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COBOL Interview Questions

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diffrence between z(2) and z9(2)

Cap Gemini,

4 21730

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

2 6644

what is difference between the sysabend and userabend?

2 6736

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

Cap Gemini,

7 10975

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

CGI,

3 21790

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

TCS,

3 8891

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 9691

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

Steria,

4 9231

When and how can we use index & subscript ?

2 5429

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

TCS,

4 10195

What is R-mode and A-mode?

TCS,

3 9357

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 4796

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 8004

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

2 5108

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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Difference between array and sub-script ?

1147

I have a File that has duplicate records. I need only those records that occur more than thrice.?

8589

What is the difference between binary search and sequential search?

629

what is the difference between COBOL2 AND COBOL390?

2436

Is it possible that the redefines clause has different picture clauses compared to the one it redefined?

663

What are the pertinent COBOL

2032

How do get the result of your program directly on your pc?

1870

What is the difference between goback, stop run and exit program in cobol?

908

Explain how you can characterize tables in cobol?

632

What is the Purpose of POINTER Phrase in STRING command in COBOL?

707

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

631

What are literals?

619

IF I mention stop run in CICS what happens?

1882

How to print 10 to 1 if the input have only 10 digit number?

799

Why is it necessary that file needs to be opened in I-O mode for REWRITE?

730

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