QUESTION 1
The following SAS program is submitted:
Data sasuser.history;
Set sasuser.history(keep=state x y
Rename = (state=ST));
Total=sum(x,y);
Run;
The SAS data set SASUSER.HISTORY has an index on the variable STATE. Which describes the result of submitting the SAS program?

A. The index on STATE is deleted and an index on ST is created
B. The index on STATE is recreated as an index on ST
C. The index on STATE is deleted
D. The index on STATE is updated as an index on ST

Answer: C

QUESTION 2
The following SAS program is submitted:
%macro one(input);
%two;
%put the value is &date;
%mend;
%macro two;
data _null_;
call symput(‘date’,’12SEP2008′);
run;
%mend;
%let date=31DEC2006;
%one(&date)
What is the result when the %PUT statement executes?

A. A macro variable DATE with the value 12SEP2008 is retrieved from the local symbol table for
the ONE macro
B. A macro variable DATE with the value 12SEP2008 is retrieved from the local symbol table for
the TWO macro
C. A macro variable DATE with the value 12SEP2008 is retrieved from the global symbol table
D. A macro variable DATE with the value 31DEC2006 is retrieved from the global symbol table

Answer: C

QUESTION 3
Which SET statements option names a variable that contains the number of the observation to read during the current iteration of the DATA step?

A. OBS=pointobs
B. POINT=pointobs
C. KEY=pointobs
D. NOBS=pointobs

Answer: B

QUESTION 4
When reading a SAS data file, what does the NOBS=option on the SET statement represent?

A. A variable that represents the total number of observation in the output data set(s)
B. A variable that represents a flag indicating the end of the file
C. A variable that represents the total number of observations in the input data set(s)
D. A variable that represents the current observation number

Answer: C

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QUESTION 5
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The following SAS program is submitted:
%macro check(num=4);
%let result=%sysevalf(&num+0.5);
%put result is &result;
%mend;
%check(num=10)
What is the written to the SAS log?

A. 0.5
B. 10
C. 10.5
D. 10+0.5

Answer: C

QUESTION 6
The following SAS program is submitted:
%micro test(var);
%let jobs=BLACKSMITH WORDSMITH SWORDSMITH;
%let type=%index(&jobs,&var);
%put type = &type;
%mend;
%test(SMITH)
What is the value of the macro variable TYPE when the %PUT statement executes?

A. 0
B. Null
C. 6
D. 3

Answer: C

QUESTION 7
The following SAS program is submitted:
%macro check(num=4);
%let result=%eval(&nm gt 5);
%put result is &result;
%mend;
%check (num=10)
What is written to the SAS log?

A. result is true
B. result is 10 gt 5
C. result is 1
D. result is 0

Answer: C

QUESTION 8
The following SAS program is submitted:
data temp;
length 1 b 3 x;
infile ‘file reference’;
input a b x;
run;
What is the result?

A. The data set TEMP is not created because variables A and B have invalid lengths
B. The data set TEMP is created, but variable X is not created
C. The data set TEMP is not created because variable A has an invalid length
D. The data set TEMP is created and variable X has a length of 8

Answer: C

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QUESTION 8
The following SAS program is submitted:
%let dept=prod;
%let prod=merchandise;
The following message is written to the SAS log:
The value is “merchandise”
Which SAS System option writes this message to the SAS log?

A. %put the value is “&&&dept”;
B. %put the value is “&&&dept”;
C. %put the value is “&&&dept”;
D. %put the value is %quote(&&&dept);

Answer: A