M.C.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, 2007
( FIRST SEMESTER )
( PAPER - IV )
140. COBOL AND BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING
May
Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks
Answer any FIVE questions.
All questions carry equal marks. (5 × 20 = 100)
1. (a) Explain the necessity for four divisions of a COBOL program.
(b) What is the use of MOVE statement ? Explain MOVE CORRESPONDING clause.
2. (a) Explain all Arithmetic verbs with good number of examples.
(b) Explain the role of level numbers with examples.
3. (a) Explain :
(i) REDEFINES clause.
(ii) RENAMES clause in COBOL with examples.
(b) How tables handling is performed in COBOL programming with suitable example ?
4. (a) Discuss the different PERFORM statements with examples.
(b) Write a COBOL program to find the largest of three numbers.
5. (a) Explain the usage of ROUNDED AND ON SIZE ERROR options.
(b) Explain the use of SORT and MERGE verb in COBOL.
6. (a) What is a Report Writer ? What are the different parts of a Report ?
(b) Compare the relative files with indexed files.
7. (a) Write a COBOL program to calculate income tax as per the given norms and display the tax :
Rs. 50,000 and below - Nil
Rs. 50,000 to 75,000 - 20 %
Rs. 75,000 to 1,50,000 - 30 %.
(b) Write a COBOL program to print the number of prime numbers from the given N numbers.
8. (a) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of COBOL is large scale organization.
(b) Describe the features and functions of mainframe COBOL.
( FIRST SEMESTER )
( PAPER - IV )
140. COBOL AND BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING
May
Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks
Answer any FIVE questions.
All questions carry equal marks. (5 × 20 = 100)
1. (a) Explain the necessity for four divisions of a COBOL program.
(b) What is the use of MOVE statement ? Explain MOVE CORRESPONDING clause.
2. (a) Explain all Arithmetic verbs with good number of examples.
(b) Explain the role of level numbers with examples.
3. (a) Explain :
(i) REDEFINES clause.
(ii) RENAMES clause in COBOL with examples.
(b) How tables handling is performed in COBOL programming with suitable example ?
4. (a) Discuss the different PERFORM statements with examples.
(b) Write a COBOL program to find the largest of three numbers.
5. (a) Explain the usage of ROUNDED AND ON SIZE ERROR options.
(b) Explain the use of SORT and MERGE verb in COBOL.
6. (a) What is a Report Writer ? What are the different parts of a Report ?
(b) Compare the relative files with indexed files.
7. (a) Write a COBOL program to calculate income tax as per the given norms and display the tax :
Rs. 50,000 and below - Nil
Rs. 50,000 to 75,000 - 20 %
Rs. 75,000 to 1,50,000 - 30 %.
(b) Write a COBOL program to print the number of prime numbers from the given N numbers.
8. (a) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of COBOL is large scale organization.
(b) Describe the features and functions of mainframe COBOL.