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 CBT Integration Guide

A Winning Combination

Prentice Hall is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with CBT Systems, a leading
developer of interactive computer-based tutorials. CBT has developed a complete set of
CD-based tutorials for COBOL. These tutorials are available to colleges and universities
exclusively through Prentice Hall in conjunction with Jim Keogh’s COBOL Programmer's
Notebook.
The CD-based tutorials were originally created for industry training and are organized
around skill levels; the COBOL Programmer’s Notebook, on the other hand, was developed
using conventional chapters. Because the tutorials and the texts cover essentially the same
topics, individuals using the two in tandem are provided with a superbly well rounded,
truly multimedia introduction to COBOL especially for solving the year 2000 problem.
The COBOL Programmer’s Notebook offers a consistent presentation and set of hands-on
exercises in every lesson. The table will help you ascertain precisely which chapters are
included in your custom text/package and will make it easier for you to use the book and
CD together.
The CBT tutorials contain essentially the same topics as the Keogh texts, albeit in a
different sequence. What’s more, because the CD is certified at the expert level, it even
contains some advanced topics not found in the text. Accordingly we have created a table
of the topics in each application that lists the appropriate CBT tutorial and corresponding
Keogh chapter.
Once you are finished perusing the list of topics, it’s time to get to work. After you close
this document, you will be returned to the CBT program group. We suggest you click the
icon to install the practice files for the COBOL series to copy the practice files from the CD
to your hard drive. Now go to work with the book or the CD. And, of course, we welcome
you to visit our web sites at www.phptr.com or www.cbtsys.com.
Task CBT Tutorial Keogh Chapter

Arithmetic Options COBOL - Statements and Edit Changes Chapter 5

Basic computing process Introducing COBOL Programmer's

Check List

BLOCK CONTAINS COBOL-The Data Division Chapter 4

COBOL overview Introducing COBOL Chapter 1

COBOL standards Introducing COBOL Chapter 1

Coding a looping using PERFORM COBOL - Flow Control and Iterations Chapter 4

Coding an IF statement COBOL - Flow Control and Iterations Chapter 4

Coding and compiling COBOL-Structured Program Development Chapter 1

Coding printing features COBOL - Advanced Programming Chapter 11

Coding PROCEDURE DIVISION COBOL - Report Writer Chapter 1

statements

Compound conditionals COBOL - Flow Control and Iterations Chapter 4

Create a rewrite clause COBOL - File Handling Chapter 8

Creating a file record structure COBOL-The Data Division Chapter 8

Creating a program Introducing COBOL Chapter 1

Creating an EOF condition COBOL-The Data Division Chapter 8

Data names COBOL-The Data Division Chapter 2

Debugging COBOL-Structured Program Development Programmer's

Check List

Debugging and testing tools COBOL-Structured Program Development Programmer's

Check List

Debugging Declarations COBOL - Debugging and Testing Programmer's

Check List

Debugging statements COBOL - Debugging and Testing Programmer's

Check List

Debugging tools COBOL - Debugging and Testing Programmer's

Check List

Documenting COBOL-Structured Program Development

Editing COBOL - Statements and Edit Changes Chapter 1

Editing data fields COBOL - Statements and Edit Changes Chapter 6

Embedded SQL COBOL - Advanced Programming

Task CBT Tutorial Keogh Chapter

ENVIRONMENT DIVISION Introducing COBOL Chapter 1

Error handling COBOL - Debugging and Testing Chapter 1

File description COBOL-The Data Division Chapter 8

File processing statements COBOL - File Handling Chapter 8

Flow charts COBOL-Structured Program Development

Generating a report COBOL - Advanced Programming Chapter 11

Hierarchy charts COBOL-Structured Program Development

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION Introducing COBOL Chapter 1

Implementation and maintenance COBOL-Structured Program Development

Indentation punctuation Introducing COBOL Chapter 1

Initiate, generate, and terminate COBOL - Report Writer

Intrinsic functions COBOL - Statements and Edit Changes

Introducing COBOL divisions Introducing COBOL Chapter 1

Introducing control break processing COBOL - Advanced Programming Chapter 7

Introducing the PERFORM statement COBOL - Flow Control and Iterations Chapter 4

Introduction to WORKING- COBOL-The Data Division Chapter 1

STORAGE

Level numbers COBOL-The Data Division Chapter 1

Literals COBOL-The Data Division Chapter 2

Logic errors COBOL - Debugging and Testing

Master transaction process COBOL - File Handling

Multidimensional tables COBOL - Advanced Programming Chapter 3

Multilevel control break COBOL - Advanced Programming Chapter 7

NEXT SENTENCE or CONTINUE COBOL - Flow Control and Iterations Chapter 4

One dimensional tables COBOL - Advanced Programming Chapter 3

Opening, creating, and Updating COBOL - File Handling Chapter 8

Organization and access modes COBOL - File Handling Chapter 8

Overview of report writer COBOL - Report Writer Chapter 11

Overview of the PROCEDURE COBOL - Statements and Edit Changes Chapter 1

DIVISION
Task CBT Tutorial Keogh Chapter

PERFORM as a looping construct COBOL - Flow Control and Iterations Chapter 4

PERFORM VARYING COBOL - Flow Control and Iterations Chapter 4

Processing indexed files COBOL - File Handling Chapter 8

Processing relative files COBOL - File Handling Chapter 8

Processing sequential files COBOL - File Handling Chapter 8

Program types Introducing COBOL Chapter 2

Pseudocode COBOL-Structured Program Development

Reading and deleting COBOL - File Handling Chapter 8

Record descriptions COBOL-The Data Division Chapter 8

Referencing data COBOL - Flow Control and Iterations Chapter 4

Relational operators COBOL - Flow Control and Iterations Chapter 4

Report description entries COBOL - Report Writer Chapter 11

Reserved words Introducing COBOL Chapter 1

Run-time errors COBOL - Debugging and Testing Chapter 9

SEARCH and SEARCH ALL COBOL - Advanced Programming

SELECT and ASSIGN COBOL - File Handling Chapter 8

Signed numbers COBOL - Statements and Edit Changes Chapter 2

Single level control break COBOL - Advanced Programming Chapter 4

SORT statement COBOL - File Handling Chapter 10

Specifications COBOL-Structured Program Development

Syntax errors COBOL - Debugging and Testing Programmer's

Check List

The ACCEPT statement COBOL - Statements and Edit Changes Chapter 6

The ADD statement COBOL - Statements and Edit Changes Chapter 5

The basic IF statements COBOL - Flow Control and Iterations Chapter 4

The CALL statement COBOL - Advanced Programming Chapter 7

The class and sign tests COBOL - Flow Control and Iterations Chapter 4

The COBOL character set Introducing COBOL Chapter 1

The COMPUTE statement COBOL - Statements and Edit Changes Chapter 5

Task CBT Tutorial Keogh Chapter

The CONTROL and PAGE LIMIT COBOL - Report Writer Chapter 11

clauses

The COPY statement COBOL - Advanced Programming

The DATE and TIME statements COBOL - Flow Control and Iterations Chapter 12

The DISPLAY statement COBOL - Statements and Edit Changes Chapter 1

The EVALUATE statement COBOL - Flow Control and Iterations Chapter 4

The future of COBOL Introducing COBOL

The GO TO statement COBOL - Flow Control and Iterations Chapter 4

The INITIALIZE and STOP COBOL - Statements and Edit Changes Chapter 1
statements

The INPUT and OUTPUT procedures COBOL - File Handling Chapter 8

The inspect statement COBOL - Flow Control and Iterations

The JUSTIFIED clause COBOL-The Data Division Chapter 2

The LINE and NEXT GROUP clauses COBOL - Report Writer Chapter 6

The MERGE statement COBOL - File Handling Chapter 7

The MOVE statement COBOL - Statements and Edit Changes Chapter 2

The MULTIPLY and DIVIDE COBOL - Statements and Edit Changes Chapter 5
statements

The PICTURE clause COBOL-The Data Division Chapter 2

The REDEFINES clauses COBOL - Flow Control and Iterations Chapter 3

The STRING and UNSTRING COBOL - Flow Control and Iterations

statement

The SUBTRACT statement COBOL - Statements and Edit Changes Chapter 5

The SYNCHRONIZED clause COBOL-The Data Division

The testing process COBOL-Structured Program Development

The TYPE clauses COBOL - Report Writer

The USAGE clause COBOL-The Data Division Chapter 2

The USING clause COBOL - Advanced Programming Chapter 1

The VALUE clause COBOL-The Data Division Chapter 2

The WRITE statement COBOL - Advanced Programming Chapter 8

Use before reporting COBOL - Report Writer

Task CBT Tutorial Keogh Chapter

Use of interpreters and compilers Introducing COBOL

Using arithmetic statements COBOL - Statements and Edit Changes Chapter 5

Using EVALUATE and control COBOL - Debugging and Testing Chapter 4

listings

Validating data COBOL - Debugging and Testing

Validation techniques COBOL - Debugging and Testing

Variable length tables COBOL - Advanced Programming