SAS Base Programming Specialist (A00-231) Practice Exam

SAS Base Programming Specialist (A00-231) Practice Exam

 

The SAS Base Programming Specialist exam assesses your proficiency in fundamental data manipulation, analysis, and reporting using SAS 9.4. It validates your skills in:

• Accessing and creating data structures
• Managing data
• Error handling
• Generating reports and output

 

Who Should Take the Exam?

• This exam is ideal for individuals seeking to demonstrate their fundamental SAS programming skills.
• Ideal for entry-level data analysts, business analysts, or individuals transitioning into data-related careers.
• Those who want to validate their knowledge for potential job opportunities.
• Those looking to gain a strong foundation for further SAS learning.

 

Exam Details

• Exam Code: A00-231
• Exam Name: SAS Base Programming Specialist
• Exam Languages: English
• Exam Questions: 40-45 Questions
• Time Duration: 135 minutes
• Passing Score: 725 (score range from 200 to 1,000 points)

 

Exam Course Outline 

The Exam covers the given topics  - 

Topic 1: Understand about Accessing and Creating Data Structures: 20-25%

• Creating temporary and permanent SAS data sets.
• Investigate SAS data libraries using base SAS utility procedures.
• Access data.
• Combine SAS data sets.
• Create and manipulate SAS date values.
• Control which observations and variables in a SAS data set are processed and output.

 

Topic 2: Learn about Managing Data: 35-40%

• Sort observations in a SAS data set.
• Conditionally execute SAS statements.
• Use assignment statements in the DATA step.
• Modify variable attributes using options and statements in the DATA step.
• Accumulate sub-totals and totals using DATA step statements.
• Use SAS functions to manipulate character data, numeric data, and SAS date
• Use SAS functions to convert character data to numeric and vice versa.
• Process data using DO LOOPS.
• Restructure SAS data sets with PROC TRANSPOSE.
• Use macro variables to simplify program maintenance.

 

Topic 3: Understand Error Handling: 15-20%

• Identify and resolve programming logic errors.
• Recognize and correct syntax errors.

 

Topic 4: Learn how to Generate Reports and Output: 15-20%

• Generate list reports using the PRINT procedure.
• Generate summary reports and frequency tables using base SAS procedures.
• Enhance reports system user-defined formats, titles, footnotes and SAS System reporting options.
• Generate reports using ODS statements.
• Export data