Technical Interview Questions

1. When would you use in-line perform?
When the body of the perform will not be used in other paragraphs. If the body of the perform is a generic type of code (used from various other places in the program), it would be better to put the code in a separate para and use PERFORM para [...]

1. How do you sort in a COBOL program? Give sort file definition, sort statement syntax and meaning.
Syntax:
SORT file-1 ON ASCENDING/DESCENDING KEY key….
USING file-2
GIVING file-3.
USING can be substituted by INPUT PROCEDURE IS para-1 THRU para-2
GIVING can be substituted by OUTPUT PROCEDURE IS para-1 THRU para-2.
file-1 is the sort workfile and must be described using SD [...]

1. Name the divisions in a COBOL program?
a.IDENTIFICATION DIVISION
b.ENVIRONMENT DIVISION
c.DATA DIVISION
d.PROCEDURE DIVISION.
2. What are the different data types available in COBOL?
Alpha-numeric (X),
alphabetic (A)
numeric (9).
3. What does the INITIALIZE verb do?
Alphabetic, Alphanumeric fields & alphanumeric edited items are set to SPACES.
Numeric, Numeric edited items set to ZERO.
FILLER , OCCURS DEPENDING ON items left untouched.
4. What is [...]

1. Why do you use DDIC user not SAP* for Support Packs and SPam?
Do _NOT_ use neither DDIC nor SAP* for applying support packages. Copy DDIC to a separate user and use that user to apply them.
2. Can you kill a Job?
Yes - SM37 - select - kill
3. If you have a long running Job, [...]

1. What is the difference between company and company code?
A company is the organizational unit used in the legal consolidation module to roll up financial statements of several company codes. The Company Code is the smallest organizational ! unit for which a complete self-contained set of accounts can be drawn up for purposes of external [...]

1. What is the purpose of text determination, account determination, partner determination, output determination, storage location determination
Text determination: For transferring information from material or customer to order/delivery or invoice (and anything in between) Account determination: For transferring financial and costing information to proper financial docs Partner determination: For determine who is is legally responsible for [...]

1. Explain the uses of the simple maintenance interface?
Simple Maintenance is used when Staff assignments and reporting structure are to be changed. There are three main areas in Simple Maintenance. Each area contains particular maintenance functions, depending on whether you want to edit organizational structure, staff assignments or task profiles. For Organizational Management users, Simple [...]

1. Can MRP be carried out for one particular level of a bom ( Level code : 0001/0002 etc).
Yes it can be done by running for specific materials (Single Material Single Level)
2 How Requirements( PIR,Sles Order, Customer Requirement) are reduced after they are produced?
Requirements are reduced automatically after Delivery is made to the Particular Order [...]