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MainFrame Interview Questions

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In the COBOL SELECT statement for a KSDS what are the three possibilities for ACCESS?

3 10134

What is the COBOL RECORD KEY clause?

2 9061

What is the purpose of the FILE STATUS clause in the SELECT statement?

1 5785

If you wish to use the REWRITE command haw must the VSAM file be opened?

1 7450

Explain the meaning and syntax for the START command. ?

IBM,

4 21545

What is the meaning of dynamic processing?

2 6826

Name some common VSAM error conditions and codes. ?

IBM,

1 7066

What is the VSAM-code field?

1 4756

What is a VSAM slot?

1 5564

What is the utility program closely associated with VSAM?

1 4526

There are at least seven IDCAMS commands; name and explain each of them ?.

1 9525

What are the three levels of definition for the VSAM DEFINE?

IBM,

2 8365

What is the significance of the SHAREOPTIONS parameter?

IBM,

1 5701

What is the meaning of the DEFINE MODEL parameter?

1 5040

What is File Status in VSAM?

IBM,

1 7825

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

How to send a sms to a mobile through mainframe vm’s?

998

can you have multiple key lists for a single file ?

1698

Suppose I have a pf,it contains 5 members,how to access particular member data from logical file ?and what is the use of member in pf?

1054

Difference Between Interactive & Batch Job?

1236

What is mainframe application testing?

1055

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?

1141

Differentiate between addressing mode and run mode.

1076

What is concurrency?

1233

Express the distinction between jes2 and jes3?

1174

What happens in bind step in a db2 program?

971

What are the record format field mapping options in cpyf?

1027

What is consistency token in db2?

1141

Explain about maximum displacement?

1059

How do you write from PL/1 code to JCL?

2285

How do I import a csv file into db2?

989

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