A00-215 Exam Dumps : SAS Certified Associate: Programming Fundamentals Using SAS 9.4

The correct answer is B. The set statement in SAS can concatenate multiple datasets together. The AMERICAN and NATIONAL datasets appear to have the same structure and variables, so the set statement without any options will combine them into one dataset called BASEBALL. The order of the datasets in the set statement determines the order of the observations in the output dataset, and since there is no variable that needs renaming to match between the two datasets, option B is the correct answer.

References:

• SAS documentation on the set statement.

The FORMAT statement in the DATA step assigns formats to variables for the SAS dataset being created. In the code provided, MSRP is given the dollar12. format and Invoice is given the dollar10. format. However, during the PROC PRINT step, MSRP is reassigned to the comma12.2 format. The format specified in the most recent PROC step or DATA step that executes is the one that is used in the output.

Therefore, the format for MSRP in the PROC PRINT output will be comma12.2, making the answer: B. Comma12.2

References:

• SAS documentation on PROC PRINT and FORMAT statement, SAS Institute.

In SAS, when you use a BY statement in a DATA step, SAS creates two temporary variables for each variable listed in the BY statement: one to indicate the first occurrence (FIRST.variable) and another to indicate the last occurrence (LAST.variable) of the value within the BY-group. Given the provided code and assuming that State is the variable used in the BY statement, SAS will create First.State and Last.State. Thus, option A is correct.

References:

• SAS documentation on the BY statement, SAS Institute.