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

COBOL (1072)
JCL (1031)
CICS (755)
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IMS (143)
IDMS (107)
Natural (81)
ADABAS (26)

REXX (60)
Assembler (68)
CLIST (6)
QMF (32)

MVS (25)
OS390 (10)
OS 2 (7)
VSAM (319)

IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

How To Compile The COBOL-BD2-CI CS Programs In Real TIme? Please Give Me the Detailed Description?

CSC, IBM,

1 6747

How do you enter into cics region and how many regions available?

Cap Gemini,

1 7920

How can you compare table column after update and before update?

Satyam,

5 10067

Can any one write coding for scrolling logic or page up & page down?

Cap Gemini, Satyam,

1 14320

How To Retrive The VSAM Datasets in CICS application programs?

Accenture, IBM,

1 3777

Which of the following characters is NOT valid in column 7? a. - b. \ c. * d. # e. $

4 8531

Ques: How can we code COND parameter in a JCL so that only even steps (or only odd steps) get execute??

HSBC,

3 18763

Is It Possible to Update or change in VIEW Mode?

CSC,

5 12448

2)Where the Plan is located in CICS-DB2?

IBM,

1 5502

If I want to increase the Limit in GDG. What should I do?

IBM,

2 13440

Can we use two or more SYSPUNCH DD statements in a JCL for multiple unload (SYSREC00 & SYSREC01)..?

1 8782

How many types of sorts are there in cobol?

Cap Gemini,

5 14093

1.Is it possible to move the data from 99.99 to 99v99? 2.What is the CICS-vsam Compilation process? 3.In My GDG 5 generation will be there GDG3 got an abend what will happen? 4.In my GDG first generation is +1 And I want to add the new generation what will happen previous generation? 5.How can you give the PIC clause below conditions A). s9 (reddy), B). s9 (5) occurs 5 times? 6.How override the proc from a particular step? and what is symbolic and override Procs?

IBM,

5808

If a sub program is called from mainprogram.I have opened cursor in main program and Fetch the result in subprogram ,Is it possible ?If yes please tell me the reason.

1 6974

in options (main) , what is meaning of main . if u not used main what will happen? After compiling, os will not understand where to load and execute from

AppLabs,

2182

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

How can values be passed from the job stream to an executable program?

1437

How can a stopped job be started again?

1189

how to pass parms to ispf edit macro?

1094

What is the physical storage length of the data types: date, time, timestamp in the db2 database?

1158

Is db2 a database?

958

can all users have the privilage to use the sql statement select * (dml)?

1164

Name and explain the three location modes?

1353

What is a ci split? What is a ca split?

1191

How do u write test cases?

2062

What is the difference between read work file 1 and read work file once? Why we are using work file once?

961

Is db2 a mainframe?

1041

How do you pull up a query which was previously saved in qmf?

1148

Define dl/i?

3556

What is the function of entry sequenced data set?

1076

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75. 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99 VALUE 123.45. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE W-A TO W-B. DISPLAY W-B. STOP RUN. compiler : IGYGR1080-S A "VALUE" clause literal was not compatible with the data category o subject data item. The "VALUE" clause was discarded. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75. 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE 123.45 TO W-B. MOVE W-A TO W-B. DISPLAY W-B. STOP RUN. 2375

1474

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