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MainFrame Interview Questions

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How is data passed from a calling program to an assembler called program?

1020

Explain the difference between various read and find statement and which one should be used when for better adabas performance?

962

What is icm instruction?

1036

What will happen if we drop the base register in the program which contains only one basereg?

955

What is maximum displacement?

1124

What does "using" do?

1006

Explain how to access vsam file?

1056

How are data passed from jcl parm to assembler program?

971

Explain how to produce soc7 abend?

1041

Define adabas?

918

Explain How will you the specification of database file?

852

Explain the significance of dbid used in adabs?

888

Define an associator in adabas?

907

Explain the different system tables used in cics?

976

What is the use of the eibaid field?

1104

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

what is the difference between udate and the system date?

1968

Tandem COBOL Interview questions (on TACL,SCOBOL,ENSCRIBE,PATHWAY0

23596

differentiate between sequential files and esds files in vsam?

1138

What is an ims database?

1093

which cl command is used to trap error messages during program execution?

1413

What is the difference between escape(top or bottom) and escape immediate(top or bottom?

970

What is integrated data dictionary?

898

how are start and xctl different?

940

Explain how do you access storage outside your cics program?

936

Explain the primary function of the processing program table (ppt)?

942

Explain how do you control cursor positioning?

976

define cond parameter in jcl?

1242

what are s0c1, s0c4, s0c5, s0c7 abends?

1260

What does reorg do in db2?

1012

What is a hyperdescriptor?

912

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