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The SYNCHRONIZED LEFT / RIGHT clause which specifies alignment of elementary data item on storage boundary can be specified for data items defined with USAGE IS INDEX.

  1. True

  2. False

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Explanation

The SYNCHRONIZED clause in COBOL specifies alignment of data items on storage boundaries for efficient access. INDEX items (used with OCCURS for table processing) can use SYNCHRONIZED LEFT or RIGHT to control their alignment. This optimization improves performance on systems with specific alignment requirements.