Multiple choice technology mainframe

When using DISPLAY statement, on the system punch device, the last eight characters are used for

  1. Line Number

  2. PROGRAM-ID name

  3. User ID

  4. Nothing

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Explanation

In COBOL, when using the DISPLAY statement on the system punch device, the last eight characters are reserved for the PROGRAM-ID name. This is a convention in mainframe COBOL environments for identifying the source program in output listings.