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

COBOL Interview Questions

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

3 10068

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

2 21449

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

CGI, Principal Finance,

6 14658

Can we use goto statement in inline_perform ?

IBM,

5 10499

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 30283

can we use go to statement inline-perform?

IBM,

7 13156

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

2 9318

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 11869

What is normalisation?

IBM,

2 6881

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

Polaris,

6 9779

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

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

14 74326

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

IBM,

6 16232

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 12695

What is EIBCALEN? Why it is used?

ADP,

9 37963

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

5 8869

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Un-Answered Questions { COBOL }

Explain how will you differentiate between an internal and an external sort, the pros and cons, internal sort syntax etc

1247

What is the default value(s) for an initialize? What keyword will allow for an override of the default?

1115

how do you reference the fixed unblock file formats from cobol programs

1234

How to traceback if I am getting SOC7 or SOC4 abend? List down the steps

5372

INREC AND OUTREC? HOW TO SPLIT 5K RECORDS TO DIFFERENT FILES IN A FILE IN COBOL? RESTART IN COBOL-DB2? ISOLATION LEVELS?

866

What is link edit in cobol?

1195

Program A (Normal COBBAT) calling a B Program (DB2COBOL, COBBATDB which is using a VSAM file. its a dynamic call. How we will handle VSAM file decleration in our from JCL from where we are running A PGM. And should we have PLAN for A pGM also. if possible can some one post a sample JCL. Thanks for help in advance.

5743

what is s000 u4087 error? please give the all error codes in cobol,jcl.

17878

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

1375

What is an in line perform? When would you use it? Anything else you wish to say about it.

1072

What is difference between static and dynamic call in cobol?

1387

How many sections are there in data division in COBOL?

1132

What is the compute verb? How is it used?

1143

Describe the cobol database components?

1171

How you can characterize tables in cobol?

1201

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