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Sample Code Field in working storage: 05 S-EOF-CHECK PIC X(01). 88 S-NOT-END-OF-FILE VALUE 'N'. 88 S-END-OF-FILE VALUE 'Y'. MAINLINE. SET S-END-OF-FILE TO TRUE PERFORM A0100-PRINT-DETAIL-AND-FOOTERS UNTIL S-END-OF-FILE END-PERFORM. Using the sample working storage and mainline section of a program, which one of the following is the coding error that occurred in the sample above?

  1. A READ statement is missing in the MAINLINE section after the PERFORM.

  2. MAINLINE must not contain any statements other than the PERFORM statement.

  3. S-EOF-CHECK is not properly initialized prior to the PERFORM statement

  4. The line "SET S-END-OF-FILE TO TRUE" is not a valid statement.

  5. In working storage, an 88 level must be defined for values of S-EOF-CHECK other than 'N' and 'Y'.
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Sample Code 0100 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. 0200 PROGRAM-ID. AM822P115. Referring to the sample code above, which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. There should not be a hyphen between PROGRAM and ID.

  2. Line 0100 should be DIVISION-ID.

  3. The compiler shortened the program name to "AM822P11".

  4. Line 0200 should be PROGRAM IDENTIFICATION. AM822P115.

  5. The program name must not contain numbers.
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Table Definition Sample data shown below. 100 entries maximum. Data is ordered by item. Limit table size to actual data. Item Price D00025A 23.50 D00025B 29.50 D00025C 33.99 D00026A 11.20 Which one of the following is the proper COBOL description for the above table definition?

  1. 01 PRICE-TABLE. 05 PRICE-GROUP OCCURS 1 TO 100 TIMES ASCENDING KEY IS ITEM-CODE. 10 ITEM-CODE PIC X(7). 10 ITEM-PRICE PIC 99V99.

  2. 01 PRICE-TABLE. 05 PRICE-GROUP OCCURS UP TO 100 TIMES DEPENDING ON WS-ITEM-COUNT ASCENDING KEY IS ITEM-CODE. 10 ITEM-CODE PIC X(7). 10 ITEM-PRICE PIC 99V99.

  3. 01 PRICE-TABLE. 05 PRICE-GROUP OCCURS 1 TO 100 TIMES DEPENDING ON WS-ITEM-COUNT ASCENDING KEY IS ITEM-CODE. 10 ITEM-CODE PIC X(7). 10 ITEM-PRICE PIC 99V99.

  4. 01 PRICE-TABLE. 05 PRICE-GROUP OCCURS UP TO 100 TIMES DEPENDING ON WS-ITEM-COUNT AND KEY ITEM-CODE. 10 ITEM-CODE PIC X(7). 10 ITEM-PRICE PIC 99V99.

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