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Computer Fundamentals Questions and Answers – COBOL Basics

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “COBOL
Basics”.

1. COBOL stands for _________

a) Common Business Oriented Language
b) Common Business Object Language
c) Common Beneficial Oriented Language
d) Common Beneficial Object Language
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2. COBOL is a language that keeps evolving.

a) True
b) False
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3. Which of the following is not a part of the program division in COBOL?

a) Identification
b) Environment
c) Procedure
d) Compilation
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4. Which of the following is not a part of the Identification division?

a) Paragraphs
b) Entries
c) Phrases
d) Clauses
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5. D in COBOL stands for _________

a) Data
b) Draft
c) Debugger
d) Debugging lines
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in COBOL is denoted by ________
a) *
b) /
c) //
d) ;
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7. The data division is used to ________

a) Declare program id
b) Declare variables
c) File control
d) Input-Output section
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8. Which is not a data type in COBOL?

a) numeric
b) alphanumeric
c) alphabetic
d) float
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9. What does S denote in a picture clause?

a) A symbol
b) A character
c) A sign
d) Alphanumeric sign
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10. _____________ denotes the format in which data is stored in memory.

a) kind
b) attach
c) select
d) usage
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