SAS Programming Concepts

What is SAS primarily used for?
Web Development
Statistical Analysis
Graphic Design
Mobile App Development
Which of the following best describes SAS?
Hardware Device
A software suite for data management and analysis
An operation System
A network protocol
Who is the founder of SAS?
Steve Jobs
Bill Gates
James Goodnight
Larry Ellison
Which window in SAS is used to write and edit SAS programs?
Explorer Window
Log Window
Editor Window
Result WIndow
Which command is used to execute the entire program in the SAS Editor window?
Run
Submit
Execute
Process
What is the purpose of the DATA step in SAS?
To perform statistical analysis
To read and manipulate data
To generate graphical reports
To manage SAS libraries
Which statement is used to read raw data into a SAS data set?
Input
Set
Merge
Update
What does the SET statement do in a DATA step?
Reads data from an external file
Assigns variable attributes
Reads data from an existing SAS data set
Specifies output options
Which procedure is used to print observations from a SAS data set?
PROC PRINT
PROC CONTENTS
PROC SORT
PROC FREQ
What does PROC CONTENTS do in SAS?
Prints the data set
Summarizes data
Displays the metadata of a data set
Sorts the data
Which of the following is a numeric data type in SAS?
Date
String
Character
Integer
What is the purpose of formats in SAS?
To change variable names
To control the appearance of data values
To sort the data set
To merge data sets
How do you apply a format to a variable in SAS?
USING statement
SET statement
FORMAT statement
Keep Statement
Which statement is used to concatenate two data sets in SAS?
Merge
Union
Join
Set
What is the purpose of the MERGE statement in SAS?
To concatenate data sets
To merge data sets by matching variables
To sort data sets
To split data sets
How do you append one data set to another in SAS?
MERGE statement
UNION statement
APPEND statement
SET statement
Which function is used to create new variables in SAS?
SUM
NEW
COMPUTE
Assignment statement(=)
How do you handle missing values in SAS?
Using the miss function
Using the IF-THEN statement
Using the MISSING function
Using the NULL statement
What is the purpose of the NMISS function in SAS?
To count non-missing values
To count missing values
To replace missing values
To create missing values
Which statement would you use to identify outliers in a data set?
PROC PRINT
PROC SORT
PROC UNIVARIATE
PROC FREQ
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