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

COBOL Interview Questions

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When the working storage variables get allocated? a.At Compile time b.At starting of the run time c.At end of the run time. d.None of these

Wipro,

6 13587

i want to use only first 100 records from a file.plz tell me how to write JCL for this(for read,copy,write operations).plz give me details of all posible JCL utilities?

CTS,

7 43929

what is the difference between Normal vaiable and comp variable.

DELL,

5 13892

How to read the last 100 records from a COBOL file. The file contains N number of records.

IBM,

11 41300

What is the significance of the PROGRAM-ID paragraph? If this name doesnt match with the name of the COBOL program, does it make a difference? Is the name specified in the PROGRAM-ID paragraph used as a name for the load module or any such thing?

IBM,

4 16472

How to find whether a Flat file is empty or not without Reading a file in COBOL Program. (not using JCL)

Bank Of America,

9 34501

How to display the index.(displacement from an array)

IBM,

4 17171

How to retain the Duplicates in the one records?

CS,

3 10191

How to retrive the 9th records out of ten records using the cobol program ?

UST,

3 10109

i have the following varibles in the working storage 05 ws-A PIC X(30) VALUE 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRESTUVWXYZ ' 05 WS-B REDEFINES WS-A 10 WS-B1 PIC X(10). 10 WS-B2 PIC 9(10). 10 WS-B3 PIC X(10). If I Display B1, B2 and B3 respectively, what is the value displayed in B2

9 13116

1) can we display the index?

ADP, IBM,

3 27553

Can we access the a[0] in the array ?

DCL, IBM,

6 12086

what is S04E error in jcl?

IBM, L&T,

11 72375

What is Static,Dynamic linking ?

2 7053

Can we use icetool in cobol program?

3 9078

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If you are current on the owner of a set, what is the difference between an obtain next and obtain first? Actually in which topic will we use dis???Plz explain it clearly

3164

What are INPUT PROCEDURE and OUTPUT PROCEDURE?

1297

what is the difference between COBOL2 AND COBOL390?

3051

can anybody post me about file-aid and changemen tools pls and give me reference if any mainframe guys are there

2375

What is the difference between external and global variables in COBOL?

1463

can you please let me know if there is any walkins for COBOL/PLI/DB2/IMS/JCL in pune other than IBM and ITC infotech

2429

Define cobol?

1403

Explain how to differentiate call by context by comparing it to other calls?

1186

How do you get the data to code the BMS macro?

1971

Can you please let me know the centre name of INS certification in Kolkata.

2244

Describe the cobol database components?

1174

What is Pic 9v99 Indicates in COBOL?

1258

Write a program to explain size error.

1199

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

5373

What type of SDLC u followed? Why?

1999

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