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

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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

How many ways are there for initiating a transaction? what are they?

IBM,

3 5976

Name some commands used for CICS file browsing.

2 6221

If no exception handling is provided in the program, what will happen ?

1 4291

What is EXEC CICS RETRIEVE ?

IBM,

1 26004

What information do you get when an EXEC CICS STARTCODE is issued?

CTS, IBM,

1 4599

Which CICS service transaction is used to gain accessibility to CICS control tables?

1 5368

How do you delete Item 3 in a five-item TSQ?

IBM,

3 14574

What are the differences between Temporary Storage Queue (TSQ) and Transient Data Queue (TDQ).?

2349

Which type of TDQ is read destructive?

IBM,

1 8134

How many exceptional condition can be given in a HANDLE CONDITION?

IBM,

5 9321

What is the meaning of the SYNCPOINT command?

IBM,

1 12738

How do you initiate another transaction?

1 4421

Can you use OCCURS in a BMS map? If you do, what are the issues related with its use?

IBM,

1 11469

For a CICS-DB2 program, how is the plan referenced?

IBM, ITC Infotech,

2 14391

If I create a TSQ from one transaction, can I read it from another transaction?

IBM,

4 12099

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

execution of a subordinate module is caused by the use of the cobol verbs ------------in the superior module

1143

What is the difference between db2 and oracle?

1184

Can you explain cics translator?

1094

What is mainframe computer /system?

1079

What type of SDLC u followed? Why?

2054

What is the use of reorg in db2?

1143

Can you define an alias?

1007

how do you code a null statement?

1389

Explain the function of the load command?

1193

What does runstats do in db2?

1191

Can you define temporary storage?

1194

How can you classify the locks in db2?

1140

what are the reserved words for cics?

1160

How do you create a like table?

1030

How do we get current date from system with century in COBOL?

1432

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