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COBOL Interview Questions
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consider the following two statements MOVE 10 TO N PERFORM PARA-X N TIMES STOP RUN PARA-X MOVE 5 TO N how many times PARA-X willbe exicuted? a.10 b.5 c.infinate d.execution error

ABCL, TCS,

6 13959

given the following: 77 A PIC 9V9 VALUE 9.5 77 B PIC 9 VALUE 9. 77 C PIC V9 VALUE 0.8 77 D PIC 9 77 E PIC 9 77 F PIC 9V999 what are the contenta of D E nad F after the following statements are executed: COMPUTE F ROUNDED=A+C/B MULTIPLY A BY C GIVING E ADD B C A GIVING D ROUNDED a.F=9.589 E=8 D=1 b.F=9.589 E=8 D=9 c.F=9.589 E=7 D=9 d.F=9.589 E=7 D=1

Broadridge, TCS,

5 14227

A LESS 1200 IF B GREATER 25 MOVE 47 TOC ELSE MOVE 57 TO C IF A GREATER 249 MOVE 67 TO C ELSE NEXT SENTENCE ELSE IF B LESS 67 MOVE 27 TO C What will be the value of C, when A is 137 and b is 25

TCS,

3 6524

Consider the following: 77 W-NUM PIC 9 VALUE 0 ------ MOVE 1 TO W-NUM PERFORM PARA-X UNTIL W-NUM > 9. ------ PARA-X ADD 1 TO W-NUM How many times PARA-X is executed ?

Accenture, TCS,

14 24045

Consider the following code: 77 A PIC 99V99 VALUE 55.35 77 B PIC 99V999 VALUE 32.754 ADD B TO A ON SIZE ERROR DISPLAY "ERROR!!!" What will be the result ? (a) A=88.10, B=32.754 (b) A=87.00 B=32.754 (c) A=87.10 B=32.754 (d) ERROR!!! will be DISPLAYed on the screen.

TCS,

3 12292

Consider the following: 77 A PIC 9(10) 77 B PIC 9(10) 77 C PIC 9(19) MULTIPLY AB BY B GIVING C Which of the following is true ? (a) The execution of the above may result in size error. (b) The execution of the above will result in size error. (c) The definition of C is invalid resulting in compilation error. (d) No error will be thee and the program would proceed correctly.

TCS,

4 8724

A paragraph PARA-X is to be executed when none of the data names A, B and C have value of 1. Which of the following will achieve this ? (a) IF A NOT = 1 OR B NOT = 1 OR C NOT = 1 PERFORM PARA-X (B) IF NOT A= 1 AND B= 1 AND C = 1 PERFORM PARA-X (C) IF A NOT =1 IF NOT B = 1 OR C= 1 PERFORM PARA-X (C) IF A NOT = 1 AND B NOT = 1 AND C NOT = 1 PERFORM PARA-X

TCS,

3 7039

Identify the invalid dataname from the following: (A) savings-account (B) annual-allocation-for-overhead (C) samount250 (D) 12demand

TCS,

4 7626

Study the DATA DIVISION entries and the three PROCEDURE DIVISION entries given below: 01 END-OF-FILE-SWITCH PIC XXX. 88 NO-MORE-RECS VALUE "YES". 88 MORE-RECS VALUE "NO". (i) READ SAMPLE-FILE AT END MOVE "YES" TO NO-MORE-RECS. (ii) IF NO-MORE-RECS = "YES" GO TO LAST-PARA. (iii) IF NO-MORE-RECS GO TO LAST-PARA. Which are wrong? (a) (i) and (ii) (b) (ii) and (iii) (c) (i) and (iii) (d) all

TCS,

5 8425

The following entries appear in the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION: 01 DATE-TODAY. 05 YY PIC XX VALUE "90". 05 MM PIC XX VALUE "12". 05 DD PIC XX VALUE :31". 01 DATE-EDIT PIC XX/XX/XX. MOVE DATE-TODAY TO DATE-EDIT. (a) 901231 (b) 90/12/31 (c) 31/12/90 (d) 311290

TCS,

4 8546

How many bytes will be allocated for the following record description entries? 01 REC-A. 05 A PIC S9(4). 05 B PIC XXXBXXX. 05 C PIC ____9.99. 05 D PIC S9(5) COMP-3. 05 E PIC 9(3) COMP.

IBM, TCS,

16 25497

What is wrong with the following data declaration? 01 W-DATE PIC X(6). 05 DD PIC 99. 05 MM PIC 99. 05 YY PIC 99. (a) Nothing is wrong. (b) Under W-DATE all level 05 items are having a PIC 99 but level 01 has PIC X(6). (c) PIC can't be specified for a group item. (d) DD, MM, and YY are invalid datanames.

Mphasis, TCS,

6 13488

What is the output generated by the following code? 01 GRP-I. 05 SUBFLD1 PIC XX VALUE "AB". 05 FILTER PIC X(6) VALUE SPACES. 01 GRP-2 REDEFINED GRP-1. 05 SUB-FLD2 PIC XX. 05 SUB-FLD3 PIC XX. 05 FILTER PIC X(4). IF SUB-FLD1 NOT = SPACES DISPLAY "SUBFLD1" MOVE "ABBCCD" TO GRP-1 IF SUB-FLD3 = SPACES DISPLAY "SPACES" ELSE DISPLAY "SUBFLD3" DISPLAY "END" ELSE DISPLAY "SPACES" DISPLAY "END". (a) SUBFLD1 SUBFLD3 END (b) SPACES END (c) SUBFLD1 END (d) SUBFLD1 SPACES

TCS,

7 10236

88 level entry is used for (a) data items in WORKING-STORAGE SECTION (b) items with RENAMES clause (c) condition-names (d) None of the above

TCS,

5 10883

ZEROES and SPACES are _______ constants (a) Figurative (b) Numeric (c) Non-numeric (d) Alphabete

TCS,

4 9154


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Un-Answered Questions { COBOL }

What rules are to be followed while using the corresponding options?

1071


What is the difference between PIC 9.99 and 9v99 in COBOL?

1334


Which division and paragraphs are mandatory for a COBOL program?

1277


Define cobol?

1405


Why do we code s9 (4) comp. Inspite of knowing comp-3 will occupy less space?

1153


How are the next sentence and continue different from each other?

1297


Which is the default, TEST BEFORE or TEST AFTER for a PERFORM statement?

1357


What are INPUT PROCEDURE and OUTPUT PROCEDURE?

1300


Describe the cobol database components?

1177


Explain how you can characterize tables in cobol?

1063


Explain about different table spaces.

1106


What is the difference between Call and a Link?

1198


I have program P1 which calls file F1 which has 100 records and following structure 001 .................. 002 .................. 003 .................. 098 .................... 099 ................... 100 .................... Now I want to read these files and write these records in file F2 in following manner. 001 ...... 051 ..... 002 ...... 052 ..... 003 ...... 053 ..... .......... ....... .......... ....... .......... ....... 048 ........ 098 ...... 049 .......... 099 ....... 050 .... 100 ......

12382


Which mode is used to operate the sequential file?

1205


Can we redefine the field of x(200) to less than 200?

1377