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Multiple choice technology mainframe

Concerning the shielding of variables of an internal subroutine from the main EXEC part, which of the following is correct:

  1. One can not shield variables in a subroutine from the main EXEC, only from other subroutines.

  2. One can shield the variables by using the clause: CALL SUBROUT1 PROCEDURE

  3. One can shield the variables by defining the start clause of a subroutine:SUBROUT1: PROCEDURE

  4. One can shield the variables by defining the start clause of a subroutine: SUBROUT1: SHIELDED
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C Correct answer
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Multiple choice technology mainframe

If I want to fill the variable DAY with '01', the variable MONTH with 'January' and the variable YEAR with '2009', which would be a correct way to do so, if the data '01 January 2009' is read from the input screen?

  1. PARSE PULL DAY MONTH YEAR

  2. PULL DATE followed by PARSE VALUE DATE DAY MONTH YEAR

  3. PULL DATE followed by PARSE VALUE DATE WITH DAY MONTH YEAR

  4. PULL DATE followed by PARSE VAR DATE DAY MONTH YEAR
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B Correct answer
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