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

What is the difference between Structured COBOL Programming and Object Oriented COBOL ?

1 7288

What is a scope terminator? Give examples.

2 9504

In an EVALUATE statement, can I give a complex condition on a when clause?

2 13758

What are different file OPEN modes available in COBOL?

Sun Life,

4 24096

The maximum number of dimensions that an array can have in COBOL-85 is ?

11 32661

What is the difference between performing a SECTION and a PARAGRAPH?

Accenture, Patni,

5 34103

In a COBOL II PERFORM statement, when is the conditional tested, before or after the perform execution?

3 8964

SIGN TRAILING SEPARATE field occupy ?

3 23201

How do you define a sort file in JCL that runs the COBOL program?

Syntel,

6 30559

What is file status 39 ?

JPMorgan Chase,

10 50896

What are the pertinent COBOL

IBM,

2629

What is COMP SYNC?

3 12717

What is the difference between CONTINUE & NEXT SENTENCE ?

2 8171

How to execute a set of JCL statements from a COBOL program?

Patni, Syntel,

2 14717

What is SSRANGE, NOSSRANGE ?

5 59842

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

can I port my existing applications from the mainframe or os/2? Will there be extensive changes required to do this?

1031

Are scope terminators compulsory? If they are, when?

1004

How to Clear a Query Using the RESET Command ?

1780

Define the necessity of run stats among the environment test?

1047

When the like statement is used?

1284

how can i see junk values in dclgen or in hostvariable of comp ?

3054

How is data retrieved from multiple tables using a single sql statement?

1085

What is inspect and what is it used for?

1028

We have an output dataset in job with disp parameter as shr.

998

What is a Foreign Key?

1145

What is bind in db2?

1100

What is bind and rebind in db2?

1193

) how do u code after getting data?

2212

What is next sentence and continue unique?

1102

write a cobol logic. i have file that has 10 records .1 record go to first output file and second record goes to 2 output and etc

1303

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