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Advanced SAS Questions

This document contains questions to test knowledge of PROC SQL and SAS Macros. The PROC SQL questions cover topics like sorting query results, joining tables, calculating averages, and creating views. The SAS Macros questions cover defining macro variables and writing a macro that counts observations in a file.

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Advanced SAS Questions

This document contains questions to test knowledge of PROC SQL and SAS Macros. The PROC SQL questions cover topics like sorting query results, joining tables, calculating averages, and creating views. The SAS Macros questions cover defining macro variables and writing a macro that counts observations in a file.

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Advanced SAS Questions (MCQ)

Instructions: Choose the best answer for each question.


Proc SQL (5 marks)
1. Which of the following statements is used to sort the results of a PROC SQL
query? a) BY (variable1, variable2); (Correct Answer) b) ORDER BY
(variable1, variable2); c) SORT BY (variable1, variable2); d) RANK BY
(variable1, variable2);
2. You want to select all customers from the 'customer' table who have placed
an order in the 'orders' table in the last 30 days. Which of the following PROC
SQL queries will achieve this? a) SELECT c.* FROM customer c, orders o
WHERE c.customer_id = o.customer_id AND order_date >= DATEADD(d, -
30, GET DATE()); (Correct Answer) b) SELECT c.* FROM customer c JOIN
orders o ON c.customer_id = o.customer_id WHERE order_date >=
DATEADD(d, -30, GET DATE()); c) SELECT c.* FROM customer c WHERE
customer_id IN (SELECT customer_id FROM orders WHERE order_date >=
DATEADD(d, -30, GET DATE())); d) UPDATE customer c SET order_date =
DATEADD(d, -30, GET DATE()) FROM orders o WHERE c.customer_id =
o.customer_id;
3. You want to calculate the average order value for each customer in the
'customer' and 'orders' tables. Which of the following PROC SQL queries will
achieve this? a) SELECT customer_id, AVG(order_amount) FROM customer
c, orders o WHERE c.customer_id = o.customer_id GROUP BY customer_id;
(Correct Answer) b) SELECT c.customer_id, SUM(o.order_amount) /
COUNT() FROM customer c, orders o WHERE c.customer_id =
o.customer_id; c) SELECT customer_id, SUM(order_amount) FROM
customer c JOIN orders o ON c.customer_id = o.customer_id; d) UPDATE
customer c SET avg_order_value = SUM(o.order_amount) / COUNT() FROM
orders o WHERE c.customer_id = o.customer_id;
4. You have a table with product ID, product name, and price. You want to
create a new variable named 'discount' that is 10% of the price. Which of the
following PROC SQL queries will achieve this? a) SELECT product_id,
product_name, price, price * 0.1 AS discount FROM products; (Correct
Answer) b) UPDATE products SET discount = price * 0.1; c) ALTER TABLE
products ADD discount = price * 0.1; d) CREATE TABLE discounted_products
SELECT product_id, product_name, price, price * 0.1 AS discount FROM
products;
5. Which of the following statements is used to create a temporary view in
PROC SQL? a) CREATE VIEW view_name AS SELECT * FROM
table_name; (Correct Answer) b) CREATE TABLE view_name AS SELECT
* FROM table_name; c) DECLARE VIEW view_name AS SELECT * FROM
table_name; d) TEMPORARY VIEW view_name AS SELECT * FROM
table_name;
SAS Macros (5 marks)
1. Which of the following statements is used to define a macro variable in SAS?
a) %LET var_name = value; (Correct Answer) b) VAR var_name = value; c)
DEFINE var_name = value; d) SET var_name = value;
2. You want to write a macro that takes a filename as an argument and prints
the number of observations in that file. Which of the following macro code
snippets will achieve this? a) %MACRO count_obs(filename); %LET num_obs
= INFILE '&filename' LRECL=32767 MISSOVER; INPUT; RUN; %PUT The
number of observations in &filename is %NUMOBS; %MEND count_obs;
(Correct Answer) b) %MACRO count_obs(filename); %LET num_obs =
PROC CONTENTS DATA=&filename; RUN; %PUT The number of
observations in &filename is %NUMOBS; %MEND count_obs;

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