SAS Certification Prep Guide, 4th Edition

Quiz

Select the best answer for each question. After completing the quiz, check your answers using the answer key in the appendix.

1. Which SAS system option is used to identify format catalogs to SAS?

   1. FMTERR
   2. FMTLIB
   3. NOFMTERR
   4. FMTSEARCH=
2. Given the following PROC FORMAT step, how is the value 70 displayed when the AGEGRP. format is applied?

   proc format;
      picture agegrp
              1-<13='00 Youth'
              13-<20='00 Teen'
              20-<70='00 Adult'
              70-high='000 Senior';
   run; 

   1. 000 Senior
   2. 70 Adult
   3. 70 Senior
   4. 070 Senior
3. When the NOFMTERR system option is in effect, what happens when SAS encounters a format that it cannot locate?

   1. Creates the format in the default Work.Formats directory and continues processing.