If an IF statement is true, what’s the first thing it does?
Exits the statement
Executes the function
Exits the Program
Executes the If statement again
Not negative means
Equal to 0
Greater than or equal to 1
Less than or equal to 0
Greater than or equal to 0
Which of the following is NOT a valid symbol to use in an IF condition
=
=>
>
Which is the correct ASCII collating sequence?
spaces, special characters, 0-9, A-Z, a-z
spaces, a-z, A-Z, 0-9, special characters
a-z, A-Z, 0-9, spaces, special characters
0-9, special characters, spaces, a-z, A-Z
You store date as YYYYMMDD in 8 bytes. What is the COBOL definition of this field?
Pic Y(4)M(2)D(2)
Pic date(yyyymmdd)
Pic date(8)
Pic X(8)
What allocates datasets for all the steps before the job is scheduled & What allocates datasets required by a step just before the step executes?
JES 2 & JES 2
JES 2 & JES 3
JES 3 & JES 2
JES 3 & JES 3
COMM is
DOUBLE WORD BINARY
FULL WORD BINARY
FULL WORD
HALF WORD BINARY
IS NUMERIC can be used with
Alphanumeric items, signed numeric, packed decimal items, unsigned numeric & packed decimal items
Signed numeric, packed decimal items, unsigned numeric & packed decimal items
Signed numeric, packed decimal items & unsigned numeric
Signed numeric & Packed decimal items
COND=EVEN?
Means execute this step even if any of the previous steps, terminated abnormally.
Means don’t execute this step if any of the previous steps, terminated abnormally.
Means execute only even steps.
Means dont execute only even steps.
How does sign stored in Zoned Decimal?
Sign is stored as a hex value in the last nibble (4 bits ) of the storage.
Sign is stored as a hex value in the first nibble (4 bits ) of the storage.
Sign is over punched with the numeric value stored in the last byte.
Sign is over punched with the numeric value stored in the first byte.