SAS Institute A00-415 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 21,2026- Exam Code: A00-415
- Exam Name: SAS Viya Fundamentals of Programming
- Certification Provider: SAS Institute
- Latest update: Oct 21,2026
Question #21
What is the purpose of the VALUE statement in PROC FORMAT?
- A . To define the range of values for a format
- B . To specify the format name and type
- C . To define the appearance of formatted values
- D . To assign a format to a variable
Correct Answer: C
Question #22
Which statement is true about the CAS server?
- A . Any SAS program can run on the CAS server.
- B . A CAS session is required to work with the CAS server.
- C . An action set performs a single task on the CAS server.
- D . A DATA Step always runs faster on the CAS server.
Correct Answer: B
Question #23
Which CAS action is used to append rows to an existing CAS table?
- A . APPEND
- B . LOAD
- C . EXPORT
- D . ALTER TABLE
Correct Answer: A
Question #24
Which CAS action is used to calculate the frequency and percentage of values for categorical variables in a CAS table?
- A . cas.frequencies
- B . cas.counts
- C . cas.histogram
- D . cas.summary
Correct Answer: A
Question #25
Which of the following statements about the CAS server is true?
- A . CAS data is AES256 encrypted by default.
- B . CAS can execute R programs.
- C . CAS integrates with many open source languages.
- D . CAS natively runs base SAS programs.
Correct Answer: C
Question #26
Employees is a 5,000 row table.
Which program executes in CAS using a single thread?
- A . data casuser.employees /single=yes;
set work.employees;
totcomp = sum(salary,bonus);
run; - B . data casuser.employees;
set work.employees;
by department;
totcomp = sum(salary,bonus);
run; - C . data casuser.employees;
set casuser.employees;
by department;
totcomp = sum(salary,bonus);
run; - D . data casuser.employees /single=yes;
set casuser.employees;
totcomp = sum(salary,bonus);
run;
Correct Answer: D
Question #27
What is the purpose of the CNTLIN option in PROC FORMAT?
- A . To define the format of character variables
- B . To define the format of numeric variables
- C . To import user-defined formats from an external dataset
- D . To export user-defined formats to an external dataset
Correct Answer: C
Question #28
Which SAS Viya component is responsible for distributed data processing?
- A . SAS Studio
- B . SAS Data Preparation
- C . SAS Cloud Analytic Services (CAS)
- D . SAS Visual Analytics
Correct Answer: C
Question #29
Which CAS action is used to import data into CAS?
- A . CASLIB
- B . LOAD
- C . EXPORT
- D . ALTER TABLE
Correct Answer: B
Question #30
Which CAS action is used to calculate the standard deviation, variance, and range for numeric variables in a CAS table?
- A . cas.stddev
- B . cas.variance
- C . cas.range
- D . cas.statistics
Correct Answer: D