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COBOL Interview Questions

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A table has two indexes defined. Which one will be used by the SEARCH?

1283

What are all the divisions of a COBOL program?

1217

What is the difference between Global and External Variables?

1377

What are the different rules to perform a Search?

1098

What is a SSRANGE and NOSSRANGE?

1467

Which division and paragraphs are mandatory for a COBOL program?

1276

What happens when we move a comp-3 field to an edited (say z (9). Zz-)?

1407

How many bytes do a s9 (7) comp-3 field occupy?

1 1897

Explain how to differentiate call by context by comparing it to other calls?

1186

What is an in line perform? When would you use it? Anything else you wish to say about it.

1076

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?

1203

What is comp-1 and comp-2?

1230

What is the default value(s) for an initialize and what keyword allows for an override of the default?

1211

What is amode(24)?

1238

What are 77 levels used for?

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

1181

What is redefines clause in COBOL?

1293

What is a report item?

1141

Which mode is used to operate the sequential file?

1205

how do you reference the printer file formats from cobol programs

1219

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

1221

What is Pic 9v99 Indicates in COBOL?

1258

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 ......

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

1243

How to print 10 to 1 if the input have only 10 digit number?

1262

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

1463

Why occurs cannot be used in 01 level in COBOL?

1160

What are the different rules to perform a Search?

1098

How to get the last record in vsam file in cluster? And how can you get the ksds file records into your cobol program?

1143

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

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