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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What will happen if you code GO BACK instead of STOP RUN in a stand alone COBOL program ?

Arigo Infotech, IBM,

8 37346

What is the Importance of GLOBAL clause According to new standards of COBOL?

Infosys,

2 13926

What is the file organization clause ?

2 6979

What is an in-line perform ?

Accenture,

4 15010

What R 2 of the common forms of the EVALUATE STATEMENT ?

Cap Gemini,

1 10145

Name some of the examples of COBOl 11?

CSC,

3199

In EBCDIC, how would the number 1234 be stored?

TCS,

2 10625

What are VS COBOL 11 special features?

1 5291

What are options have been removed in COBOL 11?

1 4164

What is the reference modification.

2 11096

How would the number +1234 be stored if a PIC clause of PICTUREs9(4) comp-3 were used?

6 16432

What is an index for tables?

2 6715

What is a subscript ?

3 7764

What is Alternate Index ? How is it different from regular index ?

2 15008

What is CALL statement in COBOL?

4 17344

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

How can you classify the locks in db2?

1140

a multiple format logical file is also known as?

1157

what is swap-in and swap-out?

1159

What are different data types in cobol?

1393

mention the option used in the cics read command to gain accessibility directly to the file i/o area. (Assume cobol-ii).?

1152

when an xctl is done, does the tranid change ? Is a new task created ? Does it cause an implicit syncpoint to be issued ?

1270

If the cursor is kept open followed the issuing of commit, what is the procedure to leave the cursor that way?

1226

Can we use procopt on pcb and segment field (senseg)?

1039

Explain about rct.

1132

What is a db2 cursor?

1114

We have an output dataset in job with disp parameter as shr.

998

We have job which is running as batch. It takes atleast 06 hours to complete tht job. But I wanna do tht job with in 3 hours?

1306

What is the importance of common attribute?

1143

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

990

How can record locking be achieved in those DB2 versions which do not support it?

1136

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