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What is the use of SUM FIELDS=NONE in SORT statement

  1. (A) Have only Duplicate records from input to output

  2. (B) Remove Duplicates records and write as single instance in output

  3. (C) Have only non Duplicate records from input to output

  4. (D) None of the above


Correct Option: B
  1. A. Plan – Package – collection – DBRM

  2. B. Plan-Package – DBRM – collection

  3. C. Plan – collection – package – DBRM

  4. D. None


Correct Option: C
  1. (A) Level numbers can start from 0 to 99 and there are no Special Level numbers

  2. (B) Level numbers can start from 0 to 99 and 66, 77 and 88 are Special Level number

  3. (C) Level numbers can start from 0 to 49 and there are no Special Level numbers

  4. (D) Level numbers can start from 0 to 49 and 66, 77 and 88 are Special Level numbers.


Correct Option: D
  1. (A) Only Execute if Step330 and 340 throws <= 4

  2. (B) Only Execute if Step330 or 340 throws <= 4

  3. (C) Only Execute if Step330 and 340 throws = 0

  4. (D) Only Execute if Step330 or 340 throws = 0


Correct Option: C
  1. (A) REGION=0K OR 0M

  2. (B) REGION=OK or OM

  3. (C) REGION=0M

  4. (D) REGION=OM


Correct Option: A

Which of the below lines of PARA-A has COBOL rules missed. PARA-A. IF A=B (Line No.1) NEXT SENTENCE (Line No.2) ELSE (Line No.3) IF C=D (Line No.4) Move 20 to C (Line No.5) Move A B to C (Line No.6) Move B to C D (Line No.7) End-If (Line No.8) Move A to B (Line No.9) Move C to D (Line No.10) PARA-EXIT. EXIT.

  1. (A) END-IF was missed for a IF

  2. (B) Dot was missed in last line of PARA-A(line no.10)

  3. (C) Line No. 7

  4. (D) Line No. 6


Correct Option: B
  1. (A) COMP is a Binary storage format while COMP-3 is Packed decimal format

  2. (B) COMP is a Packed decimal format while COMP-3 is Binary storage format

  3. (C) Both COMP and Comp-3 are Binary storage format

  4. (D) Both COMP and COMP-3 are Packed decimal format.


Correct Option: A
  1. (A) Job Delimiter /*

  2. (B) Joblib

  3. (C) Exec

  4. (D) None


Correct Option: A

In the IEBGENER utility, what is the maximum number of datasets can be used in SYSUT1.

  1. (A) 16

  2. (B) 24

  3. (C) 32

  4. (D) 48


Correct Option: C