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What was removed from COBOL in the COBOL II implementation ?

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What is the significance of above the line and below the line ?

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What is the maximum length of a field you can define using COMP-1?

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Why do we code S9(4) COMP? In spite of knowing COMP-3 will occupy less space?

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What is the LINKAGE SECTION used for ?

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What is the difference between COMP & COMP-3in COBOL?

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Explain what is the difference between NEXT SENTENCE and CONTINUE ?

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Explain what is the difference between a subscript and an index in a table definition
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What do you mean by the linkage sectionin a COBOL program?

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What is Redefines clausein COBOL?

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How many sections are there in data division ?

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What is PERFORM and VARYINGin COBOL?

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Differentiate COBOL and COBOL-II with examples?

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What is the LINKAGE SECTION used for in a COBOL program?

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Explain what is the Purpose of POINTER Phrase in STRING command?

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Explain what is the difference between NEXT and CONTINUE clause?

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What do you mean by explicit scope terminatorin COBOL?

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How many bytes does a S9(7) COMP-3 field occupy ?

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What do you mean by COMP-1 and COMP-2 in COBOL?

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How can you tell if a module is being called DYNAMICALLY or STATICALLY ?

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What is the point of the REPLACING option of a copy statementin COBOL?

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