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A. COBOL 1. what's a S0C4, S0C7 Abend 2. explain the difference between static call and a dynamic call - which is better and why? 3. what's the difference between comp and comp-3? 4. how many positions does 9(4) comp represent? 5. how many positions does 9(8) comp-3 represent? B. JCL 1. what does a 'cond=even', represent 2. explain the difference between a JOBLIB and STEPLIB statement - which one takes precedence? 3. explain temp files in Job streams. how do you code for those? 4. dataset concatenation (bypassing a specific dataset) 5. What does the 'MOD' statement do? 6. What is a GDG and explain it's use in a Job stream. C. CICS 1. what's the difference between a Link command and a XCTL command? 2. how do you pass data between 2 CICS programs. 3. name the different ways to transfer control from program to another? 4. on CICS screen how would place the cursor on specific part of the screen and make it stand out and blink? 5. what is the 'deadly embrace' and how would you code around it, in order to avoid it.? 6. what is the difference between TDQ and TSQ ? how would you code for each? 7. when does the values of the TDQ, TSQ go away? D. FTP 1. how do you allow the transmission of data from client to another, when there are packed data fields in the file?
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Senior Programmer Analyst

Interviewed at BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina

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Aug 25, 2010

A. COBOL 1. what's a S0C4, S0C7 Abend 2. explain the difference between static call and a dynamic call - which is better and why? 3. what's the difference between comp and comp-3? 4. how many positions does 9(4) comp represent? 5. how many positions does 9(8) comp-3 represent? B. JCL 1. what does a 'cond=even', represent 2. explain the difference between a JOBLIB and STEPLIB statement - which one takes precedence? 3. explain temp files in Job streams. how do you code for those? 4. dataset concatenation (bypassing a specific dataset) 5. What does the 'MOD' statement do? 6. What is a GDG and explain it's use in a Job stream. C. CICS 1. what's the difference between a Link command and a XCTL command? 2. how do you pass data between 2 CICS programs. 3. name the different ways to transfer control from program to another? 4. on CICS screen how would place the cursor on specific part of the screen and make it stand out and blink? 5. what is the 'deadly embrace' and how would you code around it, in order to avoid it.? 6. what is the difference between TDQ and TSQ ? how would you code for each? 7. when does the values of the TDQ, TSQ go away? D. FTP 1. how do you allow the transmission of data from client to another, when there are packed data fields in the file?

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