SAS Programming Certification Test exam 2024

13.2 What is an advantage of storing dates and times as SAS numeric date and time values? a. They can easily be edited. b. They can easily be read and understood. c. They can be used in text strings like other character values. d. They can be used in calculations like other numeric values. - correct answer Correct answer: d In addition to tracking time intervals, SAS date and time values can be used in calculations like other numeric values 2.2 How many program steps are executed when the program below is processed? data s; set ; run; proc sort data=s; by name; run; proc print data=s; run; A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 - correct answer Correct answer: a When it encounters a DATA, PROC, or RUN statement, SAS stops reading statements and executes the previous step in the program. This program contains one DATA step and two PROC steps, for a total of thr