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Base SAS Certification Questions Series - Part 2
The Global SAS certification exam is administered by SAS and
Pearson VUE together. There are 60-65 multiple choice questions
in Base SAS certification exam and candidate must
achieve 70% score to pass multiple choice questions in
 110 minutes.
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Q3. The following SAS program is submitted:

Proc means data = sasuser.houses std mean max;Var sqfeet ;
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Which one of the following is needed to display the standard deviation with only two
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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.

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Q4. Which one of the following is true when SAS encounters a data error in a
DATA step?
A. The DATA step stops executing at the point of the error, and no SAS data set is created.
B. A note is written to the SAS log explaining the error, and the DATA step continues to execute.
C. A note appears in the SAS log that the incorrect data record was saved to a separate SAS
file for further examination.
D. The DATA step stops executing at the point of the error, and the resulting DATA set
contains observations up to that point.

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Q5. The following SAS program is submitted: Search This Blog

data work.retail;cost = ‘20000’;total = .10 * cost;
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