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

COBOL Interview Questions

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ID DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. PLO. DATA DIVISION. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 VAR1 PIC 9(2). 01 VAR2 PIC X(2). PROCEDURE DIVISION. ACCEPT VAR2. MOVE VAR2 TO VAR1. STOP RUN. if i give 'PI' in var2 then what will b output of progr. any abend?????

TCS,

6 14272

can u give result for the fallowing example... 05 a pic 9(2) 05 b redifines a pic x(2). move 'xy' to b. display a,b.

IBM,

10 12322

How do pass the values to the parameters in cobol

2 6008

SUPPOSE I HAVE 60 CHARACTERS STING. IN THAT I WANT FIND OUT HOW MANY TIMES 'A'(ASSUME)WILL REPEATED AND I HAVE TO PASS 'E' IN PLACE OF 'A'ALONG THAT STRING.

Wipro,

2 6827

) How do you access the migrate the data from production region to development region

IBM,

1 4509

Where the Plan is located in CICS-DB2

IBM,

2 6217

How do you get the data to code the BMS macro?

IBM,

1924

what are the working storage fields in BMS macro?

IBM,

2 3497

what is the difference between PA & PF keys?

IBM,

1 5159

Whats the difference between search & search ALL?

IBM,

3 6374

If I want to increase the Limit in GDG. What should I do?

IBM,

1 6236

how do u list the abended jobs?

IBM,

1 4298

)If there are 10 steps in GDG, if I want to refer the step2 after step5 . what should I do?

IBM,

1956

What is ASKTIME, SUSPEND

IBM,

1 4894

) what is the difference between AID and HANDLE AID?

IBM,

2101

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

1118

HOw can I get the negative sign while deduct high value from low value

2213

What is length is cobol?

1064

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

2484

What type of SDLC u followed? Why?

1964

what is s000 u4087 error? please give the all error codes in cobol,jcl.

17802

How can i load all the data from a file to Table (array) in cobol.How i manage the occurs clause with out reading the file.Any options avilable ? Please can any one help me it is urgent?

2535

I need to compare 3 variables(dates) and do some processing based on the earliest date. There could be more then 1 date record in any of the 3 fields. What is the best way to code this?

2229

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.

2164

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

1192

Which mode is used to operate the sequential file?

1155

Mention the guidelines to write a structured cobol program?

1032

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

2633

What is the difference between PIC 9.99 and 9v99 in COBOL?

1249

example for sub strings ? and refernce modifications whit output pls

2271

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