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1. Cobol stands for ..............
Common Business Object Language
Common Business Oriented Language
Common Beneficial Object Language
None of above
2. Which of the following is not a data type in COBOL?
float
numeric
alphabetic
alphanumeric
3. The data division is used to ................. in COBOL.
File control
Declare variables
Declare program id
Input-Output section
4. We write logic of the program in ......................Division.
DATA DIVISION
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
5. Which of the following division is used to specify the computer used by the program?
Data Division
Procedure Division
Environment Division
Identification Division
6. Who created cobol programming language?
ISO
CODASYL
ANSI
All of the Above
7. What cobol is used for?
Business
Finance
Administrative systems
All of the Above
8. Cobol and fortran came in which generation?
First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generation
Fourth Generation
9. COBOL was designed in ......................
1959
1958
1957
1960
10. What is the file extension of cobol?
.cbl
.cob
.cpy
All of the Above
11. Which of the following cobol verb is used while updating a file?
Read
Write
Rewrite
Update
12. How records are stored & accessed in relative file organization?
Directly
Sequentially
Relative address
None of above
13. What is the maximum length of Parm Parameter?
75
100
125
None of above
14. How many bytes will a S9(8) COMP field occupy?
2 bytes
4 bytes
8 bytes
6 bytes
15. Select variable, which is accessible only to the batch program?
Local
Global
Internal
External
16. Which division is used to specify the computer used by the program?
Data Division
Environment Division
Procedure Division
Identification Division
17. We use .................. to develop commercial applications that require precise and efficient manipulation of data.
Java
Pascal
COBOL
FORTRAN
18. Which verb is used to alter the value of index in COBOL?
Set
Alter
Move
None of above
19. ..................... word cannot be a user-defined COBOL word.
ACCEPT
TUTORIAL
WS-ACCEPT
WS-DISPLAY
20. Cobol stands for ..............
Common Business Object Language
Common Business Oriented Language
Common Beneficial Object Language
None of above
21. Which of the following is not a data type in COBOL?
float
numeric
alphabetic
alphanumeric
22. The data division is used to ................. in COBOL.
File control
Declare variables
Declare program id
Input-Output section
23. We write logic of the program in ......................Division.
DATA DIVISION
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
24. Which of the following division is used to specify the computer used by the program?
Data Division
Procedure Division
Environment Division
Identification Division
25. Who created cobol programming language?
ISO
CODASYL
ANSI
All of the Above
26. What cobol is used for?
Business
Finance
Administrative systems
All of the Above
27. Cobol and fortran came in which generation?
First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generation
Fourth Generation
28. COBOL was designed in ......................
1959
1958
1957
1960
29. What is the file extension of cobol?
.cbl
.cob
.cpy
All of the Above
30. Which of the following cobol verb is used while updating a file?
Read
Write
Rewrite
Update
31. How records are stored & accessed in relative file organization?
Directly
Sequentially
Relative address
None of above
32. What is the maximum length of Parm Parameter?
75
100
125
None of above
33. How many bytes will a S9(8) COMP field occupy?
2 bytes
4 bytes
8 bytes
6 bytes
34. Select variable, which is accessible only to the batch program?
Local
Global
Internal
External
35. Which division is used to specify the computer used by the program?
Data Division
Environment Division
Procedure Division
Identification Division
36. We use .................. to develop commercial applications that require precise and efficient manipulation of data.
Java
Pascal
COBOL
FORTRAN
37. Which verb is used to alter the value of index in COBOL?
Set
Alter
Move
None of above
38. ..................... word cannot be a user-defined COBOL word.
ACCEPT
TUTORIAL
WS-ACCEPT
WS-DISPLAY
Submit