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

COBOL Interview Questions

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How do you compile cobol program..?

1 7968

what happens if we wont give timestamp in precompilation process ?

Covansys,

4 9566

what is the use of comp2 ? where can we use it with example ?

Covansys,

3 12757

what happens if we dont close cursor in db2-cobol pgm?

6 27461

what is the diff b/w select stsmt and cursor ?

2 6325

77 a pic x(4) value '1234' -----> instead of this 'abcd' 77 b pic 9(4) value zeros. move a to b what is the answers for both cases? IS it possible? Give me elementary move rules briefly......

8 12485

a pic s9(4) comp b pic s9(4) comp-3 c ???????????????? d ???????????????? move a to c add a+B giving d. what is ur declaration for c,d?

4 9431

The disposition parameter in the jcl is share ( DISP+SHR ) and the program opens file in extend mode what will happen?

Cognizant,

6 20376

I have a Main Program which is calling Sub-Program which is a DB2 pgm. What will happen if I am not closing the cursor used in the Sub-program? Please advise..

iGate,

3 11734

what is linkcard in cobol?

TCS,

1 10910

what happens of we dont give time stamp in precompilation process

2 5555

Whtz the specialty of 77 level number ?

Infosys,

2 9680

77 I pic 99 value 5 Perorm para-A I times. Para -A. move 10 to I. How many times the para-A will be executed.?

TCS,

9 12783

suppose there is one PF having two members PF1 PF2.PF has one unique key Emp ID.could you tell me uniqueness in PF will be effective across members as well ? assume emp iD 3333 is in member PF1 would same Emp id be exist also in member PF2 ?

Tesco HSC, Wipro,

2 7246

If i have a variable A pic 9(2) value 10 Compute A = a - 100 what will be the value of A and will there be any error becoz of the Negative value

CTS,

3 9158

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Un-Answered Questions { COBOL }

Differentiate between structured cobol programming and object-oriented cobol programming.

1147

What are INPUT PROCEDURE and OUTPUT PROCEDURE?

1297

How do you differentiate between cobol and cobol-ii?

1208

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?

1201

In COBOL programming, what is PERFORM? What is VARYING?

1150

How can i load all the data from a file to Table (array) in cobol.How i manage the occurs clause with out reading the file.Any options avilable ? Please can any one help me it is urgent?

2583

What rules are to be followed while using the corresponding options?

1063

What is link edit in cobol?

1195

What is the LINKAGE SECTION used in COBOL?

1528

In COBOL, what is the different between index and subscript?

1245

What is the Purpose of Pointer in the string?

1081

What is the difference between structured cobol programming and object alternativelyiented cobol?

1248

What guidelines should be followed to write a structured cobol prgm?

1148

How to get the last record in vsam file in cluster? And how can you get the kids file records into your cobol program?

1205

which is Best IBM Mainframe Training and Placement Institute in Ameerpet Hyderabad

1504

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