Multiple choice technology mainframe

User defined names must follow which one of the following rules?

  1. Names must be 10 or less characters.

  2. Names must contain at least 1 alpha character in any position.

  3. Names must be lower case.

  4. Multiple word names must be separated with an underscore.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

COBOL requires user-defined names to contain at least one alphabetic character. Names can be 1-30 characters, can be mixed case, and hyphens (not underscores) are used in multi-word names. Numeric characters are allowed but not required.

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