Correct answer: b
You can use the BUFNO=
system option or data set option to control how many buffers are available
for reading or writing a SAS data set. Using BUFNO= can improve execution
time by limiting the number of input/output operations that are required
for a particular SAS data set. However, the improvement in I/O comes
at the cost of increased memory consumption. The number of buffers
is not a permanent attribute of the data set and is valid only for
the current step or SAS session.