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

does we use case stmt in cl

1 3084

how do we know batch job aborted after we submitting it

1 4541

how do you detect unused spool storage?

2 4258

how do you turn off indicators 50 through 59 in only one operation

1 4587

What do you mean by ODP?

1 4668

can we use already existing access path?

1 2781

write a query to get RRN value from rpg?

1 2638

what is RUNSQLSTM?

1 3132

stmts affected by activation group?

1 2716

difference between wrkobj & dspobjd?

1 3466

what are the ARRAY operations in rpg/400?

1 2939

in RTVMBRD where you will find no.of records....(i mean in which attribute)?

JDA,

1 3416

I am reading a file in CL program. and MONMSG CPF0864 has arrived means EOF has arrived. Now i want to read this file again. How i can do this?

CitiGroup, Symphony,

5 16115

can i anyone tell me how to use copybooks in cobol

1 3543

For Null indicator we have 3 values 0,-1,-2. 0->Not nulll -1->Null -2->Value truncated If ther is any possibility to have any positive value other than 0 in Null indicator.If it is so then when we will get and what is the value?

BNP Paribas,

1 5554

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

How to find out the closest prime number of an input number? I believe it has something to do with SEARCH and COBOL Linear Array.

4171

Categorize the mainframe manual testing?

987

How is a type of file defined in the jcl that executes the cobol program?

1190

Define cics interface block?

996

Give the name of some fields form sqlca.

1081

Explain the hierarchy levels in jcl?

1682

What are the key features of adabas database system?

997

In case if at some point of time db2 is down, would that impact the pre-compilation process of a db2-cobol program?

1044

when a task suspends all the handle conditions via the push command, how does the task reactivate all the handle conditions?

1177

How can you access qsam (seq) files from cics?

1132

What is the function of entry sequenced data set?

1084

what is the right time for using in-line perform?

1045

Explain how do you access storage outside your cics program?

969

Define temporary storage?

1063

What is a bind in db2?

1042

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