By admin | October 2, 2009

SAS Certified Base Programmer 123 Questions (101)

The following SAS program is submitted:

proc freq data=sales;
    <insert TABLES statement here>
run;

Exhibit: output from the FREQ procedure.

The FREQ Procdure
Table of Region by Product
Region Product
Frequency
Percent
Row Pct
Col Pct
Boot Sandal Slipper Total
Africa 8
12.70
33.33
38.10
8
12.70
33.33
38.10
8
12.70
33.33
38.10
24
38.10

Asia 2
3.17
33.33
9.52
2
3.17
33.33
9.52
2
3.17
33.33
9.52
6
9.52

Canada 5
7.94
33.33
23.81
5
7.94
33.33
23.81
5
7.94
33.33
23.81
15
23.81

Pacific 6
9.52
33.33
28.57
6
9.52
33.33
28.57
6
9.52
33.33
28.57
18
28.57

Total 21
33.33
21
33.33
21
33.33
63
100.00

Which one of the following statements completes the program and produces the output?

A. tables region product;
B. tables region* product;
C. tables product region;
D. tables product region*;

By admin | October 2, 2009

SAS Certified Base Programmer 123 Questions (100)

Which one of the following SAS system options prevents the page number from appearing on a report?

A. NONUM
B. NOPAGE
C. NONUMBER
D. NOPAGENUM

By admin | October 2, 2009

SAS Certified Base Programmer 123 Questions (99)

Exhibit: view two reports. Assume permanent variable labels have been assigned.

Output we are getting
Regin Asia Subsidiary Total Sales
Bangkok $1,996
Bangkok $3,033
Bangkok $3,230
Bangkok $3,019
Bangkok $5,389
Seoul $60,712
Seoul $11,754
Seoul $116,333
Seoul $4,978
Seoul $149,013
Seoul $937
Seoul $20,448
Seoul $78,234
Tokyo $1,155

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Output we want!
Regin Asia Subsidiary Total Sales
Bangkok $16,667
Seoul $442,409
Tokyo $1,155

The following SAS program is submitted and produces the first report:

proc report data = sasuser.shoes nowd;
    column region subsidiary sales;
    define subsidiary / display;
    define region / group;
    define sales / sum;
run;

Which one of the following corrects the program above to produce the second report shown in the exhibit?

A. Define the variable SUBSIDIARY with a SUM usage.
B. Define the variable SUBSIDIARY with a GROUP usage.
C. Define the variable SUBSIDIARY with an ORDER usage.
D. Define the variable SUBSIDIARY with an ACROSS usage.

By admin | September 30, 2009

SAS Certified Base Programmer 123 Questions (98)

The following SAS program is submitted:

footnote1 'Sales Report for last Mounth';
footnote2 'Selected Products Only';
footnote3 'All Regions';
footnote4 'All Figure in Thousands of Dollars';
proc print data = sasuser.shoes;
footnote2 'All products';
run;

Which one of the following contains the footnote text that is displayed in the report?

A.
All Products

B.
Sales Report for Last Month
All Products

C.
All Products
All Regions
All Figures in Thousands of Dollars

D.
Sales Report for Last Month
All Products
All Regions
All Figures in Thousands of Dollars

By admin | September 30, 2009

SAS Certified Base Programmer 123 Questions (97)

The following SAS program is submitted:

proc means data = sasuser.houses std mean max;
   var sqfeet;
run;

Which one of the following is needed to display the standard deviation with only two decimal places?

A. Add the option MAXDEC = 2 to the MEANS procedure statement.
B. Add the statement MAXDEC = 7.2; in the MEANS procedure step.
C. Add the statement FORMAT STD = 7.2; in the MEANS procedure step.
D. Add the option FORMAT = 7.2 option to the MEANS procedure statement.