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SAS Institute A00-211

SAS Base Programming for SAS (r) 9

Version: 5.9

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Topic 1, Volume A

QUESTION NO: 1

The SAS data set SASUSER.HOUSES contains a variable PRICE which has been assigned a permanent label of “Asking Price”. Which SAS program temporarily replaces the label “Asking Price” with the label “Sale Price” in the output?

A. proc print data = sasuser.houses; label price = “Sale Price”; run; B. proc print data = sasuser.houses label; label price “Sale Price”; run; C. proc print data = sasuser.houses label; label price = “Sale Price”; run; D. proc print data = sasuser.houses; price = “Sale Price”; run;

Answer: C Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 2

The following SAS program is submitted:

data work.empsalary;

set work.people (in = inemp) work.money (in = insal); if insal and inemp; run;

The SAS data set WORKPEOPLE has 5 observations, and the data set WORKMONEY has 7 observations. How many observations will the data set WORK.EMPSALARY contain?

A. 0 B. 5 C. 7 D. 12 Answer: A Explanation:

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QUESTION NO: 3

data work.accounting; set work.dept1 work.dept2; jobcode = ‘FA1’;

length jobcode $ 8; run;

A character variable named JOBCODE is contained in both the WORK.DEPT1 and

WORK.DEPT2 SAS data sets. The variable JOBCODE has a length of 5 in the WORK.DEPT1 data set and a length of 7 in the WORK.DEPT2 data set. What is the length of the variable JOBCODE in the output data set?

A. 3 B. 5 C. 7 D. 8 Answer: B Explanation: QUESTION NO: 4

Given the SAS data set SASDATA TWO:

SASDATA TWO XY ----52 31 56

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data sasuser.one two sasdata.three; set sasdata two;

if x = 5 then output sasuser.one; else output sasdata two;

run;

What is the result?

A. data set SASUSER.ONE has 5 observations

data set SASUSER.TWO has 5 observations data set WORK.OTHER has 3 observations

B. data set SASUSER.ONE has 2 observations

C. data set SASUSER.ONE has 2 observations

D. No data sets are output.

The DATA step fails execution due to syntax errors.

Answer: A Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 5

footnote1 ‘Sales Report for Last Month’; footnote2 ‘Selected Products Only’; footnote3 ‘All Regions’;

footnote4 ‘All Figures in Thousands of Dollars’; proc print data = sasuser.shoes;

footnote2 ‘All Products’; run;

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Which footnote(s) is/are displayed in the report?

A. All Products

B. Sales Report for Last Month All Products

C. All Products All Regions All Figures in Thousands of Dollars

D. Sales Report for Last Month All Products All Regions All Figures in Thousands of Dollars Answer: B

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 6

Given the raw data record DEPT:

----|----10---|----20---|----30 Printing 750

The following SAS program is submitted: data bonus;

infile ‘dept’;

inputdept$ 1-11 number 13- 15; <insert statement here>

run;

Which SAS statement completes the program and results in a value of ‘Printing750’ for the DEPARTMENT variable?

A. department = dept II number; B. department = left(dept) II number; C. department = trim(dept) number;

D. department=trim(dept)||put(number,3.); Answer: D

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QUESTION NO: 7

data one;

addressl = ‘214 London Way’; run;

data one; set one;

address = tranwrd(address1, ‘Way’, ‘Drive’); run;

What are the length and value of the variable ADDRESS?

A. Length is 14; value is ‘214 London Dri’. B. Length is 14; value is ‘214 London Way’. C. Length is 16; value is ‘214 London Drive’. D. Length is 200; value is ‘214 London Drive’. Answer: D

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 8

data work.sets; do until (prod gt 6); prod + 1;

end; run;

What is the value of the variable PROD in the output data set?

A. 6 B. 7

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C. 8

D. (missing numeric) Answer: B

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 9

The SAS data sets WORK.EMPLOYEE and WORK.SALARY are shown below:

WORK.EMPLOYEE WORK.SALARY fname age name salary

Bruce 30 Bruce 25000 Dan 40 Bruce 35000 Dan 25000

The following SAS program is submitted: data work.empdata;

by fname; totsal + salary; run;

Which one of the following statements completes the merge of the two data sets by the FNAME variable?

A. merge work.employee

work.salary (fname = name);

B. merge work.employee

work.salary (name = fname);

C. merge work.employee

work.salary (rename = (fname = name));

D. merge work.employee

work.salary (rename = (name = fname));

Answer: D Explanation:

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QUESTION NO: 10

Which program displays a listing of all data sets in the SASUSER library?

A. proc contents lib = sasuser.all; run; B. proc contents data = sasuser.all; run; C. proc contents lib = sasuser._alI_; run; D. proc contents data = sasuser._all_; run; Answer: D

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 11

proc sort data = work.employee; by descending fname;

proc sort data = work.salary; by descending fname; data work.empdata; merge work.employee work.salary; by fname; run;

Why does the program rail to execute?

A. The SORT procedures contain invalid syntax.

B. The merged data sets are not permanent SAS data sets.

C. The RUN statement was omitted alter each or the SORT procedures. D. The data sets were not merged in the order by which they were sorted.

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QUESTION NO: 12

The following SAS program is submittad:

data work.sales; do year = 1 to 5; do month=1 to 12; x+1; output end; end; run;

How many observations are written the WORK SALES data set?

A. 0 B. 1 C. 5 D. 60 Answer: D Explanation: QUESTION NO: 13

Given the following raw data record:

----I----10---I----20---I----30 son Travis,

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Obs relation firstname 1 son Travis

Which SAS program correctly reads in the raw data?

A. data family ( dIm = ‘,’); infile ‘tile specification’; input relation $ firstname $; run;

B. options dIm = ‘,’; data family; infile ‘file specification’; input relation $ firstname $; run; C. data family; infile ‘file specification’ dIm = ‘,’; input relation $ firstname $; run;

D. data family; infile ‘file specification’; input relation $ firstname $ / dim = ‘,’; run; Answer: C

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 14

Given the SAS data set AGES:

AGES AGE

---The variable AGE contains character values. ---The following SAS program is submitted: data subset;

set ages;

where age> 12; run;

How many observations are written out to the data set SUBSET?

A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 Answer: A Explanation:

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QUESTION NO: 15

Given the SAS data set PRICES:

PRICES prodid price K12S5.10producttype NETWORKsales 15returns 2 B132S 2.34HARDWARE30010 R18KY21.29SOFTWARE255 3KL8BY 6.37HARDWARE12515 DY65DW 5.60HARDWARE455 DGTY23 4.55HARDWARE672

data hware inter soft;

set prices (keep = producttype price); if price le 5.00;

if producttype = ‘HARDWARE’ then output HWARE; else if producttype = ‘NETWORK’ then output INTER; else if producttype = ‘SOFTWARE’ then output SOFT; run;

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data work.accounting; set work.department; length jobcode $ 12; jobcode=’FAl’; run;

The WORK.DEPARTMENT data set contains a character variable named JOBCODE with a length of 5. What is the result?

A. The length of the variable JOBCODE is 3. B. The length of the variable JOBCODE is 5. C. The length of the variable JOSBODE is 12. D. The program fails to execute due to errors. Answer: B

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 17

Which ODS statement option terminates output being written to an HTML rile?

A. END B. QUIT C. STOP D. CLOSE

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QUESTION NO: 18

The SAS data set PETS is sorted by the variables TYPE and BREED. The following SAS program is submitted:

proc print data = pets; var type breed;

sum number; run;

What is the result?

A. The SUM statement produces only a grand total of NUMBER.

B. The SUM statement produces only subtotals of NUMBER for each value of TYPE.

C. The SUM statement produces both a grand total of NUMBER and subtotals of NUMBER for

each value of TYPE.

D. Nothing is produced by the SUM statement; the program fails to execute. Answer: A

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 19

data work.passengers; if OrigPassengers = . then' OrigPassengers = 100; TransPassengers = 100; OrigPassengers = .;

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TotalPassengers = sum (OrigPassengers, TransPassengers) +0; run;

What is the value of the TOTALPASSENGERS variable in the output data set?

A. 0 B. 100 C. 200

D. (missing numeric value) Answer: B

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 20

Given the SAS data set PRICES:

PRICES Prodid priceproducttypesalesreturns K1255.10NETWORK152 B132S 2.34HARDWARE30010 R18KY2 1.29SOFTWARE255 3KL8BY 6.37HARDWARE12515 DY65DW 5.60HARDWARE455 DGTY23 4.55HARDWARE672

The following SAS program is submitted: data hware inter cheap;

set prices(keep = productype price);

if producttype = ‘HARDWARE’ then output hware; else if producttype = ‘NETWORK’ then output

inter; if price le 5.00; run;

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if producttype = ‘HARDWARE’ then output hware; else if producttype = ‘NETWORK’ then output inter; if price le 5.00;

run;

How many observations does the HWARE data set contain?

How many observations are written to the WORK.SALES data set?

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The program fails execution due to syntax errors. What is the cause of the syntax error?

A. The variable MONTHSALES does not exist.

B. An array cannot be referenced on a KEEP data set option.

C. The KEEP= data set option should be (KEEP = MONTHSALES).

D. The KEEP= data set option should be the statement KEEP MONTHSALES{12}. Answer: B

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 23

Given the SAS data set EMPLOYEES:

EMPLOYEES NAME SALARY --- --- Innis60000 Jolli50000 Ellis55000 Liu45000

proc print data = employees; where name like ‘_i%’; run;

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A. Liu only

B. Innis and Ellis only C. Innis, Ellis, and Liu only D. Innis, Jolli, Ellis, and Liu Answer: A

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 24

Given the SAS data set ONE:

ONE ObsDte ---109JAN2005 212JAN2005

data two; set one;

day = <insert expression here>; format dte date9.;

run;

The data set TWO is created: TWO

ObsDteDay 109JAN20051 12JAN20054

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A. day(dte) B. weekday(dte) C. dayofweek(dte) D. datdif(dte,’01jan2005’d,’act/act’) Answer: B Explanation: QUESTION NO: 25

Read the table:

Given the SAS data set SASUSER.HOUSES:

Obsstylebedroomsbathspricesqteetstreet 1CONDO21.5800501200MAIN 2CONDO32.5793501300ELM 3CONDO42.51271501400OAK 4CONDO22.01107001100FIFTH 5TWOSTORY43.01072502100SECOND 6TWOSTORY21.0556501600WEST 7TWOSTORY21.0692501450NORTH 6TWOSTORY42.5102950 2000SOUTH

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proc report data = sasuser.houses nowd headline; column style price;

where price It 100000;

define price / mean width = 9 format = dollar12.; title;

run;

The following output is desired: styleprice

--- CONDO$79,700 TWOSTORY$62550

Which DEFINE statement completes the program and produces the desired output?

A. define style / width = 9, B. define style / orderwidth = 9; C. define style / group width = 9; D. define style / display width = 9; Answer: C

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 26

Given the SAS data set WORKAWARDS:

WORK.AWARDS

FNAMEPOINTSMONTH

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---Amy24 Amy17 Gerard33 Wang33 Wang112 Wang18

proc sort data = work.awards; by descending fname points; run;

How are the observations sorted?

A. ENAME POINTS MONTH

Wang33 Wang112 Wang18 Gerard33 Amy24 Amy17

B. ENAME POINTS MONTH

Amy24 Amy17 Gerard33 Wang33 Wang18 Wang112

C. ENAME POINTS MONTH Wang33

Wang18 Wang112 Gerard33 Amy24 Amy17

D. ENAME POINTS MONTH

Wang112 Wang18 Wang33

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Gerard33 Amy17 Amy24 Answer: D Explanation: QUESTION NO: 27

libname temp ‘SAS data library’; data work.new; set temp.jobs; format newdate mmddw10.; mdate = month(newdate); ddate = weekday(newdate); run;

proc print data = work.new; run;

The variable NEWDATE contains the SAS date value for April 15. 2005. What output is produced if April 15, 2005 falls on a Friday?

A. Obsnewdate mdate ddate

104/15/2005 APR 6

B. Obs newdate mdate ddate

104/15/2005 4 6

C. Obs newdate mdate ddate

104/15/2005 APR 7

D. Obs newdate mdate ddate

104/15/2005 4 7

Answer: B Explanation:

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QUESTION NO: 28

The contents of the raw data file PRODUCT are listed below:

---10---20---30 24613 $25.31

The following SAS program is submitted: data inventory;

infile 'product';

input idnum 5. @10 price; run;

Which one of the following is the value of the PRICE variable?

A. 25.31 B. $25.31

C. . (missing numeric value)

D. No value is stored as the program fails to execute due to errors. Answer: C

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 29

proc contents data = sashelp.class varnum; quit;

What does the VARNUM option print?

A. a list of variable names B. the total number of variables

C. a list of the variables in alphabetic order

D. a list of the variables in the order they were created Answer: D

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QUESTION NO: 30

data test; set chemists; jobcode = ‘Chem2’

then description = ‘Senior Chemist’; else description = ‘Unknown’; run;

The value for the variable JOBCODE is: JOBCODE

---chem2

What is the value of the variable DESCRIPTION?

A. chem2 B. Unknown C. Senior Chemist

D. ‘ ‘ (missing character value) Answer: B

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 31

Given the AIRPLANES data set

AlRPLANES TYPE MPG

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-- ---F-18 105 C-130 25 Harrier 75 A-6 110

data gt100;

set airplanes(keep = type mpg load); load = mpg * 150;

run;

The program fails to execute due to syntax errors.

What is the cause of the syntax error?

A. MPG is not a numeric variable.

B. LOAD is not a variable in the data set GT100. C. LOAD is not variable in the data set AIRPLANES. D. LOAD must be defined prior to the SET statement. Answer: C

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 32

Given the raw data file EMPLOYEE:

----I----1 0---I----20---I----30 Ruth 39 11

Jose 32 22 Sue 30 33

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John 40 44

data test;

infile ‘employee’;

input employee_name $ 1-4;

if employee_name = ‘Ruth’ then input idnum 10-11; else input age 7-8;

run;

What value does the variable IDNUM contain when the name of the employee is “Ruth”?

A. 11 B. 22 C. 33

D. (missing numeric value) Answer: B

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 33

data temp.x; set sasuser.y; run;

What must be submitted prior to this SAS program for the program to execute successfully?

A. A LIBNAME statement for the libref TEMP only must be submitted. B. A LIBNAME statement for the libref SASUSER only must be submitted.

C. LIBNAME statements for the librefs TEMP and SASUSER must be submitted. D. No LIBNAME statement needs to be submitted.

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QUESTION NO: 34

The data set RALESTATE has the variable LOCALFEE with a format or 9. and a variable COUNTRYFEE with a format or 7.;

data history;

format local fee country fee percent6.; set realestate;

local fee = local fee / 100; country fee = country fee / 100; run;

What are the formats of the variables LOCALFEE and COUNTRYFEE in the output dataset?

A. LOCALFEE has format of 9. and COUNTRYFEE has a format of 7.

B. LOCALFEE has format of 9. and COUNTRYFEE has a format of percent6.

C. LOCALFEE has format of percent6. and COUNTRYFEE has a format of percent6. D. The data step fails execution; there is no format for LOCALFEE

QUESTION NO: 35

proc freq data = class;

tables gender * age / <insert option here>; run;

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The following report is created: The FREQ Procedure

Table of gender by age

Row Column

Gender ageFrequencyPercent Percent Percent F11110.0020.0050.00 12220.0040.0040.00 13220.0040.0066.67 Total550.00100.00 M11110.0020.0050.00 12330.0060.0060,00 13110.0020.0033.33 Total550.00100.00 Total11220.00100.00 12550.00100.00 13330.00100.00 Total10100.00

Which option correctly completes the program and creates the report?

A. LIST B. NOCOLS C. CROSSLIST D. NOCROSSTAB Answer: C Explanation:

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QUESTION NO: 36

The value 110700 is stored in a numeric variable named SALARY.

Which FORMAT statement displays the value as $110,700.00 in a report?

A. format salary comma11.2; B. format salary dollar8.2; C. format salary dollar11.2;

D. format salary comma8.2 dollar8.2; Answer: C

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 37

Given the raw data file YEARAMT: ----|---10---|---20---|----30 1901 2 1905 1 1910 6 1925 . 1941 1

The following SAS program is submitted: data coins;

infile ‘yearamt’; input year quantity;

<insert statement(s) here> run;

Which statement(s) completed the program and produced a non-missing value for the variable TOTQUANTITY in the final observation of the output data set?

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A. totquantity + quantity;

B. totquantity = sum(totquantity + quantity);

C. retain totquantity; totquantity = totquantity + quantity; D. retain totquantity0; totquantity = totquantity + quantity; Answer: A

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 38

Given the SAS data set EMPLOYEE INFO:

EMPLOYEE_INFO IDNumber Expenses 2542 100.00 3612 133.15 2198 234.34 2198 111.12

proc sort data = employee_info; <insert BY statement here> run;

Which BY statement completes the program and sorts the data sequentially by ascending expense values within each ascending IDNUMBER value?

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A. by Expenses IDNumber; B. by IDNumber Expenses;

C. by ascending Expenses IDNumber;

D. by ascending IDNumber ascending Expenses; Answer: B

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 39

proc format

value score 1 - 50 = ‘Fail’ 51 - 100 = ‘Pass’;

run;

proc report data = work.courses nowd; column exam;

define exam / display format = score.; run;

The variable EXAM has a value of 50.5.

How will the EXAM variable value be displayed in the REPORT procedure output?

A. Fail B. Pass C. 50.5

D. . (missing numeric value) Answer: C

Explanation:

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What is the purpose or the MISSOVER option on the INFILE statement?

A. It prevents SAS from loading a new record when the end of the current record is reached. B. It enables SAS to scan the input data records until the character string that is specified in the

@‘character-string’ expression is round.

C. It enables SAS to continue to read the next input data record if it does not find values in the

current input tine for all the variables in the statement.

D. It causes the DATA step to stop processing if an INPUT statement reaches the end of the

current record without finding values for all variables in the statement.

QUESTION NO: 41

data work.test;

set work.staff (keep = jansales febsales marsales); array diff_sales{3} difsales1 - difsales3;

array monthly{3} jansales febsales marsales; run;

What new variables are created?

A. JANSALES, FEBSALES and MARSALES B. MONTHLY1, MONTHLY2 and MONTHLY3 C. DIFSALES1, DIFSALES2 and DIFSALES3

D. DIFF_SALES1, DIFF_SALES2 and DIFF_SALES3 Answer: C

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 42

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A. The _ERROR_ variable contains the values ‘TRUE’ or ‘FALSE.’

B. The _ERROR variable maintains a count of the number of data errors.

C. The _ERROR_ variable can be used in expressions or calculations in the DATA step. D. The ERROR_variable contains the number or the observation that caused the error. Answer: C

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 43

Given the following raw data record:

07Jan2005

Which INFORMAT reads this raw data and stores it as a SAS date value?

A. dmy9. B. date9. C. ddMMMyy9. D. ddmmmyyyy9. Answer: B Explanation: QUESTION NO: 44

Which statement correctly computes the average of four numerical values?

A. average = mean(num1, num4); B. average = mean(num1 - num4); C. average = mean(ofnum1 - num4)

D. average = mean(num1 num2 num3 num4); Answer: C

Explanation:

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libname temp ‘SAS data library’; data temp.sales;

merge temp.sales work.receipt; by names; run;

The input data files are sorted by the NAMES variable:

What is the result?

A. The program executes successfully and a temporary SAS data set is created. B. The program executes successfully and a permanent SAS data set is created.

C. The program fails execution because the same SAS data set is referenced for both read and

write operations.

D. The program fails execution because the SAS data sets on the MERGE statement are in two

different libraries.

QUESTION NO: 46

Given the contents of the raw data file TYPECOLOR:

----I----10---I----20---I----30 Daisyyellow

The following SAS program is submitted: data flowers;

infile ‘typecolor’;

input type$ 1-5+1 color$; run;

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What are the values of the variables TYPE and COLOR? A. type color daisygreen B. type color daisy ellow C. type color

daisyyellow” “(missing character value)

D. No values are stored for the TYPE and COLOR variables. Answer: B

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 47

A user-defined format has been created using the FORMAT procedure. Where is it stored?

A. in a SAS catalog

B. in an external binary file

C. in a SAS dataset in the WORK library

D. in a SAS dataset in a permanent SAS data library Answer: A

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 48

data work.flights; destination = ‘cph’; select(destination);

when(’LHR’) city = ‘London’; when(’CPH’) city = ‘Copenhagen’; otherwise city = ‘Other’;

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run;

What is the value of the CITY variable?

A. Other B. Copenh C. Copenhagen

D. ‘‘(missing character value) Answer: A

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 49

data work.new; length word $7; amount = 4;

it amount = 4 then word = ‘FOUR’; else if amount = 7

then word = ‘SEVEN’; else word = ‘NONE!!!’; amount = 7;

run;

What are the values of the AMOUNT and WORD variables in SAS dataset work.new?

A. amount word 4 FOUR B. amount word 4 NONE!!! C. amount word 7 FOUR D. amount word 7 SEVEN

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QUESTION NO: 50

The following SAS program is submitted, creating the SAS data set ONE:

data one;

infile ‘file specification’; input num chars$; run; ONE NUMCHAR ---123 323 177

proc print data = one; where char = 23; run; What is output? A. NUM CHAR 1 77 2 B. NUM CHAR 1 23 3 23 C. NUM CHAR

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1 23 3 23 1 77 D. No output is generated. Answer: D Explanation: QUESTION NO: 51

data work.retail; cost = ‘20000’; total= .10* cost run;

What is the result?

A. The value of the variable TOTAL in the output data set is 2000. No messages are written to the

SAS log.

B. The value of the variable TOTAL in the output data set is 2000. A note that conversion has

taken place is written to the SAS log.

C. The value of the variable TOTAL in the output data set is missing. An error message is written

to the SAS log.

D. The variable TOTAL in the output data set has no value. The program fails to execute due to a

syntax error.

QUESTION NO: 52

Data_null_; set old;

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put sales 1 sales2; run;

Where is the output written?

A. to the SAS log

B. to the SAS data set _NULL_

C. to the SAS output window or to an output file D. to the raw data file that was most recently opened Answer: A

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 53

data work.test;

array items{3} _temporary_; run;

What are the names of the variable(s) in the WORKTEST data set?

A. ITEMS

B. ITEMS1, ITEMS2, ITEMS3

C. No variables are created because it is a temporary array.

D. The program fails to execute because there are no variables listed on the ARRAY statement. Answer: C

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 54

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The following SAS program is submitted: proc freq data = sales;

<insert TABLES statement here> run;

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Which TABLES statement(s) completed the program and produced the output?

A. tables region product; B. tables region * product; C. tables product * region; D. tables product; tables region; Answer: B

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 55

data one;

date = ‘04juI2005’d;

format date weekdate.; run; proc print data = one; run;

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A. Obs date 1 Monday, July 4, 2005 B. Obs date 1 July4, 2005 C. Obs date 1 04Jul2005 D. Obs date 1 Monday, 07/04/2005 Answer: A Explanation: QUESTION NO: 56

data test;

set sasuser.employees;

if 2 le years_service le 10 then amount = 1000;

else amount = 0;

amount_per_year = years_service / amount run;

What is the value of the variable AMOUNT_PER_YEAR if an employee has been with the company for one year?

A. 0 B. 0.001 C. 1

D. . (missing numeric value) Answer: D

Explanation:

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Given the SAS data set PERM.STUDENTS: PERM.STUDENTS NAMEAGE --- Alfred14 Alice13 Barbara13 Carol14

The following SAS program is submitted: libname perm ‘SAS data library’;

data students; set perm.students; file ‘file specification’; put name $ age;

<insert statement here> run;

The following double-spaced file is desired as output

Alfred 14 Alice 13 Barbara 13 Carol 14

Which statement completes the program and creates the desired file?

A. put B. put/; C. double; D. put _null_; Answer: A Explanation:

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QUESTION NO: 58

data work.total;

set work.salary(keep = department wagerate); by department; if first.department then payroll = 0; payroll + wagerate; if last.department; run;

The SAS data set named WORKSALARY contains 10 observations for each department, and is currently ordered by DEPARTMENT.

Which statement is true?

A. The BY statement in the DATA step causes a syntax error.

B. The statement payroll + wagerate; in the DATA step causes a syntax error.

C. The values of the variable PAYROLL represent the total for each department in the

WORK.SALARY data set.

D. The values of the variable PAYROLL represent a total for all values of WAGERATE in the

WORKSALARY data set.

QUESTION NO: 59

Given the contents of the raw data file EMPLOYEE:

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Alan 19/2/2004 ACCT Rob 22/5/2004 MKTG MaryJane 14/3/2004 EDUC

The following SAS program is submitted: data emps;

infile ‘employee’; input@1 name$

@15 date <insert INFORMAT here> @25 department$;

run;

Which INFORMAT correctly completes the program?

A. date9. B. ddmmyyyy9. C. ddmmyy10. D. ddmmyyyy10. Answer: C Explanation: QUESTION NO: 60

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data test;

infile ‘file specification’; input name $ amount@@; run;

Which of the following is true?

A. Two @@ together are the same as one c.

B. Two @@ hold the data records until the bottom of the DATA step. C. Two @@ hold the raw data record across iterations of the DATA step. D. Two @@ are invalid syntax and will cause the program to fail to execute. Answer: C

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 61

Given the SAS data set QTR 1_REVENUE:

destinationrevenue YYZ53634 FRA62129 FRA75962 RDU76254 YYZ82174

proc sort data = qtr1_revenue;

by destination descending revenue; run;

What is the first observation in the output data set?

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FRA 62129 B. destination revenue FRA 75962 C. destination revenue YYZ 53634 D. destination revenue YYZ 82174 Answer: B Explanation: QUESTION NO: 62

data numrecords; infile ‘file specification’; input@1 patient $15. relative$ 16-26@;

if relative = ‘children’ then input @54 diagnosis $15. @; else if relative = ‘parents’ then input @28 doctor $15.

clinic $ 44-53

@54 diagnosis $15. @; input age;

run;

How many raw data records are read during each iteration of the DATA step execution?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

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QUESTION NO: 63

Given the SAS data set ONE:

Given the SAS data set WORK.ONE:

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A. Option A B. Option B C. Option C D. Option D Answer: B Explanation: QUESTION NO: 64

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105 data january;

106 set allmonths(keep = product month num_sold cost); 107 if month = ‘Jan’ then output january;

108 sales = cost * num_sold; 109 keep = product sales;

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ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following:!, !!, &, *,**, +, -,/, <,< =, <>, =, >, ><, >=,

AND, EQ, GE, GT, IN, LE, LT, MAX, MIN, NE, NG, NL, NOTIN, OR,^=,|,II,

110 run;

What changes should be made to the KEEP statement to correct the errors in the LOG?

A. keep product sales; B. keep product, sales; C. keep = product, sales; D. keep = (product sales); Answer: A

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 65

data combine; prefix=’505’; middle=’6465 ‘; end=’09090’;

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run;

Which statement successfully completes the program so that TOTAL has a value of 505-6465-09090?

A. total = cat(’-’, prefix, middle, end); B. total = catx(’-’, prefix, middle, end); C. total = prefix !!’-’!! middle ‘‘!!’-’!! end; D. total = prefix!!’-’!! left(middle)!!’-’!! end; Answer: B

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 66

<insert ODS statement here> proc means data = sasuser.shoes;

where product in (‘Sandal’ , ‘Slipper’ , ‘Boot’); run;

Which ODS statements complete the program and send the report to an HTML file?

A. ods html = ‘sales.html’; ods html close; B. ods file = ‘sales.html’; ods file close; C. ods file html = ‘sales.html’; ods file close; D. ods html file = ‘sales.html’; ods html close; Answer: D

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 67

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----I---- 10---I----20---I----30 $1,234

The following SAS program is submitted: data test;

infile ‘amount’; input@1 salary 6.;

if_error_then description = ‘Problems’; else description = ‘No Problems’; run;

What is the result?

A. The value of the DESCRIPTION variable is No Probl. B. The value of the DESCRIPTION variable is Problems. C. The value of the DESCRIPTION variable is No Problems.

D. The value of the DESCRIPTION variable can not be determined. Answer: B

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 68

Given the SAS data set PEPM.STUDENTS:

PERM.STUDENTS NAME AGE --- --- Alfred 14

Alice13 Barbara13 Carol14

The following SAS program is submitted: libname perm ‘SAS data library’;

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set perm.students; file ‘file specification’; put name $15. @5 age 2.; run;

What is written to the output raw data file?

A. ----I----10---I----20---I----30 Alfred 14 Alice 13 Barbara 13 Carol 14 B. ----I----10---I----20---I----30 Alfr14 Alic13 Barb13a Carol 4 C. ----I----10---I----20---I----30 Alfr14ed Alic130 Barb13ara Caro141 D. ----I----10---I----20---I----30 Alfred14 Alice13 Barbara13 Carol14 Answer: B Explanation: QUESTION NO: 69

data work.total;

set work.salary(keep = department wagerate); by department;

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if first.department then payroll = 0; payroll + wagerate; if last.department run;

The SAS data set WORK.SALARY, currently ordered by DEPARTMENT, contains 100 observations for each of 5 departments.

What is the result?

A. The WORK.TOTAL data set contains 5 observations. B. The WORKTDTAL data set contains 100 observations. C. The WORKTOTAL data set contains 500 observations. D. The program fails to execute due to errors.

QUESTION NO: 70

The following SAS program is submitted;

data combine;

country = ‘Italy, Russia, ireland’; found = find(country, ‘i’);

run;

What is the value of the variable FOUND in the output data set?

A. 1 B. 12 C. Italy D. Russia Answer: B Explanation:

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QUESTION NO: 71

Given the following code:

proc print data=SASHELP.CLASS(firstobs=5 obs=15); where Sex='M';

run;

How many observations will be displayed?

A. 11 B. 15 C. 10 or fewer D. 11 or fewer Answer: D Explanation: QUESTION NO: 72

The SAS data set named WORK.SALARY contains 10 observations for each department, and is currently ordered by Department. The following SAS program is submitted:

Which statement is true?

A. The by statement in the DATA step causes a syntax error.

B. The statement Payroll+(MonthlyWageRate*12); in the data step causes a syntax error. C. The values of the variable Payroll represent the monthly total for each department in the

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QUESTION NO: 73

Given the contents of the raw data file TYPECOLOR.DAT:

What are the values of the variables Type and Color?

A. Type=daisy, Color=yellow B. Type=daisy, Color=w C. Type=daisy, Color=daisyyellow D. Type=daisy, Color= Answer: D Explanation: QUESTION NO: 74

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What new variables are created?

A. Difcount1, Difcount2 and Difcount3 B. Diff1, Diff2 and Diff3

C. Janpt, Febpt, and Marpt

D. Patients1, Patients2 and Patients3 Answer: A

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 75

Given the raw data record in the file phone.txt:

Which SAS statement completes the program and results in a value of "James Stevens" for the variableFullName? A. FullName=CATX(' ',EmpFName,EmpLName); B. FullName=CAT(' ',EmpFName,EmpLName); C. FullName=EmpFName!!EmpLName; D. FullName=EmpFName + EmpLName; Answer: A Explanation:

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QUESTION NO: 76

Which statement specifies that records 1 through 10 are to be read from the raw data file customer.txt?

A. infile 'customer.txt' 1-10; B. input 'customer.txt' stop@10; C. infile 'customer.txt' obs=10; D. input 'customer.txt' stop=10; Answer: C

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 77

data WORK.ONE;

Text=’Australia, US, Denmark’; Pos=find(Text,’US’,’i’,5);

run;

What value will SAS assign to Pos?

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Which output is correct based on the submitted program?

A. Option A B. Option B C. Option C D. Option D

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QUESTION NO: 79

The SAS data set WORK.ONE contains a numeric variable named Num ana character variable named Char: WORK.ONE Num Char ---1 23 3 23 1 77

The following SAS program is submitted: proc print data=WORK.ONE;

where Num='1'; run; What is output? A. Num Char --- ---- 1 23 B. Num Char --- ---- 1 23 1 77 C. Num Char --- ---- 1 23 3 23 1 77 D. No output is generated. Answer: D

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Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 80

The following output is created by the FREQUENCY procedure:

Which TABLES statement was used to completed the following program that produced the output?

proc freq data=sales; <_insert_code_> run;

A. tables region product; B. tables region,product C. tables region/product; D. tables region*product;

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QUESTION NO: 81

<_insert_ods_code_>

proc means data=SASUSER.SHOES;

where Product in ('Sandal' , 'Slipper' , 'Boot'); run;

<_insert_ods_code_>

Which ODS statements inserted, respectively, in the two location above creates a report stored in an html file?

A. ods html open='sales.html';

ods html close;

B. ods file='sales.html' / html;

ods file close;

C. ods html file='sales.html';

ods html close;

D. ods file html='sales.html';

ods file close;

QUESTION NO: 82

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A. Option A B. Option B C. Option C D. Option D Answer: A Explanation: QUESTION NO: 83

Which of the following choices is an unacceptable ODS destination for producing output that can be viewed in Microsoft Excel?

A. MSOFFICE2K B. EXCELXP C. CSVALL D. WINXP Answer: D Explanation: QUESTION NO: 84

Which statement describes a characteristic of the SAS automatic variable _ERROR_?

A. The _ERROR_ variable maintains a count of the number of data errors in a DATA step. B. The _ERROR_ variable is added to the program data vector and becomes part of the data set

being created.

C. The _ERROR_ variable can be used in expressions in the DATA step.

D. The _ERROR_ variable contains the number of the observation that caused the data error. Answer: C

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 85

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The following program is submitted: libname MYXLS 'regions.xls';

Which PROC PRINT step correctly displays the NORTH worksheet?

A. proc print data=MYXLS.NORTH;

run;

B. proc print data=MYXLS.NORTH$;

run;

C. proc print data=MYXLS.'NORTH'e;

run;

D. proc print data=MYXLS.'NORTH$'n;

run;

QUESTION NO: 86

Given the data set WORK.EMPDATA:

Which one of the following where statements would display observations with job titles containing the word 'Manager'?

A. where substr(Job_Title,(length(Job_Title)-6))='Manager'; B. where upcase(scan(Job_Title,-1,' '))='MANAGER';

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C. where Job_Title='% Manager '; D. where Job_Title like '%Manager%'; Answer: D

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 87

data WORK.DATE_INFO; X="01Jan1960" D;

run;

What variable X contains what value?

A. the numeric value 0

B. the character value "01Jan1960" C. the date value 01011960

D. the code contains a syntax error and does not execute. Answer: A

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 88

Given the SAS data set WORK.EMP_NAME:

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The following program is submitted:

How many observations are in data set WORK.ALL after submitting the program?

proc contents data=_all_; run;

Which statement best describes the output from the submitted program?

A. The output contains only a list of the SAS data sets that are contained in the WORK library. B. The output displays only the contents of the SAS data sets that are contained in the WORK

library.

C. The output displays only the variables in the SAS data sets that are contained in the WORK

library.

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displays the contents of those data sets.

QUESTION NO: 90

How will the Exam variable value be displayed in the FREQ procedure output?

A. Fail B. Pass C. 50.5

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 91

proc sort data=SASUSER.PROJECTS out=PSORT; by Code descending Date Cost;

run;

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A. The descending option applies to the variable Code. B. The variable Code is sorted by ascending order.

C. The PSORT data set is stored in the SASUSER library.

D. The descending option applies to the Date and Cost variables. Answer: B

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 92

The following code was modified to generate the results further below:

proc format; value agegrp low-12 ='Pre-Teen' 13-high = 'Teen'; run;

proc means data=SASHELP.CLASS; var Height;

class Sex Age; format Age agegrp.; run;

The following results were generated to display only specific statistics and limit the decimals with the modification: Which statement below was modified or added to generate the results above:

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B. proc means data=SASHELP.CLASS maxdec=1 ;

C. proc means data=SASHELP.CLASS min max mean maxdec=1; D. output nobs min max mean maxdec=1;

QUESTION NO: 93

What types of variables are DayOfMonth, MonthOfYear, and Year?

A. DayOfMonth, Year, and MonthOfYear are character. B. DayOfMonth, Year, and MonthOfYear are numeric.

C. DayOfMonth and Year are numeric. MonthOfYear is character. D. DayOfMonth, Year, and MonthOfYear are date values.

QUESTION NO: 94

data ONE TWO SASUSER.TWO set SASUSER.ONE;

run;

Assuming that SASUSER.ONE exists, how many temporary and permanent SAS data sets are created?

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A. 2 temporary and 1 permanent SAS data sets are created B. 3 temporary and 2 permanent SAS data sets are created C. 2 temporary and 2 permanent SAS data sets are created D. there is an error and no new data sets are created

QUESTION NO: 95

Which statement is true concerning the SAS automatic variable _ERROR_?

A. It cannot be used in an if/then condition. B. It cannot be used in an assignment statement. C. It can be put into a keep statement or keep= option. D. It is automatically dropped.

QUESTION NO: 96

Given the SAS data set WORK.TEMPS:

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Which output is correct?

A. Option A B. Option B C. Option C D. Option D

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QUESTION NO: 97

data WORK.ACCOUNTING; set WORK.DEPARTMENT; label Jobcode='Job Description'; run;

Which statement is true about the output dataset?

A. The label of the variable Jobcode is Job (only the first word).

B. The label of the variable Jobcode is Job Desc (only the first 8 characters). C. The label of the variable Jobcode is Job Description.

D. The program fails to execute due to errors. Labels must be defined in a PROC step. Answer: C

Explanation:

QUESTION NO: 98

Which is a valid LIBNAME statement?

A. libname "_SAS_data_library_location_";

B. sasdata libname "_SAS_data_library_location_"; C. libname sasdata "_SAS_data_library_location_"; D. libname sasdata sas "_SAS_data_library_location_"; Answer: C

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QUESTION NO: 99

The following output is created by the FREQUENCY procedure:

Which TABLES option(s) would be used to eliminate the row and column counts and just see the frequencies and percents?

A. norowcount nocolcount B. freq percent C. norow nocol D. nocounts Answer: C Explanation: QUESTION NO: 100

The Excel workbook QTR1.XLS contains the following three worksheets:

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FEB MAR

Which statement correctly assigns a library reference to the Excel workbook?

A. libname qtrdata 'qtr1.xls'; B. libname 'qtr1.xls' sheets=3; C. libname jan feb mar 'qtr1.xls';

D. libname mydata 'qtr1.xls' WORK.heets=(jan,feb,mar); Answer: A

Explanation:

Topic 2, Volume B

QUESTION NO: 101

What is produced as output?

A. A file named test.cvs that can only be opened in Excel.

B. A text file named test.cvs that can be opened in Excel or in any text editor. C. A text file named test.cvs that can only be opened in a text editor.

D. A file named test.cvs that can only be opened by SAS. Answer: B

Explanation:

You're attempting to read a raw data file and you see the following messages displayed in the SAS Log:

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What does it mean?

A. A compiler error, triggered by an invalid character for the variable Salary. B. An execution error, triggered by an invalid character for the variable Salary. C. The 1st of potentially many errors, this one occurring on the 4th observation. D. An error on the INPUT statement specification for reading the variable Salary. Answer: B

Explanation:

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A. Option A B. Option B C. Option C D. Option D Answer: A Explanation: QUESTION NO: 104

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What is the first observation in the SAS data set WORK.BOTH?

A. Option A B. Option B C. Option C D. Option D Answer: C Explanation:

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data WORK.DATE_INFO; Day="01" ;

Yr=1960 ;

X=mdy(Day,01,Yr) ; run;

What is the value of the variable X?

A. the numeric value 0

B. the character value "01011960" C. a missing value due to syntax errors

D. the step will not compile because of the character argument in the mdy function. Answer: A

Explanation:

data WORK.AUTHORS;

array Favorites{3} $ 8 ('Shakespeare','Hemingway','McCaffrey'); run;

What is the value of the second variable in the dataset WORK.AUTHORS?

A. Hemingway B. Hemingwa

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D. The program contains errors. No variables are created. Answer: B

Explanation:

The SAS data set Fed.Banks contains a variable Open_Date which has been assigned a

permanent label of "Open Date". Which SAS program temporarily replaces the label "Open Date" with the label "Starting Date" in the output?

A. proc print data=SASUSER.HOUSES label;

label Open_Date "Starting Date"; run;

B. proc print data=SASUSER.HOUSES label;

label Open_Date="Starting Date"; run;

C. proc print data=SASUSER.HOUSES;

label Open_Date="Starting Date"; run;

D. proc print data=SASUSER.HOUSES;

Open_Date="Starting Date"; run;

Consider the following data step:

In filtering the values of the variable X in data set WORK.OLD, what value new value would be assigned to X if its original value was a missing value?

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A. X would get a value of 1. B. X would get a value of 3.

C. X would retain its original value of missing. D. This step does not run because of syntax errors. Answer: A

Explanation:

Why does the program fail?

A. The PAGENO option is invalid in the OPTIONS statement. B. The RUN statement is missing after the FORMAT procedure. C. The format name contains a period in the VALUE statement. D. The LABEL option is missing from the PROC PRINT statement. Answer: C

Explanation:

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How many observations does the WORK.OUTDOOR data set contain? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 6 Answer: B Explanation: QUESTION NO: 111

Given the following raw data records in TEXTFILE.TXT:

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Which SAS program correctly produces the desired output? A. Option A B. Option B C. Option C D. Option D Answer: C Explanation: QUESTION NO: 112

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How many variables does the WORK.REVENUE data set contain? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6 Answer: A Explanation: QUESTION NO: 113

What is the initial value of the variable Total in the following program?

A. 0

B. Missing

C. The value of the first observations Wagerate D. Cannot be determined from the information given

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data WORK.NEW; set WORK.OLD; Count+1;

run;

The varaible Count is created using a sum statement. Which statement regarding this variable is true?

A. It is assigned a value 0 when the data step begins execution.

B. It is assigned a value of missing when the data step begins execution. C. It is assigned a value 0 at compile time.

D. It is assigned a value of missing at compile time. Answer: C

Explanation:

The data set WORK.REALESTATE has the variable LocalFee with a format of 9. and a variable CountryFee with a format of 7.;

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What are the formats of the variables LOCALFEE and COUNTRYFEE in the output dataset?

A. LocalFee has format of 9. and CountryFee has a format of 7.

B. LocalFee has format of 9. and CountryFee has a format of percent7.2 C. Both LocalFee and CountryFee have a format of percent7.2

D. The data step fails execution; there is no format for LocalFee. Answer: C

Explanation:

Given the following raw data records:

The following output is desired:

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A. Option A B. Option B C. Option C D. Option D Answer: D Explanation: QUESTION NO: 117

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A. Option A B. Option B C. Option C D. Option D Answer: C Explanation: QUESTION NO: 118

Which step sorts the observations of a permanent SAS data set by two variables and stores the sorted observations in a temporary SAS data set?

A. proc sort out=EMPLOYEES data=EMPSORT;

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run;

B. proc sort data=SASUSER.EMPLOYEES out=EMPSORT;

by Lname Fname; run;

C. proc sort out=SASUSER.EMPLOYEES data=WORK.EMPSORT;

by Lname Fname; run;

D. proc sort data=SASUSER.EMPLOYEES out=SASUSER.EMPSORT;

by Lname and Fname; run;

Consider the data step:

Which of the following assignment statements for variable group are functionally equivalent to the original statement used in the above data step?

A. if Age not in(15,16) then Group=1; else Group=2;

B. if (Age NE 16) or (Age NE 15) then Group=1; else Group=2; C. where Age not between 15 and 16 then Group=1; else Group=2; D. both A or C will work.

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set WORK.DEPARTMENT; length EmpId $6;

CharEmpid=EmpId; run;

If data set WORK.DEPARTMENT has a numeric variable EmpId. Which statement is true about the output dataset?

A. The type of the variable CharEmpid is numeric. B. The type of the variable CharEmpid is unknown. C. The type of the variable CharEmpid is character. D. The program fails to execute due to errors. Answer: D

Explanation:

data WORK.OUTDS; do until(Prod GT 6); Prod + 1;

end; run;

What is the value of the variable Prod in the output data set?

A. . (missing) B. 6

C. 7

D. Undetermined, infinite loop. Answer: C

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The SAS data set WORK.SALARY is currently ordered by Gender within Department. Which inserted code will accumulate subtotals for each Gender within Department?

A. Gender B. Department C. Gender Department D. Department Gender Answer: A Explanation: QUESTION NO: 123

Which step displays a listing of all the data sets in the WORK library?

A. proc contents lib=WORK

run;

B. proc contents lib=WORK.all;

run;

C. proc contents data=WORK._all_;

run;

D. proc contents data=WORK _ALL_;

run;

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Given the SAS data set WORK.ORDERS:

The variable order_id is numeric; customer is character; and shipped is numeric, contains a SAS date value, and is shown with the DATE9. format. A programmer would like to create a new variable, ship_note, that shows a character value with the order_id, shipped date, and customer name. For example, given the first observation ship_note would have the value "Order 9341 shipped on 02FEB2009 to Josh Martin".

Which of the following statement will correctly create the value and assign it to ship_note?

A. ship_note=catx(' ','Order',order_id,'shipped on',input(shipped,date9.),'to',customer); B. ship_note=catx(' ','Order',order_id,'shipped on',char(shipped,date9.),'to',customer); C. ship_note=catx(' ','Order',order_id,'shipped on',transwrd(shipped,date9.),'to',customer); D. ship_note=catx(' ','Order',order_id,'shipped on',put(shipped,date9.),'to',customer); Answer: D

Explanation:

After a SAS program is submitted, the following is written to the SAS log:

105 data WORK.JANUARY;

106 set WORK.ALLYEAR(keep=Product Month Quantity Cost); 107 if Month='JAN' then output WORK.JANUARY;

108 Sales=Cost * Quantity; 109 drop=Month Quantity Cost;

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ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: !, !!, , *, **, +, -,

, <=, <>, =, >, >=,

AND, EQ, GE, GT, IN, LE, LT, MAX, MIN, NE, NG, NL, NOTIN, OR, ^=, |, ||, ~=.

110 run;

What data set option could be attached to WORK.JANUARY to replace the DROP statement that generated the error in the log?

A. (drop Month Quantity Cost) B. (drop Month, Quantity, Cost) C. (drop=Month, Quantity, Cost) D. (drop=Month Quantity Cost) Answer: D

Explanation:

The computed variables City and State have their values assigned using two different methods, a RETAIN statement and an Assignment statement. Which statement regarding this program is true?

A. The RETAIN statement is fine, but the value of City will be truncated to 8 bytes as the

LENGTH statement has been omitted.

B. Both the RETAIN and assignment statement are being used to initialize new variables and are

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C. The assignment statement is fine, but the value of City will be truncated to 8 bytes as the

LENGTH statement has been omitted.

D. City's value will be assigned one time, State's value 5 times. Answer: D

Explanation:

What value will SAS assign to Total?

A. 3 B. 1.6 C. 4.8

D. The program fails to execute due to errors. Answer: B

Explanation:

A SAS program is submitted and the following SAS log is produced:

2 data gt100; 3 set ia.airplanes

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22 202

ERROR: File WORK.IF.DATA does not exist. ERROR: File WORK.MPG.DATA does not exist. ERROR: File WORK.GT.DATA does not exist. ERROR: File WORK.THEN.DATA does not exist. ERROR: File WORK.OUTPUT.DATA does not exist.

ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name,

a quoted string, (, ;, END, KEY, KEYS, NOBS, OPEN, POINT, _DATA_, _LAST_, _NULL_. ERROR 202-322: The option or parameter is not recognized and will be ignored.

5 run;

The IA libref was previously assigned in this SAS session.

Which one of the following corrects the errors in the LOG?

A. Delete the word THEN on the IF statement.

B. Add a semicolon at the end of the SET statement. C. Place quotes around the value on the IF statement. D. Add an END statement to conclude the IF statement Answer: B

Explanation:

The contents of the raw data file SIZE are listed below:

---10---20---30 72 95

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input @1 height 2. @4 weight 2; run;

Which one of the following is the value of the variable WEIGHT in the output data set?

A. 2 B. 72 C. 95

D. . (missing numeric value) Answer: A

Explanation:

A SAS PRINT procedure output of the WORK.LEVELS data set is listed below:

Obs name level 1 Frank 1 2 Joan 2 3 Sui 2 4 Jose 3 5 Burt 4 6 Kelly . 7 Juan 1

The following SAS program is submitted: data work.expertise;

set work.levels; if level = . then

expertise = 'Unknown'; else if level = 1 then expertise = 'Low';

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else if level = 2 or 3 then expertise = 'Medium'; else

expertise = 'High'; run;

Which of the following values does the variable EXPERTISE contain?

A. Low, Medium, and High only B. Low, Medium, and Unknown only C. Low, Medium, High, and Unknown only

D. Low, Medium, High, Unknown, and ' ' (missing character value) Answer: B

Explanation:

The contents of the raw data file EMPLOYEE are listed below:

---10---20---30 Ruth 39 11

Jose 32 22 Sue 30 33 John 40 44

infile 'employee';

input employee_name $ 1-4;

if employee_name = 'Sue' then input age 7-8; else input idnum 10-11;

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Which one of the following values does the variable AGE contain when the name of the employee is "Sue"?

A. 30 B. 33 C. 40

Explanation:

libname sasdata 'SAS-data-library'; data test;

set sasdata.chemists; if jobcode = 'chem3'

then description = 'Senior Chemist'; else description = 'Unknown'; run;

A value for the variable JOBCODE is listed below:

JOBCODE CHEM3

Which one of the following values does the variable DESCRIPTION contain?

A. chem3 B. Unknown C. Senior Chemist

D. ' ' (missing character value) Answer: B