MainFrame Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

Why do you use a control card?

IBM, iNautix,

3 31069

How do you submit JCL via a Cobol program?

Cap Gemini,

2 20508

How do you submit a JCL under CICS environment ?

IBM,

1 7277

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

IBM,

2 8840

Definition of COND parameter in JCL

TCS,

5 24232

What is meant by S0C7 system abend code?

8 28642

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

IBM,

6 22433

What is QSAM error usually when it is occurs?

1 7494

What is the purpose of include statement in a JCL?

2 11409

What does S0C4 error mean?

8 53314

In which table PLAN is registered in ?

3 7281

What is GDG?

1 6622

what do you mean By spooling? Expand SPOOL?

4 15838

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

4 19850

Max. No of DD statements in a job ?

CSI,

4 16931


Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

what are the reserved words for cics?

558


What is dclgen (declaration generator)?

603


Explain the difference between cics program control table (pct) and cics processing program table (ppt)?

614


Why is it necessary that file needs to be opened in I-O mode for REWRITE?

748


What is the term bms in cics?

686






What is the importance of common attribute?

590


what is the sequence when using cursor?

607


I like to know if possible to use %TRIM or any statement with prefiv "%" like RPG ile programs. thanks

2067


What is the default page size of buffer pools?

648


What is the connection string to connect to the DB2 Database ?

614


if we display var1 then what will b displayed in below condition. 77 var1 pic s9(2) value -10. 77 var1 pic s9(2) value -11. " " " -12. " " " -13. -14 ... ... -19.

5690


What is difference between static call and dynamic call?

550


Explain how do you control cursor positioning?

567


How many maximum record format a logical file have?

588


Explain the process in which flat files are converted into vsam files?

558