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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is the function of currentdata option in bind?

987

Explain path?

951

State all the file open modes?

1014

Name and explain the type of locks?

908

State the difference between jes2 and jes3?

969

What is linkage section?

914

What is the need to code commits in batch programs?

1092

Is the order of the when clause significant in an evaluate statement?

960

What will happen if both steplib and joblib are specified?

984

Explain lock contention?

993

What is the function of iebgener?

1012

Explain the use of the where?

999

How is next sentence and continue different?

944

Write in brief about clusters?

929

Explain foreign keys?

970

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

When are scope terminators compulsory?

978

What are the parameter we cannot use in procedure? How many instream we can write in single jcl?

1023

What is the eib?

983

What are concurrency issues?

1041

what is the JCL statement consists of?

1138

Brief description of inline procedure of jcl.

1192

Can you define path?

940

What is the purpose of using commit?

1051

Is their any limit for data sets?

1138

Explain what is the massinsert option?

1029

Which command is used to remove all rows from a table?

1060

What is the pic clause for the hhmmss type of data fields?

879

Write a program to enter and display the names of students in a class using the occurs clause.

1163

How to do automated restart when a job abend?

1308

What do you understand by the terms: joblib and steplib?

1119

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