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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

How do you use extended attributes ?

IBM,

1 4937

What is Communication Area?

IBM,

1 5702

When there are 2 records with the same key specified in a DELETE operation what will happen?

2 7016

How would you release control of the record in a READ for UPDATE?

IBM,

2 7461

What information can be obtained from the EIBRCODE?

1 10902

Name the macros used to define the following: MAP MAPSET FIELD

2 5759

CICS provides an interface through which the all the DL/I services can be used under CICS(True or False).

1 4159

What is the size of commarea

IBM,

5 13770

How will you access a VSAM file using an alternate index?

IBM,

1 7322

What tables must be updated when adding a new transaction and program?

2 6349

For protecting a transaction using the transaction security function, the two things that must be done are?

2336

What is the usage of language in the PPT entry?

IBM,

2 7698

NMDS is both device dependent and format dependent (True or False)

1 5557

Specify the requirements for Automatic Task Initiation. (Mention the control table, it?s entries and the corresponding Procedure division CICS command).

1 5797

How is the stopper byte different from an auto skip byte ?

1 10131

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

how can I predict the performance of my cgis?

1099

Why do we code s9 (4) comp. Inspite of knowing comp-3 will occupy less space?

1149

Explain how can you do the explain of a dynamic sql statement?

1119

what are the statements that are not valid to be included in an include statement?

1390

When are scope terminators compulsory?

1033

what is the compile process of cobol program expalin with code

2574

How to resolve deadlock issue

20104

What is the mainframe testing?

978

How many module come in Ibm framework?

1988

What is a db2 cursor?

1046

What is maximum displacement?

1172

Can you explain function of dbctl?

1119

what do you mean by a vsam split?

1082

Explain the function of data manager.

1044

What types of tables are there in the db2 database?

1051

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