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Which of the following formats is invalid?

The statement PERFORM B010-CALC-PARA VARYING I FROM 1 BY 1 UNTIL I = 5 causes this paragraph to be entered

MOVE 1 TO A.
MOVE 1 TO B.
PERFORM A-SECTION UNTIL A=2 or B=3.
STOP RUN.
A-SECTION.
ADD 1 TO A.
ADD 1 TO B.
A-EXIT.
EXIT.
How many times will A-SECTION be performed?

Index name is implicitly defined

Give the correct precedence of Compiler options:1. JCL PARM
2. High Precedence Installation defaults 3. Low Precedence Installation defaults 4. PROCESS or CBL Statement

The maximum number of digits in a numeric item is

With COBOL 85 the use of the word FILLER

What happens if the "ORGANIZATION IS" clause is omitted in SELECT statement?

Which level number is used to define elementary data items in the Working-Storage Section?

Two data names at the same level within a record must

In COBOL how is the record-length of the internal SORT file specified?

When the UNTIL option is used with PERFORM verb, the condition is tested

All programs contained in the Cancelled program are

IF PAY-CODE = ‘A’IF PAY-BASIC < 500 MOVE 0 TO PAY-DEDUCT
ELSE IF PAY-BASIC < 1000 MOVE 120 TO PAY-DEDUCT
ELSE MOVE 150 TO PAY-DEDUCT
ELSE MOVE 80 TO PAY-DEDUCT.
COMPUTE PAY-DEDUCT = PAY-DEDUCT * 0.9.

Merge combines two or more identically sorted files

Given the following file and working-storage items:
FILE SECTION.
FD CARD-FILE
01 CARD-RECORD PIC X(80).
.....
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 WS-CARD PIC X(80).
1. Given the following file and working-storage items:01 WS-CARD PIC X(80).
After succ

The VALUE clause

Data item with Occurs Depending On is followed by Non-subordinate item

IF CHAR-1 < CHAR-2
WRITE LINE-1
ELSE
WRITE LINE-2

If before executing this statement, CHAR-1 contains alphanumeric literal ‘1’ and CHAR-2 contains alphanumeric literl ‘A’ then ..

Level numbers range from

In which COBOL Division is ‘File-Control’ defined?

The BLANK WHEN ZERO clause can be applied to

The Procedure Division entry for the called program includes a ______ clause

Use of the EXTEND option with the OPEN verb causes the file to be positioned

Object of the OCCURS DEPENDING ON (ODO) clause can be variably located.

Table Handling is not by the specification of the occurrence number

Table eliminates the need for separate entries for repeated data items.

Data names A,B and C assume values 2, 3 and 4 respectively , at some stage in the computation, when the following PROCEDURE DIVISION statement is executed. What is the resulting value of D ? IF (A > B) OR (B < C)
COMPUTE D = A + B * C

What mode do you use to open a sequential file, in order to add records to the existing file?

The OCCURS clause specifies tables whose elements can be referred to by indexing or subscripting.

OCCURS clause can be defined for data items with

One of the following correctly describe the concepts of ‘statement’ and ‘sentence’ in COBOL

For accessing records in KSDS file through sequential read and indexed read, which among the following statements is used in SELECT clause?

SORT work file should be defined in?

The association between a file-name and physical device on which the file reside is established by the select statement which should appear in

Index variables cannot be used with MOVE, ADD or SUBTRACT statements.

In the choices below, a level number is followed by a COBOL clause is expected to go with the data descrtption at that level. Which of them is an incorrect pair

What is the FILE-STATUS at 'end of file'?

A STOP RUN statement

Which of the following is not a VALID COBOL figurative constant

Release transfers records to the initial phase of sort operation

Data-names BAL1, BAL2, BAL3 and BAL4 have the following definitions in the WORKING-STORAGE section 01 BAL1 PIC 9-
01 BAL2 PIC 9+
01 BAL3 PIC 9CR
01 BAL4 PIC ZZZ the statement MOVE -5 TO BAL1, BAL2, BAL3, BAL4 will produce

Which one of the following is an INCORRECT specification for a data-name?

Occurs can’t be defined for a data item which has a level number

OCCURS clause defines tables of

Which of the following declarations is essential in the IDENTIFICATION DIVISION

The COPY statement is a library statement that places prewritten text in a COBOL program.

Which of the following is an INVALID paragraph name

Index name can be associated with any other data hierarchy

What is the correct interpretation of the statement PERFORM B010-PROCESS-PARA UNTIL STATUS = 1.