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COBOL Interview Questions

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How do you compile cobol program..?

1 8075

what happens if we wont give timestamp in precompilation process ?

Covansys,

4 9741

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

Covansys,

3 12909

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

6 27742

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

2 6423

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 12820

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 9590

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

Cognizant,

6 20656

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 11870

what is linkcard in cobol?

TCS,

1 10989

what happens of we dont give time stamp in precompilation process

2 5654

Whtz the specialty of 77 level number ?

Infosys,

2 9809

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 13157

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 7359

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 9333

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Un-Answered Questions { COBOL }

Mention the guidelines to write a structured cobol program?

1145

) what is the difference between AID and HANDLE AID?

2202

how do you reference the ksds vsam file formats from cobol programs

1248

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

1260

) how do u code after getting data?

2212

What is amode(24)?

1299

what is the difference between COBOL2 AND COBOL390?

3117

Have you used comp and comp-3 in your project? And how?

2525

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

1144

)If there are 10 steps in GDG, if I want to refer the step2 after step5 . what should I do?

2069

What is redefines clause in COBOL?

1351

What is the difference between perform … with test after and perform … with test before?

1503

What is the utilization of copybook in cobol? Could we utilize a similar copybook?

1276

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

1546

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

2520

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