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

COBOL Interview Questions

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How many variables can be declared in w-s section.?

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how to move the records from file to array table. give with code example

ADP, Syntel,

2677

db2 variable decimal(15,2) what is the equalent size of cobol variable

Syntel,

2 18584

how do you move only numeric data from A to B 01 A pic x(10) value 'a1b2c34d5e'. 01 B pic x(5).

DELL, Mind Tree,

2 7668

Can we call a CICS program from a batch program or viceversa?If so, how?

3 7758

What happens in the background of spool when we submit a job for compilation and execution... This is a recent question in ibm...Kindly help me.....

IBM,

3 7190

I hv ten records in ps file and i hv say some 15 records in vsam file .i hv empno and age in ps file n empno,empname,dept n desig in vsam file. i hv 2 read the ps file n check wid matching empno in vsam file and then insert all fields from ps and vsam into db2 table....plz help in writin the procedure division

1 5210

If we use GO BACK instead of STOP RUN in cobol?

Temenos,

1 6229

how you will define variables length in cobol.

Temenos,

3 10073

can we declare occurs in 01 level?

Temenos,

2 6577

how to create temporary data set in jcl? what is the use?

Cap Gemini, Temenos,

3 20014

How to concatenation one or more string?

Temenos,

4 13953

If we use GO BACK instead of STOP RUN in cobol?

Temenos,

2 7849

file status 00 is checked after opening the file or reading the file

John Deere,

4 8423

What is the maximum data length for Numeric DataType ?

Cap Gemini,

3 9659

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

3233

Write some characteristics of cobol as means of business language.

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Why did you choose to work with ibm mainframe cobol programming?

1099

) How do u handle errors in BMS macro

2049

What is inspect in cobol ?

1298

What are declaratives and what are their uses in cobol?

1202

Define static linking and dynamic linking.

1190

EXPLAIN MAIN FRAME TESTING PROCESS...HOW TO FIX THE MAINFRAME BUGS?

2541

what is the difference between COBOL2 AND COBOL390?

3051

Can you please let me know the centre name of INS certification in Kolkata.

2244

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

2597

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.

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

2470

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

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

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