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

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CLIST (6)
QMF (32)

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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

bind by copy...bind by ref?

1827

what is the scope of commitment control?

1895

can we use already existing access path?

1 2783

write a query to get RRN value from rpg?

1 2639

what is RUNSQLSTM?

1 3136

stmts affected by activation group?

1 2716

difference between wrkobj & dspobjd?

1 3470

what are the ARRAY operations in rpg/400?

1 2940

in RTVMBRD where you will find no.of records....(i mean in which attribute)?

JDA,

1 3417

For Null indicator we have 3 values 0,-1,-2. 0->Not nulll -1->Null -2->Value truncated If ther is any possibility to have any positive value other than 0 in Null indicator.If it is so then when we will get and what is the value?

BNP Paribas,

1 5556

Program A (Normal COBBAT) calling a B Program (DB2COBOL, COBBATDB which is using a VSAM file. its a dynamic call. How we will handle VSAM file decleration in our from JCL from where we are running A PGM. And should we have PLAN for A pGM also. if possible can some one post a sample JCL. Thanks for help in advance.

iNautix,

5749

what is the another name of lpar's

CTS, IBM,

1 4854

COBOL program to read the string ' BOMBAY' in reverse order as 'YABMOB'

Barclays, IBM,

8 15117

Whats the use of Examine command? can someone help me?

IBM,

1 5209

Can we change the password using ALTER? anyone tried and changed?

IBM,

2021

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

Can you explain cics transaction gateway?

1079

Define the necessity of run stats among the environment test?

987

List out the data types available.

1153

How to submit a jcl from cics?

1150

What is recovery parameters in define cluster command?

1058

Explain the difference between external subroutine and subprogram?

1227

How to access db2 tables in mainframe?

1055

List down the types of triggers in the db2 database?

1032

What is the mainframe computer?

943

Define a junction record in idms?

842

IF I mention stop run in CICS what happens?

2379

What is the format of comment statement?

1224

What is temporal table in db2?

1041

Can you define bms?

1051

Explain foreign keys?

1022

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