CSCI 465                                    Name _____________________
Summer, 2009

                               Quiz 8

                             (10 points)

    Multiple-choice questions are 2 points each and true-false 
    questions are 1 point each.  On multiple choice questions, pick 
    the best available answer.

1.  If we want to give a COBOL program an EXEC-line PARM such as
    'XYZ,123', we put this in the PARM on the link-edit step.

    A.  True
*** B.  False

2.  Which COBOL compiler option has to do with which compiler messages 
    are printed and where?

    A.  TEST
    B.  LIST
*** C.  FLAG
    D.  MAP
    E.  APOST

3.  The Return-Code special register is the counterpart in COBOL of
    register 15 as a place to put a return code.

*** A.  True
    B.  False

4.  Suppose I define the following items in Working-Storage:

       01  Value-A                     Pic S9(5)          Value -23.
       01  Value-B                     Pic S9(5)  Comp-3  Value -23.
       01  Value-C                     Pic S9(5)  Comp    Value -23.

    Which of these (A ? D) lists the 3 above items in order according 
    to the number of bytes needed to store them, from longest to 
    shortest?

    A.  Value-B, Value-C, Value-A
    B.  Value-C, Value-A, Value-B
*** C.  Value A, Value-C, Value-B
    D.  Value-C, Value-B, Value-A
    E.  It doesn?t matter, as they all take the same amount of space.




5.  Suppose the beginning of the definition of a table in Working-
    Storage looks like this:

       01  Q-Table.
           05  Q-Item                  Occurs 1 to 52 times
                                       Depending on Q-Counter 
                                       Indexed by Q-X.
               10 Q-Something          Pic X(20).

    True or False:  Q-Counter must be defined somewhere else in 
    Working-Storage as a numeric item.

*** A.  True
    B.  False

6.  Suppose I want to do a linear search on a table in COBOL.  Which 
    statement (A ? D) is not true?

    A.  The table must be indexed.
    B.  We need to set the index to 1 before we start.
    C.  The data does not need to be sorted first.
    D.  We use the Search operation.
*** E.  All of A - D are true.

7.  In COBOL, we execute internal subroutines using ?Perform? and 
    external subroutines using ?Call?.

*** A.  True
    B.  False