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 23775

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

2 7772

what is difference between the sysabend and userabend?

2 7834

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

Cap Gemini,

7 13327

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

CGI,

3 23744

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

TCS,

3 10316

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 12288

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

Steria,

4 10723

When and how can we use index & subscript ?

2 6607

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

TCS,

4 12098

What is R-mode and A-mode?

TCS,

3 11064

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 6000

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 9720

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

2 6282

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..?

1 7380

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What the difference is between continue and next sentence?

1221

What is the default value(s) for an initialize? What keyword will allow for an override of the default?

1169

What are INPUT PROCEDURE and OUTPUT PROCEDURE?

1367

Our issue is there seems to be a disconnect, or no link, between our SELECT statement and our SD. We had SELECT SORT-FILE and SELECT SORT-FILE ASSIGN TO SORTWRK. ASSIGN TO SORTWRK1 SORTWRK2 SORTWRK3 SORTWRK4. with SD SORT_FILE RECORD CONTAINS 7833 CHARACTERS. In either case, at run time, the system ignored our SORTWRK# DD statements and allocated 16 sort works with the SORTWK## naming convention. Any ideas why the system does not recognize the connection? We do not even need the SORTWRK DD statements. Thanks

3019

Discuss about changing dataset name in proc.

1296

What are literals?

1185

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

2396

Write a cobol program making use of the redefine clause.

1229

Which mode is used to operate the sequential file?

1257

i made it to stage 3 of an interview process wednessday they will quiz my knowledge again face to face for an analyst role recruiter said it will be based on Business requirements system is cobol and good ideas what they might ask etc

2639

What are the different data types in cobol?

1515

How do you reference the fixed block file formats from cobol programs

1289

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

1443

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

1499

What rules are followed by the search verb.

1199

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