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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

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what is difference bt COND, REGION & TIME parameters at JOB & EXEC. give an exp.

Syntel,

1 9104

in real time what is the suitable exp where in-stream procedure is better then catalog procedure.

1 3044

hi.... anybody send real time project related questions & answers whatever will ask in interview plz.....help me? advanced thanks....

2486

how to set dependancy for jobs?

4 15311

how to get duplicate records from tables?write qurey for this?

ANZ,

4 9936

which certifications r 4 cobol,jcl,db2,cics what is format of xam n what is importance of these certifications... plz post answer only if u r sure... thanks

1 3060

how can you access index

IBM, Tech Mahindra,

4 9642

01rec1. 05 a pic 999v99 value 123.12 05 b pic 99v9 value 45.9 02 rec2. 05 x pic 999v99 05 y pic 99v99 05 z pic x(3) value 'abc' if rec1 is moved to rec2 then what is the value of rec2?

Amdocs,

5 13519

ID DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. PLO. DATA DIVISION. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 VAR1 PIC 9(2). 01 VAR2 PIC X(2). PROCEDURE DIVISION. ACCEPT VAR2. MOVE VAR2 TO VAR1. STOP RUN. if i give 'PI' in var2 then what will b output of progr. any abend?????

TCS,

6 14531

can u give result for the fallowing example... 05 a pic 9(2) 05 b redifines a pic x(2). move 'xy' to b. display a,b.

IBM,

10 12704

By seeing the file itself how can we identify whether it is A vsam file or flat file

IBM,

7 14486

How do pass the values to the parameters in cobol

2 6141

SUPPOSE I HAVE 60 CHARACTERS STING. IN THAT I WANT FIND OUT HOW MANY TIMES 'A'(ASSUME)WILL REPEATED AND I HAVE TO PASS 'E' IN PLACE OF 'A'ALONG THAT STRING.

Wipro,

2 6921

) How do you access the migrate the data from production region to development region

IBM,

1 4603

Where the Plan is located in CICS-DB2

IBM,

2 6352

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

What is the difference between perform … with test after and perform … with test before?

1448

What do you understand by jcl?

1050

What is the syntax of JCL statement?

1234

How to change size of Initial number of records to *NOMAX for ALL PF files from perticular library, how can I do that

3234

Specify the requirements for automatic task initiation?

1012

What is a ci split?

960

what do you mean by gdg in vsam?

1194

How do you define a variable of comp-1 and comp-2?

1201

What is the cics command level?

1054

I have a COBOL program that ACCEPTs some input data. How do you code the JCL statement for this?

1190

How jcl is used for testing batch programs?

1280

what is the compile process of cobol program expalin with code

2584

what happens when COND is coded in JOB statement and when COND is coded inside EXEC statement?

1299

Is it possible to obtain a record from IDMS database without mentioning the record-name itself?

1333

Mention the guidelines to write a structured cobol program?

1095

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