Discuss SAS A00-215 Exam Topic 4 Question 42

The SAS log of a submitted DATA step is shown below:

Which action resolve the error messages?

ARemove the period after the value of Inc.

BEnclose the value of ABC Inc . in quotation marks.

CAdd a LENGTH statement to declare the company variable as character

DEnclose the value of ABC Inc. in parentheses.

Suggested Answer: A

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16 comments · newest first

Julianna 12 months ago

I agree with B, quotation marks are key!

Benedict 12 months ago

Removing the period could work too, but not sure.

Karl 1 year ago

Wait, is it really that simple?

Avery 1 year ago

I think C is the better choice here.

Lemuel 1 year ago

Option B is definitely the way to go!

Katie 1 year ago

I don't think enclosing values in parentheses is typical for this kind of error, so I'm leaning away from option D.

Brigette 1 year ago

I practiced a similar question where we had to declare variable types, so option C sounds familiar, but I can't recall if it applies here.

Irene 1 year ago

I feel like enclosing values in quotation marks is a common practice, so option B might be the right choice here.

Audra 1 year ago

I think I remember that periods can cause issues in SAS, so maybe option A is correct? But I'm not entirely sure.

Art 1 year ago

Option D seems a bit off to me; I don't remember needing parentheses for string values, but I could be mistaken.

Krystina 1 year ago

I recall a similar question where we had to fix a syntax error, and I think removing the period could be the solution, so maybe option A?

Izetta 1 year ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I feel like option C could be right since we talked about declaring variable types in class.

Horace 1 year ago

I think option B makes sense because I remember we need to use quotation marks for character strings.

Dante 1 year ago

Ah, I see now. The value of (6) is the F-statistic, which I can use to determine the p-value. Time to review my ANOVA knowledge.

Merilyn 1 year ago

This looks like a tricky question, but I think I have a good strategy. I'll focus on the optimization part - since itemsDf is much smaller than transactionsDf, I should use the broadcast function to distribute itemsDf to all the partitions of transactionsDf. That should make the join operation more efficient.

Nan 1 year ago

This looks like a straightforward configuration question. I'll review the options carefully and think through the key steps required for basic budgeting in Dynamics 365.

SAS A00-215 Exam - Topic 4 Question 42 Discussion