SAS Institute A00-451 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 22,2026- Exam Code: A00-451
- Exam Name: Administering SAS Viya
- Certification Provider: SAS Institute
- Latest update: Oct 22,2026
In which authorization system does an explicit prohibit have absolute precedence?
- A . General authorization
- B . Metadata authorization
- C . CAS authorization
- D . Access authorization
Which infrastructure server uses exchanges to enable information producers, such as metric collectors, to operate separately from the information consumers, such as the datamart?
- A . SAS Cache Locator
- B . SAS Configuration Server
- C . SAS Infrastructure Data Server
- D . SAS Message Broker
Refer to the exhibit:
What does a CAS Administrator need to do in order to allow this user to create global caslibs?
- A . Modify permissions on the permstore directory in the operating system.
- B . Use the CLI: sas-admin cas authorize
- C . Add the user to the Caslib Management Privileges settings in SAS Environment Manager.
- D . Modify the principal on the /caslibManagment/caslibs/** rule.
In which directory would you find the log file for the identities microservice?
- A . /opt/sas/viya/config/etc/identities/log
- B . /var/log/boot/log/sas/identities/default
- C . /opt/sas/viya/config/var/log/identities/default
- D . /var/log/viya/home/identities/default
Which statement is TRUE about the SAS Compute Server?
- A . It is hosted by the embedded web application server.
- B . It is started by the SAS Object Spawner.
- C . It uses the IOM protocol to interact with other servers and services.
- D . It is used by SAS Studio Enterprise.
In SAS Environment Manager, where do you change the diagnostic level to capture TRACE level messages of a service?
- A . Select the service and TRACE in the Logs Filter area on the Logs page.
- B . Within the servers page, modify the host diagnostic level property.
- C . On the properties of the service in the Service Instances list on the Machines page.
- D . On the properties of the logging.level definition on the Configuration page.
When storing a user ID and password in Viya to connect to an external database, for which identity can you NOT store a credential?
- A . The Authenticated Users group
- B . The individual user
- C . An LDAP group
- D . A custom group
In a distributed (MPP) CAS server, how are the machines divided into controller(s) and worker(s)?
- A . Each machine includes a session controller and a session worker.
- B . One machine is designated as the controller and one or more machines are designated as the workers.
- C . One machine is designated as the controller and two or more machines are designated as the workers.
- D . One machine is designated as the controller and a worker, and one or more machines are designated as workers.
The logging for the SAS Configuration Server is controlled by which file?
- A . casconfig lua
- B . logconfig json
- C . logconfig xml
- D . config-consul json
In SAS Environment Manager, to backup the content and metadata of the SAS Infrastructure Data Server, you must run which backup type?
- A . Default
- B . Database
- C . Binary
- D . System