Question 1

What does the INITIALIZE verb do?

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Alphabetic, Alphanumeric fields & alphanumeric edited items are set to SPACES
Numeric, Numeric edited items set to ZERO.
FILLER , OCCURS DEPENDING ON items left untouched.
All the Above.

Answer

Correct Option: D

Question 2

TYPE=SCAN What does it do?

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Scans JCL for errors.
Invalid Syntax
Scans for previous executing jobs
Does nothing!

Answer

Correct Option: A

Question 3

When I try to browse my Colleague's latest GDG tape version, What will I get?

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What's the problem is browsing it? Only editing is not possible.
Security Violation / Access Denied.
Cant browse a latest GDG tape version.
Cant browse a latest GDG tape version, but can browse own datasets.

Answer

Correct Option: C

Question 4

REPLACING option of a COPY statement will

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Replace the copybook with another.
The option is invalid with copy statement.
It allows for the same copy to be used more than once in the same code by changing the replace value.
Has no impact.

Answer

Correct Option: C

Question 5

How can I delete a record from an ESDS file?

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Just go with normal delete process it will go fine.
Can delete only if the record is obtained by a random read.
Are you nuts? How can you delete a record from a ESDS file?
Using SORT utility

Answer

Correct Option: C

Question 6

OCCURS clause cannot be used in 01 Level

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Occurs clause in 01 cant be done because 01 is the top most level.
Who said so, you can use it, I bet!
Occurs clause is there to repeat fields with same format, not the records.
Stack will over flow.

Answer

Correct Option: C

Question 7

EXIT - What does it do?

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Does Nothing!
Terminates the program.
Terminates the paragraph.
Terminates the loop.

Answer

Correct Option: A

Question 8

Maximum number of steps a job can have is

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Unlimited
255
125
Limited to business requirement

Answer

Correct Option: B

Question 9

What if you code GO BACK instead of STOP RUN in a independent COBOL program

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What's the problem in it? Will go fine!
Program goes in infinite loop.
Program will not execute.
Compiler throws error.

Answer

Correct Option: B

Question 10

How do you define COMP-1 / COMP-2?

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DEFINE WS-VAR PIC(9) COMP-1
01 WS-VAR PIC(9) COMP-1
01 WS-VAR USAGE COMP-1
Author should learn COBOL

Answer

Correct Option: C

Question 11

JUSTIFIED can be used only with the following data types :

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ALPHABETIC, ALPHANUMERIC
ALPHABETIC, ALPHANUMERIC, NUMERIC
ALPHABETIC, NUMERIC
ALPHANUMERIC, NUMERIC

Answer

Correct Option: A

Question 12

REDEFINE X(250) by X(245) - Is it possible

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Yes
No
X(245) can be refined to X(250)
Author should learn COBOL

Answer

Correct Option: A

Question 13

Modes to OPEN a file for writing :

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INPUT
I-O, OUTPUT
I-O, OUTPUT, EXTEND
OUTPUT, EXTEND

Answer

Correct Option: D

Question 14

Maximum number of in-stream procedures in a JCL can be

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As usual, Unlimited.
1
15
255

Answer

Correct Option: C

Question 15

Maximum size of 01 level item?

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Unlimited
16777215
Limited to DASD
Author should learn COBOL

Answer

Correct Option: B

Question 16

Where will be the sign stored in COMP field?

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How can u store a sign in COMP?huh!
You can store sign only in COMP-3
Most significant bit
Most significant byte

Answer

Correct Option: C

Question 17

Space allocated by OS when PS or PDS is created?

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User Defined KB.
Unlimited KB.
Limited to DASD
56 KB

Answer

Correct Option: D

Question 18

Formula for calculating bytes required for COMP-3 variable

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N/2 + 1
N^2 + 1
N+1/2
(N/2)^2

Answer

Correct Option: A

Question 19

When you pass a table via LINKAGE, which of the following makes you a good programmer?

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Subscript
Index
Either
Author should learn COBOL

Answer

Correct Option: D

Question 20

A job can run continuously in mainframe for

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1440 Minutes
248 Days
Forever
Till Mainframe server is down

Answer

Correct Option: B

Description: mainframe Online Quiz - 139
Number of Questions: 20
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