Interview Questions and Answers

Example:

PERFORM 5 TIMES
  DISPLAY 'Hello, World!'
END-PERFORM.

Example:

01 COUNT PIC 9(3).
INITIALIZE COUNT.

Example:

COMPUTE TOTAL = AMOUNT-1 + AMOUNT-2.

Example:

01 EMPLOYEE-RECORD.
  05 EMPLOYEE-ID PIC 9(5).
  05 EMPLOYEE-NAME PIC X(20).

Example:

MOVE 100 TO AMOUNT.

Example:

OPEN INPUT FILE-1.
READ FILE-1 INTO DATA-RECORD.
CLOSE FILE-1.

Example:

SET EMPLOYEE-INDEX TO 1.

Example:

01 COUNT PIC 9(3).
INITIALIZE COUNT.

Example:

COPY 'COMMON-FILE'.

Example:

ACCEPT EMPLOYEE-NAME.

Example:

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 COUNTER PIC 9(3) VALUE 0.

Example:

CALL 'SUB-PROGRAM' USING PARAMETER-1 PARAMETER-2.

Example:

IF AMOUNT > LIMIT
  DISPLAY 'Amount exceeds limit'
END-IF.

Example:

ACCEPT WS-EMPLOYEE-ID FROM 'Enter Employee ID:'.

Example:

01 AMOUNT PIC 9(5) COMP-3.