MainFrame Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is the difference between Structured COBOL Programming and Object Oriented COBOL ?

1 5937

What is a scope terminator? Give examples.

2 8052

In an EVALUATE statement, can I give a complex condition on a when clause?

2 11958

What are different file OPEN modes available in COBOL?

Sun Life,

4 22040

The maximum number of dimensions that an array can have in COBOL-85 is ?

11 28305

What is the difference between performing a SECTION and a PARAGRAPH?

Accenture, Patni,

5 31153

In a COBOL II PERFORM statement, when is the conditional tested, before or after the perform execution?

3 7548

SIGN TRAILING SEPARATE field occupy ?

3 21690

How do you define a sort file in JCL that runs the COBOL program?

Syntel,

6 28104

What is file status 39 ?

JPMorgan Chase,

10 46815

What are the pertinent COBOL

IBM,

2045

What is COMP SYNC?

3 11187

What is the difference between CONTINUE & NEXT SENTENCE ?

2 7080

How to execute a set of JCL statements from a COBOL program?

Patni, Syntel,

2 12731

What is SSRANGE, NOSSRANGE ?

5 56166


Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

when is a tag statement used in rpg?

1374


What is null indicator in db2?

606


how to run batch program without jcl?

10093


what is the purpose of dynslt keyword?

1039


What type of SDLC u followed? Why?

1522






What does a finish do in idms?

531


How can we know running job is batch or interactive?

660


List in order the hierarchical levels of jcl?

672


Explain the difference between lds and esds?

583


What are various search techniques in cobol? Explain.

650


Code the related portions of cics/cobol-i programs to gain addressability to twa area assigned to a particular task. Assme that the size of twa area is 300bytes. What are the advantages if cobol-ii is used in the place of cobol?

686


Is the order of the when clause important in an evaluate statement? Is the order of the when clause significant in an evaluate statement?

569


How to read the 2nd last record of a VSAM file? (The file size is huge and we don't know the key)

2725


Write a program that uses move corresponding.

676


What is db2 bind process?

761