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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

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How does one reorg an HDAM IMS database when changing RAPS (Root Anchor Points)?

2 9883

What is the return code you get after a successful IMS call?

4 18225

What do you know about MFS?

2 6791

Which is the DL/I function used in CICS-IMS program?

HP, IBM, IMS,

2 8786

What is a Hierarchy path?

4 8833

What are qualified and unqualified SSA's.

2 18650

Is it necessary that all the segments in a Dl/i database have key fields ?

2 6670

How many sgment types can u have in a DL/I database?

4 9000

consider the following piece of code 01 GROSS-PAY 05 BASIC-PAY PIC 9(5) 05 ALLOWENCES PIC 9(3) if BASIC-PAY has a value 1000 and ALLOWENCES has a value of 250,what will be displayed by the statement DISPLAY GROSS-PAY a.1250 b.01000250 c.01250 d.1.250

TCS,

3 9032

consider two data items 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99 VLAUE 123.45 after the statement MOVE W-A TO W-B what will be W-B's value? a.123.75 b.b23.75 (where b indicates space) c.023.75 d.invalid move

TCS,

5 12905

what is the result of the following? DIVIDE A INTO B GIVING C. a.C=A/B b.the reminder of B/A is stored in C c.C=B/A d.the reminder of A/B is stored in C

TCS,

3 14564

which of the following can be used as a check protection symbol a.Z b.S c.* d.+

TCS,

2 8805

what if any ,is the syntex error in the following piece of code 01 B PIC A(7) 02 C PIC 9(4) ........ IF(B NUMERIC) ADD 10 TO C a.the condition in the if statement is wrong b.noting is wrong c.because C is initialised.ADD 10 TO C is wrong d.both B and C shoud have same size.

TCS,

5 10132

study the following code 01 A1 05 B PIC 99 05 C PIC X(4) 01 A2 05 B PIC 99V99 05 C PIC A(4) pick out the valid statement from the following a.A1 and A2 can not have sub-ordinates b.A1 and A2 can have the same sub-ordinates but must have same PIC clause c.there is nothing wrong d.A1 and A2 can have same sub-ordinates provided they are not at 01 level

TCS,

4 8841

study the following 01 A PIC 99V0 VALUE 5 01 B PIC 9V9 VALUE 6 01 C PIC 99V9 VALUE 2.5 01 D PIC 99 VALUE 3 COMPUTE A ROUNDED B C = A+B*C/D ON SIZE ERROR PERFORM PRINT-ERROR the comments of A.B.C after execution of the above statement are a.A=10 B=0 C=10 b.A=10 B=9.9 C=9.9 c.A=10 B=0 C=9.9 d.A=10 B=6 C=10

TCS,

4 9450

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

How can you quickly find out the # of rows updated after an update statement?

1100

Can we delete records from view?

1032

Differentiate between addressing mode and run mode.

1144

Can you define commarea?

1046

Why are you looking for a change?

1035

Can the values of alphanumeric be moved to variable numeric?

1146

Can you explain enq and deq used in cics?

1133

What is meant by a bolt dispute?

1421

What is sqlca’s maximum length?

1258

What is ibm db2 client?

1012

Hi, While I am trying to produce a html report from SAS interactive screen, I am always getting an error. I have attached the result of interactive execution with this. Please help me on this. NOTE: All profile changes will be lost at the end of the session. 1 *libname ia 'U19K.CAPS.SAS'; 2 3 /*Data declaration*/ 4 data work.staff; 5 infile 'U19K.CAPS.SAS (RAWDATA1)'; 6 input LastName $ 1-10 FirstName $ 11- 20 7 JobTitle $ 21-23 Salary 24- 28 8 BirthDat $ 29-37 Gender $ 38 9 run; 10 11 /*Basic "format" statement*/ 12 /*assign range of values to a variable and use it*/ 13 /*'$' should be used for a alphanumeric manipulation*/ NOTE: The infile 'U19K.CAPS.SAS(RAWDATA1)' is: Dsname=U19K.CAPS.SAS (RAWDATA1), Unit=3390,Volume=XTD007,Disp=SHR,Blksize=6160, Lrecl=80,Recfm=FB NOTE: 20 records were read from the infile 'U19K.CAPS.SAS (RAWDATA1)'. NOTE: The data set WORK.STAFF has 20 observations and 7 variables. NOTE: The DATA statement used 0.01 CPU seconds and 7537K. NOTE: The address space has used a maximum of 3676K below the line and 15196K above the line. 14 proc format; 15 value Salrange low- 10000='Below' 16 10001- 20000='Medium' 17 20001- High='Above'; NOTE: Format SALRANGE has been output. 18 value $Gender F='Female' 19 M='Male'; NOTE: Format ÅGENDER has been output. 20 run; NOTE: The PROCEDURE FORMAT used 0.00 CPU seconds and 7523K. NOTE: The address space has used a maximum of 3676K below the line and 15196K above the line. 21 22 /*ODS-Output delivery system to create html file*/ 23 ods listing close; 24 ods html file='C:\Documents and Settings\u19k\Desktop\html1.html'; NOTE: Writing HTML Body file: C:\Documents and Settings\u19k\Desktop\html1.html ERROR: Invalid file, C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\U19K\DESKTOP\HTML1.HTML. WARNING: No body file. HTML output will not be created. 25 26 /*Basic "label" statement*/ 27 proc print data=work.staff split=''; 28 label LastName='Last Name' 29 FirstName='First Name' 30 JobTitle='Job Title' 31 Salary='Annual Salary'; 32 format Salary Salrange. Gender $Gender.; 33 var LastName FirstName JobTitle Salary Gender; 34 title 'Employee database'; 35 run; WARNING: No output destinations active. NOTE: The PROCEDURE PRINT used 0.00 CPU seconds and 10275K. NOTE: The address space has used a maximum of 3676K below the line and 15196K above the line. 36 37 /*ODS-html closing*/ 38 ods html close; 39 ods listing;

2843

Write the code to count the sum of n natural numbers.

1264

What is universal database?

1126

Define TCT.

1228

What is db2 bind process?

1297

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