SASInstitute SAS Certified Associate: Programming Fundamentals Using SAS 9.4 - A00-215 Free Exam Questions

QUESTION NO: 1
You are working on a SAS program that uses a macro to perform a specific task. The macro runs without errors, but the results are not as expected. You suspect that there might be a logic error in the macro. Which of the following steps would be most helpful in identifying and resolving the logic error?

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QUESTION NO: 2
You are analyzing customer data in a SAS data set named 'CUSTOMER DATA'. You need to create a new data set called 'ACTIVE CUSTOMERS that contains only customers who have made a purchase in the last 12 months. The 'CUSTOMER DATA' dataset has the following variables: CUSTOMER D, LAST PURCHASE DATE. Which DATA step code snippet correctly accomplishes this task?

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QUESTION NO: 3
You have two SAS datasets: 'CUSTOMERS' (CUSTOMER ID, NAME) and 'ORDERS' (ORDER D, CUSTOMER ID, ORDER DATE). You want to create a new dataset 'CUSTOMER ORDERS' that includes customer information and their most recent order date. Which code snippets would achieve this correctly? (Select all that apply)

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QUESTION NO: 4
You have a SAS report generated using ODS and want to create a PDF file with a specific page size (Letter) and orientation (Landscape). Which ODS destination option will allow you to achieve this?

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QUESTION NO: 5
You have a SAS dataset called 'SALES' with the following variables: 'PRODUCT', 'SALES AMOUNT', 'SALES DATE'. You need to create a new dataset called 'SALES SUMMARY that only contains the 'PRODUCT' and 'SALES AMOUNT' variables, and filter the data to include only sales from the year 2023. Which of the following SAS code snippets would correctly accomplish this?

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QUESTION NO: 6
You are analyzing a dataset containing sales data for different regions. You need to create a new variable 'SalesCategory' that classifies sales into three categories: 'High' if sales are above $10,000, 'Medium' if sales are between $5,000 and $10,000, and 'Low' if sales are below $5,000. Which code snippet correctly implements this logic in the DATA step?

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QUESTION NO: 7
You are analyzing a dataset with variables 'CUSTOMER_NAME', 'ORDER DATE', and 'ORDER VALUE'. You need to create a new variable 'ORDER DAY' that extracts the day of the week from 'ORDER DATE' (e.g., 'Monday', 'Tuesday', etc.). Which of the following SAS code snippets will accomplish this task correctly?

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QUESTION NO: 8
You are importing a large CSV file with millions of rows. Due to memory limitations, you want to import the data in chunks. How can you use PROC IMPORT to efficiently import the file in chunks?

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QUESTION NO: 9
You have a dataset with a variable 'DateOfBirth' in the format 'YYYYMMDD'. You want to create a new variable called 'Age' that represents the age in years as of today's date. What would be the most efficient way to calculate 'Age' using a DO loop within the DATA step?

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QUESTION NO: 10
You have a dataset named 'SALES' containing sales records for different products. You need to sort the dataset by 'PRODUCT ID' in ascending order and then by 'SALES DATE' in descending order. Which PROC SORT statement achieves this?

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QUESTION NO: 11
You need to create a report summarizing sales data by product and month, including the total sales for each product and month, as well as the cumulative total sales for each product across all months. Which code snippet would you use in the DATA step to calculate the cumulative total sales?

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QUESTION NO: 12
You are creating a report using PROC SQL to summarize sales dat
a. You want to add a title to the report that includes the current month and year. Which of the following code snippets will achieve this, assuming today is 2024-03-15?

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QUESTION NO: 13
Consider a dataset 'Sales' with variables 'Region', 'Product', and 'Sales_Amount'. You need to create a new dataset 'Summary' that reports the total sales for each region and product combination, but only for regions where the total sales exceed $10,000. Which SAS code would you use to achieve this?

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