MainFrame Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

Why do you use a control card?

IBM, iNautix,

3 32690

How do you submit JCL via a Cobol program?

Cap Gemini,

2 21686

How do you submit a JCL under CICS environment ?

IBM,

1 8619

What is the parameter to be passed in the job card for the unlimited time , irrespective of the job class ?

IBM,

2 10032

Definition of COND parameter in JCL

TCS,

5 26145

What is meant by S0C7 system abend code?

8 31421

How to pass the temp dataset form one JOB step to another?

IBM,

6 24850

What is QSAM error usually when it is occurs?

1 8321

What is the purpose of include statement in a JCL?

2 12539

What does S0C4 error mean?

8 55875

In which table PLAN is registered in ?

3 8657

What is GDG?

1 7640

what do you mean By spooling? Expand SPOOL?

4 17385

For how long a job can be executed continuously in a mainframe ?

4 21741

Max. No of DD statements in a job ?

CSI,

4 18831

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

What is catelog procedure and how many catelog procedure to use in one job?

8694

What is the function of currentdata option in bind?

1035

what is the most common way of building queue-id of a tsq?

1085

Explain Introduction abt Ibm framework

2161

when would you use or not use this approach?

1549

What is the interactive job? What is the batch job? How to change the batch job to interactive job?

998

Explain the difference between a return with transid and xctl? For example program. A is issuing return with transid to program b. Program a. Is isssuing xctl to program b?

1048

What is maximum displacement and how to cross this limit?

1177

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75. 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99 VALUE 123.45. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE W-A TO W-B. DISPLAY W-B. STOP RUN. compiler : IGYGR1080-S A "VALUE" clause literal was not compatible with the data category o subject data item. The "VALUE" clause was discarded. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75. 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE 123.45 TO W-B. MOVE W-A TO W-B. DISPLAY W-B. STOP RUN. 2375

1477

Is condition checking possible in jcl?

1215

How to reverse the string in rpg

1811

What is a lds (linear data set) and what is it used for?

1011

Explain how pa key is different from pf key?

1163

What are the rules employed while naming the steps in a job?

1141

how do u compile rpgle program?

1117

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