COBOL Interview Questions
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How do you compile cobol program..?

1 7065

what happens if we wont give timestamp in precompilation process ?

Covansys,

4 7726

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

Covansys,

3 11398

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

6 24523

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

2 5160

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 9833

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 8013

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

Cognizant,

6 17540

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 10171

what is linkcard in cobol?

TCS,

1 9952

what happens of we dont give time stamp in precompilation process

2 4535

Whtz the specialty of 77 level number ?

Infosys,

2 8323

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 10018

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 6100

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 7866


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1.give the details about WHEN OTHER. 2. how many form are available in evaluate.

1592


What is the problem of ordered sequential files access?

671


Which is the default, TEST BEFORE or TEST AFTER for a PERFORM statement?

784


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.

3689


What is the difference between a binary search and a sequential search what are the pertinent cobol?

702






How to read the 2nd last record of a VSAM file? (The file size is huge and we don't know the key)

2686


What are the different types of condition in cobol and write their forms.

633


Describe the cobol database components?

649


For rewrite, why is it mandatory that file needs to be opened?

598


What is the difference between Call and a Link?

674


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

789


What is the difference between Structured COBOL Programming and Object Oriented COBOL programming?

650


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

623


What is the difference between binary search and sequential search?

609


Give some examples of command terminators?

733