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Sample Questions
The following examples of multiple choice questions have been provided to illustrate some of the various types of questions that may appear on the SAS Global Certification Program exams. Please note: These examples are not inclusive and do not necessarily represent all of the types of questions that comprise the exams. The questions below are not designed to assess an individual's readiness to take a certification exam. SAS Base Programming for SAS 9 SAS Advanced Programming for SAS 9 Clinical Trials Programming Using SAS 9 Predictive Modeling Using SAS Enterprise Miner 6 SAS Platform Administration for SAS 9 SAS Data Integration Developer for SAS 9 SAS BI Content Developer for SAS 9

SAS Base Programming for SAS 9

Item 1 The following program is submitted.
dt WR.ET aa OKTS; iptNm $Ae nu ae g; dtlns aaie; Jh +5 on 3 ; rn u;

Which values are stored in the output data set? A. N m ae

Ae g -------------------Jh on 3 5 Ae g -------------------Jh on (isn vle msig au) Ae g -------------------(isn vle msig au) (isn vle msig au)

B. N m ae

C. N m ae

D. The DATA step fails execution due to data errors. correct_answer = "A" Item 2 Given the SAS data set WORK.ONE:
I d -12 8 10 9 20 5 70 2 Ca1 hr ---M N O P

and the SAS data set WORK.TWO:

I d -12 8 63 2 70 2 Ca2 hr ---Q R S

The following program is submitted:

dt WR.OH aa OKBT; mreWR.N WR.W; eg OKOE OKTO b I; y d rn u;

What is the first observation in the SAS data set WORK.BOTH? A. I C a 1 C a 2 d hr hr

-- --- ----12 M 8

B. I C a 1 C a 2 d hr hr
-- --- ----12 8 Q

C. I C a 1 C a 2 d hr hr
-- --- ----12 M 8 Q

D. I C a 1 C a 2 d hr hr
-- --- ----70 P 2 S

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correct_answer = "C" Item 3 Given the text file COLOR.TXT:
--+----+----+-----1----2---RD E OAG RNE YLO ELW GEN RE BU LE IDG NIO PRL UPE VOE ILT CA YN WIE HT FCI USA BAK LC GA RY BON RW PN IK MGNA AET

The following SAS program is submitted:

dt WR.OOS aa OKCLR; ifl 'OOSTT; nie CLR.X' ipt@ Vr $@ Vr $@ nu 1 a1 8 a2 ; ipt@ Vr $@ Vr $@ nu 1 a3 8 a4 ; rn u;

What will the data set WORK.COLORS contain? A. V r a1

----RD E BU LE CA YN GA RY Vr a2 ----OAG RNE IDG NIO WIE HT BON RW Vr a2 ----OAG RNE WIE HT Vr a2 ----OAG RNE IDG NIO Vr a2 ----OAG RNE IDG NIO WIE HT BON RW Vr a3 ----RD E BU LE CA YN GA RY Vr a3 ----BU LE GA RY Vr a3 ----YLO ELW PRL UPE Vr a3 ----YLO ELW PRL UPE FCI USA PN IK Vr a4 ----OAG RNE IDG NIO WIE HT BON RW Vr a4 ----IDG NIO BON RW Vr a4 ----GEN RE VOE ILT Vr a4 ----GEN RE VOE ILT BAK LC MGNA AET

B. V r a1
----RD E CA YN

C. V r a1
----RD E BU LE

D. V r a1
----RD E BU LE CA YN GA RY

correct_answer = "A" Item 4 Given the SAS data set WORK.INPUT:

Vr a1 ----A A B C A Vr a2 -----oe n to w tre he fu or fv ie

The following SAS program is submitted:

dt WR.N WR.W; aa OKOE OKTO stWR.NU; e OKIPT i Vr=A te otu WR.N; f a1'' hn upt OKOE otu; upt rn u;

How many observations will be in data set WORK.ONE? Enter your numeric answer. Do not add leading or trailing spaces to your answer.

correct_answer = "8" Item 5 The following SAS program is submitted:

dt WR.OP aa OKLO; X=0 ; d Idx=1t 5 b o ne o y 2 ; X=Idx ne; ed n; rn u;

Upon completion of execution, what are the values of the variables X and Index in the SAS data set named WORK.LOOP? A. X = 3, Index = 5 B. X = 5, Index = 5 C. X = 5, Index = 6 D. X = 5, Index = 7 correct_answer = "D" Item 6 The following SAS program is submitted:
po fra; rc omt vlesoe 1 -5 au cr 0 ='al Fi' 5 -10 ='as; 1 0 Ps' rn u;

Which one of the following PRINT procedure steps correctly applies the format?

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A. p o p i t d t = S S S R C A S rc rn aa AUE.LS;
vrts; a et fra ts soe omt et cr; rn u;

B. p o p i t d t = S S S R C A S rc rn aa AUE.LS;
vrts; a et fra ts soe; omt et cr. rn u;

C. p o p i t d t = S S S R C A S f r a = s o e rc rn aa AUE.LS omt cr;

vrts; a et rn u;

D. p o p i t d t = S S S R C A S f r a = s o e ; rc rn aa AUE.LS omt cr.

vrts; a et rn u;

correct_answer = "B" Item 7 This item will ask you to provide a line of missing code; The SAS data set WORK.INPUT contains 10 observations, and includes the numeric variable Cost. The following SAS program is submitted to accumulate the total value of Cost for the 10 observations:
dt WR.OA; aa OKTTL stWR.NU; e OKIPT <netcd hr> isr oe ee TtlTtlCs; oa=oa+ot rn u;

Which statement correctly completes the program? A. k e T t l ep oa; B. r t i T t l 0 ean oa ; C. T t l = 0 oa ; D. I _ _ 1 t e T t l = 0 f N= hn oa ; correct_answer = "B" Item 8 This question will ask you to provide a line of missing code. Given the following data set WORK.SALES:
SlsD Slsa aeI aeJn Fbae eSls Mrhm acAt ---- --------- ------- ------W70 69 5 0 40 0 30 5 W63 79 2 5 10 0 15 2 W37 18 . 30 0 20 5

The following SAS program is submitted:

dt WR.T1 aa OKQR; stWR.AE; e OKSLS arymnh3 Slsa Fbae Mrhm; ra ot{} aeJn eSls acAt <netcd hr> isr oe ee rn u;

Which statement should be inserted to produce the following output?

SlsD Slsa aeI aeJn Fbae eSls Mrhm acAt Qr t1 ---- --------- ------- ------- --W70 69 5 0 40 0 30 5 80 0 W63 79 2 5 10 0 15 2 20 5 W37 18 . 30 0 20 5 50 5

A. Qtr1 = sum(of month{_ALL_}); B. Qtr1 = month{1} + month{2} + month{3}; C. Qtr1 = sum(of month{*}); D. Qtr1 = sum(of month{3}); correct_answer = "C" Item 9 Given the following SAS error log
4 4 dt WR.UPT aa OKOTU; 4 5 stSSEPCAS e AHL.LS; 4 6 BI(egt73/egt*; M=Wih*0)Hih*2 4 7 weebig 2; hr m e 0 ERR Vral bii nto fl SSEPCAS RO: aibe m s o n ie AHL.LS. 4 8 rn u;

What change to the program will correct the error? A. Replace the WHERE statement with an IF statement B. Change the ** in the BMI formula to a single * C. Change bmi to BMI in the WHERE statement D. Add a (Keep=BMI) option to the SET statement correct_answer = "A" Item 10

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The following SAS program is submitted:
dt WR.EP aa OKTM; Ca1'13579; hr=02468' Ca2sbt(hr,,) hr=usrCa134; rn u;

What is the value of Char2? A. 23 B. 34 C. 345 D. 2345 correct_answer = "D"

SAS Advanced Programming for SAS 9

Item 1 Given the following SAS data sets ONE and TWO:

The following SAS program is submitted:

po sl rc q; slc oe* sls eet n., ae fo oergtji to rm n ih on w o oeya =toya; n n.er w.er qi; ut

Which one of the following reports is generated?

A.

B.

C.

D. correct_answer = "D" Item 2 Given the following SAS data sets ONE and TWO:

The following SAS program is submitted creating the output table THREE:
dt tre aa he; mreoe(n=i1 to(n=i2; eg n i n) w i n) b nm y u; rn u;

Which one of the following SQL programs creates an equivalent SAS data set THREE? A. p o s l rc q;
cet tbetrea rae al he s slc * eet fo oefl ji to rm n ul on w weeoenm=tonm hr n.u w.u; qi; ut

B. p o s l rc q;
cet tbetrea rae al he s slc caec(n.u,tonm eet olseoenm w.u) a NM ca1 ca2 s U, hr, hr fo oefl ji to rm n ul on w weeoenm=tonm hr n.u w.u;

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qi; ut

C. p o s l rc q;
cet tbetrea rae al he s slc oenm ca1 ca2 eet n.u, hr, hr fo oefl ji to rm n ul on w o oenm=tonm n n.u w.u; qi; ut

D. p o s l rc q;
cet tbetrea rae al he s slc caec(n.u,tonm eet olseoenm w.u) a NM ca1 ca2 s U, hr, hr fo oefl ji to rm n ul on w o oenm=tonm n n.u w.u; qi; ut

correct_answer = "D" Item 3 The following SAS program is submitted:

%e tp =RNH lt ye AC; po sl rc q; cet ve hue a rae iw oss s slc * eet fo sssrhue rm aue.oss weesye="tp" hr tl &ye; qi; ut %e tp =CNO lt ye OD; po pitdt =hue; rc rn aa oss rn u;

The report that is produced displays observations whose value of STYLE are all equal to RANCH. Which one of the following functions on the WHERE clause resolves the current value of the macro variable TYPE? A. GET B. SYMGET C. %SYMGET D. &RETRIEVE correct_answer = "B" Item 4 The SAS data set SASDATA.SALES has a simple index on the variable DATE and a variable named REVENUE with no index. In which one of the following SAS programs is the DATE index considered for use? A. p o p i t d t = s s a a s l s rc rn aa adt.ae;
b dt; y ae rn u;

B. p o p i t d t = s s a a s l s rc rn aa adt.ae;
weemnhdt)=3 hr ot(ae ; rn u;

C. d t m r h aa ac;
stssaasls e adt.ae; i '1a20' <dt <'1a20'; f 0mr02d ae 3mr02d rn u;

D. d t m r h aa ac;
stssaasls e adt.ae; weedt <'1a20' o rvne>500 hr ae 3mr02d r eeu 00; rn u;

correct_answer = "A"

Clinical Trials Programming Using SAS 9

Item 1 What is the main focus of Good Clinical Practices (GCP)? A. harmonized data collection B. standard analysis practices C. protection of subjects D. standard monitoring practices correct_answer = "C" Item 2 Vital Signs are a component of which SDTM class? A. Findings B. Interventions C. Events D. Special Purpose correct_answer = "A" Item 3

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Which option in the PROC EXPORT procedure overwrites an existing file? A. NEW B. OVERWRITE C. REPLACE D. KEEP correct_answer = "C" Item 4 Given the following data set WORK.DEMO:
PI TD 697 854 439 268 786 594 634 537 434 987 502 009 534 182 555 111 529 236 548 377 854 762 895 763 526 439 685 974 662 543 751 842 759 868 738 624 984 673 472 586 Sx e M F F F M M F F M M F F F F M M M M M M Ae g 1 5 1 4 1 2 1 4 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 5 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 2 1 1 1 6 1 2 1 6 1 1 1 4 1 8 Hih egt 8. 00 6. 55 6. 03 6. 28 6. 35 5. 73 5. 98 6. 25 6. 25 5. 90 5. 13 7. 53 5. 63 5. 05 7. 20 6. 78 7. 20 5. 75 6. 05 7. 40 Wih egt 155 1. 9. 00 8. 70 9. 85 125 0. 8. 30 8. 45 125 1. 8. 40 9. 95 5. 05 150 0. 7. 70 7. 00 100 5. 110 2. 100 1. 8. 50 8. 50 150 6.

The following SAS program is submitted:

po pitdt=OKDM(isos5os1) rc rn aaWR.EOfrtb= b=0; weeSx'' hr e=M; rn u;

How many observations will be displayed? A. 4 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8 correct_answer = "B" Item 5 Given the following partial data set:
SBI UJD 11 0 13 0 16 0 17 0 SF A 1 1 1 1 IT T . 1 1 . OH T 1 1 1 1

The following SAS program is submitted:

po fra; rc omt vlesdpm au tyft 1"aey =Sft" 2"nett-ra" =Itn-oTet 3"te" =Ohr; rn u; dt ts; aa et sttm (epSBI ITSFOH) e ep ke=UJD T A T ; b sbi; y ujd lnt SDPP$0; egh TYO 20 arypp* SFITOH; ra o{} A T T d i1t 3 o = o ; i SDPP" adppi= te SDPPpti sdpm.; f TYO=" n o{}1 hn TYO=u(, tyft) es i SDPP="adppi= te SDPP=ti(TYO)|/|pti sdpm.; le f TYO^" n o{}1 hn TYO rmSDPP|""|u(, tyft) ed n; rn u;

What is the value of STDYPOP for SUBJID=107? correct_answer = "Safety/Other" Item 6 This question will ask you to provide a line of missing code. Given the data set WORK.STUDYDATA with the following variable list:
# 2 3 1 Vral aibe DY A DAP IB TT R Tp ye Ca hr Nm u Ca hr Ln e 8 8 8 Lbl ae SuyDy td a DatlcBodPesr isoi lo rsue Tetet ramn

The following SAS program is submitted:

po masdt=OKSUYAAnpit rc en aaWR.TDDT orn; <netcd hr> isr oe ee casTTDY ls R A; vrDAP a IB; otu otWR.IOTma=enp upt u=OKDAU enmad; rn u;

WORK.DIAOUT should contain: the mean diastolic blood pressure values for every day by treatment group the overall mean diastolic blood pressure for each treatment group Which statement correctly completes the program to meet these requirements? A. w e e t t o t t d y hr r r r*a;

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B. t p s t t t t d y ye r r*a; C. b t t d y y r a; D. i t t d y d r a; correct_answer = "B" Item 7 The following SAS program is submitted:
%e mme1Dmg lt ebr=eo; %e mme2Avre lt ebr=des; %e Ro=ebr lt otmme; %e Sfi=; lt ufx2 %u &&otSfi; pt &Ro&ufx

What is written to the SAS log? A. & e b r mme2 B. A v r e des C. & & o t S f i &Ro&ufx D. W R I G A p r n s m o i r f r n e R O 2 n t r s l e . ANN: paet yblc eeec OT o eovd correct_answer = "B" Item 8 This question will ask you to provide a line of missing code. The following SAS program is submitted:
po fra ; rc omt vledym au aft 1'udy =Sna' 2'ody =Mna' 3'usa' =Tedy 4'ensa' =Wdedy 5'hrdy =Tusa' 6'rdy =Fia' 7'audy ; =Stra' rn; u po rpr dt=ir ; rc eot aaday clm sbetdyvr vr ; oun ujc a a1 a2 <netcd hr> isr oe ee rn; u

In the DIARY data set, the format DAYFMT is assigned to the variable DAY. Which statement will cause variable DAY to be printed in its unformatted order? A. d f n d y / o d r ' a ' ; eie a re Dy B. d f n d y / o d r o d r d t ' a ' ; eie a re re=aa Dy C. d f n d y / o d r n p i t ' a ' ; eie a re orn Dy D. d f n d y / o d r o d r i t r a ' a ' ; eie a re re=nenl Dy correct_answer = "D" Item 9 You are using SAS software to create reports that will be output in a Rich Text Format so that it may be read by Microsoft Word. The report will span multiple pages and you want to display a '(Continued)' text at the end of each page when a table spans multiple pages. Which statement can you add to the SAS program to ensure the inclusion of the '(Continued)' text? A. o s r f f l = r p r . t ' d t ie'eotrf; B. o s t g e s r f f l = r p r . t ' d ast.t ie'eotrf; C. o s t g e s r f f l = r p r . t ' b e k ' o t n e ' d ast.t ie'eotrf ra=Cniud; D. o s f l o e = r p r . t ' t p = t b e k ' C n i u d ' d ie pn'eotrf yerf ra=(otne); correct_answer = "B" Item 10 What is the primary purpose of programming validation? A. Ensure that the output from both the original program and the validation program match. B. Efficiently ensure any logic errors are discovered early in the programming process. C. Justify the means used to accomplish the outcome of a program and ensure its accurate representation of the original data. D. Document all specifications pertaining to programmed output and ensure all were reviewed during the programming process. correct_answer = "C"

Predictive Modeling Using SAS Enterprise Miner 6

Item 1

Open the diagram labeled Practice A within the project labeled Practice A. Perform the following in SAS Enterprise Miner: 1. Set the Clustering method to Average. 2. Run the Cluster node. Use this project to answer the next two questions: What is the Importance statistic for MTGBal (Mortgage Balance)? A. 0.32959

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B. 0.42541 C. 0.42667 D. 1.000000 correct_answer = "C" You must change the clustering method to average and run the cluster node first. Select view results and look in the output window and view the Variable Importance results. What is the Cubic Clustering Criterion statistic for this clustering? A. 5.00 B. 14.69 C. 5862.76 D. 67409.93 correct_answer = "B" Run the diagram flow and view the results. From the results window, select View -> Summary Statistics -> CCC Plot and mouse over where the data point and the line intersect. This will display the CCC statistic. Item 2 1. Create a project named Insurance, with a diagram named Explore. 2. Create the data source, DEVELOP, in SAS Enterprise Miner. DEVELOP is in the directory c:\workshop\Practice. 3. Set the role of all variables to Input, with the exception of the Target variable, Ins (1= has insurance, 0= does not have insurance). 4. Set the measurement level for the Target variable, Ins, to Binary. 5. Ensure that Branch and Res are the only variables with the measurement level of Nominal. 6. All other variables should be set to Interval or Binary. 7. Make sure that the default sampling method is random and that the seed is 12345. Use this project to answer the next questions. (Note: only 2 of 7 questions are displayed for this example) The variable Branch has how many levels? A. 8 B. 12 C. 19 D. 47 correct_answer = "C" This information can be obtained by viewing the PROC FREQ output. What is the mean credit card balance (CCBal) of the customers with a variable annuity? A. $0.00 B. $8,711.65 C. $9,586.55 D. $11,142.45 correct_answer = "D" You can use a Stat Explore Node and view the output for the Descriptive Statistics for CCBal by level of the target variable.

SAS Platform Administration for SAS 9

Item 1 The location of the repository manager physical files can be found in: A. SAS Management Console. B. the metadata server's omaconfig.xml file. C. the foundation repository. D. the metadata server's sasv9.cfg file. correct_answer = "B" Item 2 Every SAS platform implementation includes: A. a foundation repository and a repository manager. B. a foundation repository and a custom repository. C. a custom repository and a repository manager. D. multiple project repositories. correct_answer = "A" Item 3 Which procedure allows a platform administrator to update table metadata? A. METAUPDATE_RULE B. METASELECT C. METATABLE D. METALIB correct_answer = "D" Item 4 Which statement regarding pre-assigned libraries is true? A. Pre-assigned libraries reduce the initialization time for a workspace server. B. Pre-assigned libraries always connect to an RDBMS at server initialization. C. Pre-assigned libraries always connect to a base SAS library at server initialization. D. Pre-assigned libraries do not have to be identical across all SAS client applications. correct_answer = "C" Item 5

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A platform administrator needs to retrieve from the metadata a complete LIBNAME statement including the user ID and password. To complete this task, the platform administrator must be connected to SAS Management Console with what type of user access in the metadata? A. Access to the credentials associated with libraries created with the METALIB procedure. B. Access to credentials established by the LIBNAME engine. C. Access to credentials associated with users in the outbound login. D. Access to credentials for the authentication domain associated with the database server. correct_answer = "D" Item 6 By default, which groups have WriteMetadata on the Foundation repository? A. PUBLIC B. SASUSERS C. ADMINISTRATORS ONLY D. SAS SYSTEM SERVICES ONLY correct_answer = "B" Item 7 Given the following authorization settings for Library Sales2: Library Sales2's parent folder has an explicit grant of RM for Mary. Library Sales2 has an explicit denial of RM for PUBLIC. Which statement is true? A. Mary can see Library Sales2. B. Mary can see data flagged as PUBLIC in Library Sales2. C. Mary cannot see Library Sales2. D. Mary can see Library Sales2, but not any data flagged as PUBLIC. correct_answer = "C" Item 8 Which statement is FALSE regarding the WriteMemberMetadata (WMM) permission? A. By default, it mirrors the WriteMetadata permission. B. It only applies to folders. C. If WriteMetadata is granted, then you should not deny WMM. D. WMM is inherited from one folder to another folder. correct_answer = "D" Item 9 Content has been exported from a SAS 9.1.3 environment into a SAS 9.2 development environment. After the export, the platform administrator attempts to promote an object from the SAS 9.2 development environment into a production environment. What will be the result of this promotion attempt? A. The promotion will not be allowed because objects from SAS 9.1.3 cannot be promoted to SAS 9.2. B. The promotion will not be allowed because objects in a development environment cannot be promoted to a production environment. C. The promotion will be allowed assuming the object type is allowed for promotion. D. The promotion will not be allowed because objects exported from a previous environment cannot be promoted. correct_answer = "C"

SAS Data Integration Developer for SAS 9

Item 1 Which of the following servers is NOT a part of the platform for SAS Business Analytics server tier? A. SAS Metadata Server B. SAS Workspace Server C. SAS/CONNECT Server D. SAS Content Server correct_answer = "D" Item 2 Which products are needed on the local host in order to access data from an MS Access Database using an ODBC Data Source name? A. SAS/ACCESS interface to DSN B. SAS/ACCESS interface to MDB C. SAS/ACCESS interface to PC Files D. SAS/ACCESS interface to ODBC correct_answer = "D" Item 3 Which statement is true regarding external files? A. External file objects are accessed with SAS INFILE and FILE statements. B. External files contain only one record per line. C. External files can be used as input but not as outputs in SAS Data Integration Studio jobs. D. SAS can only work with Blank, Comma, Semicolon and Tab as delimiters in external files. correct_answer = "A"

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Item 4 Within SAS Data Integration Studio's SQL Join transformation, the option to turn on debug is located in which Properties pane? A. Select Properties B. Create Properties C. SQL Join Properties D. Job Properties correct_answer = "C" Item 5 Which SAS Data Integration Studio reports, generated as external files, can be stored as document objects within metadata? A. only job reports B. only table reports C. both job reports and table reports D. No reports can be stored as document objects. correct_answer = "C" Item 6 You want to create a job to extract only the rows that contain information about female employees from a table that contains information about both male and female employees. The new table should have observations in ascending order of age. Refer to the job flow diagram in the exhibit. Where would you set the options to filter and sort the data?

A. Where tab and Group By tab B. Where tab and Order By tab C. Where tab and Parameters tab D. Group By tab and Parameters tab correct_answer = "B" Item 7 Within SAS Data Integration Studio's Table Loader transformation, which load style choice does NOT exist? A. Delete where B. Append to Existing C. Replace D. Update/Insert correct_answer = "A" Item 8 In SAS Data Integration Studio, a business key can be defined in the properties of which transformation? A. Data Validation B. SQL Join C. Lookup D. SCD Type 2 Loader correct_answer = "D"

SAS BI Content Developer for SAS 9

Item 1 When opening a registered SAS data file into a Microsoft Excel Worksheet, a user has the option to sort the data. Which application performs the sort and where does the sort occur? A. SAS performs the sort on the server. B. SAS performs the sort on the local machine. C. Excel performs the sort on the server. D. Excel performs the sort on the local machine. correct_answer = "A" Item 2 When can you add a stored process as a data source to an information map? A. anytime B. when at least one table is selected as a data source C. when at least one OLAP cube is selected as a data source D. once an application server has been selected correct_answer = "B" Item 3 Refer to the exhibit.

A SAS.IdentityGroups filter has been created in SAS Information Map Studio. There is a data item called "Group" that contains different metadata groups.

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If the "Group" filter is applied to the map, how will it affect the data? A. All rows will be returned for any group that the user is a member of. B. Only rows that belong to the first group are returned. C. All rows will be returned for PUBLIC group only. D. All rows matching the group identity login are returned. correct_answer = "A" Item 4 A SAS data set is used as a data source for a SAS BI Dashboard data model. Which type of code do you write to query the data? A. DATA Step B. PROC SQL C. a SQL/JDBC query D. MDX correct_answer = "C" Item 5 Refer to the exhibit.

What causes this error message when executing a stored process? A. Stored process code cannot be a .TXT file. B. The stored process server is not running. C. The file that contains the stored process code is not in the specified location. D. An administrator deleted the stored process from the metadata. correct_answer = "C" Item 6 In a stored process, when using a range prompt named DateRange, which macro variables would you use in your SAS code? A. DateRange_START and DateRange_FINISH B. DateRange_BEGIN and DateRange_END C. DateRange_MIN and DateRange_MAX D. DateRange0 and DateRange1 correct_answer = "C" Item 7 Upon initial install, all of the capabilities in the 'Web Report Studio: Report Creation' role are also included in which role? A. Web Report Studio: Report Viewing B. Web Report Studio: Advanced C. Web Report Studio: Content Management D. Web Report Studio: Administration correct_answer = "B" Item 8 A content developer would like to create a group of cascading prompts to use in multiple reports without recreating the prompts for each report. What features of the prompt framework must the developer use? A. Cannot create shared cascading prompts for use in multiple reports. B. Dynamic Prompts and Shared Prompts C. Cascading Prompts and Standard Groups D. Cascading Prompts, Standard Groups, and Shared Prompts correct_answer = "D" Item 9 A SAS Information Map with a SAS OLAP Cube as a data source can be built from which of the following? A. multiple SAS OLAP Cubes B. a SAS OLAP Cube and a stored process C. one table joined with one SAS OLAP Cube D. one SAS OLAP Cube only correct_answer = "D" Item 10 Which statement is true regarding connection profiles used with the SAS platform applications? A. Each SAS platform application must have its own connection profile. B. Connection profiles are stored on the server machine. C. Connection profiles are stored on the machine where the SAS application is installed. D. All SAS platform applications share one connection profile. correct_answer = "C"
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