Tag: mainframe

Questions Related to mainframe

  1. Sign is stored as a hex value in the last nibble of the storage.

  2. Sign is over punched with the numeric value stored in the last nibble.

  3. Sign is stored in the most significant bit.

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
  1. Subscript refers to the array occurrence while index is the displacement (in no of bytes) from the beginning of the array.

  2. An index can only be modified using PERFORM, SEARCH & SET.

  3. Need to have index for a table in order to use SEARCH, SEARCH ALL.

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: D
  1. For Renames Clause

  2. For Condition Names

  3. Elementary level item. Cannot be subdivisions of other items (cannot be qualified), nor can they be subdivided themselves.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A
  1. Alphabetic, Alphanumeric fields & alphanumeric edited items are set to SPACES

  2. Numeric, Numeric edited items set to ZERO.

  3. FILLER , OCCURS DEPENDING ON items left untouched.

  4. All the Above.


Correct Option: D
  1. Scans JCL for errors.

  2. Invalid Syntax

  3. Scans for previous executing jobs

  4. Does nothing!


Correct Option: A
  1. What's the problem is browsing it? Only editing is not possible.

  2. Security Violation / Access Denied.

  3. Cant browse a latest GDG tape version.

  4. Cant browse a latest GDG tape version, but can browse own datasets.


Correct Option: C
  1. Replace the copybook with another.

  2. The option is invalid with copy statement.

  3. It allows for the same copy to be used more than once in the same code by changing the replace value.

  4. Has no impact.


Correct Option: C