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2 Exam : A Title : SAS Advanced Programming Exam for SAS 9 Vendor : SASInstitute Version : DEMO Get Latest & Valid A Exam's Question and Answers 1 from Pass4test.com. 1

3 NO.1 The following SAS program is submitted: % macro location; data _null_; call symput ('dept','sales'); % let country=germany; % put_global_; % let company = ABC; % location; Which macro variables are written to the SAS log? A. COMPANY and DEPT only B. COMPANY, COUNTRY and DEPT C. COMPANY Only D. COMPANY and COUNTRY only Answer: A NO.2 Which one of the following displays the definition of a stored SQL procedure view in the SAS log? A. ECHOVIEW option B. EXPANDVIEW option C. VALIDATE VIEW statement D. DESCRIBE VIEW statement Answer: D NO.3 The following SAS program is submitted: % macro test(var); proc print data = sasuser.class; where age > &var; Which type of parameter is the macro variable VAR? A. default B. keyword C. positional D. command Answer: C NO.4 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 Get Latest & Valid A Exam's Question and Answers 2 from Pass4test.com. 2

4 NO.5 This question will ask you to provide a segment of missing code. Given the SAS data set WORK EXAM: TotalScore * 782 The following SAS program is submitted: The following output is desired: TotalScore Which WHERE expression completes the program and generates the desired output? A. Where TotalScore is not missing B. Where TotalScore ne null C. Where TotalScore is not D. Where TotalScore ne missing Answer: A NO.6 The following SAS program is submitted: % let product = merchandise; And the following message is written to the SAS log: The value is "merchandise" Which macro statement wrote this message? A. % put the value is "&product."; B. % put the value is ""&product.""; C. % put the value is "%quote(&product)."; D. % put the value is ' " '&product. ' " ' ; Answer: A NO.7 The following SAS program is submitted: options yearcutoff = 1950; % macro y2kopt(date); % if &date >= %then %do; options yearcutoff = 2000; % end; % else %do; options yearcutoff = 1900; Get Latest & Valid A Exam's Question and Answers 3 from Pass4test.com. 3

5 % end; data _null_ ; date = "01jan2000"d; call symput("date",left(date)); % y2kopt(&date) The SAS date for January 1, 2000 is and the SAS system option for YEARCUTOFF is set to 1920 prior to submitting the above program. Which one of the following is the value of YEARCUTOFF when the macro finishes execution? A B C D Answer: D NO.8 Given the following SAS data set ONE: ONE CATEGORY AGE SALARY BONUS M M M M F F F The following SQL program is submitted: proc sql; create table two as select distinct age from one where age < 33; quit; How many rows are written to the SAS data set TWO? A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 Answer: A NO.9 The following SAS program is submitted: data temp; array points{2,3} (10,15,20,25,30,35); What impact does the ARRAY statement have in the Program Data Vector(PDV)? A. No variable are created in the PDV B. The variables named POINTS10, POINTS15, POINTS20, POINTS25, POINTS30, Get Latest & Valid A Exam's Question and Answers 4 from Pass4test.com. 4

6 POINTS35 are created in the PDV C. The variables named POINTS1, POINTS2, POINTS3 POINTS4, POINTS5, POINTS6 are created in the PDV D. The variables named POINTS11, POINTS12, POINTS21, POINTS22, POINTS23 are created in the PDV Answer: C NO.10 Which one of the following SAS procedures changes a permanent format of a variable stored in a SAS data set? A. MODIFY B. FORMAT C. CONTENTS D. DATASETS Answer: D NO.11 The SAS data set ONE contains the variables X, Y, Z, and W. The following SAS program is submitted: proc transpose data = one out = trans name = new; by x; var y; Which one of the following contains all the names of the columns created by the TRANSPOSE procedure? A. X, Y, Z, and W B. _NAME_, X, and Y C. new, X, and COL1 D. new, X, Y, and _COL1_ Answer: C NO.12 The following SAS program is submitted: % let a=cat; % macro animal(a=frog); % let a=bird; % animal(a=pig) % put a is &a; What is written to the SAS log? A. a is pig B. a set cat C. a is frog D. a is bird Answer: B NO.13 Given the following SAS data set ONE: ONE COUNTRY CITY VISIT Get Latest & Valid A Exam's Question and Answers 5 from Pass4test.com. 5

7 USA BOSTON 10 UK LONDON 5 USA DALLAS 10 UK MARLOW 10 USA BOSTON 20 UK LONDON 15 USA DALLAS 10 The following SAS program is submitted: proc sql; select country, city, sum(visit) as TOTAL from one group by country, city order by country, total desc; quit; Which one of the following reports is generated? A. COUNTRY CITY TOTAL UK MARLOW 10 UK LONDON 20 USA BOSTON 50 USA DALLAS 20 B. COUNTRY CITY TOTAL UK LONDON 20 UK MARLOW 10 USA BOSTON 50 USA DALLAS 20 C. COUNTRY CITY TOTAL USA BOSTON 50 D. COUNTRY CITY TOTAL UK MARLOW 10 UK LONDON 20 USA DALLAS 20 USA BOSTON 50 Answer: B NO.14 The following SAS program is submitted: % macro one (input); % two; % put the value is &date; % macro two; data _null_; call symput('date','12sep2008'); % let date=31dec2006; % one(&date) Get Latest & Valid A Exam's Question and Answers 6 from Pass4test.com. 6

8 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 NO.15 The following SAS program is submitted: options mprint; % macro test(parm); proc &parm data = sashelp.prdsale; % test(print) What is the result of the MPRINT options? A. It has no effect in this example B. It writes the original program code inside the marco definition to the SAS log C. It writes macro execution messages to the SAS.log D. It echoes the text sent to the SAS compiler as a result of macro execution in the SAS log Answer: D Get Latest & Valid A Exam's Question and Answers 7 from Pass4test.com. 7

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