IBM C6030-042 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IBM C6030-042 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 61:

  Which of the following is NOT part of the PL/I code review?

  A. Training course for the program's author
  B. Attendance of people with technical expertise
  C. Decision whether the review object is a appropriate solution
  D. Documentation of results of the review
  A. Training course for the program's author

• Question 62:

  What characterizes the relational model with respect to data storage?

  A. Data is stored in variable length and format.
  B. Data is stored in tables.
  C. Data is stored in segments.
  D. Data is stored in hierarchies.
  B. Data is stored in tables.

• Question 63:

  Which of the following steps is NOT required to use the IBM Debug Tool on a PL/I program?

  A. Compile with TEST option
  B. Write an Language Environment user condition handler
  C. Plan points where the program should stop during testing
  D. Have the source code available
  B. Write an Language Environment user condition handler

• Question 64:

  Input to a SORT routine requires the starting position of each field to be sorted. Which of the following calculates a value of 5 for field B?

  DCL 1 S,

  2 A CHAR(4),

  2 B BIN FIXED(31);

  A. POINTERDIFF(ADDR(S), ADDR(S.B))
  B. POINTERDIFF(ADDR(S.B), ADDR(S))
  C. POINTERDIFF(ADDR(S.B),ADDR(S)) + 1
  D. POINTERDIFF(ADDR(S), ADDR(S.B)) + 1
  C. POINTERDIFF(ADDR(S.B),ADDR(S)) + 1

• Question 65:

  If the PROC name is less than 8 characters, what ENTRY point should be specified for a PL/I routine which will be FETCHed?

  A. PLISTART
  B. CEESTART L
  C. The PROC name
  D. The PROC name followed by a `1'
  C. The PROC name

• Question 66:

  The following code is supposed to find the earlier date between today's date and the given input date which is input to the program in YYYYMMDD format. What happens when the program is executed?

  DCL DATE JN CHAR (8);

  DCL DAT E_MIN CHAR (8);

  GET (DATE IN);

  DATE_MIN = MIN(SUBSTR(DATETIME(), 1, 8), DATE IN);

  A. The program ends abnormally at runtime.
  B. The statement works as intended.
  C. The resulting value consists of 8 blanks.
  D. The resulting value consists or a mixing or numbers and blanks.
  C. The resulting value consists of 8 blanks.

• Question 67:

  Given the following declarations, which statement correctly refers to X?

  DCL R CHAP(10);

  DCLX CHAR(10) BASED;

  DCL P PTR;

  DCLZ CHAR(10);

  P = ADDR(R);

  A. Z = P -> X;
  B. P = ADDR(X);
  C. Z = X;
  D. X='THIS IS X';
  A. Z = P -> X;

• Question 68:

  Which of the following is a best practice to make debugging easier?

  A. Have the calling program test the return code after the call.
  B. Use a variable updated with the program name.
  C. CALL PLIDUMP('TFCHAB','Spot Dump'); at key points in the program logic.
  D. Use the runtime option STORAGE(00,,00,0K)
  C. CALL PLIDUMP('TFCHAB','Spot Dump'); at key points in the program logic.

• Question 69:

  What happens after executing the following code?

  DCL OUTFILE FILE RECORD OUTPUT;

  DCLP PTR;

  DCL I BIN FIXED(31);

  DCL A BIN FIXED(31) BASED(P);

  DO I = 1 TO 10;

  LOCATE A FILE(OUTFILE) SET(P);

  A = I;

  END;

  CLOSE FILE(OUTFILE);

  A. 10 records will be written with value 1 to 10.
  B. 10 records will be written with first record value undefined.
  C. 9 records will be written with value 1 to 9.
  D. 9 records will be written with value 2 to 10.
  A. 10 records will be written with value 1 to 10.

• Question 70:

  Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the RANDOM builtin function?

  A. RANDOM can be called without any parameters.
  B. The values generated by RANDOM are uniformly distributed between 0 and 1, where 0 < random() < 1.
  C. RANDOM can be called with an optional SEED to avoid getting repeatable results.
  D. RANDOM can be called with an optional upper bound.
  D. RANDOM can be called with an optional upper bound.