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 4825

What is the purpose of Identification Division?

1 5733

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

CTS,

3 13872

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

2 10616

COMP field occupy ?

2 8150

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

2 5894

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

3 10624

What are some examples of command terminators?

1 8721

Why occurs can not be used in 01 level ?

TCS,

2 9511

What is the use of EVALUATE statement?

Tesco,

4 10498

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

3 8603

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

4 9203

Difference between next and continue clause

Kanbay,

4 9629

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

Arigo Infotech,

8 26586

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

4 12688

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Un-Answered Questions { COBOL }

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?

1148

What is difference between static and dynamic call in cobol?

1303

If you are current on the owner of a set, what is the difference between obtain next and obtain first?

1239

Which Search verb is equivalent to PERFORM…VARYING?

1002

what is amode(24), amode(31), rmode(24) and rmode(any)?

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?

1088

Difference between cobol and cobol-ii?

1197

Have you used the sort in your project?for this type of questions any working on real time project give the eg. with real time scenario.

2400

What are the pertinent COBOL

2513

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

1220

State the various causes of s0c1, s0c5 and s0c7.

1030

I have to write to a outfile where the number of records in that file should be the header of that file using IMS.. can anyone help me in this issue

2487

How do you define a variable of comp-1 and comp-2?

1138

What are declaratives and what are their uses in cobol?

1138

What are the pertinent COBOL commands?

3108

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