A00-215 Exam Dumps - SAS Institute Programming Fundamentals Questions and Answers

The type and length of SnackType are character and 7, which makes option B correct. In the provided program, SnackType is assigned a value of "Chips" which is a character string. The length statement is used to explicitly declare SnackType as a character variable with a length of 7 before it is used, which will take precedence over any later assignments or implications about the variable's type or length.

References:

• SAS documentation on variable length.

The correct answer is D. This option uses the PROC PRINT procedure, which is used to print SAS data sets. The format statement within PROC PRINT temporarily assigns a format to a variable for the duration of the PROC PRINT step. Here is how it works:

• data=sashelp.shoes; tells SAS which dataset to print.
• Format sales comma12.; temporarily assigns a comma format to the sales variable, making it easier to read, especially if the numbers are large. The comma12. format adds commas for thousands, millions, etc., and displays the number in a field that is 12 characters wide.
• The format is only applied for the duration of the PROC PRINT step and does not permanently change the dataset.

The other options are incorrect for the following reasons:

• Option A attempts to use a PROC FORMAT step, which is for creating custom formats, not for assigning formats to variables in a dataset.
• Option B uses a DATA step which could permanently assign the format to the sales variable if it were syntactically correct (it should be set sashelp.shoes; instead of Set sashelp,sheoes;).
• Option C mentions PROC CONTENTS which displays metadata about variables in a dataset and does not have the capability to assign formats.

References:

• SAS 9.4 documentation for the PROC PRINT statement: SAS Help Center: PROC PRINT

The correct syntax for creating an Excel workbook using the ODS (Output Delivery System) Excel destination with a specific style is provided by option D. The syntax is as follows: ods excel file='c:\report.xlsx' style=analysis;This statement instructs SAS to output the results of subsequent procedures to an Excel workbook located at c:\report.xlsx, applying the ANALYSIS style to the output. The file= option specifies the path and name of the Excel file to be created or overwritten, and the style= option indicates the style template to be used for the output. The ANALYSIS style is one of the predefined styles that can be applied to the output to control the appearance of tables and graphs. Other options like A) and B) are incorrect due to syntax errors and misplacement of keywords. Option C) has a typo in the file path and incorrect syntax usage.References: SAS 9.4 Output Delivery System: User's Guide.

Option A is correct. The (obs=10) option is used as a data set option within the proc print statement to limit the number of observations processed to the first 10. The syntax should be placed immediately after the data set name within parentheses. Options B, C, and D are incorrect because they either use the wrong option or place the obs option incorrectly outside of the parentheses or with incorrect syntax.

References:

• SAS 9.4 documentation on the obs= data set option.

In SAS, footnotes are set using the footnote statement and they will appear on all subsequent output until they are either changed or cleared. Based on the second image provided with the SAS code, the footnote for the second PROC PRINT report is set immediately before it runs.

The code sets footnote1 as 'Created by HR' and footnote2 as 'Confidential' initially. However, before the second PROC PRINT step, footnote2 is redefined as 'Draft - Do Not Distribute'. Since footnote1 is not redefined or cleared, it is no longer in effect for the second report.

Therefore, the only footnote that appears for the second PROC PRINT report is what is defined for footnote2 at that point in the code, which is 'Draft – Do Not Distribute'. That's why the correct answer is D.

References:

• SAS 9.4 documentation for the FOOTNOTE statement: SAS Help Center: FOOTNOTE Statement

Option C is correct. The set statement is used within a DATA step to read an existing SAS data set. In this case, set sashelp.shoes; reads the SASHELP.SHOES data set, and data work.total; specifies the creation of a new data set named TOTAL in the WORK library. The options A, B, and D are incorrect because they either use the wrong syntax or are not proper statements for reading an input data set and creating an output data set.

References:

• SAS 9.4 documentation on the DATA step.

https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=proc &docsetTarget=n12jw1r2n7auqqn1urrh8jwezk00.htm&docsetVersion=9.4&locale=en#:~:text=ASCENDING%20is%20the%20default%20sort%20order.&text=In%20a%20PROC%20SORT%20KEY,is%20sorted%20in%20ascending%20order.

The default sort order for PROC SORT in SAS is ascending. This means that if no other sort order is specified, SAS will arrange the data in ascending order based on the values of the variable(s) listed in the BY statement.

Here's an example:

• proc sort data=mydata; by variable; run; sorts mydata by variable in ascending order by default.

The other options are incorrect in the context of the default sort order:

• A. 'Internal' is not a sort order.
• C. 'Formatted' refers to sorting data based on formatted values, not the default order.
• D. 'Descending' is an alternative sort order that must be explicitly specified with the DESCENDING keyword.

References:

• SAS 9.4 documentation for the PROC SORT statement: [SAS Help Center: PROC SORT]

The default length of numeric variables in SAS data sets is 8 bytes.

In SAS, the default byte size of a numeric variable is 8 bytes. This allows for a significant amount of precision and a wide range of numeric values to be stored within a numeric variable, regardless of the actual number of digits in the number being stored.

References:

• SAS documentation on numeric variables, SAS Institute.

The correct syntax for generating the mean and standard deviation for specified variables using PROC MEANS is shown in option A. The PROC MEANS statement specifies the dataset to analyze (data=class) and includes the options (mean std) directly in the PROC statement. The VAR statement then lists the variables for which the statistics should be calculated (Height and Weight). The other options listed in B, C, and D are not correct syntax for PROC MEANS.

The correct answer is B: The XLSX engine can read and write data in Microsoft Excel workbooks. This functionality allows SAS users to directly access and manipulate data stored in Excel files using the .xlsx extension. The XLSX engine does not automatically concatenate individual worksheets; instead, each worksheet is accessed separately. Also, it specifically works with files that have the .xlsx extension, not the older .xls format, thus eliminating option C. Option D is incorrect because the XLSX engine requires the correct file extension (.xlsx) in the LIBNAME statement to properly identify and interact with Excel files.References:

• SAS documentation on LIBNAME statement for XLSX engine: SAS Support: LIBNAME Statement