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IBM IBM Certified Application Developer C9050-042

C9050-042

Exam Code: C9050-042

Exam Name: Developing with IBM Enterprise PL/I

Updated: Aug 21, 2026

Q & A: 140 Questions and Answers

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IBM C9050-042 Exam Syllabus Topics:

SectionObjectives
IBM Enterprise PL/I Features- Integration Technologies
  • 1. XML support
  • 2. Interoperability with C and Java
  • 3. JSON support
- Compiler and Runtime Features
  • 1. Optimization and diagnostics
  • 2. Compiler options
  • 3. Debugging techniques
File and I/O Processing- File Operations
  • 1. Sequential and direct access files
  • 2. Record processing
  • 3. OPEN, READ, WRITE, and CLOSE statements
- Input and Output Formatting
  • 1. GET and PUT statements
  • 2. Formatting data
PL/I Language Fundamentals- Expressions and Operators
  • 1. Logical and relational operators
  • 2. String operations
  • 3. Arithmetic expressions
- Data Types and Declarations
  • 1. Initialization and constants
  • 2. Scalar and aggregate data
  • 3. Attributes and storage classes
Data Processing- Character and String Handling
  • 1. Built-in string functions
  • 2. Substring processing
  • 3. Pattern and conversion operations
- Arrays and Structures
  • 1. Array manipulation
  • 2. Based and controlled storage
  • 3. Structure definitions
Program Structure and Control- Control Flow
  • 1. Conditional statements
  • 2. Branching and exception handling
  • 3. Iterative processing
- Procedures and Blocks
  • 1. Main and subprocedures
  • 2. Parameter passing
  • 3. Scope and declarations

IBM Developing with IBM Enterprise PL/I Sample Questions:

1. The following code is supposed to find the earlier date between today's date and the given input date
which is input to the program in YYYYMMDD format. What happens when the program is executed?
DCL DATE JN CHAR (8);
DCL DAT E_MIN CHAR (8);
GET (DATE IN);
DATE_MIN = MIN(SUBSTR(DATETIME(), 1, 8), DATE IN);

A) The resulting value consists of 8 blanks.
B) The statement works as intended.
C) The program ends abnormally at runtime.
D) The resulting value consists or a mixing or numbers and blanks.


2. What happens to STATIC variables declared in a procedure when the procedure is called recursively?

A) STATIC variables are allocated and initialized at each new invocation.
B) STATIC variables are allocated only once and can, therefore, be used for communication between
invocations.
C) The values of STATIC variables from the previous invocation are lost.
D) The values of STATIC variables from the previous invocation are saved and are available when the
current invocation ends.


3. Given the following code, which statement will produce an E level preprocessor message?
%DCL ABC ENTRY;
%ABC: PROC (X,Y) STATEMENT RETURNS(CHAR); DCL(XY) CHAR;
IF ^PARMSET(X) THEN NOTE('NO X ',0);
IF ^PARMSET(Y) THEN NOTE('NO Y '8');
RETURN('/* '!!X!!YI!'C */');
%END ABC;

A) ABC(,B);
B) ABC (A,B);
C) ABC Y(B)X(A);
D) ABC (A,);


4. Which of the following is a best practice to make debugging easier?

A) Have the calling program test the return code after the call.
B) Use a variable updated with the program name.
C) CALL PLIDUMP('TFCHAB','Spot Dump'); at key points in the program logic.
D) Use the runtime option STORAGE(00,,00,0K)


5. Given the following declaration, how many bytes will be occupied by the structure?
DCL 1 A ALIGNED, 2 B FIXED BIN (31), 2 C CHAR (1), 2 D FIXED BIN (31), 2 E FIXED DEC (5,2), 2 F
POINTER;

A) 20
B) 24
C) 19
D) 16


Solutions:

Question # 1
Answer: A
Question # 2
Answer: B
Question # 3
Answer: D
Question # 4
Answer: C
Question # 5
Answer: A

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