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Test Number 53/95

Q: COBOL stands for _________
A. Common Business Oriented Language
B. Common Business Object Language
C. Common Beneficial Oriented Language
D. Common Beneficial Object Language
Solution: COBOL stands for Common Business Oriented Language. It is designed for business purpose. It is fast and relatively simple to learn.
Q: COBOL is a language that keeps evolving.
A. True
B. False
C. ..
D. none
Solution: The statement is true. COBOL has billions of lines of existing code with more added each year. It thus keeps updating itself.
Q: Which of the following is not a part of the program division in COBOL?
A. Identification
B. Environment
C. Procedure
D. Compilation
Solution: COBOL has 4 basic parts in the division section: Identification, Environment, data and procedure. Each program is organized like a book.
Q: Which of the following is not a part of the Identification division?
A. Paragraphs
B. Entries
C. Phrases
D. Clauses
Solution: The order of identification division is:
Paragraphs
Entries
Clauses.
Q: D in COBOL stands for _________
A. Data
B. Draft
C. Debugger
D. Debugging lines
Solution: It stands for debugging lines. Compiler fills in with the sequence numbers. There are certain coding rules that must be followed in COBOL.
Q: Comment in COBOL is denoted by ________
A. *
B. /
C. //
D. ;
Solution: Comment is denoted by asterisk. (*) It denotes the comment line. Hyphen – denotes continuation.
Q: The data division is used to ________
A. Declare program id
B. Declare variables
C. File control
D. Input-Output section
Solution: The data division is used to declare and create variables and constant fields. There are 3 basic data types in COBOL.
Q: Which is not a data type in COBOL?
A. numeric
B. alphanumeric
C. alphabetic
D. float
Solution: There is no data type called as float in COBOL. It has only 3 basic data types: numeric, alphabetic and alphanumeric. Variables are created in the data division.
Q: What does S denote in a picture clause?
A. A symbol
B. A character
C. A sign
D. Alphanumeric sign
Solution: It denotes a sign in a picture clause. Picture clause values usually use 9, X, V, S, A.
Q: ____________ denotes the format in which data is stored in memory.
A. kind
B. attach
C. select
D. usage
Solution: Usage denotes the format in which data is stored in the memory. Normally the phrase usage is omitted in COBOL.

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