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IBM Mainframe Test
Test duration:
30
min
No. of questions:
15
Level of experience:
Entry Level/Mid/Senior

IBM Mainframe Test

The IBM Mainframe Test helps recruiters and hiring managers evaluate a candidate's expertise in mainframe technologies such as COBOL, JCL, DB2, and VSAM. It enables organizations to streamline hiring for legacy system maintenance, data processing, and enterprise computing roles by validating both programming and database management skills.

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IBM Mainframe Online Programming Test

Mainframe Online Test assists Recruiting Team & Hiring Managers in evaluating the IBM Mainframe skills of the candidate before an interview. IBM Mainframe is an extensive computer system that IBM develops. Mainframes are mostly the core of the corporate computing infrastructure, which implements client security solutions. IBM Mainframes are helpful in development, system security, security tool installation, and maintenance.

The IBM Mainframe online test is designed to assess the candidates in high-level design documents, functional specifications programming, Cobol, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, Mainframe Development, etc. The mainframe test consists of meaningful questions on Cobol, JCL, DB2, VSAM, and many more.

Our subject matter experts design the IBM Mainframe coding test to analyze candidates' knowledge about IBM Mainframes before hiring. Using powerful reporting, you can have a detailed analysis of the test results to help you make a better hiring decision and predict the candidate’s performance.

IBM Mainframe programming test enables employers and recruiters to identify the potential Mainframe developer by evaluating candidates' working skills and job readiness. For this reason, the emphasis is laid upon evaluating the knowledge of applied skills gained through real work experience.

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Test Summary

The IBM Mainframe Test helps to screen candidates who possess the following traits:

  • Strong understanding of COBOL programming for enterprise applications
  • Ability to create and execute jobs using JCL for batch processing
  • Familiarity with DB2 database concepts and SQL query execution
  • Proficiency in working with VSAM datasets and file structures
  • Skills in maintaining, troubleshooting, and optimizing mainframe systems

This Mainframe development test may contain MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions), MAQs (Multiple Answer Questions), Fill in the Blanks, Whiteboard Questions, Audio / Video Questions, AI-LogicBox (AI-based Pseudo-Coding Platform), Coding Simulators, True or False Questions, etc.

Useful for hiring
  • Mainframe Developer
  • Mainframe Programmer
  • Mainframe Analyst
  • Mainframe Specialist
  • Mainframe Consultant
Test Duration
30
min
No. of Questions
15
Level of Expertise
Entry Level/Mid/Senior
Topics Covered
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Cobol

This test evaluates a candidate's ability to write, debug, and maintain COBOL programs, focusing on business logic, file handling, and structured programming.

JCL

This test assesses a candidate's knowledge of Job Control Language (JCL), including job execution, batch processing, utilities, and error handling.
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DB2

This test measures a candidate's skills in IBM DB2, covering database design, SQL queries, stored procedures, and performance tuning in mainframe systems.
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VSAM

This test checks a candidate's understanding of Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM), including dataset organization, indexing, and file access techniques.
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