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

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IMS (143)
IDMS (107)
Natural (81)
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REXX (60)
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CLIST (6)
QMF (32)

MVS (25)
OS390 (10)
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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 8597

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 33316

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 9951

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

4 9201

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 15090

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 10157

i Want All cobol ERROR codes?

HCL, IBM,

4 16935

I want ALL jcl ERROR cods

1 10449

I want ALL ERROR codes in VSAM

American Express, TCS,

3 34608

i WANT ALL ERROR codes IN CICS and DB2

2 7750

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

Infosys,

4 14650

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 7561

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

Accenture,

2 9407

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

Accenture,

3 10568

88 level entry is for

Accenture, Cognizant, EDS, Wipro,

7 14420

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

Name all the file-open modes

1078

what is the purpose of coding notify parameter in job statement?

1162

What are the mainframe computing pros and cons?

1108

What is a set in idms? What pointers are required, what are possible? How may sets be ordered?

855

Explain the difference between pseudo-conversational and conversational?

1085

Give the definition of COMMAREA ?

1067

What do you understand by psb and acb?

1119

how is the future of tandem mainframe?

3378

If you are current on the owner of a set, what is the difference between obtain next and obtain first?

1340

What is idms?

858

Can you define commarea?

974

Explain the function of //cntl statement?

1161

What does db2 plan contain?

1019

When do you get -811 sqlcode and how to resolve it?

1004

What do you understand by the term job time – out and how can you overcome that?

1024

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