MainFrame Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

How much space OS allocates when you create a PS or PDS?

4 11121

Min no of member?s (PDS) in one directory block?

10 28439

The maximum number of steps in a job?

4 20781

How much is memory space involved, when we code BLOCKSIZE,TRK & CYL ?

1 13368

What is DSNDB06 ?

1 7730

What is the use of DSNDB07 ?

1 7388

How do you override a specific DDNAME/SYSIN in PROC from a JCL?

CTS,

6 44883

What is NOTCAT 2

IBM,

2 14466

What is 'S0C7' abend?

9 81998

What is a S0C4 error ?

2 7631

What are SD37, SB37, SE37 abends?

4 61012

What is S322 abend ?

5 30966

Why do you want to specify the REGION parameter in a JCL step?

Kekran Mekran, TCS,

4 34272

What does the TIME parameter signify ? What does TIME=1440 mean ?

Accenture, TCS,

6 39958

What is COND=EVEN ?

IBM,

9 33227


Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

What are the different versions of gdg named?

558


Name all the file-open modes

648


Explain the device independent method to indicate where a record is stored?

473


A join logical file has how many record formats?

593


Explain the difference between record occurrence and record type in idms?

496






Write a cobol program making use of the redefine clause.

721


What is CICS ?

588


what is meant by object lock requests,held locks and locks waiting to be applied(wrkobjlck) why should we apply for locks.Please explain sir.

5937


Can you explain dfheiblk?

618


name a few common vsam status codes?

607


What is the tcp in the cisc?

588


How do you calculate record size of an alternate cluster?

662


What is universal database?

609


My program has an array defined to have 10 items. Due to a bug, I find that even if the program access the 11th item in this array, the program does not abend. What is wrong with it?

605


is it necessary that all versions of the gdg have to be of the same record length?

668