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 7859

what happens if we wont give timestamp in precompilation process ?

Covansys,

4 9388

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

Covansys,

3 12592

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

6 27141

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

2 6203

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 12189

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 9292

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

Cognizant,

6 20063

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 11589

what is linkcard in cobol?

TCS,

1 10827

what happens of we dont give time stamp in precompilation process

2 5446

Whtz the specialty of 77 level number ?

Infosys,

2 9572

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 12468

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 7132

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 9012

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Un-Answered Questions { COBOL }

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

1067

Hi pls anybody tell me about " ANALYSIS DOCUMENT PREPARATION AND ESTIMATION OF TASK " (in real time project)."I want to update a sequential file in my project" for that purpose i need both structures i mean analysis document and estimation of task.

2085

i have 10 names in an array and my name is one of them also array is not in sorted order i need to display my name using index how will i do this

1473

What type of SDLC u followed? Why?

1964

What is the difference between Global and External Variables?

1301

) what is the difference between AID and HANDLE AID?

2102

) How do u handle errors in BMS macro

1963

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

1131

Write down the divisions of cobol program?

1155

How to know whether the module is dynamical or statistical?

1087

How do you differentiate between cobol and cobol-ii?

1132

Name some of the examples of COBOl 11?

3085

Which mode is used to operate the sequential file?

1155

Differentiate cobol and cobol-ii. (Most of our programs are written in cobolii, so, it is good to know, how, this is different from cobol)?

1065

What is a report item?

1097

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