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Which division of a COBOL program is used to define the layout of input and output files?
DATA DIVISION
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION
PROCEDURE DIVISION
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION

Which of the following is not a basic data type in COBOL?
INTEGER
DECIMAL
FLOAT
BOOLEAN
BOOLEAN

What is the maximum length of a variable name in COBOL?
8 characters
12 characters
16 characters
20 characters
20 characters

In COBOL, what is the syntax for declaring a variable named “SALES” of type “DECIMAL” with a precision of 9 and a scale of 2?
01 SALES PIC 9V99.
01 SALES PIC S9V99.
01 SALES PIC 9(9).99.
01 SALES PIC S9(9).99.
01 SALES PIC 9(9).99.

Which of the following is not a COBOL reserved word?
DISPLAY
MOVE
PERFORM
DEFINE
DEFINE

What is the purpose of the “INITIAL” keyword in a COBOL data definition?
To initialize the variable to a default value
To indicate that the variable is a pointer
To indicate that the variable is an array
To declare a variable constant
To initialize the variable to a default value

In COBOL, what is the maximum number of levels that can be defined in a data structure?
5
7
9
11
7

In COBOL, what is the syntax for defining a table named “SALES-TABLE” with 100 elements, each of type “DECIMAL” with a precision of 9 and a scale of 2?
01 SALES-TABLE OCCURS 100 TIMES PIC 9V99.
01 SALES-TABLE OCCURS 100 TIMES PIC S9V99.
01 SALES-TABLE OCCURS 100 TIMES PIC 9(9).99.
01 SALES-TABLE OCCURS 100 TIMES PIC S9(9).99.
01 SALES-TABLE OCCURS 100 TIMES PIC 9(9).99.

Which of the following is not a COBOL arithmetic operator?
+
-
*
^
^

What is the purpose of the “EXIT” statement in COBOL?
To exit a loop or perform block
To terminate the program
To jump to a different section of code
To return a value from a function
To terminate the program

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