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SAS Certified Professional: Advanced Programming Using SAS 9.4

The SAS Certified Professional: Advanced Programming Using SAS 9.4 exam test the candidate's knowledge in the areas such as using advanced DATA step programming statements to solve complex problems, writing and interpreting SAS SQL code, creating and using SAS macros, etc.  Candidates who earn this credential will have earned a passing score on the SAS 9.4 Advanced Programming Performance-Based Exam and hold a current SAS Base Programmer for SAS 9 or SAS Certified Specialist: Base Programming Using SAS 9.4 credential.

Exam Information

• 10-15 programming projects and 10-15 standard exam questions.
• The programming projects will be assessed by a SAS scoring macro. 
• Passing score is 725; uses a score range from 200 to 1,000 points. 
• 2 hours, 5 minutes to complete the exam. Total Pearson Appointment time will be 2 hours, 30 minutes to allow for introductory material.
• Use exam ID A00-232; required when registering with Pearson VUE
• This exam is based on SAS 9.4 M5
• This exam is administered by SAS and Pearson VUE.
• Exam fee: $180 USD

Exam Content

Accessing Data Using SQL (35%)

• Generate detail reports by working with a single table, joining tables, or using set operators in SQL
• Generate summary reports by working with a single table, joining tables, or using set operators in the SQL.
• Construct sub-queries and in-line views within an SQL procedure step.
• Use SAS SQL procedure enhancements.

Macro Processing (35%)

• Create and use user-defined and automatic macro variables within the SAS Macro Language.
• Automate programs by defining and calling macros using the SAS Macro Language.
• Use macro functions.
• Debug Macros
• Create data-driven programs using SAS Macro Language.

Advanced Techniques (30%)

• Process data using 1 and 2 dimensional arrays.
• Process data using hash objects
• Use SAS utility procedures
• Use Advanced functions.

View Online SAS 9.4 Advanced Programming A00-232 Free Questions

1. Which statement correctly describes a SAS in-line view?
A. A SAS in-line view is a subquery in the HAVING clause.
B. A SAS in-line view is used to populate a SAS array from a SAS data set.
C. A SAS in-line view is a SAS data set that contains a compiled DATA step.
D. A SAS in-line view is a temporary table that exists only during the SQL procedure query execution.
Answer: D

2. Which is a characteristic of a hash object in a SAS DATA step?
A. The hash object requires the data to be sorted.
B. The hash object requires the data to be indexed.
C. The data contained in the hash object can only be loaded from a SAS data set.
D. The hash object can contain character or numeric data or it can contain a combination of both character and numeric data.
Answer: D

3. A local permanent data set has the following characteristics:
- 80 character variables, length 200, storing 28 bytes of non-repeating characters
- 120 numeric variables, length 8, 14 digits
- 4000 observations
What is the best way to reduce the storage size of this data set?
A. Compress the data set with character compression
B. Reduce length of character variables to 28 bytes
C. Compress the data set with binary compression
D. Reduce length of character variables to 6 bytes
Answer: B

4. You write the following note to the SAS log:
NOTE: The macro LOCATION completed compilation without errors
6 instructions 172 bytes.
Which SAS System options produces this note?
A. MERROR=ON
B. MSGLEVEL=I
C. MAUTOSOURCE
D. MCOMPILENOTE=ALL
Answer: D

5. Open a new programming window to create MAC01.sas in c:\cert\programs. Write a DATA step that reads only the first observation of the sashelp.cars data set and stores the value of the Make variable in a macro variable named CarMaker.
The macro variable must be defined from within the DATA Step.
Run your program and troubleshoot as necessary. When you are finished with the project:
1. Ensure that you have saved your program as MAC01.sas in c:\cert\programs.
2. From the score.sas program, call the scoreit macro using MAC01 as the parameter: %scoreit(MAC01).
What is the value for Response in the SAS log?
Solution: The CarMaker macro variable will have a value of Acura. The program will include a symputx routine.
Determine whether the given solution is correct?
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
Answer: A