SAS Certified Professional: Advanced Programming Using SAS 9.4 Practice Exam

SAS® Certified Professional: Advanced Programming Using SAS® 9.4 demonstrate your proficiency as a SAS Programmer by showcasing your skills in writing and executing SAS code during the exam. In this performance-based assessment, candidates will utilize a SAS environment to showcase their abilities. Building upon the foundational skills acquired through the Base Programming Credential, candidates will delve into SQL, utilize the SAS Macro facility, and employ advanced coding techniques such as arrays, hash objects, and PROC FCMP.

Candidates will encounter coding challenges that require them to develop and execute SAS code to resolve them. The correctness of their solutions will be evaluated by a scoring macro, ensuring an accurate assessment of their performance.

Candidates who attain this certification will have successfully passed the SAS 9.4 Advanced Programming Performance-Based Exam and have either a valid SAS Base Programmer for SAS 9 or SAS Certified Specialist: Base Programming Using SAS 9.4 credential.

Who should take the exam?

The SAS Certified Professional: Advanced Programming Using SAS 9.4 exam is ideal for individuals who are:

• Experienced SAS Programmers
• Advanced Programmer
• SAS Programmers seeking career advancement
• Data Analysts/Scientists using SAS extensively
• Professionals working with Big Data and SAS

Exam Details

• Exam Code: A00-232
• Exam Name: SAS® Certified Professional: Advanced Programming Using SAS® 9.4
• Exam Languages: English
• Time: 2 hours, 5 minutes
• Exam Questions: 10-15 programming projects and 10-15 standard exam questions
• Passing Score: 725

Course Outline 

The Exam covers the given topics  - 

Domain 1: Understand about Accessing Data Using SQL (35%)

• Generate detail reports by working with a single table, joining tables, or using set operators in SQL
• Generate summary reports by working with a single table, joining tables, or using set operators in the SQL.
• Construct sub-queries and in-line views within an SQL procedure step.
• Use SAS SQL procedure enhancements.

Domain 2: Learn Macro Processing (35%)

• Create and use user-defined and automatic macro variables within the SAS Macro Language.
• Automate programs by defining and calling macros using the SAS Macro Language.
• Use macro functions.
• Debug Macros
• Create data-driven programs using SAS Macro Language.

Domain 3: Understand Advanced Techniques (30%)

• Process data using 1 and 2 dimensional arrays.
• Process data using hash objects
• Use SAS utility procedures
• Use Advanced functions.