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Computational fields defined with COMP picture clause cannot be reference modified.
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  1. True

  2. False

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Indexes defined for an array cannot be displayed in a COBOL program.
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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A

ASCENDING/DESCENDING KEY data item cannot be floating point items.
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  2. False

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The result of SEARCH ALL is predictable only when the table is defined with ASCENDING or DESCENDING KEY and the key should uniquely identify an occurrence of the table entry.
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Is the following Evaluate clause with no WHEN phrase coded syntactically valid?? (True-YES/False-No) EVALUATE A ALSO B END-EVALUATE.
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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B

The file access methods in COBOL are: INPUT and OUTPUT only.

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  2. False

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Like COBOL programs, in COBOL copybooks also, an asterisk at the seventh column will comment out the line.
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  2. False

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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.

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  2. False

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CONFIGURATION SECTION in COBOL must be present.
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  1. True

  2. False

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Indexes can be used as subscripts while subscripts cannot be used as indexes.
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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A