SAS Certification Prep Guide, 4th Edition

Chapter Quiz

Select the best answer for each question. Check your answers using the answer key in the appendix.

1. Suppose you do not specify the LIBRARY= option and your formats are stored in Work.Formats. How long do they exist?

   1. only for the current procedure
   2. only for the current DATA step
   3. only for the current SAS session
   4. permanently
2. Which of the following statements store your formats in a permanent catalog?

   1. libname library 'c:\sas\formats\lib'; 
      proc format lib=library 
         ...;

   2. libname library 'c:\sas\formats\lib'; 
      format lib=library 
         ...;

   3. library='c:\sas\formats\lib'; 
      proc format library 
         ...;

   4. library='c:\sas\formats\lib';  
      proc library 
         ...;

3. When you create a format with the VALUE statement, ...