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

COBOL Interview Questions

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diffrence between z(2) and z9(2)

Cap Gemini,

4 23381

9(2).99 how many bytes take? Why . consider as a byte?

2 7533

what is difference between the sysabend and userabend?

2 7574

which one is the best of com and com-3.using of real time ?

Cap Gemini,

7 12860

where do u use low-value and high value in cobol

CGI,

3 23398

how can u redefine picx(10) with pic 9(6).

TCS,

3 9992

I HAVE FOLLOWING DECLARATION. 02. A PIC X(10) VALUE 'XXXXXXXXXX'. 02. B REDEFINES A. 05. C PIC X(3). 05. D PIC X(3). 05. E PIC 9(3). IN MY PROG, I HAVE MOVE 1 TO E. DISPLAY A. WHAT WILL BE DISPLAYED AS A RESULT OF THIS? PLEASE EXPLAIN THE ANSWER. THANKS.

Amdocs,

7 11740

01 x pic s9(8) comp. How will the following value be internally allocated '18787'

Steria,

4 10389

When and how can we use index & subscript ?

2 6392

i want to store 20 digits . h will u do it in cobol ?

TCS,

4 11731

What is R-mode and A-mode?

TCS,

3 10729

Hi , I am posting some questons which are asked at interview. These may help u for ur interview... what is static and dynamic call?

TCS,

2 5757

Hi, My interviewer ask A calls B and C calls B, a and b are static c and b are dynamic.what happens if they compile and execute at same time.

iGate,

3 9439

subscript and index r not coded in u r application program what will happen?

2 6059

here is my compile and link edit steps in a jcl //COMPILE1 JOB (3CUS,S),'CCDM TEST' //STEPNAME EXEC PGM=IGYCRCTL,PARM='DYNAM,RENT,LIB,OBJECT, // OFFSET,APOST,OPTIMIZE',REGION=4096K //STEPLIB DD DSNAME=PM7351.TEST2.COB,DISP=SHR //SYSIN DD DSNAME=PM7351.TEST2.COB(PGM1),DISP=SHR //SYSUT1 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT2 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT3 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT4 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT5 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT6 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT7 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSLIN DD DSNAME=&&LOAD,DISP=(MOD,PASS),UNIT=SYSDA, // SPACE=(10,(10,10)),DCB=BLKSIZE=400 //LKED EXEC PGM=IEWL,REGION=1024K //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=A //SYSLIB DD DSN=PM7351.TEST2.LOADLIB,DISP=SHR // DD DSN=PM7351.TEST2.COB(PGM1),DISP=SHR //SYSLMOD DD DSN=PM7351.TEST2.LOADLIB, // DISP=SHR //SYSUT1 DD UNIT=SYSDA,DCB=BLKSIZE=1024,SPACE=(CYL,(1,1)) //SYSTERM DD SYSOUT=* //SYSLIN DD DSN=&&LOAD,DISP=(OLD,DELETE) //SYSIN DD DUMMY i am getting IEW2013I 0F08 NO MEMBER NAME WAS SPECIFIED. MODULE WAS SAVED USING TEMPNAM1. could any one tell me the resolution for this..?

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

1362

What kind of error is trapped by on size error option?

1178

input= ,,,, mainframe training ,,, hyderabad .... location.... output1=$ mainframe training in hyderabad location$ output2=**** mainframe training in hyderabad location ****. In this pgn when we give input considering the spaces the output is displayed in this format.Like in the place of ,,,, $ should be displayed likewise.So please helpmeout.

2159

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

5318

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)?

1061

How do define dynamic array in cobol. how do you define single dimensional array and multidimensional array in your cobol?

1188

What are the various section in data division and briefly explain them.

1112

What is perform what is varying?

1112

How to change size of Initial number of records to *NOMAX for ALL PF files from perticular library, how can I do that

3174

What do you understand by psb and acb?

1058

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

1373

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

1095

how can we apply for HSBC exam(Mainframe) in India??? i went to their site and was told to submit my CV ,. etc..( totally confusing...)

2337

What the difference is between continue and next sentence?

1106

if we have " ibm mainframe ",in that how to remove first and last leading space eg:"ibm mainframe" like that the answer we need

1293

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