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

How do you use extended attributes ?

IBM,

1 5022

What is Communication Area?

IBM,

1 5783

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

2 7125

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

IBM,

2 7585

What information can be obtained from the EIBRCODE?

1 11003

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

2 5910

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

1 4248

What is the size of commarea

IBM,

5 13952

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

IBM,

1 7407

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

2 6499

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

2413

What is the usage of language in the PPT entry?

IBM,

2 7813

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

1 5631

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

1 5875

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

1 10237

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

What is inspect in cobol ?

1356

How to code the db2 queries using rexx, and also plz send some link and examples using db2 queries?

971

we cant write data into file using cl program then what is sndf

1706

Explain how would you resolve an asra abend?

1051

which are the string manipulation opcodes?

1123

Explain the configuration section of a cobol program with examples of syntax.

1268

Write some characteristics of cobol as means of business language.

1203

how to develop some simple graphs (bar charts) using just html?

1119

Matching Logic in Jcl not in cobol.Could any one please answer this question

4230

Is it slower if you access a record through alt index as compared to primary index?

1079

what is the clp command to access a query/400?

2245

Hi Viewers can any body explain me how to update and ahange the already existed data in physical file using subfile ? please explain me with the code if possible?

5252

What is the difference between ooRexx and IBM's Object REXX for Windows?

1147

How are you going to remove duplicates from the file that is being read?

1058

How to reverse the string in rpg

1894

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