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

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IMS (143)
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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

What is the difference between various read and find statement,and which one should be used when for better adabas performance ?

IBM,

2 6739

What is the difference between working storage copybook and linkage section copybook?

TCS,

5 18536

What is meant by pseudo-conversation?

Accenture,

1 9658

is it possible to create TDQ's and TSQ's dynamically,How

1 8076

can we write paragraph in area B .....

L&T,

4 8844

how to run sub programs using static and dynamic call ...

TCS,

3 8026

i want to code a rexx program in order to get the inputfile and output files of jcl. i want code snippet or the coding for this , please

1 10910

HOW WE WILL SORT THE ARRAY WHICH IS GOING TO USE FOR SEARCH ALL?

Cap Gemini,

2 8793

WE HAVE 2 FILES IN COBOL. ONE IS FIXED LENGTH RECORDS ANOTHER ONE IS VARIABLE LENGTH. IF I DECLEAR LRECL OF FIXED ONE AS 80 AND 2ND RECORD AS 132. WHAT WE NEED TO DECLEAR LRECL FOR THOSE 2 FILES IN JCL?

iGate,

4 10091

i have a requrement in A as viswa!@#$%&^**reddy i need to move viswareddy in B without junk values pls say how to do ths reply fast

L&T,

4 9578

i have a jcl containing header body and trailer .in header i have viswa body 2 6 1 9 7 trailer reddy .now i need to sort only body in either asecending or descending order how can i do it

L&T,

1 15088

what is the use of filler in cobol programing?

MAT,

4 39450

in a series of 10 steps, i need to run only 1,3,5,7 & 9th steps only. how do u code?

ADP,

5 10440

what modification we need to do in jcl if we use sort in cobol? I mean whether we need to include tempary file used for sorting in assign statement?

TCS,

3 8193

Why we will create load module in PDS only, Why nt in PS?

TCS,

2 8452

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

Why would you use find and get rather than to obtain?

1278

What are 77 levels used for?

1155

Which commend used for terminating a browser operation?

1054

can I port my existing applications from the mainframe or os/2? Will there be extensive changes required to do this?

1034

Explain ibm z?

1068

List in order the hierarchical levels of jcl?

1158

Highlight the points of differences between XCTL and START?

1331

Is condition checking possible in jcl? If yes, how?

1354

How do you find the maximum value in a column in db2?

1157

)If there are 10 steps in GDG, if I want to refer the step2 after step5 . what should I do?

2075

IIN APITUDE THEY GAVE ONLY 10 QUESTIONS.. THEY ARE SIMPLE ONE FROM NUMBER SERIES,BOATS,TIME & DISTANCE,PROFIT &LOSS,FIND OUT THE NUMBER ? 9 25 4 36 81 64 49 AND surveillance SPELLINGS E.T.C

2235

what are the codes returned by the ams (access method services) command during the execution in vsam?

1357

What are the different rules of SORT operation?

1214

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

1301

What is db2? Explain.

1124

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