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  1. Without execution cobol program how to see output?How to rename input filename and outputfile name?3) Wat is flag?4) What is impact analysis what basis how will you write test cases?5) How you sea output of cics command?6) How are datasets concatenated ex

  2. What is the difference between write & move in COBOL.?What is the meaning of 'TALLING' verb in cobol?What is the meaning of 'Eject' verb in cobol?

  3. What is the difference between CI( CONTROL INTERVAL)and CA(CONTROL AREA). I refereed SAB A ZAMIR JCL book in that he said collection of CI is called CA but in next page (286) he explained this with showing one CI as a CA. Can you please let me know the di

  4. Is more than one record description is allowed in a FD?Is NUMERIC EDIT fields can be used for Arithmatic operations?3) Is COMPUTE P,Q,W = A+ B/C -E ** 2 is a valid statement?4) Is LINKAGE SECTION is mandatory in a sub program?5) In edit fiels the characte

  5. Is it possible that the REDEFINES clause has different picture clauses compared to the one it redefined?

  6. How many dimensions does cobol have ?Why cobol is written in coding sheet?Why is the cobol program used?is it still in use?is it for business purpose?

  7. Can we reverse the string in cobol ? See the following problem :77 NAME PIC X(10) VALUE 'MANOJ'77 SRNAME PIC X(10).I want JONAM in SRNAME.

  8. Deference between C'language and cobol.

  9. What is meant by abbend and what is the difference between abbend and error.when does and why dose it come.what are the types?

  10. What are the sections available in Data division in COBOL?

  11. How you can read the file from bottom?

  12. Can we fetch/ select in working storage section varibales directly without using the host variables?

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  14. Write a COBOL program for Matrix Addition?

  15. Explain me about Report Section.

  16. How to publish powerplay reports using PPES?Explain the steps??

  17. What is AMODE(24), AMODE(31), RMODE(24) and RMODE(ANY)? ( applicable to onlyMVS/ESA Enterprise Server).

  18. What is a scope terminator? Give examples.

  19. What is the difference between RETURN CODE & MAXCC CODE

  20. What is the maximum value that can be stored in S9(8) COMP?

  21. Why can't occurs clause be used at 01 level ?

  22. How many bytes does a S9(7) SIGN TRAILING SEPARATE field occupy ?

  23. What is the linkage section?

  24. What is SSRANGE, NOSSRANGE?

  25. What is file status 39 ?

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  27. In edit fiels the character used for check protection is __________

  28. What is the maximum size of a 01 level item in COBOL I? in COBOL II?

  29. How many bytes will a S9(8) COMP field occupy ?

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

  31. What is COMP SYNC?

  32. How to rename input filename and outputfile name?

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