Multiple choice technology mainframe

Is the following Evaluate clause with no WHEN phrase coded syntactically valid?? (True-YES/False-No) EVALUATE A ALSO B END-EVALUATE.

  1. True

  2. False

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B Correct answer
Explanation

In COBOL, the EVALUATE statement requires at least one WHEN phrase to specify the conditions under which statements are executed. An EVALUATE statement containing no WHEN phrases is syntactically invalid, so the statement is false.