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 13833

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 44214

what is the difference between Normal vaiable and comp variable.

DELL,

5 14084

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

IBM,

11 41737

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 16644

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 34778

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

IBM,

4 17341

How to retain the Duplicates in the one records?

CS,

3 10329

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

UST,

3 10266

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 13454

1) can we display the index?

ADP, IBM,

3 27680

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

DCL, IBM,

6 12305

what is S04E error in jcl?

IBM, L&T,

11 72815

What is Static,Dynamic linking ?

2 7199

Can we use icetool in cobol program?

3 9240

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if we display var1 then what will b displayed in below condition. 77 var1 pic s9(2) value -10. 77 var1 pic s9(2) value -11. " " " -12. " " " -13. -14 ... ... -19.

6677

Whats the difference between search & search ALL?

6668

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

1296

When is inspect verb is used in cobol?

1319

How to find out the closest prime number of an input number? I believe it has something to do with SEARCH and COBOL Linear Array.

4213

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

1546

Difference between array and sub-script ?

1710

What are different data types in cobol?

1390

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.

5797

How do you define a variable of comp-1 and comp-2?

1260

What are the rules of the move verb?

1325

What are declaratives and what are their uses in cobol?

1264

what is difference bt COND, REGION & TIME parameters at JOB & EXEC. give an exp.

9183

What are the different rules for performing sort operation?

1283

What is amode(24)?

1299

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