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

COBOL (1072)
JCL (1031)
CICS (755)
DB2 (1122)

IMS (143)
IDMS (107)
Natural (81)
ADABAS (26)

REXX (60)
Assembler (68)
CLIST (6)
QMF (32)

MVS (25)
OS390 (10)
OS 2 (7)
VSAM (319)

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 8614

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 33366

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 9977

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

4 9213

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 15117

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 10188

i Want All cobol ERROR codes?

HCL, IBM,

4 16951

I want ALL jcl ERROR cods

1 10460

I want ALL ERROR codes in VSAM

American Express, TCS,

3 34625

i WANT ALL ERROR codes IN CICS and DB2

2 7770

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

Infosys,

4 14667

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 7581

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

Accenture,

2 9416

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

Accenture,

3 10593

88 level entry is for

Accenture, Cognizant, EDS, Wipro,

7 14453

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

What are literals?

1136

Explain sorting techniques in cobol program? Provide the sort file definition, the sort statement, its syntax and meaning

1094

What is db2?

1184

What is the output of the following command given in tso/ispf terminal?

1025

if i am having a cics,vsam and db2 programs with each functions and i want that each function on screen?

2268

How do I add a column to a table in db2?

1104

What is a bind card?

1218

Which isolation level provides maximum concurrency?

1152

Explain how to access vsam file?

1089

I have many files which i am receiving from client everyday. I have one step for every file to check for empty or not. Here client gives 30 files i need to check for every file for empty or not and i need to perform 30 steps. Can I do it in single step. Dynamically i need to change the File name in my step.

1219

Why cursor is used in db2?

1036

How to check last update on table in db2?

1059

what happens in execution stage in job processing?

1145

How to List the Available Tables?

1688

Which command is used to connect to a database in DB2 ? Give the Syntax.

1104

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