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COBOL Interview Questions

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can we use variable picture clause as xx.99 in cobol.

3 10249

what is dynamic array in cobol? what is the difference b/w array and table in cobol?

2 21600

When search all is used in cobol program without sorted input data?

CGI, Principal Finance,

6 14888

Can we use goto statement in inline_perform ?

IBM,

5 10689

what is the difference between occurs and occurs depending on? i dont think so there is the difference in storage..then why we should use occurs depending on?

TCS, Tech Mahindra,

9 30625

can we use go to statement inline-perform?

IBM,

7 13403

how to change picture class of copy book variable inside program?

2 9423

What will happen if a variable is declared as below.. Explain with an example? Working storage section:- 01 WS-VARX PIC X(9) VALUE SPACES. 01 WS-VARN REDEFINES WS-VARX PIC 9(9).

8 12116

What is normalisation?

IBM,

2 7005

How to declare if emp-name = AAAAA""BBB in working-storage section. After display emp-name should print like AAAAA""BB

Polaris,

6 9999

How to read records from flat file in reverse order through COBOL program?

Accenture, Broadridge, IBM, MAT, Polaris, SPIC, Syntel, TCS, Wipro,

14 74990

I have 2 dimensional array with having 100 elements. So how to find the 11th item in an array?

IBM,

6 16454

soc-7 is a bad data,invalid data. when ever we are moving the alphabets in the position of numeric then we got this abend. so my question is if o1 ws-data pic 9(1) value passing the alphabet some x. then we got soc-7 or not? i want clarification ?

CitiGroup, IBM,

7 12921

What is EIBCALEN? Why it is used?

ADP,

9 38211

i want to learn mainframes. i completed MCA ,whats the future of mainframes

5 9045

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Un-Answered Questions { COBOL }

i want a program using by if, evaluate , string, unstring, perform, occurs?

4801

When is inspect verb is used in cobol?

1314

What are the different data types in cobol?

1515

Name the divisions, which are available in a cobol program?

1296

1.give the details about WHEN OTHER. 2. how many form are available in evaluate.

2167

Why is it necessary that file needs to be opened in I-O mode for REWRITE?

1386

Why would you use find and get rather than to obtain?

1264

2 input fles: 2 flat files, with different number of records. both are having unique key for each record and already sorted in ascending order . match these files using unique key and in output only matching key value has to be written. please procide cobol logic

2648

What are the access modes of START statement?

1330

how to convert the recors form vsam file to db2 table tru file aid

3314

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

1340

How do we get current date from system with century in COBOL?

1429

What kind of error is trapped by on size error option?

1293

How to know whether the module is dynamical or statistical?

1213

How do get the result of your program directly on your pc?

2397

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