COBOL Assessment
COBOL is an acronym for Common Business Oriented Language. Developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s, COBOL is the second-oldest high-level programming language (FORTRAN is the oldest). It is particularly popular for business applications to maintain, develop and distribute COBOL programs in mid-size and PC environments. Although disparaged by many programmers for being outdated, COBOL is still one of the most widely used programming languages in the world.
The COBOL assessment includes questions regarding to Basic COBOL Structure, COBOL Syntax, Control Breaks, Data Declaration, Data Manipulation, File Processing, Sorting, Subprograms, and Tables. This assessment is non-version specific and is appropriate to administer to COBOL programmers.
Assessments for COBOL 400 and COBOL II are also available.
| Number of questions | 53 |
| Test format | Multiple-Choice |
| Time to complete | Varies by skill |
| Topics covered | Basic COBOL Structure COBOL Syntax Control Breaks Data Declaration Data Manipulation File Processing Sorting Subprograms Tables |
| Tasks tested | Accept and Display Statements Accumulating Totals Area A Area B Basic SORT Statement Character Replacement COBOL Divisions COBOL Logic COBOL-74 Standard COBOL-85 Control Break Occurrence CR and DB Data Hierarchy Dates Decimal Point Printing Edit Characters Elementary Items Environment Division Evaluation Hierarchy False Condition Branch File Names File Status Code Hierarchy of Operation IF Statement INPUT PROCEDURE Level Numbers LINKAGE SECTION Loop Termination Mathematical Symbols Nested IF OCCURS DEPENDING ON Paragraph Names PERFORM VARYING Picture Clauses READ/WRITE Scope Terminators Screen Display SD Cause Site Specifics Sorting Keys Subscripts Table Declaration Table Depth Table Lookups Table Searching Table Sizes Truncation or Padding Understanding IF Structure Use of Subprograms Valid Syntax Variable Declaration Zero Suppressing |
| Supported languages | 🇺🇸 English (en_US) |
