Madras University (UnOM) 2005 B.C.A Computer Application Programming in Cobal - Question Paper

PART A - (10 x three = 30 marks)

ans any TEN ques.. All ques. carry equal marks.Each ans should not exceed 50 words.



1.What do you mean by literal? provide example.

2.What is the necessity of environment division?

3. Both the input and output file described in pay date processing COBOL program and assigned to disk. The program is run on the HCL system. Write the suitable environment division.

4.What is the necessity of level number?


5.Give the syntax of move verb. With example.


6.What are the rules for forming a COBOL words.


7.What do you mean by SET verb?


8.Give the syntax of GOTO….DEPENDING ON.


9.What do you mean by Group data item?


10.Write the syntax of MERGE verb.


11.What is the use of calculate verb?


12.What is the necessity of working storage section?



PART B - (5 x six = 30 marks)

ans any 5 ques..All ques. carry equal marks.

every ans should not exceed 200 words.



13. Differentiate ranging from user-defined words and reserved words.


14. define the use of ACCEPT and DISPLAY statement in COBOL.

15.Explain any 2 kinds of conditions with example.

16.Describe the structure of COBOL program.


17. What do you mean by editing PICTURE CLAUSES? with example.


18. Write a COBOL program to obtain whether a provided positive integer is odd or even.


19. Write a COBOL program to obtain the biggest among 3 numbers.



PART C - (4 x 10 = 40 marks)

ans any 4 ques..All ques. carry equal marks.

every ans should not exceed 500 words.



20. Write short notes on OPEN, CLOSE, learn and WRITE verb with examples.


21. explain in detail about the different arithmetic operations in COBOL.

22. The personal files of 2 departments contain the subsequent kind of data for every employee.


Field name: Employee name Personal details


Field size: 15 alphanumeric position 50 alphanumeric position


Write a program to merge these 2 files by comparing the employee name fields.


23. explain in detail about the different choices of PERFORM statement with examples.



24. A Finance Company has announced several loans to its customers. The interest rate for every kind of loan and its code are provided below:

Loan kind Interest rate Code

Housing 7% 1

Education 8% 2

Personnel 9% 3

Write a COBOL program to compute the total amount to be repaid on the basis of the amount taken and the interest given.

25.Explain the following:

(a) COBOL coding sheet.

(b) File Control snippet for indexed file.

(c) Redefines and Renames clause.

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Earning:   Approval pending.