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

2 4752

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

ADP, Syntel,

2200

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

Syntel,

2 17155

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 6346

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

3 6375

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 5913

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 4400

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

Temenos,

1 5341

how you will define variables length in cobol.

Temenos,

3 8650

can we declare occurs in 01 level?

Temenos,

2 5390

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

Cap Gemini, Temenos,

3 18265

How to concatenation one or more string?

Temenos,

4 12281

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

Temenos,

2 6849

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

John Deere,

4 6841

What is the maximum data length for Numeric DataType ?

Cap Gemini,

3 8285


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What is the difference between structured cobol programming and object alternativelyiented cobol programming?

690


How do we get current date from system with century in COBOL?

778


What is the compute verb? How is it used?

642


Which is not true about evaluate statement

1555


How do you code cobol to access a parameter that has been defined in jcl? And do you code the parm parameter on the exec line in jcl?

681






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

799


What are the different data types in cobol?

774


Mention the guidelines to write a structured cobol program?

597


Name some of the examples of COBOl 11?

2665


What is the difference between Global and External Variables?

648


Define static linking and dynamic linking.

646


Write the code to count the sum of n natural numbers.

692


In COBOL programming, what is PERFORM? What is VARYING?

662


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

703


What is amode(24), amode(31), rmode(24) and rmode(any) (applicable to only mvsesa enterprise server) ?

658