COBOL

1) What is an ON SIZE ERROR option.

2) What is a USAGE clause? What types of usages are supported by COBOL?
3) What is Reference modification?
4) What is a SYNCHRONIZED CLAUSE?
5) What is REDEFINES and RENAMES?
6) What is the difference between CONTINUE and NEXT SENTENCE?
7) What is a Justified Right clause?
8) What is a SIGN clause
9) What is Evaluate? What are its advantages?
10) Differences between Subscript and Index.
11) Differences between Search and Search all?
12) What is Usage is Index clause?
TO PRESERVE THE VALUE OF INDEX.
01 IND-DATA USAGE IS INDEX.
SET IND-DATA TO TABLE-INDEX.
13) What is File Status?
Return codes while handling Cobol files will be stored in File Status.
14) What is the purpose of Start verb? What are the valid access modes and file
organizations for Start verb?

15) What are the valid open modes? What is Extend mode?
16) What is the purpose of Input procedure and Output procedure in Sort?
17) How do you ensure the order of duplicate records while sorting?
18) What is RELEASE and RETURN?
19) Differences between Static and Dynamic Call?
20) Call by Reference and Call by Content?
21) What is the purpose of Inspect Verb?
22) What is the purpose of with Pointer option in String verb?

VSAM RETURN CODES

1. 02 Duplicate Alternate Key