Item 6 of 63 Mark item for review  

The table WORK.PILOTS contains the following data:

   WORK.PILOTS

   Id   Name     Jobcode  Salary
   ---  ------   -------  ------
   001  Albert   PT1       50000
   002  Brenda   PT1       70000
   003  Carl     PT1       60000
   004  Donna    PT2       80000
   005  Edward   PT2       90000
   006  Flora    PT3      100000

The data set was summarized to include average
salary based on jobcode:      

   Jobcode  Salary     Avg      
   -------  ------   -----      
   PT1       50000   60000      
   PT1       70000   60000      
   PT1       60000   60000      
   PT2       80000   85000      
   PT2       90000   85000      
   PT3      100000  100000      

Which SQL statement could NOT generate  
this result?


        A.
select
   Jobcode,   
   Salary,   
   avg(Salary) label='Avg'      
from WORK.PILOTS
group by Jobcode
order by Id   
;      

     B.
select
   Jobcode,   
   Salary,   
   (select avg(Salary)  
   from WORK.PILOTS as P1      
   where P1.Jobcode=P2.Jobcode) as Avg   
from WORK.PILOTS as P2  
order by Id   
;      

     C.
select
   Jobcode,   
   Salary,   
   (select avg(Salary)  
   from WORK.PILOTS     
   group by Jobcode) as Avg     
from WORK.PILOTS
order by Id   
;      

     D.
select
   Jobcode,   
   Salary,   
   Avg
from   
   WORK.PILOTS,
  (select     
      Jobcode as Jc,   
      avg(Salary) as Avg
   from WORK.PILOTS     
   group by 1)
where Jobcode=Jc
order by Id   
;      

Item 11 of 63 Mark item for review  

  The following SAS code is submitted:   

  data WORK.TEMP WORK.ERRORS / view=WORK.TEMP;
     infile RAWDATA;   
     input Xa Xb Xc;   
     if Xa=. then output WORK.ERRORS;   
     else output WORK.TEMP;     
  run;

Which of the following is true of the WORK.ERRORS data set?


A.        The data set is created when the DATA step is submitted.   
B.        The data set is created when the view TEMP is used in another SAS step.   
C.        The data set is not created because the DATA statement contains a syntax error.  
D.        The descriptor portion of WORK.ERRORS is created when the DATA step is submitted.  


Item 29 of 63 Mark item for review  

The following program is submitted to check the variables Xa, Xb, and Xc in the SASUSER.LOOK data set:  

   data _null_ WORK.BAD_DATA / view=WORK.BAD_DATA ;      
      set SASUSER.LOOK(keep=Xa Xb Xc);   
      length _Check_ $ 10 ;     
      if Xa=. then _check_=trim(_Check_)!!" Xa" ;
      if Xb=. then _check_=trim(_Check_)!!" Xb" ;
      if Xc=. then _check_=trim(_Check_)!!" Xc" ;
      put Xa= Xb= Xc= _check_= ;
   run ;      

  When is the PUT statement executed?   

A.        when the code is submitted      
B.        only when the WORK.BAD_DATA view is used
C.        both when the code is submitted and the view is used      
D.        never, the use of _null_ in a view is a syntax error      


Item 50 of 63 Mark item for review  

The table WORK.PILOTS contains the following data:

   Id   Name     Jobcode  Salary
   ---  ------   -------  ------
   001  Albert   PT1       50000
   002  Brenda   PT1       70000
   003  Carl     PT1       60000
   004  Donna    PT2       80000
   005  Edward   PT2       90000
   006  Flora    PT3      100000

A query was constructed to display the pilot salary means at each level of Jobcode and the difference to the overall mean salary:      

Jobcode    Average  Difference
------------------------------
PT1          60000      -15000
PT2          85000       10000
PT3         100000       25000

Which select statement could NOT have produced this output?  


        A.
select
   Jobcode,   
   avg(Salary) as Average,      
   calculated Average - Overall as difference  
from   
   WORK.PILOTS,
   (select avg(Salary) as Overall from WORK.PILOTS)
group by jobcode
;      

     B.
select
   Jobcode,   
   avg(Salary) as Average,      
   (select avg(Salary) from WORK.PILOTS) as Overall,      
   calculated Average - Overall as Difference  
from WORK.PILOTS
group by 1   
;      

     C.
select
   Jobcode,   
   Average,   
   Average-Overall as Difference
from   
   (select Jobcode, avg(Salary) as Average     
   from WORK.PILOTS     
   group by 1),
   (select avg(Salary) as Overall
   from WORK.PILOTS)   
;      

     D.
select
   Jobcode,   
   avg(Salary) as Average,      
   calculated Average-(select avg(Salary) from WORK.PILOTS)      
      as Difference     
from WORK.PILOTS
group by 1   
;      



Item 54 of 63 Mark item for review

The following SAS program is submitted:

%let Name1=Shoes;
%let Name2=Clothes;
%let Root=name;
%let Suffix=2;
%put &&&Root&Suffix;

What is written to the SAS log?

A.        &Name2
B.        Clothes
C.        &&&Root&Suffix
D.        WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference ROOT2 not resolved.