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WRONG1. An OCCURS clause is defined in the DATA DIVISION.      
C A. True
O B. False

See page 468
Level: easy



WRONG2. Tables and arrays are used for the same purposes.
O A. True
C B. False

See page 489
Level: medium



WRONG3. Group items may not be defined by an OCCURS clause.
O A. True
C B. False

See page 478
Level: easy



WRONG4. A table is used for looking up or referencing data.
C A. True
O B. False

See page 489
Level: medium



WRONG5. An OCCURS clause may only be defined in WORKING-STORAGE.   
O A. True
C B. False

See page 468
Level: easy



WRONG6. An index must be defined separately in WORKING-STORAGE.
O A. True
C B. False

See page 499
Level: medium



WRONG7. An OCCURS clause is used on level 88.   
O A. True
C B. False

See page 477
Level: easy



WRONG8. A PERFORM VARYING cannot be used with an index.         
O A. True
C B. False

See page 502
Level: medium



WRONG9. To do a binary search on a list of items, the list must be sequenced.
C A. True
O B. False

See page 514
Level: medium



WRONG10. An index can only reference the array it is defined with.
C A. True
O B. False

See page 499
Level: medium



WRONG11. A subscript is used with SEARCH and SET statements.
O A. True
C B. False

See page 499
Level: medium



WRONG12. SEARCH ITEM performs a binary search.
O A. True
C B. False

See page 499
Level: easy



WRONG13. An index or index register uses displacement values to access table addresses.
C A. True
O B. False

See page 500
Level: medium



WRONG14. A WHEN OTHER clause in the SEARCH statement is executed when the search is not successful and no match is found.
O A. True
C B. False

See page 499
Level: easy



TEXT15. What statement can be used to initialize or change the value of an index?
________________________________________________________________________

YOUR ANSWER:

The suggested answer is SET or PERFORM VARYING


See page 501
Level: easy



TEXT16. What type of table has values stored on secondary storage devices? ______________

YOUR ANSWER:

The suggested answer is an external table


See page 505
Level: hard



TEXT17. Parallel tables are processed by what type of SEARCH statement?_______________

YOUR ANSWER:

The suggested answer is SEARCH VARYING


See page 512
Level: hard



TEXT18. An item defined by an OCCURS clause may be initialized by what clause in the DATA DIVISION? _______________________________________________________.

YOUR ANSWER:

The suggested answer is VALUE


See page 473
Level: medium



TEXT19. What type of SEARCH statement requires that ITEM be sequenced? _____________

YOUR ANSWER:

The suggested answer is SEARCH ALL


See page 513
Level: medium



TEXT20. 01   SCOUT-TABLE.
05   SCOUT OCCURS 10 TIMES.
         10   SCOUT-NAME      PIC X(10).
         10   NUMBER-BOXES-SOLD   PIC 999.
In the above example, what single PROCEDURE DIVISION statement will cause all occurrences of SCOUT-NAME to have value spaces and all occurrences of NUMBER-BOXES-SOLD to have value zeros?__________________________________________

YOUR ANSWER:

The suggested answer is INITIALIZE SCOUT-TABLE


See page 473
Level: medium



TEXT21. SEARCH ITEM performs what type of search? _____________________________

YOUR ANSWER:

The suggested answer is sequential


See page 499
Level: easy



TEXT22. What must Items in an array share in order to be defined by an OCCURS clause?
________________________________________________________________________

YOUR ANSWER:

The suggested answer is the same format


See page 468
Level: easy



TEXT23. 05   ITEM OCCURS 100 TIMES PIC 99V99.
A subscript, SUB, is defined in WORKING-STORAGE to reference the above array. What PIC should SUB have? ________________________________________________

YOUR ANSWER:

The suggested answer is 999


See page 472
Level: easy



WRONG24. Each of the following is true about an index EXCEPT:
O A. It is established by an INDEXED BY clause on the OCCURS level.
O B. It is used to refer to an item in a table.
C C. Subscripts are processed less efficiently than indexes.
O D. It is used with a SEARCH statement.
O E. It is defined separately in WORKING-STORAGE.

See page 499
Level: medium



WRONG25. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about a multi-level OCCURS clause?
O A. COBOL permits up to 7 levels.
O B. It may be used for a table.
O C. If subscripts are used, a subscript is needed for each level.
O D. It may be used for an array.
C E. A multi-level SEARCH can be used for table-look-ups.

See pages 518, 520, 522, 528
Level: medium



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