Latest Cobol And DB2 Interview Questions Part – 9
What Is The Common Work Area?
The common work area is a storage area that can be accessed by any task in a CICS system.
What Is The Meaning And Use Of The Eibaid Field?
EIBAID is a key field in the execute interface block; it indicates which attention key the user pressed to initiate the task.
What Is Bms?
BMS stands for Basic Map Support. It allows you to code assembler level programs to define screens.
Why Do We Need Integrated Cics Translator?
To handle both native Cobol and embedded CICS statements in the Source Program.
The COBOL compiler works with the Integrated CICS translator when we use it Fromcompiler option.
When the compiler face CICS statements in the source program, it interfaces with the integrated CICS translator.
Then translator takes actions on the CICS statements and then back to the compiler, show what native language statements to generate.
There is no restrictions in Integrated Translator as compared to Separate Translator.
What Do You Know About Cobol?
COBOL stands for Common Business Oriented Language. The US Department of Defense, in a conference, formed CODASYL (Conference on Data Systems Language) to develop a language for meeting business data processing needs which is now known as COBOL.
List Some Features Of Cobol.
COBOL is a standard language that can be compiled and executed on various machines. It is ideally suited for business-oriented applications as it can handle huge volumes of data. It provides numerous debugging and testing tools. COBOL is a structured language; it has different divisions, so it is easy to debug.
Name The Divisions In A Cobol Program.
Identification Division, Environment Division, Data Division, and Procedure Division.
What Are The Different Data Types Available In Cobol?
Alpha-numeric (X), Alphabetic (A), and Numeric (9).
What Is ‘is Numeric’ Clause?
IS NUMERIC clause is used to check if any item is numeric or not. It returns TRUE when the item against which it is used contains only numbers(0 to 9). The item can be positive or negative.
What Are 66 And 88 Level Used For?
Level 66 is used for RENAMES clause and Level 88 is used for condition names.
What Is The Difference Between Subscript And Index?
Subscript is the occurrence in an array. Index is the displacement from the beginning of an array.
What Is The Difference Between Search And Search All?
SEARCH is a serial search, whereas SEARCH ALL is a binary search. A table must be in sorted order before using SEARCH ALL.
What Is The Difference Between Performing A Section And A Paragraph?
Performing a SECTION will cause all the paragraphs that are a part of the section to be performed. Performing a PARAGRAPH will cause only a paragraph to be performed.
What Is A Scope Terminator?
Scope terminator is used to mark the end of a verb. Example: IF and END-IF.