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COBOL Programming with VSCode Coursera Quiz Answers

Week 01: COBOL Programming with VSCode Coursera Quiz Answers

Quiz 01: Welcome to COBOL

Q1. The B in COBOL stands for:

Banking
Brokerage
Business
Binary

Q2. What implementation of COBOL typically runs on IBM Z Mainframe computers?

COBOL 3000
Enterprise COBOL
MegaCOBOL
COBOL for Workgroups

Quiz 02: VSCode and Extensions

Q1. Vertical lines in your COBOL editor are called:

Margins
Lanes
Rulers
Gutters

Q2. The bar across the top of your editor that shows information about where in the code you are currently positioned is called the:

Trapdoor Instance
Pipeline Option
Breadcrumb View
Branch Sifter

Q3. VS Code gives us some nice features that will help in writing code. Which of the following is NOT one of those features?

Code Completion
References and Diagnostics
Context Inversion
Hover Text

Quiz 03: Basic COBOL Syntax

Q1. Columns 8-11 make up what section of a COBOL line of code?

A Area
B Area
Creation Area
Descriptor Area

Q2. Words that the compiler has a special meaning for are known as _________

Casters
Reserved Words
Declaratives
Indicatives

Q3. What division of a COBOL program would you put your name in, if you wanted other programmers to see who created it?

Identification Division
Procedure Division
Credit Division
Environment Division

Quiz 04: COBOL Divisions

Q1. Which COBOL construct encapsulates the highest number of other constructs?

Statements
Divisions
Paragraphs
Albums

Q2. A period at the end of COBOL statements is a ___________ scope terminator

Implicit
Explicit
Implied
Dependent

Q3. The division where you might perform math or interact with a user is known as the

Activation Division
Run Division
Procedure Division
Dynamic Division

Quiz 05: COBOL Variables

Q1. Which of the following is NOT a valid Data Name?

REPORT VALUES
REPORT_VALUES
REPORT_FOR_DIVISION_NO_12345
REPORT_FOR_DIVISION_#12345

Q2. What can we tell about a variable defined as a PIC 9(5)?

It is numeric and a length of 9
It is numeric and a length of 5
It is numeric with a range of 5-9 digits
There are 4 other PIC 9’s in this data definition clause

Q3. In a PIC clause, a V represents what?

A Variable
A Version Number
Underline
Decimal Position

Quiz 06 : Week 1 graded quiz

Q1. We define the IP address and login information for the system we are attempting to log in to by creating a _____________.

Host Registry
Connection Profile
Linkage Profile
Command Broker

Q2. The URL and port we enter to specify a connectto the mainframe system is also known, in this case, as the __________ URL.

z/OSMF
ZD&T
Zowe
Z99998

Q3. After successfully creating a connection to a working system using VS Code and the Zowe Explorer Plugin, three new menu sections appear, consisting of:

Favorites, Data Sets, Jobs
Jobs, Unix System Services, Code
Data Sets, Unix System Services, Jobs
Unix System Service, z/OS Facilities, Job Output

Q4. To specify the data sets you want to see for your particular user, you create or select a___________

Scope
Switch
View
Filter

Q5. To run COBOL code on z/OS, we right-click and select “Submit Job” on what file?

Parameters
JCL
COBOL
JSON

Q6. What does a COBOL Statement usually begin with?

Sentences
Parenthesis
Reserved words
Filler

Q7. What division acts as a link between your program and the system it’s running on?

Data Division
Identification Division
Procedure Division
Environment Division

Week 02: COBOL Programming with VSCode Coursera Quiz Answers

Quiz 01: Data Division

Q1. MOVE and COMPUTE are used to do what?

Upgrade the version of COBOL
De-fragment internal storage
Shift data into new registers
Alter the value of variables

Q2. When you’re running COBOL on a mainframe, you run it by submitting the ________

EBCDIC Character Set
Punch Card Emulation Deck
JCL
Procedure Division

Q3. MOVE and COMPUTE go into what division?

Procedure
Data
Intrinsic
Environment

Quiz 02: File Handling

Q1. What clause is used to describe a data set source file?

Link
Pointer
Load
Assign

Q2. The SELECT and ASSIGN clauses go into which division?

Data
Environment
Processing
Assignment

Q3. In the JCL, what does the DD statement help define?

The actual data set on the disk
The Data Driver used to access our modules
The FILE_RECORD limit has been reached
The record we just loaded is equal to the previous record

Quiz 03: Procedure Division

Q1. What construct do we use to perform an action one or multiple times in COBOL?

DO
ITERATE
PERFORM
SUB-ACT

Q2. What line of code is used to cease use of the ACCT-REC file after we’re done with it?

DISCONNECT
READ-DONE
DEALLOC
CLOSE

Q3. In the example, why would LASTREC = Y?

We processed the last record
The next read will hit the last record
The FILE_RECORD limit has been reached
The record we just loaded is equal to the previous record

Quiz 04: Program Structure

Q1. A loop in program structure is sometimes referred to as a

Campaign
Policy Execution
Inline Perform
Out-of-Line Perform

Q2. What style of programming creates objects, methods, and instances?

Fully Recursive Programming
Object Oriented Programming
Top-to-Bottom Programming
Abstract Cellular Programming

Q3. How is using PERFORM different from using a GO TO?

PERFORM uses call-by-reference variables
GO TO runs entirely in-memory
PERFORM returns to where it was called from after an implicit or explicit termination
PERFORM can only perform diagonal jumps

Quiz 05: Paragraphs

Q1. In COBOL, which section of columns musta paragraph start in?

0-5
1-22
8-11
22-30

Q2. Where should a paragraph be written in order for it to be called?

Immediately after the line of code calling it
Anywhere in the Procedure Division
It must be written in full above where it gets called
In the Paragraphs Division

Q3. If we wanted to PERFORM a series of paragraphs, in order, and then return after performing a specific paragraph, we could use what?

PERFORM BRANCH
PERFORM MISSION
PERFORM PARALLEL
PERFORM THRU

Quiz 06: Program Linkage

Q1. A COBOL program can use code from another COBOL program using what keyword?

CALL
HEAP
EXTEND
PEEK

Q2. Variables that will get used by the program being called go into what section?

EXTEND SECTION
VIRTUAL SECTION
LINKAGE SECTION
TEAM SECTION

Q3. To specify those variables when we invoke the called program’s logic, we use what phrase?

USING
WITH
WITHIN
INTO

Quiz 07: File Output and Reports

Q1. The File Descriptor (FD) goes within what paragraph of the Input-Output Section?

FILE-CONTROL
INPUT DECLARATION
FILE-HANDLER
IO-DIRECTOR

Q2. The COBOL reserved word used to allocate memory space with pre-defined content is:

PADDING
EXTRA
STUFFING
FILLER

Q3. We can define how the fields of data are structured by defining the ________

Data Capsule
Data Name Layout
Field Allocation Table
Sub-Field Structure

Quiz 08: Week 2 graded quiz

Q1. What change is required to make the output of the report in CBL0005 formatted as a dollar value?

Format it with dollar signs instead of Z’s
Format it with D’s instead of Z’s
Declare the variable using the WITH_DOLLARS Intrinsic Function
Using the PIC($$$) clause

Q2. For the PAYROL00 job output, where do we find details for the Execution (as opposed to the Compile details)?

PAYROLL:JESJCL
PAYROLL:SYSOUT
PAYROLL:JESYSMSG

Q3. What was the resolution for the ABENDU4038 error in CBL0003 where the program was unable to open or close the ACCTREC file name?

The permissions on the ACCTREC file were incorrect and needed to be updated
The amount of records in the data set was inconsistent between JCL and COBOL code
It was specified as INPUT when it should have been OUTPUT
ACCTREC was spelled wrong in the JCL and needed to be corrected

Q4. In which divisions do you describe the inputs and outputs, in file handling, that will be used in the Procedure Division?

Identification and Environment Divisions
Environment and Data Divisions
Procedure and Data Divisions
Identification and Data Divisions

Q5. What does the SELECT ASSIGN clause do in this snippet of code:

Selecting the external file name, PRINT-LINE, and assigning it to the internal file/data set, PRTLINE.
Selecting the internal file name, PRINT-LINE, and assigning it to the internal file/data set, PRTLINE.
Selecting the internal file name, PRINT-LINE, and assigning it to the external file/data set, PRTLINE.
Selecting the external file name, PRINT-LINE, and assigning it to the external file/data set, PRTLINE.

Q6. What is a block?

A section of code in the source code
A group of records to be loaded into the program
A COBOL reserved word
A COBOL data type

Week 03: COBOL Programming with VSCode Coursera Quiz Answers

Quiz 01: Conditional Expressions

Q1. Which of the following is NOT a type of COBOL conditional expression?

General relation condition
Class conditions
Sign conditions
Sorting conditions

Q2. A Conditional Name needs to be declared with a _____-level number

Q3. What type of statement is best suited for handling more than two paths of code logic, like a menu with sub-menu items?

EVALUATE
ALL-AT-ONCE
SPECIFY
IMPLEMENT

Quiz 02: Arithmetic Expressions

Q1. What characters do we use to indicate an exponential operation?

Q2. What can an arithmetic expression NOT start with?

Left Parenthesis
Unary Operator
Operand
/

Q3. If we say COMPUTE X Y Z = 2 + 2 + 6, what will happen?

X Y and Z will be set to 10
X will be 2, Y will be 2, Z will be 6
X Y and Z will merge into a new variable
The operation will fail because X Y and Z are letters, and the arithmetic expression is numerical

Quiz 03: Data Types

Q1. COMP-1 and COMP-2 are both what type of numerical representation?

Floating Point
Hexadecimal
Branching Digit
Virtual Decimal

Q2. COMP-3 uses what type of numerical representation?

BCD: BInary Coded Decimal
BCD: Branch Coded Decimal
BDD: Binary Digit Descriptor
BDT: Bit Descriptor Technology

Q3. When it comes to character representation, you can use ASCII or _______

UTILICODE
CHARBYTE
EBCDIC
PEMDAS

Quiz 04: Intrinsic Functions

Q1. The most recent version of COBOL (as of 2020) has how many Intrinsic Functions?

Q2. The format of an Intrinsic Function is

RUN FUNCTION function name(arguments)
Function name(arguments) EXECUTE
FUNCTION function name (arguments)
EXECUTE function name WITH (arguments)

Q3. You can turn a YYYYMMDD-formatted date into a count of days since January 1st1601 using the _____________ Intrinsic Function.

NUMERIC-DATE
DAY-COUNT
DATE-TABULATE
INTEGER-OF-DATE

Quiz 05: Week 3 graded quiz

Q1. What is the new feature added into the CBL0006 program that was not in CBL0005?

It adds an Average of all account balances
It adds a count of the number of people from the state of Virginia
There is now the ability to sort the people by name and state
It adds an additional field to the data for Age When Elected

Q2. In CBL0008, TLIMIT and TBALANCE get printed in what section of the report?

HEADER-3
HEADER-4
FOOTER-1
TRAILER-2

Q3. Why didn’t CBL0010 compile correctly the first time?

A misplaced comma in the JCL
It needs to be in COMPATIBILITY Mode, not EXTENDED Mode
A mismatch between the record lengths in the file and what the COBOL expects
The same variable is declared twice, which cannot happen

Q4. If Item-1 has a value of “Hello World!”, what will the value ofItem-1 be after executing the following code: Display Function Upper-Case(Item-1) ?

“Hello World!” (Sentence-Case)
“HELLO WORLD!” (Upper-Case)
“hello world!” (Lower-Case)
“hELLO wORLD!”

Q5. If we were coding an Inline Perform statement, where the looped portion of code simply DISPLAY-ed the value of COUNTER, which PERFORM statement could be used to ensure we output exactly 100 through 200?