IBM Developing with IBM Enterprise PL/I Sample Questions:
1. In which of the following examples will a dummy argument be passed?
A) DCL A EXT ENTRY (FIXED BINARY);
DCL (X,Y) FIXED BIN;
CALL A(X,Y);
B) PROC (A,B);
DCL (A,B) BIN FIXED;
END C;
END PGM;
C) PGM: PROC OPTIONS(MAIN);
DCL (X,Y) FIXED BIN;
CALL C (X,Y);
D) DCLA EXT ENTRY;
DCL (X,Y) FIXED BIN;
CALL A(X,Y);
E) DCL A EXT ENTRY (FIXED, BINARY);
DCL (X,Y) FIXED BIN;
CALL A(X,Y);
2. What is a program internal specification document?
A) The history of changes of the program and how it worked
B) A summary of the program's performance data
C) A description of how the program can be used
D) A description of how the program does its work
3. What happens to STATIC variables declared in a procedure when the procedure is called recursively?
A) The values of STATIC variables from the previous invocation are lost.
B) STATIC variables are allocated only once and can, therefore, be used for communication between
invocations.
C) The values of STATIC variables from the previous invocation are saved and are available when the
current invocation ends.
D) STATIC variables are allocated and initialized at each new invocation.
4. A software package utilizes several licensed third party software components and will be sold to multiple
customers who will also need runtime licenses. What information is LEAST appropriate to provide in a
technical operations guide?
A) The URL for the third party vendor
B) The required release level or the third party software components
C) The price or the third party software components
D) The contact information of the third party vendors
5. Lt there is a direct read access to a data object with a unique key (e.g., DB2-SELECT, IMS-GU, ...),
which of the following return codes is possible?
A) OK, not found, database not available
B) OK, end file, not found
C) OK, duplicate key, database not available
D) OK, end file, database not available
Solutions:
| Question # 1 Answer: E | Question # 2 Answer: D | Question # 3 Answer: B | Question # 4 Answer: C | Question # 5 Answer: A |
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