IBM MainFrame Interview Questions
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What is lock contention?

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Assuming that a site's standard is that pgm name = plan name, what is the easiest way to find out which Will precompile of an DB2-COBOL program bomb, if DB2 is down?

1 3779

What is COPY PENDING status?

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What is IMAGECOPY ?

6 37101

What are the functions of Bind?

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2 7185

What is a cursor?

2 5576

When is the authorization check on DB2 objects done - at BIND time or run time?

1 12517

What happens to a tablespace when its recovery infromation has been removed and a full recovery is no longer possible?

2 4283

What can the Locate option of the Repair Utility accomplish?

2 4669

What is an access path?

3 5327

What is pagespace?

1 3770

On the create tablespace, what does the CLOSE parameter do?

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What is an alias and how does it differ from a synonym?

3 11743

What are the advantages of using a PACKAGE?

2 19232

What do you mean by NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT? When will you use it?

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Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

Brief description of inline procedure of jcl.

682


How many registers we are using in mvs?

644


Explain about area currency?

495


Explain the use of the where?

591


)If there are 10 steps in GDG, if I want to refer the step2 after step5 . what should I do?

1520






My sql statement select avg(salary) from emp yields inaccurate results. Why?

639


What is an instance in db2?

563


Why block size is multiple of lrecl in jcl?

908


explain in brief how you can create a vsam file?

656


Define dynamic processing?

543


Suppose there are 2 Input files Infile-1 and Infile-2. Both the Files contain Employee Records. You need to compare both the files and Write the Common Records in third file named Outfile. How can we do this using File-Aid?

2218


Which component is responsible for db2 startup and shutdown?

624


Particular area has been affected in cics screen, what is the process to find?

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what are JCLLIB and STEPLIB in JCL?

671


Tandem COBOL Interview questions (on TACL,SCOBOL,ENSCRIBE,PATHWAY0

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