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

COBOL Interview Questions

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why we are using set in searchall?

IBM,

4 8101

i need a program by giving input as a abcd in any randem order but i need a output as 1234 related to abcd. i.e,. a for 1,b=2,c.....etc..

IBM,

5 9975

why we are using picture clause in the cobol programs?

2 7390

i need a small 3d program using inline and outline.

2207

i want a program using by if, evaluate , string, unstring, perform, occurs?

1 4722

How to delete the records of a dataset through cobol programme?We should not use jcl utilitities like IDCAMS.

2 9607

suppose a cobol programme A calling programme B,C and D. If C undergoes some change what if A,B,C,D need to be recompiled or only C nee to be recompliled.

IBM,

2 8807

How do u know what version of cobol u are using?

3 15706

How to replace the GOTO statement in COBOL without changing the structure of program. e.g. consider following code... I.D. E.D. D.D. P.D. compute C = A + B. GOTO para 100-display. compute D = C - D. GOTO 200-display. some other logic...... ........ GOTO 300-para. ...... ...... GOTO 400-para. Now I want to replacce all GOTO statements without changing the structure and otput of program.

Accenture,

6 23198

I have program P1 which calls file F1 which has 100 records and following structure 001 .................. 002 .................. 003 .................. 098 .................... 099 ................... 100 .................... Now I want to read these files and write these records in file F2 in following manner. 001 ...... 051 ..... 002 ...... 052 ..... 003 ...... 053 ..... .......... ....... .......... ....... .......... ....... 048 ........ 098 ...... 049 .......... 099 ....... 050 .... 100 ......

Accenture,

4 12376

Why we need to use redefine clause when we can define the variable seperately... what is actual need....

Accenture,

5 14958

copy 100 records without using ibm utilities

3 8909

record length in spool?

Infosys,

2 7255

what is the use of outrecord?

2215

what is a zoned decimal data type and how it will be stored?

IBM,

2 8441

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

1095

can anybody post me about file-aid and changemen tools pls and give me reference if any mainframe guys are there

2375

What is the difference between comp and comp-3 usage?

1199

How many sections are there in data division in COBOL?

1133

what happens if parmparameter passes zero bytes to the program

2131

What are the different open modes available in cobol?

1190

Explain how will you differentiate between an internal and an external sort, the pros and cons, internal sort syntax etc

1249

Why do we code s9 (4) comp. Inspite of knowing comp-3 will occupy less space?

1151

what is the use of outrecord?

2215

What is the difference between PIC 9.99 and PIC9v99?

1338

Discuss about changing dataset name in proc.

1234

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

1252

What is the problem of ordered sequential files access?

1161

How can you get the ksds file records into your cobol program?

1100

What is rmode(24)

1141

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