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

COBOL Interview Questions

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What guidelines should be followed to write a structured Cobol program?

1 5035

What is the purpose of Identification Division?

1 5947

How can I tell if a module is being called DYNAMICALLY or STATICALLY?

CTS,

3 14195

In the JCL, how do you define the files referred to in a subroutine ?

2 10886

COMP field occupy ?

2 8427

for an INITIALIZE and what keyword allows for an override of the default.

2 6117

What are the steps you go through while creating a COBOL program executable?

3 10968

What are some examples of command terminators?

1 8937

Why occurs can not be used in 01 level ?

TCS,

2 9732

What is the use of EVALUATE statement?

Tesco,

4 10892

What is the difference between a binary search and a sequential search?

3 8898

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

4 9583

Difference between next and continue clause

Kanbay,

4 9994

What divisions, sections and paragraphs are mandatory for a COBOL program?

Arigo Infotech,

8 27339

What is the mode in which you will OPEN a file for writing?

4 13181

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Un-Answered Questions { COBOL }

What are literals?

1185

When is inspect verb is used in cobol?

1319

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?

1252

which is Best IBM Mainframe Training and Placement Institute in Ameerpet Hyderabad

1555

input 1 input2 ouput1 output2 output 3 1 re 300 1 re 200 1 re 300 3 rc 500 1 re 200 2 rr 400 1 re 300 2 rr 400 1 rc 400 3 rc 500 1 rc 400 2 rr 700 2 rr 700 5 tt 900 5 tt 900 2 inputs r in flat file and output 1 is matched records,ouptput2 is unmatched of input1,output3 is unmatched of input2! how vl u get the output files using sequential order and to check with each and every records! let me know the procedure division ?

2357

What is the difference between a binary search and a sequential search what are the pertinent cobol?

1199

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

1139

What are the cobol coding sheets?

1365

What are various search techniques in cobol? Explain.

1113

What are INPUT PROCEDURE and OUTPUT PROCEDURE?

1367

Explain the configuration section of a cobol program with examples of syntax.

1266

What are all the divisions of a COBOL program?

1276

What is the LINKAGE SECTION used in COBOL?

1608

how do you reference the variable unblock file formats from cobol programs

1382

Give some examples of command terminators?

1327

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