COBOL interview questions – page 5

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  1. How are datasets concatenated explain with example?

  2. Plz tell me how to read/write records form bottom frm a sequential file in cobol?

  3. What is the difference between CONTINUE & NEXT SENTENCE?

  4. In an EVALUATE statement is the order of the WHEN clauses significant?

  5. What are the HIGH Values,LOW values and where we can use?

  6. What are the two cobol verbs that are used in data division? (one is COPY..what is the other)

  7. Without execution cobol program how to see output?

  8. How is sign stored in a COMP field ?

  9. What is a set? What pointers are required, what are possible? How may sets be ordered?

  10. How can we pass data from cobol to JCl?

  11. How do you sort in a COBOL program? Give sort file definition, sort statement syntax and meaning.

  12. How do you define a table/array in COBOL?

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  14. What is autostatus?

  15. Maximum length of a numeric item ________ ?

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

  17. How to include system time & date in the report generation in cobol programing?

  18. How to connect sql to mainframe cobol?

  19. What is the difference between performing a SECTION and a PARAGRAPH?

  20. 77 I PI 9.PERFORM VARYING I FROM 1 BY 1 UNTIL>10DISPLAY 'OK'END-PERFORM.What output/msg is likely when this program is executed thru JCL?

  21. Can I redefine an X(100) field with a field of X(200)?

  22. What was removed from COBOL in the COBOL II implementation?

  23. When would you use in-line perform?

  24. What does a status return code of nn29 mean in relation to record locks.

  25. What is LENGTH in COBOL II?

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  27. What are the different forms of EVALUATE statement?

  28. What is the maximum size of the variable length record?

  29. What is 88 level used for ?

  30. What is SET TO TRUE all about, anyway?

  31. 77 CTR PIC S9(4)V99 VALUE -1234.55.What will be output of the statement DISPLAY CTR?

  32. What is 77 level used for ?

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