SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9, Third Edition

Chapter 5: Creating SAS Data Sets from External Files

1. Which SAS statement associates the fileref Crime with the raw data file C:\States\Data\Crime.dat?

   1. filename crime 'c:\states\data\crime.dat';
      

   2. filename crime c:\states\data\crime.dat;
      

   3. fileref crime 'c:\states\data\crime.dat';
      

   4. filename 'c:\states\data\crime' crime.dat;
      

   Correct answer: a

   You assign a fileref by using a FILENAME statement in the same way that you assign a libref by using a LIBNAME statement.
2. Filerefs remain in effect until . . .

   1. you change them.
   2. you cancel them.
   3. you end your SAS session.
   4. all of the above

   Correct answer: d

   Like LIBNAME statements, FILENAME statements are global; they remain in effect until you change ...