a excel sheet having details of Old account number and new account number. I need to update these details in my AS400 files. i.e. all the records having old account number should be replaced with new account number. There can be 100 or 200 or 300 PFs...no fix files known. how can we do this?Solution should be performance oriented

Cap Gemini, IBM,

3 8032

Following questions were asked in Capegemini on 8th sep,2012 mainframe test 1.)Condition code for dul recors in VSAM- 2.) Is NULL or =NULL in Select statement 3.)max size of CI 4.)What happens after CI is full 5.)Ques on COND parameter 6.)which among following can not be rolled back a)delete table b.)droptable c)Update d.)insert 7.)groupby and orderby sql querries 8.)Max extents in VSAM file 9.)quesn on DPRTY=(1,10) 10.)range of condition codes in COBOL 11.)occurs clase can not be used at which level? 12.)delimiter in jcl 13.)sort card for file in PGM=SORT 14.)PIC(6) value 120056 possible? 15)question on BLKSIZE Is (20,20) and (20,10) possible? 16.)number of bytes in RDF 17.)Can we use index in WS-section or LK-section 18.)Verify command in IDCAMS used for? 19.)question on Alternate Index 20.)Return code of file attribute mismatch 21.)In which format COBOL variables stored? 22.)what is Alternate of HANDLE? 23.)can SUM,AVG,MIN,ROUND used in numeric and char variable data types? 24.)What is the datatype of FILE STATUS codes in WS-section?

Cap Gemini,

2 7890

what is force complete

IBM,

2 18354

What is I90(Insure 90)?

1 17850

please guys help me,I need to write a program that shows more than one way to display a subfile. Both views are of the same file but sorted differently and show different fields of the same file when the user presses a function key. send me code

Virtusa,

4 6456

If I update one or more members in a pds in the step 1, how can I reach these new contents to be used in the step 2 of the same job? To start a new job via intrdr is not satisfactory, because I must solve this problem in one job.

IBM,

2 4053


Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

what is scan and xlate?

1080


What is innodb buffer pool?

554


What is jcl in mainframe, and how many types of jcl statements are there for a job?

626


Can you define temporary storage?

679


Does Disconnect and Connect creates page lock in IDMS ?

1012






records can be read/update/deleted with which file?

629


I want to open particular list of members inside pds.Let me know whether below code will work.if not tell me how it works INPUT='DDM.DATASET(AAA*)' X = OUTTRAP(MEMS.)

2785


What does EIB mean in CICS?

687


Define task work area?

868


Define communication area?

553


What is the difference between cursor stability and repeatable read isolation levels?

667


Define clustered index?

551


What is the format of comment statement?

654


What is the abend command?

574


I have to write to a outfile where the number of records in that file should be the header of that file using IMS.. can anyone help me in this issue

1919