R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | COBOL Cobol Multiple Choice Questions

Event-driven languages are:

1. FORTRAN based
2. Are used to write procedural languages
3. OOP
4. Designed to make programming GUI easier

✅ Correct Answer: 4

IDE is:

1. Which of the following is not part of the IDE: (a) Code editor window (b) Properties window (c) Form layout window (d) General window
2. A development environment for machine language
3. A software project management tool
4. An Integrated Development Environment for Visual Basic

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following is not part of the IDE:

1. Code editor window
2. Properties window
3. Form layout window
4. General window

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The application name always appears in the:

1. Properties window
2. Intermediate window
3. Code window
4. Title bar

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The color of a button is:

1. One of its properties
2. Not updateable
3. Defined in the project
4. Defined in the Intermediate window

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Code is:

1. Updateable in the form editor
2. Instructions
3. Seldom used
4. An object

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Controls are:

1. Code
2. Part of the menus
3. Rules
4. Objects

✅ Correct Answer: 4

In the IDE, which of following is used to design the layout of an application?

1. Form Designer window
2. Project Explorer window
3. Context Menu
4. Form Layout window

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The location of the form on the desktop during execution is determined by the:

1. Form Designer window
2. Project Explorer window
3. Context Menu
4. Form Layout window

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The Object Browser:

1. Displays the command buttons and text boxes, etc.
2. Shows frequently used shortcuts as objects
3. Is a Context Menu
4. Displays the object libraries and their combinations of data and code

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The location of the form on the desktop during execution is determined by the:

1. Form Designer window
2. Project Explorer window
3. Context Menu
4. Form Layout window

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The first procedure-oriented language was:

1. FORTRAN
2. BASIC
3. COBOL
4. ADA

✅ Correct Answer: 1

C is:

1. A language widely used in UNIX
2. A language based on BASIC
3. Used primarily for business applications
4. A GUI

✅ Correct Answer: 1

COBOL is:

1. One of the oldest programming languages
2. Still widely used
3. Not suitable for business applications
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Visual Basic projects are identified by a:

1. “.vbp” suffix
2. “.vbg” suffix
3. “.vbg” suffix
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

To run an application in Visual Basic:

1. Click on the start button (blue arrow)
2. Use the File Menu
3. Use the Project Menu to select Run
4. None of above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

To run an application in Visual Basic:

1. Click on the start button (blue arrow)
2. Use the File Menu
3. Use the Project Menu to select Run
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

To exit Visual Basic:

1. Click Alt-Q
2. Use the File Menu to select Quit
3. Use the Window Menu to select Exit
4. Click on the diskette icon

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The reference library of Visual Basic books is called:

1. MSDN Library
2. Help Library
3. Contents
4. Topic pane

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Name the divisions which are not in the COBOL program.

1. ENVIRONMENT
2. FILE
3. DATA
4. WORKING

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What level is used for RENAMES clause?

1. 66
2. 77
3. 88
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

How do you define a table/array in COBOL using INDEX? A. 01 ARRAYS. 05 ARRAY2 PIC X(6) OCCURS 20 TIMES INDEXED BY WS-INDEX B. 01 ARRAY2 PIC X(6) OCCURS 20 TIMES INDEXED BY WS-INDEX C. 01 ARRAYS. 05 ARRAY1 PIC X(9) OCCURS INDEX BY 10 TIMES D. 01 ARRAYS. 88 ARRAY2 PIC X(6) OCCURS 20 TIMES INDEXED BY WS-INDEX E. None of the Above

1. 01 ARRAY2 PIC X(6) OCCURS 20 TIMES INDEXED BY WS-INDEX
2. . 01 ARRAY2 PIC X(6) OCCURS 20 TIMES INDEXED BY WS-INDEX
3. 01 ARRAYS. 05 ARRAY1 PIC X(9) OCCURS INDEX BY 10 TIMES
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which mode of the opening is required when REWRITE is used?

1. UPDATE
2. UPDATE
3. I-O
4. INPUT

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which clause can be used instead of checking for FILE STATUS = 10?

1. AT SPACES
2. AT END
3. AT SPACES
4. AT SPACES

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What are the access mode requirements of the START statement?

1. SEQUENTIAL
2. DYNAMIC
3. RELATIVE
4. INDEX

✅ Correct Answer: 2