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COBOL Interview Questions

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wht is the diff b/w if and evaluate stmts ?

DELL,

2 6390

which one is better among static call and dynamic call?

3 7194

please..could u give an example about USAGE IS POINTER ..and explain why and when we use it ?

EDS,

2470

Can we put move statement in COBOL copybook

Global Logic,

3 15457

what will happen if i give program name and member name as different? program runs successful or w'll abend?

CTS,

5 12210

can we read in input the file with a variable length ? please , how ..could you help me ?

EDS,

3 9476

example for sub strings ? and refernce modifications whit output pls

College School Exams Tests, IBM,

2317

how to display date in reverse order if the pic clause of the is numeric suppose date is 09032010 ==> need to print in 20100309 (pic clause is numeric)

6 9147

what happens when a copybook variables are declared using include statement ?

IBM,

3 8780

where will we code call by content and call by reference dude pls reply soon ?

2 6396

how can u find out just by seeing wheater it is main program or sub program ? any two ways to identify reply soon ?

2 6514

which is faster either static call or dynamic call ? and specify the reasons for it ? reply fast

1 5857

wht do u mean by (*,intrdr) wht is * used for ?

2 12296

how can we code index in an array of cobol pgm?

Wipro,

1 7529

how can we fetch 3 records in cobol pgm any coding pls ?

CGI,

3 9377

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Un-Answered Questions { COBOL }

Explain how will you differentiate between an internal and an external sort, the pros and cons, internal sort syntax etc

1249

How to traceback if I am getting SOC7 or SOC4 abend? List down the steps

5373

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

1148

Write a program to enter and display the names of students in a class using the occurs clause.

1206

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

1115

What is the difference between Call and a Link?

1194

What rules are followed by the search verb.

1111

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

1216

input 1 input2 ouput1 output2 output 3 1 re 300 1 re 200 1 re 300 3 rc 500 1 re 200 2 rr 400 1 re 300 2 rr 400 1 rc 400 3 rc 500 1 rc 400 2 rr 700 2 rr 700 5 tt 900 5 tt 900 2 inputs r in flat file and output 1 is matched records,ouptput2 is unmatched of input1,output3 is unmatched of input2! how vl u get the output files using sequential order and to check with each and every records! let me know the procedure division ?

2294

I have to write to a outfile where the number of records in that file should be the header of that file using IMS.. can anyone help me in this issue

2538

If you are current on the owner of a set, what is the difference between obtain next and obtain first?

1343

) what is the difference between AID and HANDLE AID?

2151

Whats the difference between search & search ALL?

6531

How many bytes S(8) comp field occupy and its maximum value?

2140

what happens if parmparameter passes zero bytes to the program

2131

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