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

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IDMS (107)
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Assembler (68)
CLIST (6)
QMF (32)

MVS (25)
OS390 (10)
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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

how do u define a file in cobol and jcl ?

TCS,

2 8877

wht happens if we dnt give scope terminator ?

TCS,

4 8659

where will u code file status ?

TCS,

2 6696

how do u link sub pgm to main pgm ?

TCS,

2 7511

how to pass 100 to s9(4) how r they inserted ?

TCS,

3 10053

what is + sign and -ve sign for sql code ?

TCS,

1 6601

how can u understand the end of the table ?

TCS,

1 6632

if i made sme changes in sub pgm wht r the things to be done for this ?

TCS,

1 6228

wht displays the number of times a query modified ?

TCS,

2 7081

where will u check for sqlcode ?

TCS,

2 7611

how do u update the faltfile into db2 table ?

RBS, TCS,

4 11085

can we print comp 3 stmts how ?

Accenture, TCS,

3 13559

how can i use the parameters decalred in main pgm in sub pgm

TCS,

2 6586

Difference between ps, esds

3 14219

Difference between lrecl, blksize among PS, PDS issues? i.e in jcl at dcb

1 6063

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

How many types of page locks can be held in db2?

1038

What is the difference between run mode and addressing mode?

1247

What is dbdgen process?

1169

Explain the difference between exec cics handle condtion and an exec cics ignore command?

1036

What is notcat 2 - gs?

1464

What do you mean by an alias?

1074

Explain the difference between using the read command with into option and set option?

1022

How can a stopped job be started again?

1189

How can you access esds files from cics?

1106

What is the purpose of idcams?

1044

How are data passed from jcl parm to assembler program?

1003

what is the sqlcode -501

13137

I want my job (careerride) to be executed in 1 minute and 2 seconds. How do I do that?

1229

What will happen if we drop the base register in the program which contains only one basereg?

981

What is control interval?

1068

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