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Indicate which one of the following is correct

  1. 01 level entry cannot have any picture clause.

  2. 01 level entries may appear in any section of the Data Division.

  3. 01 level entries may appear only in the File Section.

  4. 01 level entries may appear only in the working-storage section and that too after all 77 level entries.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

01 level entries are record-level descriptions in COBOL's Data Division and can appear in multiple sections: File Section (for file records), Working-Storage Section (for internal data), Linkage Section (for parameters), and Communication Section. They are not restricted to any single section. Option A is wrong because 01 level entries can and often do have picture clauses for elementary items within the record structure.

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