COBOL MOCK TEST

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COBOL MOCK TEST I

Q 1 - Which data type is not available in COBOL?

A - Alphabetic A

B - Long L

C - Alphanumeric X

D - Numeric 9

Q 2 - What does COBOL stand for?

A - Common Business Oriented Language

B - Common Business Object Language

C - Common Oriented Business Language

D - Common Object Business Language

Q 3 - Which is the mandatory division in COBOL program?

A - PROCEDURE DIVISION.

B - IDENTIFICATION DIVISION

C - DATA DIVISION

D - ENVIRONMENT DIVISION

Q 4 - How is sign stored in a COMP-3 field?

A - First Bit

B - Last Bit
C - First Nibble

D - Last Nibble

Q 5 - What will happen if you code GO BACK instead of STOP RUN in a stand alone
COBOL program?

A - Program will give run time error.

B - Program will go in infinite loop.

C - Program will execute normally.

D - Program will throw compilation error.

Q 6 - Which of the following file opening mode is invalid in COBOL?

A - APPEND

B - INPUT

C - OUTPUT

D - EXTEND

Q 7 - What is the maximum size of a numeric field we can define in COBOL?

A - 920

B - 918

C - 931

D - 910

Q 8 - What is the mode in which you will OPEN a file for writing?

A - OUTPUT

B - EXTEND

C - Either OUTPUT or EXTEND

D - INPUT-OUTPUT

Q 9 - What is 77 level used for?

A - Renames

B - Redefine

C - Group Item

D - Elementary Level

Q 10 - Where does AREA B in COBOL start from?

A - 01 to 07 columns

B - 12 to 72 columns

C - 08 to 11 columns

D - 73 to 80 columns

Q 11 - Where does the FILE-CONTROL paragraph appear?

A - Procedure Division

B - Environment Division

C - Identification Division

D - Data Division

Q 12 - Can I redefine an X10 field with a field of X20?

A - No

B - Yes

Q 13 - What is the length of PIC 9.999?

A-4

B-6

C-5

D-3

Answer : C

Explanation
Length of PIC 9.999 is 5 as '.' takes 1 byte. So total 1 byte for '.' and 4 bytes for 9.

Q 14 - How many times following loop will execute?

MOVE 5 TO X.
PERFORM X TIMES.
MOVE 10 TO X.
END-PERFORM.

A - 11

B-5

C - 10

D - 15

Q 15 - Which cobol verb is used for updating a file?

A - READ

B - WRITE

C - UPDATE

D - REWRITE

Q 16 - Under which section we should make an entry in the program for a SORT file?

A - FD

B - SD

C - MD

D - None of these

Q 17 - How you will declare a Half Word Binary in program?

A - S98 COMP

B - S94 COMP

C - 98 COMP

D - 94 COMP

Q 18 - If 436 value is moved to a PP999 PIC clause, then what is edited value taken?

A - .00436

B - 00436

C - 436

D - 43600

Q 19 - Where can we specify OCCURS clause?

A - Elementary Item

B - Group Item

C - Both A & B

D - None of these

Q 20 - Which utility is used for compiling COBOL program?

A - IKJEFT01

B - IGYCRCTL

C - IGYCTCRL

D - None of these
Q 21 - How many bytes does a S97 SIGN TRAILING SEPARATE field occupy?

A - 7 bytes

B - 8 bytes

C - 4 bytes

D - 10 bytes

Q 22 - What does SEARCH ALL do?

A - Linear search

B - Binary search

C - Sequential search

D - None of these

Q 23 - In which division, Linkage Section comes?

A - Identification Division

B - Environment Division

C - Data Division

D - Procedure Division

Q 24 - In which division, Input-Output section?

A - Identification Division

B - Environment Division

C - Data Division

D - Procedure Division

Q 25 - Which of the following statement will give you Tutorials in TutorialsPoint

string?

A - TutorialsPoint1: 9

B - TutorialsPoint9

C - TutorialsPoint9: 1

D - TutorialsPoint9: 9

ANSWER SHEET

Question Number Answer Key

1 B
2 A

3 B

4 D

5 B

6 A

7 B

8 C

9 D

10 B

11 B

12 B

13 C

14 B

15 D

16 B

17 B

18 A

19 C

20 B

21 B

22 B

23 C

24 B

25 A

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