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

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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

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given the following piece of code: CALL SUB-PGM USING A, B, C. CALL SUB-PGM USING A, C, C. (a) Both CALL statements will always produce same result. (d) Both CALL statements may produce different result. (c) Compile-time error because SUB-PGM is a dataname. (d) Compile-time error because A, B, C are used twice.

TCS,

2 8609

The hierarchy of the execution of logical operators is (a) NOT AND OR (b) AND OR NOT (c) OR AND NOT (d) OR NOT AND

Huawei, IBM, TCS,

10 33346

The order of precedence of arithmetic operators in an expression can be overridden with the use of (a) [] (b) () (c) {} (d) Any of the above

TCS,

3 9968

Which of the following paragraphs is compulsory in every COBOL program? (a) SPECIAL-NAMES (b) PROGRAM-ID (c) FILE-CONTROL (d) OBJECT-COMPUTER

4 9206

Which of the following files can be OPENed in all the 4 modes? The four modes are INPUT, I-O, OUTPUT and EXTEND. (a) INDEXED (b) RELATIVE (c) SEQUENTIAL (d) All of the above

TCS,

7 15101

Which of the following EDITind and PICTURE symbols is to be used if a minus(-) is to appear before the value if the value is -ve and a plus(+) is to appear before the value if the value is +ve? (a) + (b) - (c) + OR (d) It is not possible

TCS,

7 10174

i Want All cobol ERROR codes?

HCL, IBM,

4 16943

I want ALL jcl ERROR cods

1 10453

I want ALL ERROR codes in VSAM

American Express, TCS,

3 34625

i WANT ALL ERROR codes IN CICS and DB2

2 7768

i want all ERRORS codes in COBOL ,JCL,VSAM ,DB2,CICS

Infosys,

4 14662

In the procedure division stmt OPEN OUTPUT FILE1. Which of the following is not true about file1. a) there must be a select clause for this file in the file-control paragraph of environment division. b) There must be an FD entry in the file section of the data division. c) The file name must appear in a WRITE stmt in the procedure division. d) There?ll be a CLOSE stmt in procedure division.

Accenture,

2 7571

pic S9(4) results 3 bytes1 A) comp B) comp1 C) display D) comp3

Accenture,

2 9412

Redefines clause cannot be used in a) working-storage section b) 77 c) 66 d) elementary

Accenture,

3 10577

88 level entry is for

Accenture, Cognizant, EDS, Wipro,

7 14431

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

What are fset, frset?

1012

What is access path in db2?

986

Define base cluster?

1008

Explain how can you accomplish breakpoint in intertest?

1029

Write in brief about clusters?

984

Can min or max be used with alphanumeric data?

979

Which division and paragraphs are mandatory for a COBOL program?

1276

How does jcl specify the job to the operating system?

1244

what is need of start 0? In steed of

1092

What is meant by a ‘Transid’ ?

1051

here is my requirement A1 is alphanumeric with value 'A1B2C3D4' as defined below 05 A1 PIC X(8) VALUE IS 'A1B2C3D4' but i need to have A2,A3 as ABCD & 1234 repectively...... A2 = ABCD A3 = 1234 Can you please explain me what are the different ways to do it?

7893

Explain what you understand by passing by value.

1154

What are types of indexes?

1072

How many types of evaluate statements are available?

990

Can we see the copy book length using file-aid?

904

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