SAS A00-260 Exam - Topic 9 Question 100 Discussion

Actual exam question for SAS's A00-260 exam

Question #: 100
Topic #: 9

In SAS Data Integration Studio, the default values for generated surrogate and retained keys contain which type of values?

Adatetime values

Balpha-numeric values

Cbinary values

Dinteger values

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Suggested Answer: D

by Denae at Apr 05, 2026, 03:02 PM

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Cecilia

2 months ago

But what about A) datetime values? They could be useful too.

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Mila

2 months ago

I agree, integer values are efficient for indexing.

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Willow

2 months ago

I think it's D) integer values. Makes sense for keys.

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Tegan

2 months ago

Surprised it's not binary values, honestly!

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Pok

2 months ago

Definitely integer values, that's standard practice.

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Stephanie

3 months ago

Wait, are you sure? I thought it was alpha-numeric.

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Raylene

4 months ago

Yeah, I agree with that!

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Jacquline

4 months ago

I think it's D) integer values.

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Phil

5 months ago

I thought they were binary values, but that doesn't seem right now that I think about it.

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Lemuel

5 months ago

I feel like the answer might be datetime values, but I can't recall the specifics from my studies.

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Catalina

5 months ago

I remember practicing a similar question, and I think it was about alpha-numeric values for retained keys.

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Brendan

6 months ago

I think the default values for surrogate keys are usually integer values, but I'm not completely sure.

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