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Which of the following can be used to read numeric values that contain numeric values and commas into a SAS dataset?
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  1. comma. informat

  2. dollar. format

  3. comma. format

  4. w.d informat

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Correct Option: A

How many observations will be there in the output dataset person? Data person; infile datalines; input name $ dept $ age; if age le 30; datalines; John Sales 38 Mary Brown Acctng 32 Spielberg Manager 28 ;
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  1. 2

  2. 3

  3. 1

  4. 0

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Correct Option: A

At compile time when an external file is read, what items are created?
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  1. Program data vector (PDV) and Descriptor portion

  2. Input buffer, Program data vector (PDV) and Descriptor portion

  3. Input buffer and Descriptor portion

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B

What does the line hold specifier single trailing(@) do when used in an input statement?

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  1. holds the input record for the next INPUT statement to read in the same iteration of the DATA step

  2. holds the input record for the next INPUT statement to read across further iterations of the DATA step

  3. holds the input record for the current input statement to read across further iterations of the DATA step

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: A

What is the output of the following sum statement? X1=9, X2=4, X3=1 Z=sum(of X1-X3);
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  1. 8

  2. 10

  3. 14

  4. 12

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Correct Option: C

What is the use of PUT function in a DATA step?
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  1. converts character to numeric

  2. onverts numeric to character

  3. writes the values to the output file

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B

Dataset Temp contains 1 observation and 30 variables. Which procedure can be used to convert it into 30 observations with 1 variable in an efficient manner?

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  1. Proc tabulate

  2. Proc report

  3. Proc transpose

  4. Proc Invert

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Correct Option: C

I want to create a 2 way cross tabulation frequency based on Country and Sales using FREQ procedure. From the given options pick the correct code?
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  1. Proc freq; Tables country sales; Run;

  2. Proc freq; Table country sales; Run;

  3. Proc freq; Tables country * sales; Run;

  4. Proc freq; Table country * sales; Run;

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Correct Option: C

A SAS code has been executed and it has an error on the 10th line of the code. What will be the value of the automatic variable ERROR?
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  1. 0

  2. 10

  3. 1

  4. 11

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Correct Option: C

Which procedure can be used to see the descriptor portion of a dataset?

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  1. Proc freq

  2. Proc print

  3. Proc datasets

  4. Proc contents

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Correct Option: D