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Topic break down

Topic

No. of Questions

Topic 1: Volume A

100

Topic 2: Volume B

118

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Topic 1, Volume A

Question No : 1 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

data one;
date = 04juI2005d;
format date weekdate.; run;
proc print data = one; run;

What output is generated?

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

Question No : 2 - (Topic 1)
Given the SAS data set PRICES:

PRICES
Prodid priceproducttypesalesreturns
K1255.10NETWORK152
B132S 2.34HARDWARE30010
R18KY2 1.29SOFTWARE255
3KL8BY 6.37HARDWARE12515

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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;
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?

A. 0
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: D

Question No : 3 - (Topic 1)
Read the table:

Given the SAS data set SASUSER.HOUSES:

Obsstylebedroomsbathspricesqteetstreet
1CONDO21.5800501200MAIN
2CONDO32.5793501300ELM

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3CONDO42.51271501400OAK
4CONDO22.01107001100FIFTH
5TWOSTORY43.01072502100SECOND
6TWOSTORY21.0556501600WEST
7TWOSTORY21.0692501450NORTH
6TWOSTORY42.5102950 2000SOUTH

The following SAS program is submitted:

proc report data = sasuser.houses nowd headline;

column style price;
where price It 100000;
<insert DEFINE statement here>
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

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Question No : 4 - (Topic 1)
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

Question No : 5 - (Topic 1)
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

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Question No : 6 - (Topic 1)
Given the AIRPLANES data set

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

The following SAS program is submitted:

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

Question No : 7 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

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proc freq data = class;
tables gender * age / <insert option here>;
run;
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
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Answer: C

Question No : 8 - (Topic 1)
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.
Answer: D

Question No : 9 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

data ONE TWO SASUSER.TWO

set SASUSER.ONE;
run;

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

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
Answer: D

Question No : 10 - (Topic 1)
Given the SAS data set PEPM.STUDENTS:

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PERM.STUDENTS NAME AGE
--------- ------ Alfred 14
Alice13
Barbara13
Carol14
The following SAS program is submitted:
libname perm SAS data library;
data students;
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

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Answer: B

Question No : 11 - (Topic 1)
Given the SAS data set EMPLOYEE INFO:

EMPLOYEE_INFO
IDNumber
Expenses
2542
100.00
3612
133.15
2198
234.34
2198
111.12

The following SAS program is submitted:

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?

A. by Expenses IDNumber;
B. by IDNumber Expenses;
C. by ascending Expenses IDNumber;

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D. by ascending IDNumber ascending Expenses;
Answer: B

Question No : 12 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

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

Question No : 13 - (Topic 1)
What describes the SAS automatic _ERROR_ variable?

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

Question No : 14 - (Topic 1)
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The following SAS program is submitted:

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.
Answer: A

Question No : 15 - (Topic 1)
The following program is submitted:

proc sort data=SASUSER.PROJECTS out=PSORT;

by Code descending Date Cost;
run;

Which of the following is true concerning the submitted program?

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

Question No : 16 - (Topic 1)

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Given the raw data file EMPLOYEE:

----I----1 0---I----20---I----30
Ruth 39 11
Jose 32 22
Sue 30 33
John 40 44

The following SAS program is submitted:

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

Question No : 17 - (Topic 1)
Given the following raw data record:

07Jan2005

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

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A. dmy9.
B. date9.
C. ddMMMyy9.
D. ddmmmyyyy9.
Answer: B

Question No : 18 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

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

Question No : 19 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted;

data combine;
country = Italy, Russia, ireland;
found = find(country, i);

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

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

Question No : 20 - (Topic 1)
Given the SAS data set EMPLOYEES:

EMPLOYEES

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

The following SAS program is submitted:

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

What is contained in the output?

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

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Answer: A

Question No : 21 - (Topic 1)
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
WORK.SALARY data set.
D. The values of the variable Payroll represent a monthly total for all values of WAGERATE
in the WORK.SALARY data set.
Answer: C

Question No : 22 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

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

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A. 0
B. 1
C. 5
D. 60
Answer: B

Question No : 23 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

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.
Answer: D

Question No : 24 - (Topic 1)
Given the following data step:

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After data step execution, what will data set WORK.GEO contain?

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

Question No : 25 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

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
Answer: C

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Question No : 26 - (Topic 1)
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

Question No : 27 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

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

Question No : 28 - (Topic 1)
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;

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

Question No : 29 - (Topic 1)
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The following SAS program is submitted:

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

Question No : 30 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

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

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Question No : 31 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

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
C. 8
D. (missing numeric)
Answer: B

Question No : 32 - (Topic 1)
The following output is created by the FREQUENCY procedure:

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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;
Answer: D

Question No : 33 - (Topic 1)
A user-defined format has been created using the FORMAT procedure. Where is it stored?

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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

Question No : 34 - (Topic 1)
Given the SAS data set WORK.TEMPS:

The following program is submitted:

Which output is correct?

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

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Question No : 35 - (Topic 1)
Given the following raw data records in DATAFILE.TXT:

Which output is correct based on the submitted program?

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

Question No : 36 - (Topic 1)
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

Question No : 37 - (Topic 1)

The following SAS program is submitted:

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

Which statement is true about the output dataset?

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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

Question No : 38 - (Topic 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

Question No : 39 - (Topic 1)
Given the SAS data set WORKAWARDS:

WORK.AWARDS
FNAMEPOINTSMONTH
---------------------------------Amy24
Amy17
Gerard33
Wang33
Wang112
Wang18

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The following SAS program is submitted:

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
Gerard33
Amy17
Amy24
Answer: D

Question No : 40 - (Topic 1)

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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:

A. var Height / nobs min max mean maxdec=1;

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;
Answer: C

Question No : 41 - (Topic 1)

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

The following SAS program is submitted:

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

Question No : 42 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

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

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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.
Answer: A

Question No : 43 - (Topic 1)
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

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Question No : 44 - (Topic 1)
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

Question No : 45 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

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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A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 12
Answer: D

Question No : 46 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

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

Question No : 47 - (Topic 1)
Given the contents of the raw data file EMPLOYEE:

----|----10----|----20----|----30
Alan
19/2/2004
ACCT
Rob
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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

Question No : 48 - (Topic 1)
Given the SAS data set PERM.STUDENTS:

PERM.STUDENTS NAMEAGE
---------------- Alfred14
Alice13
Barbara13

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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

Question No : 49 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

data work.flights;

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destination = cph;
select(destination);
when(LHR) city = London;
when(CPH) city = Copenhagen;
otherwise city = Other;
end;
run;

What is the value of the CITY variable?

A. Other
B. Copenh
C. Copenhagen
D. (missing character value)
Answer: A

Question No : 50 - (Topic 1)
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

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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

Question No : 51 - (Topic 1)
The Excel workbook QTR1.XLS contains the following three worksheets:

JAN
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

Question No : 52 - (Topic 1)
The SAS data set WORK.ONE contains a numeric variable named Num ana character
variable named Char:

WORK.ONE
Num Char
------ -----1 23
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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

Question No : 53 - (Topic 1)
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

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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

Question No : 54 - (Topic 1)
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

Question No : 55 - (Topic 1)
Which program displays a listing of all data sets in the SASUSER library?

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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

Question No : 56 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

data combine;
prefix=505;
middle=6465 ;
end=09090;
<insert statement here>;
run;

Which statement successfully completes the program so that TOTAL has a value of 505646509090?

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

Question No : 57 - (Topic 1)
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

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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.
Answer: A

Question No : 58 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:
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

Question No : 59 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

Data_null_;
set old;
put sales 1 sales2;
run;

Where is the output written?

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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

Question No : 60 - (Topic 1)
Given the SAS data set SASDATA TWO:

SASDATA TWO
XY
---52
31
56
The following SAS program is submitted:

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
data set SASUSER.TWO has 2 observations
data set WORK.OTHER has 1 observations
C. data set SASUSER.ONE has 2 observations
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data set SASUSER.TWO has 2 observations
data set WORK.OTHER has 5 observations
D. No data sets are output.
The DATA step fails execution due to syntax errors.
Answer: A

Question No : 61 - (Topic 1)
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

Question No : 62 - (Topic 1)
Read the table

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The following SAS program is submitted:

proc freq data = sales;
<insert TABLES statement here>
run;

The following output is created by the FREQUENCY procedure:

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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

Question No : 63 - (Topic 1)
Given the SAS data set WORK.EMP_NAME:

Given the SAS data set WORK.EMP_DEPT:

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The following program is submitted:

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

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5
Answer: B

Question No : 64 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

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:

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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.
Answer: B

Question No : 65 - (Topic 1)
The following SAS program is submitted:

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

Question No : 66 - (Topic 1)

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