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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is the Purpose of POINTER Phrase in STRING command

3 17094

What does the INITIALIZE verb do?

1 11592

Can you call an OS VS COBOL pgm from a VS COBOL II pgm ?

Microsoft,

3 7826

When would you use in-line perform?

2 6769

How do you come out of an EVALUATE statement?

3 9211

what is the difference between external and global variables?

1 17603

What is file status 92?

3 28310

What is the difference between SEARCH and SEARCH ALL?

Cognizant,

6 14963

comp-3 field occupy?

5 9891

How is sign stored in a COMP field ?

Accenture,

3 24051

What is LENGTH in COBOL II?

CSC,

2 11359

What is the LINKAGE SECTION used for?

4 9293

What is Redefines clause?

8 22272

What are the different forms of EVALUATE statement?

IBM, Micro Labs,

2 15485

Describe the difference between subscripting and indexing ?

2 6543

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

What does the 'cedf:cics' transactions do?

1065

What is the purpose of control intervals in vsam?

1010

What is the meaning of Copy IDMS Subschema-Binds?

1687

where can you specify an indicator in lokup operation?

1815

What is the pic clause for the data type of length option field type of data fields?

943

How to execute 2nd and 4th steps among 5 steps in jcl proc?

1323

Explain the difference between record occurrence and record type?

2059

What are the different dataset organizations used in vsam?

996

What is an in line perform? When would you use it? Anything else you wish to say about it.

1076

What is null indicator in cobol db2?

1067

What is the latest version of ibm db2?

1269

How to find the UNIT and VOLUME of a (a) KEPT (b) UNCATALOGED and (c) CATALOGED dataset - using (i) JCL and using (ii) ISPF ?

2678

IIN APITUDE THEY GAVE ONLY 10 QUESTIONS.. THEY ARE SIMPLE ONE FROM NUMBER SERIES,BOATS,TIME & DISTANCE,PROFIT &LOSS,FIND OUT THE NUMBER ? 9 25 4 36 81 64 49 AND surveillance SPELLINGS E.T.C

2184

Explain correlated sub-queries.

1033

Explain the use of the where?

1079

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