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

COBOL Interview Questions

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Can we dynamically increase the size of occurs clause? i.e In case I an not sure of the size of array and want to increase the size at run time.If yes , how?

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I have a variable account-number declared as comp-3, s9(10) comp-3 in a file. How do i find a particular account number say 123456 in that file?

3 8232

Suppose i want to declare a binary comp fild of 7 byte .how to write?

IBM,

6 11344

I am sending values a and b with pic x(10) and pic x(10) by using call statement. In linkage section, I am receiving values with pic x(10) and pic x(11). Will my program fail? will it be compile error or run time abend?

3 7181

What is JOBLIB and STEPLIB in JCL? what is the purpose of using it?

1 16608

is this below syntax correct? CALL 'subprg' using A,B Please help

2 5658

COBOL Snippet: Tell where the control will when the below code execute IF (A=B) CONTINUE ELSE NEXT SENTENCE PERFORM END-IF.

HCL,

7 13923

can i give 9(10) in comp 3 instead of s9(10) ? if i can give wht would be ths ans

DELL,

2 7515

wht is load module and object module ?

DELL, TCS,

2 14818

wht is structured cobol pgm and non structred cobol pgm ?

CTS, DELL,

1 3991

how can we get current dat and time thru cobol pgm

DELL,

3 11561

how can i see junk values in dclgen or in hostvariable of comp ?

DELL,

3003

can any one give good example for cond 88 level number and for renames pls urgent dudes ?

DELL,

3 8776

how will u code parm parameter and where pls ?

DELL,

3 7877

wht is the difference between goto and perform stmts

DELL,

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can you please let me know if there is any walkins for COBOL/PLI/DB2/IMS/JCL in pune other than IBM and ITC infotech

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

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

1140

2 input fles: 2 flat files, with different number of records. both are having unique key for each record and already sorted in ascending order . match these files using unique key and in output only matching key value has to be written. please procide cobol logic

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Explain about different table spaces.

1107

If you are current on the owner of a set, what is the difference between an obtain next and obtain first? Actually in which topic will we use dis???Plz explain it clearly

3164

How did the release of cobol/370 version 1.3 improve the performance of release 1.1?

1084

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

1243

How do define dynamic array in cobol.

1142

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.

4173

What is the difference between next sentence and continue in cobol programing language?

1222

Explain the configuration section of a cobol program with examples of syntax.

1200

How do you get the data to code the BMS macro?

1971

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

1148

Why do we code s9 (4) comp. Inspite of knowing comp-3 will occupy less space?

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