SAS Tutorial | The SAS Exam Experience | See a Performance-Based Question in Action

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In this SAS How To Tutorial, Mark Stevens introduces the viewer to the SAS exam experience and provides an opportunity to see a performance-based question in action. SAS programming credentials are performance-based, meaning candidates have access to SAS during their exam and are required to write code to get the correct answers. These tests are no longer multiple-choice exams. Sound intimidating? This video shows this performance-based environment in action to help you become more comfortable with the SAS exam experience.
Mark takes you through seeing the question, writing the SAS code, and answering questions based on the code.
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@dianaclavery 2 года назад

Thanks for this video, Mark. Super helpful. When I saw "round your answer to the nearest whole number" as part of the question, my first thought was to include the round() function in the procedure. Good to know that it doesn't matter too much.

@SASUsers 2 года назад

Diana, thanks for the feedback!

@chrisdong7250 4 года назад

This video is helpful even though I already took the exam. It's also helpful to have a sufficiently large monitor for the exam as the questions take up a good chunk of the screen and then the Directory in the SAS window takes another chunk of space. I used my 14" laptop screen and only had half the screen to do the actual programming and looking at datasets, not to mention resizing my screen after every project.

@SASUsers 4 года назад

Chris, thank you for sharing your feedback!

@dominicmutiso1502 2 года назад

This was helpful in preparation of the certification exam. "Made me feel better"- confident.

@SASUsers 2 года назад

So glad you found it helpful! 🙂

@abbasbaturelawal5078 3 года назад

Very insightful video. I normally copy and paste when coding, to save time. Only got to find out during the exam, that the secure environment does not allow that.

@SASUsers 3 года назад

We're glad the video was helpful!

@femiogunyemi2688 4 года назад

Easy and understanding Topic

@SASUsers 4 года назад

Thanks for sharing!

@AmitGupta-ny6qy 8 месяцев назад

Good one thanks 👍

@SASUsers 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for tuning in!

@umadevikoduru1051 Год назад

Can we copy paste the question on programming to the SAS 9.4 so that I can reduce the window of the questions and have a wider space for SAS to work on?

@anandbasutkar2883 4 года назад

The correct else if statement is "else if sales > 200000 then salescat='Class_AAA';" but in the video its is 20000.

@SASUsers 4 года назад

Hi Anand! Nice catch! We caught that error after recording, so there is a pop-up text callout in the video that starts at 4:14 and runs to about 4:21 stating that there is a zero missed in the code but the missing zero does not impact the results. Hope that helps!

@DanCrosby1 4 года назад

Yes, it may have well just been an "else" rather than "else if" since the results up to that point are already classified.

@zeidj1049 2 года назад

Thanks for all the information, I just notice one thing and I can not find answers on google so I will ask it here, how to input a pair of double quotation marks and leave the cursor in between like what he did at 3'59' when inputting "class_A" ?

@SASUsers 2 года назад

The narrator of this video is using SAS Studio, which is our browser-based interface to SAS. The narrator is using the SAS Studio code window to type his code. The feature you ask about is part of how SAS Studio works. Unfortunately, we can't post screenshots here, but if you have access to SAS Studio, you will find that double quotes, single quotes, parentheses, and brackets all behave this way in the SAS Studio editor. This feature is different from other SAS editors, so you must keep track of symbols in your code that need to be paired. A better place to post questions like this is in the SAS Community Forums. There's a forum for SAS Studio: 2.sas.com/6051KN1aP and a forum for SAS Programming: 2.sas.com/6052KN1au. If you're going to ask how-to questions about your editor, you'll have to let people know the SAS Version that you're running and the type of editor interface that you're using. If you want to read more about SAS Studio, here's the documentation: 2.sas.com/6055KN1aT.

@ppsowjanya 3 года назад

Can we access SAS studio for all the 42 questions in the SAS base certification exam or else only for programming related questions ? Also, are these sub directories already exists such as C:/cert/ and do we need to write libraries to be referenced before starting the programming in the exam?

@SASUsers 3 года назад

The standard exam questions are designed to be answered without the lab. While not impossible to reference the lab during this portion of the exam, it is awkward and time consuming and we would not recommend trying. All of the information needed to answer these questions are contained in the question. There are subdirectories and you do need to create libraries. This skill is listed in the Exam Content Guide and is also discussed in the Tips and Strategies article referenced on our exam preparation page. 2.sas.com/6050Gt4HY

@allyouneed935 3 года назад

@@SASUsers please i would appreciate if you reply, i had a difficult with this in the exam...creating and referencing of libraries

@umadevikoduru1051 Год назад

Is it good to first attempt the multiple choice questions and then start attempting the programming questions. If so how do I skip the questions?

@nablus2000 4 года назад

Perhaps (since it is all inclusive) the second if/else statement should be as follows: else if 100000

@SASUsers 4 года назад

Thank you for your feedback! We are looking into this for you!

@SASUsers 4 года назад

Thaer, yes, you could use the syntax you stated but the second else/if statement should be for Class_AA, else if 100000

@LuxPsy 2 года назад

@@SASUsers "the second else if/then statement will grab anything

@damayantijadhav8305 4 года назад

Hi Sir, Is it necessary to save the program or result as they ask to do it? Is there having marking system for it or we can only answer the number in given box?

@SASUsers 4 года назад

Damayanti, You should always save your programs. While you do not have to use the same names that are specified in the instructions, using the specified names makes it easier for you to find your projects later should you decide to revisit them later in the exam. There is no way to answer the questions without writing the code, so, you are best off to take the 15 seconds required to save each program.

@damayantijadhav8305 4 года назад

@@SASUsers Ok, Thank you. Sir may I get lab assignment for practiced?

@SASUsers 4 года назад

We are checking on this for you!

@SASUsers 4 года назад

Damayanti, you can get questions for the certification exams in our Certification Prep Guide which is available in the SAS Bookstore. There is also a practice exam available from PearsonVUE. In addition, the preparation for the exam are our Programming 1 and Programming 2 courses. Each course has 2-3 levels of practice at the end of every Lesson. We recommend that students go through ALL the practices in each course when they want to prepare for a Base Programmer Certification Exam. Hope this information has been helpful!

@mayureshkarhadkar7189 Год назад

Hello, thanks for all the information, but can you please tell us how many multiple-choice questions and how many projects will be in the exam??

@SASUsers Год назад

Thanks for your question! Please see the exam content guide for a complete overview: 2.sas.com/60503wrii

@umadevikoduru1051 Год назад

Can we see the contents of the files in the C drive folder? To see the files other than SAS datasets in the folder which I can access through libname statement. For example if I have to view an excel file that I need to import can I see the excel file in the folder to copy its path?

@SASUsers Год назад

Hi Umadevi! Thanks for all of your questions! We have reached out to our Certification team for their recommendations and will follow up with you here with their recommendations.

@SASUsers Год назад

Thanks for your patience while we reached out to our Training team on this! The author of this video and the other members of the SAS Certification team monitor and answer questions on the SAS Community Forum that is designed specifically for these types of questions. You can visit the Forum here: 2.sas.com/6058OOEIQ and review similar questions that have already been asked and answered and then post your own new questions if the previous postings don't help you. Thanks!

@dominicmutiso1502 Год назад

In the SAS Advance exam, do they test "CUSTOM CALL ROUTINE" using PROC FCMP

@SASUsers Год назад

Great question, Dominic. Yes, PROC FCMP is part of the exam. You can find the full exam content guide here: 2.sas.com/6058Mx7vE

@umadevikoduru1051 Год назад

How do I access the error files ? Just by clicking the folder with the files and open the error file in the errors folder?

@mdsrtp 9 месяцев назад

The best way to open the error files is from within your preferred UI. If you do it like you said from the errors folder, it is going to open up in Enterprise Guide by default. If you prefer SAS Studio, you will want to open the error file from the "Files and Folders" menu on the right side.

@9356079 Год назад

how many questions do we get in the certification exam?

@SASUsers Год назад

Thanks for asking, Ravi! That depends on the exam. You can find the number and type of questions on the page for each exam in the Exam Details section, which is under the "Exam Details & Instructions" heading. For example, the Exam Details for our Base Programming Specialist exam (2.sas.com/6053M0Ba1) say "40-45 multiple choice and short-answer questions.".

@harbin88 Год назад

Usually, how many questions are there in the base exam? thanks!

@SASUsers Год назад

Ben, thank you for your interest! The Base Programming Specialist exam has 40-45 multiple choice and short-answer questions. You can view each certification to learn more about content and the exam. See more here 2.sas.com/60573I4kv

@lesegosego4426 Месяц назад

Hey why SAd training videos not playing they're blanks they not dhowin6

@SASUsers Месяц назад

What browser are you running and what issues are you having with the video? We played it, and it appears to be working on our end.

@lesegosego4426 Месяц назад

@@SASUsers I'm using google chrome on laptop

@SASUsers Месяц назад

Can you tell us more what's happening and at what time stamp on the video?

@umagupta9267 Год назад

Yesterday, I couldn't attempt the performance based exam as though the dataset was there but always it gave an error that library doesn't exist. Please make video on this problem what can be the reasons behind the same. Thank you

@SASUsers Год назад

Hi Uma! Thanks for your suggestion! We've reached out to our Certification team on this and will follow back up with you with their recommendations 👍

@SASUsers Год назад

The error you describe indicates a problem with your LIBNAME statement, or a missing library definition. If you wrote a LIBNAME statement, then it would mean that the structure was likely correct, but that your argument for the folder location did not match the instructions. For more information, please reference the A00-231 exam Tips & Strategies document: 2.sas.com/6054MTI4y and this webinar: 2.sas.com/6055MTI4J Hope that information helps!

@umagupta9267 Год назад

@@SASUsers Dear Sir, I had gone through your video before appearing for an exam. Also, I know the application of the Libname Statement. But my point is your video gives excellent detail and clear picture about the exam and its environment but if you will add a small brief about this problem then many students will be educated to deal with the problem if they face during exam.