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SAS Certified Base Programmer 123 Questions (86)

The following SAS program is submitted:

data work.clients;
    calls = 6;
    do while (calls le 6);
        calls + 1;
    end;
run;

Which one of the following is the value of the variable CALLS in the output data set?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7

SAS Certified Base Programmer 123 Questions (85)

The following SAS program is submitted:

data work.pieces;
    do while (n lt 6);
        n + 1;
    end;
run;

Which one of the following is the value of the variable N in the output data set?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7

SAS Certified Base Programmer 123 Questions (84)

The following SAS program is submitted:

data work.sales;
    do year = 1 to 5;
        do month = 1 to 12;
            x + 1;
        end;
    end;
run;

Which one of the following represents how many observations are written to the WORK.SALES data set?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 5
D. 60

SAS Certified Base Programmer 123 Questions (83)

A raw data record is listed below:

----|----10---|----20---|----30
1999/10/25

The following SAS program is submitted:

data projectduration;
    infile' file-specification';
    input date $ 1 - 10;
    <insert statement here>
run;

Which one of the following statements completes the program above and computes the duration of the project in days as of today’s date?

A. duration = today( ) – put(date,ddmmyy 10.);
B. duration = today( ) – put(date,yymmdd 10.);
C. duration = today( ) – input(date,ddmmyy 10.);
D. duration = today( ) – input(date,yymmdd 10.);

SAS Certified Base Programmer 123 Questions (82)

A raw data record is listed below:

----|----10---|----20---|----30
Printing 750

The following SAS program is submitted:

data bonus;
    infile'file-specification';
    input dept $ 1 - 11 number 13 - 15;
    <insert code here>
run;

Which one of the following SAS statements completes the program and results in a value of ‘Printing750’ for the DEPARTMENT variable?

A. department = trim(dept) || number;
B. department = dept || input(number,3.);
C. department = trim(dept) || put(number,3.);
D. department = input(dept,11.) || input(number,3.);