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

what do you mean by the cobol record key clause in vsam?

IBM,

1016

explain how many ways you can load data in a vsam cluster?

IBM,

1036

what is the meaning of dynamic processing in vsam?

IBM,

1041

what do you mean by a vsam split?

IBM,

1082

what are the codes returned by the ams (access method services) command during the execution in vsam?

IBM,

1285

is it required that primary key values have to be unique? Do alternate key values have to be unique?

IBM,

1050

what do you mean by a upgrade set in vsam?

IBM,

1061

explain how do you define a gdg in vsam?

IBM,

1021

explain how can you initialize a vsam file before any operation?

IBM,

1099

what do you mean by gdg in vsam?

IBM,

1190

what are the additional information you should give in the dd statement while defining the next generation of a gdg?

IBM,

981

name the utility program closely associated with vsam?

IBM,

1030

what do you mean by idcams? Explain its purpose?

IBM,

961

is delete operation supported in an esds? Is rewrite operation possible in esds?

IBM,

1105

what will happen when you try to open an empty vsam file in a cobol program for input?

IBM,

1047

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Name some of the examples of COBOl 11?

3137

when would you prefer logical file than opnqryf?

2431

How can we know running job is batch or interactive?

1118

What does a COMMIT statement do?

1384

How the interaction between DB2, SQL, and QMF takes place?

1647

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

2326

What is netezza database?

1019

what are the six different type of argument values in cobol that can be placed in various options of a cics command?

1276

how to pick up the changed records every time in a subfile after the first change made ?

1807

What is a db2 schema?

1222

What is bind in db2?

1035

i want to store 20 digits . how will u do it in cobol ?

1410

What is dbrm?

1101

name a few common vsam status codes?

1054

how to read database records without locking them?

1832

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