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 9966

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

2 21283

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

CGI, Principal Finance,

6 14450

Can we use goto statement in inline_perform ?

IBM,

5 10308

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 29981

can we use go to statement inline-perform?

IBM,

7 12920

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

2 9214

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 11631

What is normalisation?

IBM,

2 6765

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

Polaris,

6 9591

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

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

14 73754

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

IBM,

6 16054

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 12480

What is EIBCALEN? Why it is used?

ADP,

9 37652

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

5 8690

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Un-Answered Questions { COBOL }

How do you code cobol to access a parameter that has been defined in jcl? And do you code the parm parameter on the exec line in jcl?

1160

What are the cobol coding sheets?

1195

What is inspect in cobol ?

1255

Can a Search can be done on a table with or without Index?

1248

How many sections are there in data division in COBOL?

1092

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

1195

Write some characteristics of cobol as means of business language.

1093

What are the rules of the move verb?

1211

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

1078

What are the pertinent COBOL

2517

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 ......

12209

if we have " ibm mainframe ",in that how to remove first and last leading space eg:"ibm mainframe" like that the answer we need

1306

how do you define single dimensional array and multidimensional array in your cobol?

1057

i want to learn mainframe..any websites and material to learn from basic..? my mail id : rajeswaribe2010@gmail.com

2181

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

1254

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