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(A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 Question: 1 Which of the following statement(s) in the DATASETS procedure alters the name of a SAS data set stored in a SAS data library? A. RENAME statement only B. CHANGE statement only C. MODIFY and RENAME statements D. MODIFY and CHANGE statements Answer: B Question: 2 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: ; %let development = ontime; proc print data = sasuser:highway; title "For &dept”; title2 "This project was completed &development"; run; Which one of the following statements completes the above and resolves titlel to "For researché-development"? A. Selet dept = %estr(researché&development); str(research% &development); nrstr(researchéedevelopment); D. %let dept = Ynrstr(research%&development); Answer: C Question: 3 Which one of the following options controls the pagesize of a SAS data set? D. PAGESIZE: Answer: C Question: 4 Given the following SAS data set ONE: ONE REP COST. SMITH 200 SMITH 400 JONES 100 SMITH 600 JONES 100 JONES 200 JONES 400 SMITH 800 JONES 100 JONES 300 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: proc sql: (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide A00-202 select rep, avg(cost) as AVERAGE from one group by rep having avg(cost) > (select avg(cost) from one); quit; Which one of the following reports is generated? A. REP AVERAGE JONES 200 B. REP AVERAGE JONES 320 C. REP AVERAGE _ SMITH 320 D. REP AVERAGE ‘SMITH 500 Answer: D Question: 5 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: proc sort data = sales tagsort; by month year; run; Which of the following resource(s) is the TAGSORT option reducing? A. UO usage only B. CPU usage only C. VO and CPU usage D. temporary disk usage Answer: D Question: 6 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: data one; doi=1to 10; ptobs = ceil(ranuni(0) * totobs); set temp point = ptobs nobs = totobs; output; end; stop: run; The SAS data set TEMP contains 2,500,000 observations. Which one of the following represents the possible values for PTOBS? A. any integer between 1 and 10 B. any real number between 0 and 1 CC. any integer between I and 2,500,000 D. any real number between 1 and 2,500,000 Answer: C Question: 7 3 bntpsimuwePIanetLabs com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 Which one of the following programs contains a syntax error? A. proc sql; select product.*, cost.unitcost, sales.quantity from product p, cost c, sales s where p.ite quit: B. proc sql; select product.*, cost.unitcost, sales.quantity from product, cost, sales where product item quit; C. proc sql: select p.*, C.unitcost, s.quantity from product as p, cost as c, sales as s where p.item = c.item and p.item = s.item; cost.item and product.item = sales.item; select p.*, c.unitcost, s.quantity from product, cost, sales where product. item = cos quit; sm and product.item = sales.item; Answer: D Question: 8 ‘The following SAS code is submitted: macro houses(dsn = houses,sub = RANCH); data &dsn; set sasuser houses; if style run; omend; ohouses(sub = SPLIT) Gehouses(dsn = ranch) %Fhouses(sub = TWOSTORY) Which one of the following is the value of the automatic macro variable SYSLAST? ‘&sul A. work.ranch B. work houses C. WORK.RANCH D. WORK. HOUSES ‘Answer: D Question: 9 Given the following SAS data sets ONE and TWO: 4 bios. ePlaneabs.com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 ONE TWO NUM COUNTRY NUM CITY | CANADA 3 BERLIN 2 FRANCE 5 TOKYO 3 GERMANY 4 BELGIUM 5 JAPAN ‘The following SAS program is submitted: proc sql: select country from one where not exists (select * from two where one.num = two.num); quit; Which one of the following reports is generated? A. COUNTRY GERMANY JAPAN B, COUNTRY - FRANCE BELGIUM C. COUNTRY - CANADA FRANCE BELGIUM D. COUNTRY - CANADA FRANCE GERMANY Answer: C Question: 10 Which one of the following statements is true? A. The WHERE statement can be executed conditionally as part of an IF statement, B. The WHERE statement selects observations before they are brought into the PDV. CC. The subsetting IF statement works on observations before they are read into the PDV. D, The WHERE and subsetting IF statements can be used interchangeably in all SAS programs. Answer: B Question: 11 ‘The variable attributes of SAS data sets ONE and TWO are shown below: ONETWO # Variable Type Len Pos # Variable Type Len Pos 2 sales Num 8 8 2 budget Num 8 8 1 year Num 8 0 3 sales Char 8 16 1 year Num 8 0 Data set ONE contains 100 observations. Data set TWO contains 50 observations. Both data sets are sorted by the variable YEAR. The following SAS program is, submitted: data three; merge one two; by year; 5 hitoww.ePlanetLabs.com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 run; Which one of the following is the result of the program execution? A. No messages are written to the SAS log. B. ERROR and WARNING messages are written to the SAS log. C. Data set THREE is created with two variables and 50 observations. D. Data set THREE is created with three variables and 100 observations. Answer: B Question: 12 Given the following SAS statement let idcode = Prod567; Which one of the following statements stores the value 567 in the macro variable CODENUM? A. elet codenum = substr(&idcode,length(&idcode)-2); B, %let codenum = substr( &idcode,length(&ideode)-3); C. let codenum = %esubstr(&idcode, %length(&idcode)-2); D. Sblet codenum = osubstr(&idcode, Ylength( &idcode)-3); Answer: C Question: 13 The following SAS program is submitted: data new (bufsize = 6144 bufno = 4); set old; run; Which one of the following describes the difference between the usage of BUFSIZE= and BUFNO= options? ‘A. BUFSIZE= specifies the size of the input buffer in bytes; BUFNO= specifies the number of input buffers. B. BUFSIZE= specifies the size of the output butffer in bytes; BUFNO= specifies the number of output buffers. C. BUFSIZE= specifies the size of the output buffer in kilobytes; BUFNO= specifies the number of input buffers. D, BUFSIZE= specifies the size of the output buffer in kilobytes; BUFNO= number of output buffers. specifies the Answer: B Question: 14 Consider the following SAS log: 229 data sasuser.ranch sasuser.condo / view = sasuser.ranch; 6 tito ePtanet abs co (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 0.202 230 set sasuser-houses; 231 if style = 'RANCH' then output sasuser.tanch; 232 else if style = ‘CONDO’ then output sasuser.condo; 233 run; NOTE: DATA STEP view saved on file SASUSER.RANCH. NOTE: ‘A stored DATA STEP view cannot run under a different operating system. 234 235 proc print data = sasuser.condo; ERROR: File SASUSER.CONDO.DATA does not exist. 236 run: NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors. Which one of the following explains why the PRINT procedure fails? ‘A. SASUSER.CONDO is a stored DATA step program. B. A SAS data file and SAS data view cannot be created in the same DATA step. C.A second VIEW=SASUSER.CONDO option was omitted on the DATA statement. D. The view SASUSER.RANCH must be processed before SASUSER.CONDO is created. Answer: D Question: 15 Which one of the following is an advantage of creating and using a SAS DATA step view? A. It can store an index. B. It always accesses the most current data. C. It works quickly through multiple passes of the data. D. It is useful when the underlying data file structure changes. Answer: B Question: 16 Given the following SAS data sets ONE and TWO: ONE TWO YEAR QTR BUDGET YEAR QTR SALES 2001 3 500 2001 4 300 2001 4 400 2002 1 600 2002 1 700 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: proc sql; select one.*, sales from one, two; quit; ‘Which one of the following reports is generated? A. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 4 400 300 7 hito:w.ePtanetL abs co (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 2002 1 700 600 B. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 3 500 2001 4 400 300 2002 1 700 600 C. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 3 500 300 2001 4 400 300 2002 1 700 600 D. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 3 500 300 2001 4 400 300 2002 1 700 300, 2001 3 500 600, 2001 4 400 600, 2002 1 700 600 Answer: D Question: 17 Given the following SAS data set ONE: ONE NUM VAR 1A 2B 3c Which one of the following SQL programs deletes the SAS data set ONE? A. proc sql; delete table one; quit; B. proc sql: alter table one drop num, var; quit; C. proc sql; Grop table one: quit; D. proc sql; delete from one; quit: Answer: C 8 tito ePlanettabs.com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 Question: 18 Given the following SAS data sets ONE and TWO ONE TWO YEAR QTR BUDGET YEAR QTR SALES 2001 3 500 2001 4 300 2001 4 400 2002 1 600 | 2002 1 700 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: proc sql; select one.*, sales from one, two where one.year = two.years quit; ‘Which one of the following reports is generated? ‘A. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 4 400 300 2002 1 700 600 B. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 3500. 2001 4.400 300 2002 1 700 600, C. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 3 500 300, 2001 4 400 300, 2002 1 700 600 D. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 3 500 300 2001 4 400 300 2002 1 700 300 2001 3 500 600 2001 4 400 600 2002 1 700 600 Answer: C Question: 19 The SAS data set 1 A Frequency 150,000 2,500,000 6 7,000,000 EMP has the following distribution of values for variable 8 ntps/www.ePianetlabs.com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 8 3,000 Which one of the following SAS programs requires the least CPU time to be processed? ‘A, data new: set temp; ifa=8 then b= ‘Small else if a in(1, 2) then b= "Medium’; else ifa=6 then b="Large’ run; B. data new; set temp; iffa in (1, 2) then b= Medium’; else ifa= 8 then b='Small’ C. data new; set temp; then b= ‘Large’; else if a in (1, 2) then set temp; if a=6 then b="Large ifa in (1, 2) then ‘Small’; run; Answer: C Question: 20 The following SAS program is submitted: Solet value = 9; Sblet value’ let newval Goeval(&value / &value2); Which one of the following is the resulting value of the macro variable NEWVAL? 10 bit/wm,ePianetLabs.com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide ‘00-202 D. null ‘Answer: A Question: 21 The following SAS program is submitted: Gelet lib = Youpease(sasuser); proc sql; select nvar from ictionary.tables where libname quit; Given that several SAS data sets exist in the SASUSER library, which one of the following is generated as output? A. no result set B. a syntax error in the log C. areport showing the names of each table in SASUSER D. a report showing the number of columns in each table in SASUSER Answer: D Question: 22 Given the following SAS data set ONE: ONE GROUP SUM, A165 B123 C564 The following SAS program is submitted: data _null_; set one; call symput(group,sum); Which one of the following is the result when the program finishes execution? A. Macro variable C has a value of 564, B, Macro variable C has a value of 1452. C. Macro variable GROUP has a value of 564. D. Macro variable GROUP has a value of 1452. Answer: A Question: 23 ‘The SAS data set ONE consists of five million observations and has 25 variables. " how ePlanetLabs.com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Gi -A00-202 Which one of the following SAS programs successfully creates three new variables TOTREV, TOTCOST, and PROFIT and requires the least CPU time to be processed”? A. data two; set one; totrev = sumiprice * quantity); totcost = sum(fixed, variable); profit = sum(totrev,otcost); if totrev > 1000; run; B. data two; set one; totrev = sum(price * quantity); if totrev > 1000; toteost = sum( fixed, variable); profit = sum(totrev,otcost); run; C. data two; set one; totre sum(price * quantity); where totrev > 1000; totcost = sum(fixed, variable); profit = sum(totrev,otcost); run; D. data two: set one; where totrev > 1000; totrev = sum(price * quantity); totcost = sum(fixed,variable); profit = sum(totrev,otcost); run; Answer: B Question: 24 Given the following SAS data set ONE: ONE COUNTRY CITY VISIT 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: roc sql: select country, city, sum(visit) as TOTAL from one group by country, city order by country, total dese; quit; ‘Which one of the following reports is generated? A. COUNTRY CITY TOTAL 2 ito ePlanetLabs.com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 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 Question: 25 Given the following SAS data sets ONE and TWO: ONE TWO NUM CHAR! NUM CHAR2 1A2x 2B3Y 4D5V ‘The following SAS program is submitted creating the output table THREE: data three; set one two; {UM CHARI CHAR? Which one of the following SQL programs creates an equivalent SAS data set THREE? A. proc sql; create table three as select * from one outer union cor select * from two; 8 tpn. ePtanet abs com 13 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Gi 00202 quit; B. proc sql; create table three as select * from one outer union select * from two: quit; C. proc sql; create table three as select * from one outer union select * quit; D. proc sql: create table three as select * from one union corr select * from two; quit; Answer: A Question: 26 Which one of the following automatic SAS macro variables contains the return code from a previously executed step? A. &RC B. &ERR C. &SYSRC D. &SYSERR Answer: D Question: 27 ‘The SAS data set ONE has a variable X on which an index has been created. The data sets ONE and THREE are sorted by X. Which one of the following SAS programs uses the index to select observations from the data set ONE? A. data two; set three; set one key = run; B. data two; set three key 4 hitouwiw.ePtanetLads.com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 set one; run; C. data two; set one; set three key = X; run; D. data tw set three; set one (key = X); run; Answer: A Question: 28 Given the following SAS data set ONE: ONE REP AREA COST SMITH NORTH 100 SMITH SOUTH 200 JONES EAST 100 SMITH NORTH 300 JONES WEST 100 JONES NORTH 200 JONES NORTH 400 SMITH NORTH 400 JONES WEST 100 JONES WEST 300 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: proc sql; select rep, area, count(*) as TOTAL from one group by rep, area; quit; Which one of the following reports is generated? A. REP AREA COUNT JONES EAST 100 JONES NORTH 600 JONES WEST 500 SMITH NORTH 800 SMITH SOUTH 200 B, REP AREA TOTAL JONES EAST 100 JONES NORTH 600 JONES WEST 500 SMITH NORTH 800 % htpsnew.ePlanetLabs.com 15 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide ‘00-202 ‘SMITH SOUTH 200 C. REP AREA TOTAL JONES EAST | JONES NORTH 2 JONES WEST 3 SMITH NORTH 3 JONES WEST 3 ‘SMITH NORTH 3 SMITH SOUTH | D. REP AREA TOTAL JONES EAST | JONES NORTH 2 JONES WEST 3 SMITH NORTH 3 SMITH SOUTH | SMITH NORTH 3 SMITH SOUTH 1 Answer: .D Question: 29 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 Question: 30 Given the following SAS data set SASUSER.HIGHWAY: SASUSER HIGHWAY STEERING SEATBELT SPEED STATUS COUNT absent no 0-29 serious 31 absent no 0-29 not 1419 absent no 30-49 serious 191 absent no 30-49 not 2004 absent no 50+ serious 216 The following SAS program is submitted: emacro highway; proc sql noprint; select count(distinct status) into 8 htpwwePtanetLbs oom (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide ‘Ao0-202 ‘numgrp from sasuser.highway; blet numgrp = &numgrp; select distinct status into group|-:group&numgrp from sasuser.highway; quit; Godlo i = 1 %t0 &numgrp; proc print data = sasuser highway; where status = run; Goend; omend; Sohighway How many reports are produced by the above program? A.0 BAI C.2 D.S Answer: C Question: 31 Text is sent to the SAS compiler as a result of macro execution. Which one of the following SAS System options writes that text to the log? A. MPRINT B. MLOGIC C. MSOURCE D. SOURCE2 Answer: A. Question: 32 Given the following SAS data set ONE: ONE CATEGORY AGE SALARY BONUS M 28 200 M25 100 10 F 18 10050 F-25200 10 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: proc sql; ‘create table two as select category, salary + bonus as EARNINGS from one; quit; ” tition ePlanot abs com 7 18 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 Which one of the following represents the data values stored in the data set TWO? A. CATEGORY EARNINGS. M 200 M110 F150F210 B. CATEGORY EARNINGS M. M0 F150 F210 C. CATEGORY SALARY BONUS EARNINGS M 200 . 200 M 100 10 110 F 10050 150 F 200 10 210 D. CATEGORY SALARY BONUS EARNINGS M200 M 100 10 110 'M 200 . 200 M 100 10 110 F 100 $0 150 F 200 10210 Answer: B Question: 33 Which one of the following SAS SORT procedure options eliminates identical consecutive observations? A. NODUP B. UNIQUE, C. DISTINCT D. NODUPKEY Answer: A Question: 34 The following SAS program is submitted: data temp; array points(3,2}_temporary_(10,20,30,40,50,60); score = points(2,i} run; ‘Which one of the following is the value of the variable SCORE in the data set TEMP? 18 ‘tun ePianeabs.com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 Uae> &g8s Answ Question: 35 The following SAS FORMAT procedure is submitted: proc format lib = sasuser; value tempe low < 0 = BELOW FREEZING’ run; How is the value 10 displayed when the format TEMPC is applied? AL10 B.MILD C. WARM, D. BELOW FREEZING Answer: C Question: 36 Which one of the following SAS programs uses the most amount of memory resources for output buffers? A. data new(bufsize = 1000 bufno = 5) set temp; run; B. data new(bufsize = 1000 bufno = 2); set temp; run; C. data new(bufsize = 2000 bufno = 3); set temp; run; D. data new(bufsize = 4000 bufno = 1); set temp; run; Answer: C Question: 37 Given the following SAS data sets ONE and TWO: ONE TWO NUM CHARI NUM CHAR2 1A12X1 1A22X2 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 2BI3Y2 B25V4D ‘The following SAS program is submitted creating the output table THREE: proc sql; create table three as select one.num, charl, char? from one, two where one.num = ‘wo.num; quit; THREE NUM CHARI CHAR2 2BIXI 2B1X2 2B2X1 2B2X2 Which one of the following DATA step programs creates an equivalent SAS data set THREE? A. data three; merge one two; by num; run; B. data three; set one; set two; by num; run; merge one two; by num; run; C. data three; set one; set two; by num; run; by num; run; D. data three; set ont do i= 1 to numobs; set two(rename = (num = num2)) point = i nobs = numobs; if num2 = num then output; end; drop num2; run; Answer: D 2 bios. ePiane_abs.com 21 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide A00-202 Question: 38 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: macro execute; proc print data = sasuser.houses; run; end; omend; ‘Which of the following completes the above program so that it executes on Tuesday? A. Sif &sysday = Tuesday %then %do; B. %if &sysday = Tuesday’ gethen %do; C. Sif "&sysday" = Tuesday Jethen Yodo; D. if ‘&sysday' = Tuesday’ %ethen Yodo; Answer: A Question: 39 Which one of the following statements is true regarding a SAS DATA step vie} A. It allows write capabilities. B. It contains global statements. C. It contains data and a descriptor portion. D. It contains a partially compiled DATA step. Answer: D Question: 40 Given the following SAS data sets ONE and TWO: ONE TWO OBS COMMON X OBS COMMON Y 1AIO1AL 2A 13243 3A143B4 4B94B2 5C85C5 6ci4 The following SAS DATA step is submitted: data combine; ‘merge one two; by common; run; Which one of the following represents the data values stored in data set COMBINE? ‘A. OBS COMMON X Y 2 tt .PlanetLabs.com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide ‘Ago-202 1A101 2A133 3A143 4Bo4 5B92 6C85 70145 B. OBS COMMON X Y 1A101 2A 133 3B94 4C85C. OBS COMMON X Y 1A101 2A133 3B 144 4B92 5C85 D. OBS COMMON X Y 1A101 2A131 3A141 4A103 5A 133 6A 143 7B94 8B929 C8510 C145 Answer: A Question: 41 Assume today is Tuesday, July 23, 2002. Which one of the following statements submitted at the beginning of a SAS session assigns the value Tuesday, July 23, 2002 to the macro variable START? A, dolet start = today().weekdate.; B. Sblet start = today(),format=weekdate.; C. Solet start = Yosysfunc(today(),weekdate.); D, dblet start = Ysysfunc(%today(), weekdate.); Answer: C 2 Htguwwew.ePlanetLabs.com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 Question: 42 The following SAS program is submitted: Fomacro test(var); BLACKSMITH WORDSMITH SWORDSMITH: Geindex( &jobs,&var); Setest(SMITH) ‘Which one of the following is the resulting value of the macro variable TYPE? AO B.3 C6 D. null Answer: C Question: 43 Which one of the following SAS integrity constraint types ensures that a specific set or range of values are the only values in a variable? A. CHECK B. UNIQUE C. FORMAT D. DISTINCT Answer: A Question: 44 Which one of the following options displays the value of a macro variable in the SAS log? A. MACRO B. SOURCE C, SOURCE2 D. SYMBOLGEN Answer: D Question: 45 The following SAS ARRAY statement is submitted: array score{*) a4 - a10, a25 ; Which one of the following is the maximum number of elements stored? AB B.7 C8 D.11 2 wy oP (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide ‘00-202 Answer: C Question: 46 When is it appropriate to create indexes on a SAS data set for efficient processing? A. if small subsets of data are often retrieved B. if the key variable has very few unique values C. if the data are often used for BY group processing D. if the SAS data set file page count is less than three pages Answer: A Question: 47 The following SAS program is submitted: options yearcutoff = 1950; emacro y2kopt(date); Seif date >= 14610 then do; options yearcutoft = 2000; Send; Geelse %edo; options yearcutoff = 1900; Geend; omend; data _null_; date = "O1jan2000"¢; call symput("date" Jeft(date)); run; ey 2kopt(&edate) ‘The SAS date for January 1, 2000 is 14610 and the SAS system option for YEARCUTOFF is set t0 1920 prior to submitting the above program. Which one of the following is the value of YEARCUTOFF when the macro finishes execution? A. 1900 B. 1920 C. 1950 D. 2000 Answer: D Question: 48 Which one of the following is the purpose of the REUSE= YES option in a compressed SAS data set? A. It temporarily compresses observations in a SAS data set B. Itallows users to update the same SAS data set concurrently. C. Itallows new observations to be inserted wherever enough free space exists. 2 hitp:ww.ePlanetLabs.com 24 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide ‘00-202 D. It specifies that a new empty data set with a given name replaces an existing data set with the same name, Answer: C Question: 49 Given the following SAS data set ONE: ONE LEVEL AGE 110 220 320 210 110 230 310 220 330 110 The following SAS program is submitted: roc sql; select level, max(age) as MAX from one group by level having max(age) > (select avg(age) from one); quit; Which one of the following reports is generated? A. LEVEL AGE 2.20320 B. LEVEL AGE 220330D. LEVEL MAX 230330 Answer: D Question: 50 ‘Which one of the following is true regarding the KEEP statement? A. The KEEP statement is available in both the DATA and the PROC steps - B. The KEEP statement selects the variables read from the input data set(s). 25 htouwwrw.ePlanetLbs.com 25 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 C. The KEEP statement applies to all data sets created within the same DATA step. D, The KEEP statement applies only to the first data set created within the same DATA step if more than one data set is created, Answer: C Question: 51 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 Question: 52 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: data temp; array points{2,3}_temporary_; run; Which one of the following is the maximum number of elements that are stored? vom Answer: D Question: 53 Which one of the following is the purpose of the IDXNAME-= data set option? A. Itinstructs SAS to name and store a specific index. B. It instructs SAS to store an index in a particular location. C. Iv instructs SAS to use a specific index for WHERE processing. D. It instructs SAS to use any available index for WHERE processing. Answer: C Question: 54 The DICTIONARY.MACROS table stores information about which of the following? EF fn. ePlanetLabs.com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 A. user defined macro variables only B. system defined macro variables only C. both user and system defined macro variables D. macros stored in the autocall macro library only Answer: C Question: 55 Given the following SAS data set named WORK.INTERNAT: WORK.INTERNAT LOCATION SUM USA 30 EUR 40 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: Gelet LOC = Usa; proc sql; select * from internat where location = quit; ‘Which one of the following is the result when the above code is executed on the above data set? ‘&Loc"; A. A report is generated with one destination, B. No report is generated as the case of the compared values is different. C. No report is generated as the case of the macro variable name is different. D. A report is generated with the two original observations as the where clause does not work. Answer: B Question: 56 The following SAS program is submitted: Folet a = cat; emacro animal(a = frog); Gelet a = bird; Gemend; ‘Seanimal(a = pig) Yput ais &a; Which one of the following is written to the SAS log? Avais &a B. ais cat C.aispig D. ais bird nswer: B a hitoztwew.ePlanetLabs.com 27 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 Question: 57 The following SAS program is submitted: proc sql; select * from dictionary.tables; quit; Which one of the following is reported? ‘A. metadata on all tables in all libraries B. metadata on all tables in the WORK library only C. metadata on all tables in the SASUSER library only D. metadata on all tables in the DICTIONARY library only The following SAS program is submitted: data two; set two (Keep = &var); = &var * &x; run; Which one of the following is the value of the variable Z when the program finishes, execution? A. ERROR_ B. 20 (as a numeric) C. 20 (as a character) D. . (missing numeric) Answer: B Question: 59 ‘Which one of the following options is available for SAS macro debugging? A. MLOGIC B. MDEBUG C. MSGLEVEL D. MAUTOSOURCE, Answer: A. 28 Hitosww.ePlanetLabs com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide ‘00-202 Question: 60 The following SAS program is submitted: Geletfirst = yourname; Get last = frst; put &&Elast; Which one of the following is the result in the log of the %PUT statement? A. first B. &first C. yourname D. &yourname Answer: C Question: 61 Given the following SAS data sets ONE and TWO: ONE TWO YEAR QTR BUDGET YEAR QTR SALES 2001 3500 2001 4 300 2001 4400 2002 1 600 2002.1 700 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: proc sql; select one.*, sales from one left join two on one.year = two.year; quit; Which one of the following reports is generated? A. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 3 500 B. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 4 400 300 2002 1 700 600 C. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 3 500 2001 4.400 300 2002 1 700 600 D. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 3 500 300 2001 4.400 300 2002 1 700 600 Answer: D 2 htpsivmew.ePtanet abs.com 29 30 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 Question: 62 Given the following SAS data sets ONE and TWO: proc sql: ONE TWO OBS COMMON X OBS COMMON Y 1A101A1 2A132A3 3A143B4 4B94B25 C8SC56C14 ‘The following SAS DATA step is submitted: data combine; run; ‘Which one of the following represents the data values stored in data set COMBINE? A. OBS COMMON X Y 1A101 2A133 3A143 4Bo4 5B92 6C85 7C145 B. OBS COMMON X Y 1A101 2A133 3B94 4c8s C. OBS COMMON X Y 1AI01 2A133 3B144 4B92 5C85 D. OBS COMMON X Y 1A101 2A131 3A141 4A103 30 hips. ePlanetLas com 3i (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 5A133 6A143 7B94 8B92 9c8s loc i145 Answer: C Question: 63 Given the following SAS program: proc sql: select product, type, sum(sales) as revenue from one group by product, type; quit; Which one of the following clauses should be added to the program to sort the output by PRODUCT and decreasing REVENUE? A. order by 1,3 B. order by 1, 3 dese C. orderby product, revenue dese D. order by product, desc revenue Answer: B Question: 64 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: emacro testvar); proc print data = sasuser.class; where age > &var; run; Somend; Which type of parameter is the macro variable VAR? A. default B. keyword C. positional D. command Answer: C Question: 65 The following SAS program is submitted: proc datasets lib = testdata; modify one; abel num = Number’; format num a {io:dnu lanl abs.com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 0.202 quit; Which one of the following SQL programs produces the same results as the above DATASETS procedure? A. proc sql; modify table testdata.one num format = 4. label quit; B. proc sql; alter table testdata.one modify num format = 4. label = ‘Number’; quit; C. proc sql; modify table testdata.one alter num format = 4. label = ‘Number’; quit; D. proc sql; alter table testdata.one modify num (format = quit ‘Number’; label = ‘Number’; Answer: B Question: 66 Which one of the following SAS integrity constraint types ensures that a specific set cor range of values are the only values in a variable? A. CHECK B. UNIQUE, C. FORMAT D. DISTINCT. Answer: A Question: 67 ‘Which one of the following automatic SAS macro variables contains the return code from a previously executed step? A. &RC B. &ERR C. &SYSRC D. &SYSERR Answer: D Question: 68 Which one of the following statements is true? A. The WHERE statement can be executed conditionally as part of an IF statement. B. The WHERE statement selects observations before they are brought into the PDV. 2 ‘itovmePtanet abs com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00.202 C. The subsetting IF statement works on observations before they are read into the PDV. D. The WHERE and subsetting IF statements can be used interchangeably in all SAS programs. Answer: B Question: 69 Which one of the following should be avoided when creating and using an SQL procedure view? A. using a HAVING clause B. using summary functions . referencing a view multiple times in the same program D. creating views on tables whose structures remain constant Answer: C Question: 70 Given the following SAS data sets ONE and TWO: ONE TWO NUM COUNTRY NUM CITY 1 CANADA 3 BERLIN 2 FRANCE 5 TOKYO 3 GERMANY 4 BELGIUM 5 JAPAN The following SAS program is submitted: proc sql; select country from one ‘where not exists (select * from two where one.num = two.num); quit; Which one of the following reports is generated? A. COUNTRY GERMANY JAPAN B, COUNTRY FRANCE BELGIUM C. COUNTRY 38 www ePlanetLabs com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 CANADA FRANCE BELGIUM D. COUNTRY CANADA FRANCE GERMANY Answer: C Question: 71 ‘Text is sent to the SAS compiler as a result of macro execution. Which one of the following SAS system options writes that text to the log? A. MPRINT B. MLOGIC C. MSOURCE D. SOURCE2 Answer: A Question: 72 Given the following SAS data set ONE: ONE JOB LEVEL SALARY ACC2300 SEC 1 100 SEC 2 200 MGR 3 700 ACCI ACC3 MGR 2 400 The following SAS data set TWO is created: ‘TWO JOB LEVEL BONUS ACC 2.30 MGR 3 70 MGR 240, Which one of the following SAS programs creates data set TWO? A. proc sql; create table two as select job, level, salary * 0.1 as bonus from one where bonus > 20; u hitpwiwa.ePtanetLbs com 34 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 quit B. proc sql; create table two as select job, level, salary * 0.1 as bonus from one where salary > 20; quit; C. proc sql: create table two as select job, level, salary * 0.1 as bonus from one where calculated salary * 0.1 > 20; quit; D. proc sql;D.proc sql; create table two as select job, level, salary * 0.1 as bonus from one where calculated bonus > 20; quit: Answer: D Question: 73 Which one of the following options is available for SAS macro debugging? A. MLOGIC B. MDEBUG C. MSGLEVEL D. MAUTOSOURCE Answer: A. Question: 74 ‘The following are values of the variable STYLE from the SAS data set SASUSER HOUSES: SASUSERS.HOUSES OBS STYLE 1 RANCH 2 SPLIT 3 CONDO 4 TWOSTORY S RANCH 6 SPLIT 7 SPLIT The following SAS program is submitted: proc sql noprint; select distinct style into :styles separated by "* % fitpuhvrwaPianatLabs com 35 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide ‘A00-202 from sasuser.houses order by style; quit: Which one of the following is the value of the resulting macro variable? A. CONDO RANCH SPLIT TWOSTORY B. RANCH SPLIT CONDO TWOSTORY C, CONDO RANCH RANCH SPLIT SPLIT SPLIT TWOSTORY D. RANCH SPLIT CONDO TWOSTORY RANCH SPLIT SPLIT ‘Answer: A Question: 75 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: Gelet value Golet add = 5; Gblet newval = Yeval(&value + &add); Which one of the following is the resulting value of the macro variable NEWVAL? Answer: D Question: 76 The following SAS program is submitted: proc sql; select * from dictionary.tables; quits Which one of the following is reported? ‘A. metadata on all tables in all libraries B. metadata on all tables in the WORK library only CC. metadata on all tables in the SASUSER library only D, metadata on all tables in the DICTIONARY library only Answer: A Question: 77 ‘Which one of the following is true regarding the KEEP statement? A. The KEEP statement is available in both the DATA and the PROC steps B. The KEEP statement selects the variables read from the input data set(s). 6 wy. 0P com 36 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 C. The KEEP statement applies to all data sets created within the same DATA step. D. The KEEP statement applies only to the first data set created within the same DATA step if more than one data set is created. Answer: C Question: 78 The following SAS program is submitted: Geet lib = Youpcase(sasuser); proc sqli select nvar from dictionary tables where libname = "lib"; quit; Given that several SAS data sets exist in the SASUSER library, which one of the following is generated as output? A. no result set B. a syntax error in the log C. a report showing the names of each table in SASUSER D. areport showing the number of columns in each table in SASUSER Answer: D Question: 79 Which one of the following SAS programs displays the descriptor portion of each data set stored in the SASUSER library? sasuser.all; asuser._all_; quit; C. proc datasets lib = sasuser; contents data = all; quit: D. proc datasets lib = sasuser; contents data quit; all; Answer: D Question: 80 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: sasuser.class; where age > &var; Somend; ‘Which type of parameter is the macro variable VAR? 37 38 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 A. default B. keyword C. positional D. command Answer: C Question: 81 Given the following SAS data sets ONE and TWO: ONE TWO OBS COMMON X OBS COMMON Y 1AI01A1 2A132A3 3A143B4 4B94B2 5C85C5S 6c 14 The following SAS DATA step is submitted data combine; set one; set two; Which one of the following represents the data values stored in data set COMBINE? A. OBS COMMON X Y LA101 2A 133 3A 143 4B94 5B92 6C85 710145 B. OBS COMMON X Y 1A101 2A133 3B94 4c8s C. OBS COMMON X Y TA101 2A133 3B 144 4B92 38 Hitoutww.ePlanetLabs.com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 5C85 D. OBS COMMON X Y 1A101 2A131 3A141 4A103 5A133 6A143 71B94 8B92 9C8510 c14s Answer: C Question: 82 The following SAS program is submitted: options yearcutofi = 195 omacro y2kopt(date); Gif date >= 14610 %then %do; options yearcutoft = 2000; Send; Gelse “edo: options yearcutoff = 1900; Goends; Fomends data _null_; date = "01jan2000"4; call symput("“date" left(date)); run; Sey2kopt(&edate) The SAS date for January 1, 2000 is 14610 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. 1900 B. 1920 C. 1950 D. 2000 Answer: D Question: 83 Which one of the following options displays the value of a macro variable in the SAS log? 9 bipsvmuw.ePtanetL.abs oom 39 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 A. MACRO B, SOURCE C. SOURCE? D. SYMBOLGEN Answer: D Question: 84 The following SAS program is submitted: Somacro test(var); Jolet jobs = BLACKSMITH WORDSMITH SWORDSMITH; Solet type = %index(&jobs, var); ‘mend; ‘Yetest(SMITH) Which one of the following is the resulting value of the macro variable TYPE? Answer: C Question: 85 The following SAS program is submitted: omacro execute; proc print data = sasuser houses; run; end; Semend; Which of the following completes the above program so that it executes on Tuesday? A. if &sysday = Tuesday Sethen %do: B. Sif &sysday = Tuesday’ fethen do; C. if "&sysday” = Tuesday Sothen %do; D. Sif &sysday’ = Tuesday’ fothen %do; Answer: A. Question: 86 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: data temp; array points(2,3}_temporary_; run; Which one of the following is the maximum number of elements that are stored? 0 ho: /Wwaw.ePlanetL.abs com 40 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 Sow> ‘Answer: D Question: 87 Given the following SAS data set ONE: ONE REP COST SMITH 200 SMITH 400 JONES 100 SMITH 600 JONES 100 JONES 200 JONES 400 ‘SMITH 800 JONES 100 JONES 300 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: proc sql; select rep, avg(cost) as AVERAGE, from one group by rep having avg(cost) > (select avg(cost) from one); quit; ‘Which one of the following reports is generated? A. REP AVERAGE, JONES 200 B. REP AVERAGE JONES 320 C. REP AVERAGE SMITH 320 D. REP AVERAGE, ‘SMITH 500 Answer: D Question: 88 Given the following SAS program: proc sql; select product, type, sum(sales) as revenue a hitosvnew.ePtanetLabs.com 41 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 from one group by product, type; quit Which one of the following clauses should be added to the program to sort the output by PRODUCT and decteasing REVENUE? A. order by 1,3 B. order by 1, 3 dese C. orderby product, revenue dese D. order by product, desc revenue Answer: B Question: 89 The following SAS program is submitted: Gelet name = Patel's Restaurant; ‘Which one of the following statements avoids problems associated with the unbalanced quotation mark? A. Solet nam B, %let name Patel%'s Restaurant; str(Pate’s Restaurant); C. let name = Patel%str(’)s Restaurant; D, %let name = %str(Patel%'s Restaurant); Answer: D Question: 90 The following SAS program is submitted: Solet var = chicago, 1; data a; ew york, 2'; newvar = Sescan(&var,2, %str()); run; Which one of the following explains why the program fails to execute? A. The %STRO is invalid syntax. B. The %SCAN function does not exist. C. The %SCAN function has too many arguments, D. The macro variable VAR does not get created properly. Answer: C Question: 91 Which one of the following is an advantage of creating and using a SAS DATA step view? A. It can store an index. 2 hitpstwew.ePlanetLabs.com 42 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 B. Italways accesses the most current data, C. It works quickly through multiple passes of the data. D. Itis useful when the underlying data file structure changes. Answer: B Question: 92 The following SAS program is submitted: data one; doi=1to 10; ptobs = ceil(ranuni(0) * totobs); Set temp point = ptobs nobs = totobs: ‘output; end: stop; run; The SAS data set TEMP contains 2,500,000 observations. Which one of the following represents the possible values for PTOBS? ‘A any integer between 1 and 10 B. any real number between 0 and | C. any integer between 1 and 2,500,000 D. any real number between | and 2,500,000 Answer Question: 93 Given the following SAS data sets ONE and TWO: ONE TWO YEAR QTR BUDGET YEAR QTR SALES 2001 3 500 2001 4 300 2001 4.400 2002 1 600 2002 1700 The following SAS program is submitted: proc sql; select one.*, sales from one, two where one.year = two.year; quit; Which one of the following reports is generated? A. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 4.400 300 2002 1 700 600 8 tps. ePiantabs com 43 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 B. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 3 500 2001 4.400 300 2002 1 700 600 C. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 3 500 300 2001 4.400 300 2002 1 700 600 D. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 3 $00 300 2001 4 400 300 2002 1 700 300, 2001 3 500 600 2001 4 400 600 2002 1 700 600 Answer: C Question: 94 The following SAS program is submitted: proc contents data = testdata.one; run; ‘Which one of the following SQL statements produces similar information about the column attributes as the above CONTENTS procedure? A. proc sql; show testdata.one; quit; B. proc sql: describe testdata.one; quit; C. proc sql: show table testdata.one; quit; E. proc sql; describe table testdata.one; quit; Answer: D Question: 95 The following SAS code is submitted: ‘macro houses(dsn = houses,sub = RANCH); 4 hip:/www.ePtanetabs com 45 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Program 1g Exam Study Guide 00-202 data &dsn; set sasuser-houses; if style = "&esub"; run; Gomend; ehouses(sub = SPLIT) S%houses(dsn = ranch) %houses(sub = TWOSTORY) Which one of the following is the value of the automatic macro variable SYSLAST? A. work.ranch B. work.houses C. WORK.RANCH D. WORK.HOUSES Answer: D Question: 96 Which one of the following programs contains a syntax error? A. proc sql; select product.*, cost.unitcost, sales.quantity from product p, cost c, sales s c.item and p.item item; quit; select product.*, cost.unitcost, sales.quantity from product, cost, sales where product.item = cost.item and product.item = sales.item; quit; C. proc sql; select p.*, c-unitcost, s.quantity from product as p, cost as ¢, sales as s where p.item = c.item and p.item = s.item; quit D. proc sql; select p.*, ¢.unitcost, s.quantity from product, cost, sales where product item = cost.item and product item = sales.item; quit; Answer: D Question: 97 The following SAS program is submitted: data temp; array points(3,2}_temporary_(10,20,30,40,50,60);, score = points(2,1) run; ‘Which one of the following is the value of the variable SCORE in the data set TEMP? ry hitouw.ePlanetLabs.com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 A.10 B.20 C.30 D. 40 Answer: C Question: 98 Which one of the following statements is true regarding a SAS DATA step view? A. Itallows write capabilities. B. It contains global statements. . It contains data and a descriptor portion. D. Itcontains a partially compiled DATA step. Answer: D Question: 99 Given the following SAS data sets ONE and TWO: ONE TWO YEAR QTR BUDGET YEAR QTR SALES 2001 3 500 2001 4 300 2001 4 400 2002 1 600 2002 1 700 The following SAS program is submitted: proc sql; select one.*, sales from one left join two on one.year = two.year quit; Which one of the following reports is generated? A. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 3 500. B. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 4.400 300 2002 1 700 600 C. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 3 500 2001 4.400 300 2002 1 700 600 D. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 3 500 300, 6 hitouwww.ePlanetLabs.com 46 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 2001 4 400 300 2002 1 700 600 Answer: D Question: 100 Given the following SAS data set ONE: ONE COUNTRY CITY VISIT 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 dese; 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 USA DALLAS 20 UK LONDON 20 UK MARLOW 10 D. COUNTRY CITY TOTAL UK MARLOW 10 UK LONDON 20 a hitowwww.ePlanetLabs.com 47 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide ‘00-202 USA DALLAS 20 USA BOSTON 50 Answer: B Question: 101 ‘The DICTIONARY. MACROS table stores information about which of the following? ‘A. user defined macro variables only B. system defined macro variables only C. both user and system defined macro variables D, macros stored in the autocall macro library only Answer: C Question: 102 Given the following SAS data set ONI ONE DIVISION SALES A 1234 A 3654 B 5678 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: data _null_; set one; by division; if firstdivision then call symput('mfirst’ sales); if last division then call symput(‘mlast’sales); run; Which one of the following is the value of the macro variable MFIRST when the above program finishes execution? A. null B. 1234 C. 3654 D. 5678 Answer: D Question: 103 Given the following SAS data sets ONE and TWO: ONE TWO NUM CHARI NUM CHAR? 1a2x 2B3Y 4DSV The following SAS program is submitted creating the output table THREE: 48 hitoswn.ePtanetLabs.com 48 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Program: 00-202 data three; set one two; run; THREE NUM CHARI CHAR2 1A 2B 4D 2x 3Y 5V Which one of the following SQL programs creates an equivalent SAS data set THREE? A. proc sql; create table three as select * from one outer union corr select * from two; quit; B. proc sql; create table three as select * from one outer union select * from two; quit; C. proc sql:C.proc sql; create table three as select * from one union select * from two; quit; D. proc sql; Deproc sql: create table three as select * from one union corr select * from two; quit: Answer: A. Question: 104 Which one of the following statements about compressed SAS data sets is always true? 4“ npn Plane abs cor 49 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00.202 A. Each observation is treated as a single string of bytes. B. Each observation occupies the same number of bytes. C. An updated observation is stored in its original location. D. New observations are added to the end of the SAS data set. Answer: A Question: 105 Given the following SAS data sets ONE and TWO: ONE TWO NUM CHARI NUM CHAR2 1A12X1 1A22X2 2B13Y 2B25V 4D The following SAS program is submitted creating the output table THREE: proc sql: create table three as select one.num, charl, char from one, two where one.num = two.num; quit; THREE NUM CHARI CHAR2 2B1X1 2BI x2 2B2X1 2B2X2 Which one of the following DATA step programs creates an equivalent SAS data set THREE? A. data three; ‘merge one two; by num; run; B. data three; set one; set two; by num; run; C. data three; C.data thres merge one (in = in!) two (in = in2); by num; if int and ind; run; D. data three; D.data three; 0 hiozimuy.ePlanetLabs com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 set one; doi = 1 tonumobs; set two(rename = (num = num2)) point = i nobs = numobs; if num2 = num then output; end; drop num2; run; Answer: D Question: 106 Given the following SAS data set ONE: ONE LEVEL AGE 110 220 320 210 110 230 310 220 330 110 ‘The following SAS program is submitted: proc sql; select level, max(age) as MAX from one group by level having max(age) > (select avg(age) from one); Which one of the following reports is generated? A. LEVEL AGE 330 D. LEVEL MAX 230 51 Hig: ePlanetLabs.com 31 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Program: 00-202 330 Answer: D Question: 107 ‘The SAS data set ONE consists of five million observations and has 25 variables. Which one of the following SAS programs successfully creates three new variables TOTREV, TOTCOST, and PROFIT and requires the least CPU time to be processed? A. data two; 1um(price * quantity); totcost = sum(fixed, variable); profit = sum(totrev,otcost); if totrev > 1000; run; B. data two; set one; uum(price * quantity); if totrev > 1000; totcost = sum(fixed,variable) 1um(totrev,otcost); C. data two; set one; totrev = sum(price * quantity); where totrev > 1000; totcost = sum(fixed, variable); profit = sum(totrev,otcost); run; D. data two: set one; where totrev > 1000; totrev = sum(price * quantity); totcost = sum( fixed, variable); profit = sum(totrev,otcost); run; Answi Question: 108 Given the following SAS data set ONE: ONE CATEGORY AGE SALARY BONUS M 28 200 20 M25 100 10 2 ilps. ePtanetLabs.com 53 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 M 28 300 10 M33 30030 F 18 100.50 F 25 200 10 F 35 400 50 The following SAS program is submitted: proc sql; select distinct category, sum(sum(salary,bonus)) as EARNINGS from one where age < 30 group by category having calculated EARNINGS < 500; quit; Which one of the following reports will be generated? A. CATEGORY EARNINGS F360 B. CATEGORY EARNINGS M640 F360 C. CATEGORY EARNINGS F150 F210 D. CATEGORY EARNINGS M220 M110 M310 F150 F210 Answer: A Question: 109 Which one of the following is the purpose of the IDXNAMEz= data set option? A. ILinstructs SAS to name and store a specific index. B. It instructs SAS to store an index in a particular location. C. It instructs SAS to use a specific index for WHERE processing. D. Itinstructs SAS to use any available index for WHERE processing, Answer: C Question: 110 The SAS data set ONE contains the variables X, Y, Z, and W. The following SAS program is submitted: proc transpose data = one out by x; 3 bp ePtanet_abs com 54 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 var y; run; Which one of the following contains all the names of the columns created by the TRANSPOSE procedure? A.XY,Z, and W B._NAME_, X, and Y C. new, X, and COLI D. new, X,Y, and_COLI — Answer: C Question: 111 Which of the following statement(s) in the DATASETS procedure alters the name of @ SAS data set stored in a SAS data library? ‘A. RENAME statement only B. CHANGE statement only C. MODIFY and RENAME statements D. MODIFY and CHANGE statements Answer: B Question: 112 Given the following SAS data set SASUSER HIGHWAY: SASUSER. HIGHWAY STEERING SEATBELT SPEED STATUS COUNT absent no 0-29 serious 31 absent no 0-29 not 1419 absent no 30-49 serious 191 absent no 30-49 not 2004 absent no 50+ serious 216 The following SAS program is submitted: emacro highway; proc sql noprin select count(distinet status) into :numgrp from sasuser highway; Selet numgrp = &numgrp; select distinct status into : group! ~:group&numgrp from sasuser-highway; quit; Feddo i = 1 Sto &numgrp; Proc print data = sasuser-highway; where status = "&&groupaei” ; run; 5 bpm. ePanetLabs com 55 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 end; Fomend; Sehighway How many reports are produced by the above program? 0 A. B, c D. DS Answer: C Question: 113 The SAS data set TEMP has the following distribution of values for variable A: A Frequency 1 500,000 2,500,000 67,000,000 83,000 Which one of the following SAS programs requires the least CPU time to be processed? A. data new; set temp; if a=8 then b = "Small else if a in(1, 2) then b= Medium’; else if a= 6 then b = ‘Large’; run; B. data new; set temp; ifain (1, 2) then else if a=8 then else if a=6 then run; C. data new; set temp; if a=6 then b = ‘Largs else if a in (1, 2) then else if a= 8 then run; D. data new; D.data new; set temp; if a =6 then b= "Large if ain (1, 2) then b = 'Medium’; ifa=8 thend small’ 55 bps. Pant abs.com 56 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 run; Answer: C Question: 114 The following SAS program is submitted. filename sales (‘extenal-file!" ‘external- file2'); data new; infile sales; input date date9, company $ revenue; run; ‘Which one of the following is the result of including the FILENAME statement in this, program? A. The FILENAME statement produces an ERROR message in the SAS log, B. The FILENAME statement associates SALES with external-file2 followed by external-filel C. The FILENAME statement associates SALES with external-filel followed by external-file2. D. The FILENAME statement reads record | from external-file 1, reads record 1 from external-file 2, and combines them into one record. Answer: C Question: 115 Which one of the following options controls the pagesize of a SAS data set? A. SIZE= B. BUFNO: C. BUFSIZI D. PAGESIZE= Answer: C Question: 116 Given the following SAS data set ONE: ONE CATEGORY AGE SALARY BONUS M 28 200 20 M25 100 10 M 28 300 10 M33 30030 F 18 10050 F 25 200 10 F 35 400 50 8 tigsiwwePIanet abs com 57 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 The following SQL program is submitted: proc sql; cteate table two as select distinct age from one where age < 33; quit; How many rows are written to the SAS data set TWO? A3 pae 4 a5 . 6 Answer: A Question: 117 The following SAS program is submitted: data two; run; Which one of the following is the value of the variable Z when the program finishes execution? A. ERROR_ B. 20 (as a numeric) C. 20 (as a character) ) Answer: B Question: 118 Given the following SAS statement: %let ideode = Prods67; Which one of the following statements stores the value $67 in the macro variable CODENUM? A. let codenum = substr(&idcode,length(&idcode)-2): B. %let codenum = subst &idcode,length(&ideode)-3); C. %let codenum = Sesubstr( &idcode, Ylength(&idcode)-2); D. Selet codenum = %substr( &idcode, Zolength &idcode)-3 Answer: C a nos www.ePianeabs.com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 Question: 119 The following SAS program is submitted: Gelet a= emacto animal(a = frog); elet a = bird; omen, Foanimal(a = pig) Yeput ais &a; Which one of the following is written to the SAS log? Avais&a B. ais cat C.ais pig D.aisbird Answer: B Question: 120 Which one of the following is the purpose of the REUSE= YES option in a compressed SAS data set? A. It temporarily compresses observations in a SAS data set. B. It allows users to update the same SAS data set concurrently. C. It allows new observations to be inserted wherever enough free space exists. D. It specifies that a new empty data set with a given name replaces an existing data set with the same name. Answer: C Question: 121 In which one of the following SAS programs is the SAS data set index named CHARI always used? ‘A. data three; set one; set two key = char1; run; B. data three; set one; if char! in (‘new york’ ‘los angeles’); run; C. data three; set one; where charl in (‘new york’ los angeles’); run; D. proc sql; create table three as select * from one, two where one.charl > two.charl; quit; Answer: A Question: 122 58 bitpsvmww.ePtanetLabs com 58 59 (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 The following SAS program is submitted: Sblet first = yourname; let last = first; put &c& last; Which one of the following is the result in the log of the %PUT statement? A. first B. &first C. yourname D. &yourname Answer: C Question: 123 The following SAS program is submitted: data new (bufsize = 6144 bufno = 4); set old; run; ‘Which one of the following describes the difference between the usage of BUFSIZE= and BUFNO= options? A. BUFSIZE= specifies the size of the input buffer in bytes; BUFNO= specifies the number of input buffers. B. BUFSIZE= specifies the size of the output buffer in bytes; BUFNO= specifies the number of output buffers. B. BUFSIZE= specifies the size of the output buffer in kilobytes; BUFNOs= specifies the number of input buffers. C. BUFSIZE= specifies the size of the output buffer in kilobytes; BUFNO= specifies the number of output buffers. Answer: Question: 124 Which one of the following SAS SORT procedure options eliminates identical consecutive observations? A. NODUP B, UNIQUE C. DISTINCT D. NODUPKEY Answer: A Question: 125, Which one of the following techniques concatenates data in SAS? A. the APPEND procedure 59 itp: ePlanetLads.com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide poo2ne B. the DATA step with a MERGE statement C. the DATA step with a COMBINE statement D, the INTERSECT operator in the SQL procedure Answer: A. Question: 126 Given the following SAS data sets ONE and TWO: ONE TWO YEAR QTR BUDGET YEAR QTR SALES 2001 3 500 2001 4 300 2001 4 400 2002 1 600 2002 1 700 The following SAS program is submitted: proc sql; select one.*, sales from one, two: quit; Which one of the following reports is generated? A. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 4 400 300 2002 1 700 600 B. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 3500. 2001 4 400 300, 2002 1 700 600 C. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 3 500 300 2001 4.400 300 2002 1 700 600 D. YEAR QTR BUDGET SALES 2001 3 500 300 2001 4 400 300 2002 1 700 300 2001 3 500 600 2001 4 400 600 2002 1 700 600 Answer: D Question: 127 ‘Which one of the following SAS programs uses the most amount of memory resources for output Cd htovAwmePIanetL.abs com (A00-202) SAS Advanced Programming Exam Study Guide 00-202 butters? A. data new(bufsize = 1000 butno set temp; run; B. data new(butsize set temp; run; C. data new(butsize = 2000 butno = 3); set temp; run; D. data new(bufsize = set temp; run; 1000 bufno = 2); 1000 butno = 1); Answer: C Question: 128 The following SAS FORMAT procedure is submitted: proc format lib = sasuser, value tempe low < 0 = 'BELOW FREEZING’ 0<5='COLD’ 16 high = "HOT; tun; How is the value 10 displayed when the format TEMPC is applied? Ato B MILD C. WARM D. BELOW FREEZING Answer: Question: 129 ‘When s it appropriate to create indexes on a SAS data set for efficient processing? Ai small subsets of data are often retrieved B. ifthe key variable has very few unique values C. ifthe data are often used for BY group processing D. ifthe SAS data set file page count is less than three pages Answer: A Question: 130 ‘The following SAS ARRAY statement is submitted: array score{"} a4 - a10, a25 ; Which one ofthe following is the maximum number of elements stored? pomp Answer: C a titowwwn.ePlanetLabs.com 61

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