The document contains 30 questions about SAS programming. It covers topics like the difference between WHERE and IF statements, how SAS data sets are created at compile time, how to select a subset of variables from a data set, the purpose and use of trailing @ and @@, how to sort data by a variable, how data steps and MERGE statements work, and more. It also contains questions about specific SAS statements, functions, operators and concepts like SUM, DATE values, INPUT, DO WHILE, DROP, SET, and MERGE.
The document contains 30 questions about SAS programming. It covers topics like the difference between WHERE and IF statements, how SAS data sets are created at compile time, how to select a subset of variables from a data set, the purpose and use of trailing @ and @@, how to sort data by a variable, how data steps and MERGE statements work, and more. It also contains questions about specific SAS statements, functions, operators and concepts like SUM, DATE values, INPUT, DO WHILE, DROP, SET, and MERGE.
The document contains 30 questions about SAS programming. It covers topics like the difference between WHERE and IF statements, how SAS data sets are created at compile time, how to select a subset of variables from a data set, the purpose and use of trailing @ and @@, how to sort data by a variable, how data steps and MERGE statements work, and more. It also contains questions about specific SAS statements, functions, operators and concepts like SUM, DATE values, INPUT, DO WHILE, DROP, SET, and MERGE.
The document contains 30 questions about SAS programming. It covers topics like the difference between WHERE and IF statements, how SAS data sets are created at compile time, how to select a subset of variables from a data set, the purpose and use of trailing @ and @@, how to sort data by a variable, how data steps and MERGE statements work, and more. It also contains questions about specific SAS statements, functions, operators and concepts like SUM, DATE values, INPUT, DO WHILE, DROP, SET, and MERGE.
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SAS Test
1. What is the difference between where and if statement?
2. At Compile Time When A SAS Data Set Is Read, What Items Are Created? 3. If You Have A Data Set That Contains 100 Variables, But You Need Only Five Of Those, What Is The Code To Force SAS To Use Only That Variable? 4. What is the purpose of the trailing @ and the @@? How would you use them? 5. In the following SAS program, the input data files are sorted by the NAMES variable: write the syntax of sort?
libname temp 'SAS-data-library';
data temp.sales; merge temp.sales work.receipt; by names; run; 6. Which one of the following results occurs when this program is submitted?
The program executes successfully and a temporary SAS data set is
created. The program executes successfully and a permanent SAS data set is created. The program fails execution because the same SAS data set is referenced for both read and write operations. The program fails execution because the SAS data sets on the MERGE statement are in two different libraries. 7. The following SAS program is submitted and reads 100 records from a raw data file: what is the use of infile and input statements ? data work.total; infile 'file-specification' end = eof; input name $ salary; totsal + salary; run;
8. Which one of the following IF statements writes the last observation to the output data set? A. if end = 0; B. if eof = 0; C. if end = 1; D. if eof = 1; 9. The contents of two SAS data sets named EMPLOYEE and SALARY are listed below: write a code which gives you the detailed description of data and descriptor portion for a data set in sas ? data emplsal; merge employee (in=ine) salary(in=ins); by name; if ine and ins; run;
10. How many observation are in EMPLSAL dataset?
A. 4 B. 3 c. 2 D. 1
11. Which one of the following is true of the SUM statement in a SAS DATA step program? o It does not retain the accumulator variable value from one iteration of the SAS DATA step to the next. o It adds the value of an expression to an accumulator variable and ignores missing values. o It is not valid with the SET, MERGE and UPDATE statements. o It is only valid in conjunction with a SUM function.
12. SAS date values are the number of days since which date a. Jan 1, 1900 b. Jan 1, 1950 c. Jan 1, 1960 d. Jan 1, 1970
13. An input date file has date expression in the form 10222001. Which SAS informat should you use to read dates? a. DATE6. b. DATE8. c. MMDDYY6. d. MMDDYY8.
14. Which SAS statement repetitively executes several statements while the value of cholesterol is greater than 200? a. do cholesterol>200 b. do cholesterol gt 200 c. do while (cholesterol>200); d. do while cholesterol>200;
15. If you submit the following program, which variables appear in the new data set?
Data work.cardiac(drop = age group);
Set clinic.fitness(keep = age weight group); If group = 2 and age >40; Run;
a. none b. weight c. age, group d. age, weight, group
16. which statement identifies the name of a raw data file to be read with the fileref products and specifies the data step read only records 1-15? a. infile products obs 15; b. infile products obs = 15; c. input products obs = 15; d. input products 1-15;
17. Suppose you run a SAS program that causes three data step errors. What is the value of the automatic variable _error_ when the observation that contains the third error is processed? a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 18. Based on the input statement in the data step below, in what order will the variables be stored in the new data set?
Data perm.update; Infile invent; Input idnum $ 15-19 item $ 1-13 instock 21-22 backord 24-25; Total = instock + backord; Run; a. idnum item instock baclord total b. item idnum instock backord total c. total idnum item instock backord d. total item idnum instock backord 19. There are two data sets. First data set has variables name, age. Second data set has variables name, age and date. What happens if you merge the two data sets by variable name? a. The values f age in the first data set overwrite the values of age in the second data set. b. The values of age in the second data set overwrite the values of age in the first data set. C. The DATA step fails because the two data sets contain same named variables that have different values d. The values of age in the second data set are set to missing.
20. The following SAS program is submitted.
DATA flatten; Input jobcode $ salary name $; Cards; Flat1 70000 bob Flat2 60000 joe Flat3 30000 ann ; Run; Data desc; Set flatten; If salary > 60000then description = ‘over 60’; Else description = ‘under60’; Run; What is the value of the variable description when the value of salary is 30000?
a. under 6 b. under 60 c. over 60 d. Missing character value
21. 10. The following SAS program is submitted
DATA work.inventory; Products = 7; Do until(products gt 6); Products + 1; End; Run; What is the value of products in the output data set? a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8
22. The following program is submitted
Data test; Average = mean (6, 4, ., 2); Run; What is the value of the variable average? a. 0 b. 3 c. 4 d. .
23. The following SAS program is submitted.
DATA work.travel; Do I = 1 to 6 by 2; Trip + I; End; Run; Which one of the following is the value of the variable trip in the output data set? a. 2 b. 3 c. 9 d. 10
24. Which of the following variable names is valid?
a. 4birthdate b. $cost c. _items_ d. tax-rate
25. Which of the following files is a permanent SAS file?
a. SAShelp.prdsales b. SASuser.mysales c. profits.quarter1 d. all of the above.
26. In a data step, how can you reference a temporary SAS data set named forecast? a. forecast b. work.forecast c. sales.forecast d. both a and b
27. Which one is correct:
a. 2 + .(missing value) = 2 b. 2 + .(missing value) = .(missing value)
28. What is the difference between an informat and a format? Name three informats or formats. 29. How do you create library in SAS ?What is the difference between temporary library and permanent library?
30. Which option in the PROC IMPORT procedure overwrites an existing file?
