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Online COBOL 400 Quiz Test

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iMocha’s COBOL/400 online quiz is the ideal pre-hire test for recruiters and hiring managers to assess candidates objectively. This test is useful for hiring a COBOL Programmer, COBOL Developer, and COBOL Analyst. Our COBOL online quiz helps to reduce technical screening time by 80%.

About Online COBOL 400 Quiz Test

COBOL 400 quiz helps recruiters & hiring managers to assess the IBM COBOL 400 skills of the candidate before an interview. COBOL/400 is the standard COBOL adopted by IBM for the AS400 system. It differentiates in the sense that the file handling for reports and subfiles, indicator usage and any other feature specific to AS400 have been incorporated in it. This COBOL/400 skills test is designed to check the COBOL 400 expertise of COBOL developer- As per industry standards.

Candidates should appear for this COBOL400 quiz online. It is designed by our subject matter experts to evaluate knowledge of COBOL400 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.

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Test Summary

COBOL 400 assessment test enables employers and recruiters to identify & hire COBOL programmers by evaluating working skills and job readiness. For this reason, the emphasis is laid upon evaluating the knowledge of applied skills gained through real work experience, rather than theoretical knowledge.

COBOL/400 online quiz may contain MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions), MAQs (Multiple Answer Questions), Fill in the Blanks, Whiteboard Questions, Audio / Video Questions, AI-LogicBox, Coding Simulators, True or False Questions, etc.

Test Duration: 20 minutes

No. of Questions: 10

Level of Expertise: Entry/Mid/Expert

Useful for hiring

  • COBOL Programmer
  • COBOL Developer
  • COBOL Analyst

Topics Covered

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Procedures

iMocha’s Cobol quiz test helps recruiters and hiring managers to evaluate candidate’s understanding about procedures phrases in COBOL

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Addition Operators

This test assesses candidate’s ability to use addition operator for adding two operands

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Variables and Renaming Variables

Our COBOL online quiz helps to evaluate candidate’s understanding about variable in COBOL that holds a value or data and ability to rename variable

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User Sequence

Our test assesses candidate’s proficient knowledge about SEQUENCE statement which helps in rearranging data

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Evaluate Statement

This COBOL 400 skills test helps to evaluate candidate’s understanding about EVALUATE statement used for conditional processing in COBOL

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Move Operation

Our test assesses applicant’s knowledge about MOVE command that moves data from one place to another storage place

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String Pointers

This COBOL 400 assessment test evaluates candidates' understanding about STRING statement in COBOL

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Redefining Variables

Our assessment evaluates candidate’s understanding about redefining variables that helps in variables data automatically in COBOL

Sample Questions

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Question types:

Multiple Answer

Topic:

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Difficulty:

Easy

Q 1. If the alphabet name clause in USER-SEQUENCE IS 1 THRU 247, 251 THRU 256, "7", ALSO "8", ALSO "9"; if all 256 EBCDIC characters have been specified; if the two Data Division items are specified as follows:

        01 ITEM-1 PIC X(3) VALUE HIGH-VALUE.
        01 ITEM-2 PIC X(3) VALUE "787".

then which of the following comparisons are true?

Note: There can be multiple correct answers to this question.
IF ITEM-1 = ITEM-2
IF ITEM-1 > ITEM-2
IF ITEM-2 = HIGH-VALUE

Question types:

Multiple Option

Topic:

-

Difficulty:

Easy

Q 2. What is the result of the following code?

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. HELLO.

DATA DIVISION.
   WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
   01 WS-DESCRIPTION.
   05 WS-NUM.
   10 WS-NUM1 PIC 9(2) VALUE 56.
   10 WS-NUM2 PIC 9(2) VALUE 26.
   05 WS-CHAR.
   10 WS-CHAR1 PIC X(2) VALUE 'AA'.
   10 WS-CHAR2 PIC X(2) VALUE 'BB'.
   10 WS-RENAME RENAMES WS-NUM2 THRU WS-CHAR1.

PROCEDURE DIVISION.
DISPLAY "WS-WS-RENAME:WS-RENAME".
   
STOP RUN.
56AABB
Compilation Error
0000
None of the mentioned

Question types:

Multiple Option

Topic:

-

Difficulty:

Easy

Q 3. What is the result of the following code?

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. HELLO.

DATA DIVISION.
   WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
   01 WS-DESCRIPTION.
   05 WS-DATE1 VALUE '20140831'.
   10 WS-YEAR PIC X(4).
   10 WS-MONTH PIC X(2).
   10 WS-DATE PIC X(2).
   05 WS-DATE2 REDEFINES WS-DATE1 PIC 9(4).

PROCEDURE DIVISION.
DISPLAY WS-DATE2.

STOP RUN.
00002014
20140831
2014
None of the mentioned

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