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given the following piece of code: CALL SUB-PGM USING A, B, C. CALL SUB-PGM USING A, C, C. (a) Both CALL statements will always produce same result. (d) Both CALL statements may produce different result. (c) Compile-time error because SUB-PGM is a dataname. (d) Compile-time error because A, B, C are used twice.

TCS,

2 8613

The hierarchy of the execution of logical operators is (a) NOT AND OR (b) AND OR NOT (c) OR AND NOT (d) OR NOT AND

Huawei, IBM, TCS,

10 33357

The order of precedence of arithmetic operators in an expression can be overridden with the use of (a) [] (b) () (c) {} (d) Any of the above

TCS,

3 9974

Which of the following paragraphs is compulsory in every COBOL program? (a) SPECIAL-NAMES (b) PROGRAM-ID (c) FILE-CONTROL (d) OBJECT-COMPUTER

4 9211

Which of the following files can be OPENed in all the 4 modes? The four modes are INPUT, I-O, OUTPUT and EXTEND. (a) INDEXED (b) RELATIVE (c) SEQUENTIAL (d) All of the above

TCS,

7 15112

Which of the following EDITind and PICTURE symbols is to be used if a minus(-) is to appear before the value if the value is -ve and a plus(+) is to appear before the value if the value is +ve? (a) + (b) - (c) + OR (d) It is not possible

TCS,

7 10180

i Want All cobol ERROR codes?

HCL, IBM,

4 16948

I want ALL jcl ERROR cods

1 10456

I want ALL ERROR codes in VSAM

American Express, TCS,

3 34625

i WANT ALL ERROR codes IN CICS and DB2

2 7769

i want all ERRORS codes in COBOL ,JCL,VSAM ,DB2,CICS

Infosys,

4 14667

In the procedure division stmt OPEN OUTPUT FILE1. Which of the following is not true about file1. a) there must be a select clause for this file in the file-control paragraph of environment division. b) There must be an FD entry in the file section of the data division. c) The file name must appear in a WRITE stmt in the procedure division. d) There?ll be a CLOSE stmt in procedure division.

Accenture,

2 7580

pic S9(4) results 3 bytes1 A) comp B) comp1 C) display D) comp3

Accenture,

2 9416

Redefines clause cannot be used in a) working-storage section b) 77 c) 66 d) elementary

Accenture,

3 10586

88 level entry is for

Accenture, Cognizant, EDS, Wipro,

7 14446

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

What is the use of commit in db2?

1083

What are the contents of dclgen?

1112

Can you explain primary aspect of cics?

1159

Explain the significance of rdo?

1085

Suppose pgm A calling Pgm B .Pgm B has some Db2 program. at the time of compilation should plan and package will be created for both A and B or only B? What is the concept?

8291

maximum number of subfiles that can be active for a single file is?

1702

What is isolation level in db2?

1005

What's The Percentage Free Space ?

1224

Explain the significance of dbid used in adabs?

955

What are the information stored in ci?

1006

how to initialize a register to 0000?

1157

I have program P1 which calls file F1 which has 100 records and following structure 001 .................. 002 .................. 003 .................. 098 .................... 099 ................... 100 .................... Now I want to read these files and write these records in file F2 in following manner. 001 ...... 051 ..... 002 ...... 052 ..... 003 ...... 053 ..... .......... ....... .......... ....... .......... ....... 048 ........ 098 ...... 049 .......... 099 ....... 050 .... 100 ......

12381

What parameters are used to control the free space in DB2?

1056

What are union and union all?

983

Write a cobol program making use of the redefine clause.

1183

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