TCS COBOL
paper.
01.consider the following piece of
code
01 GROSS-PAY
05 BASIC-PAY PIC 9(5)
05
ALLOWENCES PIC 9(3)
if BASIC-PAY has a value 1000 and
ALLOWENCES has a value of 250,what will be
displayed
by the statement
DISPLAY
GROSS-PAY
a.1250
b.01000250
c.01250
d.1.250
02.consider
two data items
77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75
77 W-B
PIC ZZ9V99 VLAUE 123.45
after the statement
MOVE W-A TO
W-B
what will be W-B's value?
a.123.75
b.b23.75
(where b indicates space)
c.023.75
d.invalid
move
03.what is the result of the following?
DIVIDE
A INTO B GIVING C.
a.C=A/B
b.the reminder of B/A is
stored in C
c.C=B/A
d.the reminder of A/B is stored in
C
04.consider the statement (incomplete)
IF(A
NUMERIC)
DISPLAY A
the variable A can
be
a.NUMERIC
b.ALPHABETIC
c.ALPHANUMERIC
d.NUMERIC
OR ALPHANUMERIC
05.which of the following can be used as a
check protection symbol
a.Z
b.S
c.*
d.+
06.what
if any ,is the syntex error in the following piece of
code
01 B PIC A(7)
02 C PIC 9(4)
........
IF(B
NUMERIC)
ADD 10 TO C
a.the condition in the if statement
is wrong
b.noting is wrong
c.because C is
initialised.ADD 10 TO C is wrong
d.both B and C shoud have
same size.
07.study the following code
01 A1
05 B PIC
99
05 C PIC X(4)
01 A2
05 B PIC 99V99
05 C PIC
A(4)
pick out the valid statement from the
following
a.A1 and A2 can not have sub-ordinates
b.A1
and A2 can have the same sub-ordinates but must have same PIC
clause
c.there is nothing wrong
d.A1 and A2 can have
same sub-ordinates provided they are not at 01
level
08.study the following
01 A PIC 99V0 VALUE 5
01
B PIC 9V9 VALUE 6
01 C PIC 99V9 VALUE 2.5
01 D PIC 99
VALUE 3
COMPUTE A ROUNDED B C = A+B*C/D
ON SIZE ERROR
PERFORM PRINT-ERROR
the comments of A.B.C after execution
of the above statement are
a.A=10 B=0 C=10
b.A=10 B=9.9
C=9.9
c.A=10 B=0 C=9.9
d.A=10 B=6 C=10
09.how
many times PARA-A is performed :
PERFORM PARA-A VARYING
TIMES-COUNTER FROM 1 BY 1
UNTIL TIMES-COUNTER
>0
PARA-A
MOVE P TO Q
MOVE H TO TIMES
COUNTER
a.10
b.1
c.11
d.0
10.consider the
following piece of code
01 GROUP-ITEM
05 AMOUNT-1 PIC
99V9 USAGE COMP VALUE 50
05 AMOUNT-2 PIC 9(4)V99 USAGE
COMP
MOVE ZERO TO GROUP-ITEM
ADD 50 TO AMOUNT-1
what
will be the content of
AMOUNT-1?
a.50
b.100
c.0
d.unpredictable
11.consider
the following progrm statements
MOVE 0 TO
SW.NO.OF.REC
PERFORM PRI-OUT UNTIL SW=1
DISPALY
NO.OF.REC
STOP RUN
PRE-OUT
READ IN-FILE AT
END
MOVE 1 TO SW
WRITE OUO-REC FROM IN-REC
ADD 1 TO
NO.OF REC
if the IN-FILE contains 1000 records what value
will be displayedafter the
PERFORM is over?assume
that N0.OF.REC has PIC
9(4)
a.1000
b.1001
c.1
d.none of the above since
there is a syntex error
12.study the data discriptions and
answer the questions given below
i)01 ORDER RECORD
05
OUT-HEADER PIC X(50)
05 ITEM-COUNT PIC 99
05 OUT-ITEM
PIC X(20) OCCURS 1 TO 20 DEPENDING ON ITEM-COUNT
ii)01
NAME-AND-ADDRESS
05 N-AND-A-LINE OCCURES 5
05
LINE-LENGTH PIC P9
05 N-AND-A-CHAR PIC X OCCURS 1 TO 20
DEPENDING ON LINE-LENGTH
iii)01 SALES-LIST
05
SALESMAN-COUNT PIC 99
05 SALES PIC 9(6) OCCURS 1 TO 100
DEPENDING ON
SALESMAN-COUNT
iv)01 ORDER-RECORD
05
NO-OF-BRANDS PIC 99
05 BRAND-PURCHASED OCCURS 1 TO 15
DEPENDING ON NO-OF-BRANDS
which of the following is
true?
a.i) and iii) are valid
b.i) and iv) are
valid
c.i) and iii) are not valid
d.all are
valid
13.C1 C2 C3 are three conditions whose TRUTH values
are as folloes.
C1-TRUE C2-FALSE C3-TRUE
A,B,C are
defined as given below
A:C1 AND(NOT C2) OR C3
B.(NOT C1)
OR (NOT C2 AND NOT C3)
C.(C1 OR C2)AND C3
D.C1 AND C2 OR
C3
given the above information which of the following
statements are valid?
a.only A,B and C are TRUE
b.only
A,C and D are TRUE
c.A,B,C and D are TRUE
d.only C and D
are TRUE
14.consider the following
FD FILE-1
01 REC-1
PIC X(80)
......
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION
01 W-REC PIC
X(90)
........
PROCEDURE
DIVISION
FIRST-PARA
.......
READ FILE-1 INTO W-REC AT
END MOVE 1 TO EOF-FLAG
which of the following is true with
respect to the above?
a.REC-1 will contain nothing and
W-REC will contain the contains of the
record
read
b.REC-1 and W-REC contain the same data
c.syntex is
invalid and error will occur
d.REC-1 and W-REC must be of
same size
15.PERFORM ACCUMULATE-TOTALS
VARYING A FROM 1
BY 2 UNTIL A >2
AFTER B FROM1 BY 1 UNTIL B>2
AFTER
C FROM 2 BY -1 UNTIL C<2
the paragraph ACCUMULATE-TOTALS
would be exicuted
a.18 times
b.4 times
c.8
times
d.24 times
16.there is a file whose ORGANISATION
is INDEXED.you want to read the records
from the file
in RANDOM fashion as well as sequentially.then which of
the
access mode would you
specify?
a.SEQUENTIAL
b.RANDOM
c.DYNAMIC
D.ACCESS
MODE has nothing to do with it
17.consider the following
PROCEDURE DIVISION entry
OPEN EXTEND IN-FILE
identify
the correct statement
a.organization of IN-FILE is
sequential and records can be added in
the
beginning
b.organization of IN-FILE is
sequential and records can be added in
the
end
c.organization of IN-FILE is indexed and
records can be added in
the
beginning
d.organization of IN-FILE is indexed
and records can be added in the end
18.what is the size of
W-REC in the following
01 W-REC
05 A PIC 9(4)V99
05 B
READLINES A
10 C PIC XX
10 D PIC S9(4)
05 E OCCURS 7
PIC ZZ.ZZ
05 F OCCURS 5
10 G PIC ZZ.ZZZ99
10 H OCCURS
3
15 J PIC 9(3)
15 K PIC
V99
a.177
b.161
c.180
d.none of yhe
above
19.consider the following two IF statements:
IF X
AND NOT Y MOVE A TO B
IF Z=1 OR 9 MOVE A TO B
select one
of the following data divusion entries which gives
identical
results for both the above IF
statements
a.01 Z PIC 9
88 X VALUE 1.9
88 Y VALUE 0.2
THRU 8
b.01 Z PIC 9
88 X VALUE 0.2 THRU 8
Y VALUE
1.9
c.01 Z PIC 9
88 X VALUE 1.9
88 NOT-Y VALUE 0.2
THRU 1.9
d.none of yhe above
20.consider the following
two statements
MOVE 10 TO N
PERFORM PARA-X N
TIMES
STOP RUN
PARA-X
MOVE 5 TO N
how many times
PARA-X willbe
exicuted?
a.10
b.5
c.infinate
d.execution
error
21.given the following:
77 A PIC 9V9 VALUE
9.5
77 B PIC 9 VALUE 9.
77 C PIC V9 VALUE 0.8
77 D
PIC 9
77 E PIC 9
77 F PIC 9V999
what are
the contenta of D E nad F after teh following statements
are
executed:
COMPUTE F ROUNDED=A+C/B
MULTIPLY
A BY C GIVING E
ADD B C A GIVING D ROUNDED
a.F=9.589 E=8
D=1
b.F=9.589 E=8 D=9
c.F=9.589 E=7 D=9
d.F=9.589 E=7
D=1
22. Consider the follwoing IF
condition:
IF A LESS 1200 IF B GREATER 25 MOVE 47
TOC
ELSE MOVE 57 TO C
IF A GREATER 249 MOVE 67 TO
C
ELSE NEXT SENTENCE ELSE IF B LESS 67
MOVE 27 TO
C
What will be the value of C, when A is 137 and b is
25
(a) 27
(b) 57
(c) 67
(d) none
23.
Consider the following:
77 W-NUM PIC 9 VALUE
0
------
MOVE 1 TO W-NUM
PERFORM PARA-X UNTIL W-NUM
> 9.
------
PARA-X
ADD 1 TO W-NUM
How many
times PARA-X is executed ?
(a) 10
(b) 9
(c) 11
(d)
Infinite loop
24. Consider the following
code:
77 A PIC 99V99 VALUE 55.35
77 B PIC 99V999
VALUE 32.754
ADD B TO A ON SIZE ERROR DISPLAY
"ERROR!!!"
What will be the result ?
(a) A=88.10,
B=32.754
(b) A=87.00 B=32.754
(c) A=87.10
B=32.754
(d) ERROR!!! will be DISPLAYed on the
screen.
25. Consider the following:
77 A PIC
9(10)
77 B PIC 9(10)
77 C PIC 9(19)
MULTIPLY AB
BY B GIVING C
Which of the following is true
?
(a) The execution of the above may result in size
error.
(b) The execution of the above will result in
size error.
(c) The definition of C is invalid resulting in
compilation error.
(d) No error will be thee and the
program would proceed correctly.
26. A paragraph PARA-X
is to be executed when none oof the data names
A, B and C
have value of 1. Which of the following will achieve this
?
(a) IF A NOT = 1 OR B NOT = 1 OR C NOT = 1 PERFORM
PARA-X
(B) IF NOT A= 1 AND B= 1 AND C = 1 PERFORM
PARA-X
(C) IF A NOT =1 IF NOT B = 1 OR C= 1 PERFORM
PARA-X
(C) IF A NOT = 1 AND B NOT = 1 AND C NOT = 1 PERFORM
PARA-X
27. Study the five expressions and the
class to which they belong:
S.N. Expression Class
1
"SPACES" Figurative constant
2. "Depreciation Schedule
Non-numeric literal
3. "12%" Non-numeric literal
4.
INTEREST-DUE Non-numeric literal
5. ZEROES Figurative
constant
Which of the following statement is true?
(a) 1
and 3 are incorrect
(b) 1 and 4 are incorrect
(c) 3 and
4 are incorrect
(d) All are correct
28. Identify the
invalid dataname from the following:
(a)
SAVINGS-ACCOUNT
(b) ANNUAL-ALLOCATION-FOR-OVERHEAD
(c)
SAMOUNT250
(d) 12DEMAND
29. Study the DATA DIVISION
entries and the three PROCEDURE DIVISION entries
given
below:
01 END-OF-FILE-SWITCH PIC XXX.
88 NO-MORE-RECS
VALUE "YES".
88 MORE-RECS VALUE "NO".
(i) READ
SAMPLE-FILE AT END MOVE "YES" TO NO-MORE-RECS.
(ii) IF
NO-MORE-RECS = "YES" GO TO LAST-PARA.
(iii) IF NO-MORE-RECS
GO TO LAST-PARA.
Which are wrong?
(a) (i) and
(ii)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (i) and (iii)
(d)
all
30. The following entries appear in the
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION:
01 DATE-TODAY.
05 YY PIC XX
VALUE "90".
05 MM PIC XX VALUE "12".
05 DD PIC XX VALUE
:31".
01 DATE-EDIT PIC XX/XX/XX.
MOVE DATE-TODAY TO
DATE-EDIT.
(a) 901231
(b) 90/12/31
(c)
31/12/90
(d) 311290
31. How many bytes will be
allocated for the following record
description
entries?
01 REC-A.
05 A PIC
S9(4).
05 B PIC XXXBXXX.
05 C PIC ____9.99.
05 D PIC
S9(5) COMP-3.
05 E PIC 9(3) COMP.
(a) 29
(b)
26
(c) 25
(d) 28
32. What is wrong with the
following data declaration?
01 W-DATE PIC X(6).
05 DD
PIC 99.
05 MM PIC 99.
05 YY PIC 99.
(a) Nothing is
wrong.
(b) Under W-DATE all level 05 items are having a PIC
99 but level
01 has PIC X(6).
(c) PIC can't be specified
for a group item.
(d) DD, MM, and YY are invalid
datanames.
33. What is the output generated by the
following code?
01 GRP-I.
05 SUBFLD1 PIC XX VALUE
"AB".
05 FILTER PIC X(6) VALUE SPACES.
01 GRP-2
REDEFINED GRP-1.
05 SUB-FLD2 PIC XX.
05 SUB-FLD3 PIC
XX.
05 FILTER PIC X(4).
IF SUB-FLD1 NOT =
SPACES
DISPLAY "SUBFLD1"
MOVE "ABBCCD" TO GRP-1
IF
SUB-FLD3 = SPACES
DISPLAY "SPACES"
ELSE
DISPLAY
"SUBFLD3"
DISPLAY "END"
ELSE
DISPLAY
"SPACES"
DISPLAY "END".
(a)
SUBFLD1
SUBFLD3
END
(b) SPACES
END
(c)
SUBFLD1
END
(d) SUBFLD1
SPACES
34. 88 level
entry is used for
(a) data items in WORKING-STORAGE
SECTION
(b) items with RENAMES clause
(c)
condition-names
(d) None of the above
35. ZEROES and
SPACES are _______ constants
(a) Figurative
(b)
Numeric
(c) Non-numeric
(d) Alphabete
36. COMPUTE
X = A * B - C * D and
COMPUTE X = (A * B) - (C * D)
(a)
Are not the same
(b) Are same
(c) Syntactically
wrong
(d) Will yield a run time error
37. OCCURS
clause is used in the DATA DIVISION on data names at
(a) 01
level
(b) 77 level
(c) 88 level
(d) any level from 02
to 49
38. Consider the following COBOL entries:
05 X
PIC 99 VALUE 10.
SUBTRACT 20 FROM X.
The resultant value
of X wil be
(a) 10
(b) 00
(c) compile-time
error
(d) none of these
39. Consider the following
COBOL entries
05 X PIC 99 VALUE 10.
ADD 40 X TO
X.
COMPUTE X = 3 * X - 40.
The result in X is
(a)
10
(b) 40
(c) Compile or Run time error
(d) none of
these
40. given the following piece of code:
CALL
SUB-PGM USING A, B, C.
CALL SUB-PGM USING A, C, C.
(a)
Both CALL statements will always produce same result.
(d)
Both CALL statements may produce different result.
(c)
Compile-time error because SUB-PGM is a dataname.
(d)
Compile-time error because A, B, C are used twice.
41.
The hierarchy of the execution of logical operators is
(a)
NOT AND OR
(b) AND OR NOT
(c) OR AND NOT
(d) OR NOT
AND
42. The order of precedence of arithmetic operators
in an expression can be
overridden with the use of
(a)
[]
(b) ()
(c) {}
(d) Any of the above
Consider
the following passage for answering questions 43 to
47.
A program is written to accept an answer to the
query "enough fo the Day?"
If the respons is "N" then the
program accepts quantity purchased and rate
of the item and
displays the amount to be collected. Then the above
query
is again displayed and the loop continues. At the end
of the day, when
the response to the above query is "Y",
the day collections are displayed.
The program checks
that the quantity purchased is between 25 and 125 and
the
rate of the item is between 10.00 and 75.00. If
any of these two conditions
are violated, the program
displays an appropriate message and asks for next
input.
The amounts are displayed with proper editing. The program is
written
assuming that there can be a maximum of 1000
transactions a day.
43. How many variables would you
declare for the above problem?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c)
5
(d) 7
44. What should be the PICTURE clause of the
variable used to calculate
end of the day
collections?
(a) 9(9)v99
(b) 9(8)v99
(c)
995)v99
(d) Information given is insufficient to arrive at
the answer
45. What should be the PICTURE clause of the
variable used to calculate
to be collected.
(a)
9(9)v99
(b) 9(8)v99
(c) 9(5)v99
(d) Information given
is insufficient to arrive at the answer
46. Assuming
that the above program is being executed in a
Department
Stores in MADRAS which of the following PICTURE
clause will be
suitable for DISPLAYing the end of the
day collections?
(a) Z(5)V99
(b) Z(5).99
(c)
ZZ,ZZ,ZZ,ZZ9.99
(d) Information given is insufficient to
arrive at the answer
47. How many _____ statements do
you think will be there in the program?
(a) 3
(b)
4
(c) 5
(d) Information given is insufficient to arrive
at the answer
48. Which of the following paragraphs is
compulsory in every COBOL program?
(a) SPECIAL-NAMES
(b)
PROGRAM-ID
(c) FILE-CONTROL
(d)
OBJECT-COMPUTER
49. Which of the following files can be
OPENed in all the 4 modes? The four
modes are INPUT, I-O,
OUTPUT and EXTEND.
(a) INDEXED
(b) RELATIVE
(c)
SEQUENTIAL
(d) All of the above
50. Which of
the following EDITind and PICTURE symbols is to be used if
a
minus(-) is to appear before the value if the value is
-ve and a plus(+)
is to appear before the value if the
value is +ve?
(a) +
(b) -
(c) + OR
(d) It is not
possible
solutions
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 15
20 25 30 35
b,b,c,c,c,a,d,a,b,a, c, c, b, b, b, c, b, d, a,
a, c, b, d, a, d, d, b, c, d, b, a, c, a, c, a, b,
d,
38 43 48
a, c, b, a, b, b, b, c, c, a, b, c,
a