IBM MainFrame Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What are differences between COBOL and java ? why we are giving more preference to COBOL ?

TCS,

3 18004

How to resolve the soc4 & soc7 other than following answers. Soc4 can resolved using mispleed dd name and dd name is not matching with file and soc7 check the sysdump and copy the offest address then correct it in the program.

ADP, Amdocs, Cap Gemini, Keane India Ltd, Super Value, TCS,

10 96298

How to resolve the -305 error code in DB2? And also please let me know, how to resolve the db2 error codes.

TCS,

7 68185

What is the difference between CI( Control Interval)and CA (Control Area)?

Infosys, TCS,

3 12901

In vsam why we use export-import utility?

3 15901

What is the maximum no. of records that can be allowed in VSAM ?

2 8600

How do you convert flat files to VSAM files ?

EDS, IBM,

5 24672

What is the maximum record length for the VSAM dataset?

Infosys,

7 19556

What is the procedure for running the batch job in mainframe?

1 5801

What do you mean by dirty read ?

5 13242

What do you mean by RDW in VSAM?

2 9985

While designing vsam files,what is the best way to choose control interval size for the data and the index?

1 5929

How vsam datasets are cataloged?

Ordain Solutions,

1 5905

What are the types of VSAM datasets?

IBM,

3 7888

How are records stored in an ESDS, entry sequenced dataset?

IBM,

1 5339


Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

Is it possible to combine uni-rexx with a compiled language in any application? What applications interfaces are there?

518


List out all the tables that are a part of cics ?

559


How to compare two files by using sort?

550


What is the advantages of using IDMS compared to other database systems?

975


What is the common systems area?

567






define the field with ic in the bms map.

630


How can tablespace be moved to another dasd volume that is allocated for that tablespace?

719


how do you reference the variable block file formats from cobol programs

648


Explain how do you delete item 3 in a five-item tsq?

510


What is the main function of key-sequenced data set?

549


What is a SSRANGE and NOSSRANGE?

786


Why do we use "drop"?

545


What is the advantage of creating the acbs well ahead of time?

609


What is db2 purescale?

522


What is the use of commit in db2?

612