Elementary SAS Questions
Click on the answer you think is most nearly correct.
1. SAS statements almost always end with:
a period (.) a dollar sign ($) a colon (:) a semi-colon (;) a comma (,)
2. A dollar sign ($) on an INPUT statement in SAS means that:
the unit of measurement is dollars. the delimiter separating that variable from the next variable is changed from one blank space to two blank spaces. the variable has some missing values. the variable may have character values. the variable has only numberic values.
3. You can use SAS software in any of four modes. The first three modes are: 1. batch 2. noninteractive 3. interactive. The fourth mode is:
SAS Display Manager SAS Execution SAS Processing SAS Submit-JCL SAS Run Job
4. Which of the following statements is not true:
Several SAS statements can be put on one line. SAS statements can start anywhere on a line and continue for several lines. A PROC statement can be placed in the middle of a DATA section but a DATA statement cannot be placed in the middle of a PROC section. Both TITLE statements and FOOTNOTE statements can be numbered from 1 through 10. Generally TITLE and FOOTNOTE statements use single quote marks rather than double quote marks.
5. A missing value in SAS should be coded as:
a dollar sign ($) a period (.) a semi-colon (;) a colon (:) a comma (,)