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 a distributed (MPP) CAS Server, what happens when a CAS Worker node becomes unreachable or goes down?
- A . The CAS Server is paused until the node is available again.
- B . The CAS Server continues processing jobs on redundant blocks of data on remaining nodes.
- C . The CAS Server automatically recovers and all programs are restarted from the beginning.
- D . The CAS Worker node unregisters itself with the Configuration server and processing continues.
For a SAS administrator to terminate a user’s CAS session in SAS Environment Manager, which actions must an administrator take? (Choose two.)
- A . The SAS administrator has to opt in to their assumable groups upon log on.
- B . The SAS administrator must have caslib management privileges.
- C . The SAS administrator has to assume the Superuser role.
- D . The SAS administrator has to stop the CAS server in the operating system.
In SAS Environment Manager, which configuration instance would you modify to change the interval users and groups are cached from LDAP?
- A . sas.identities.providers.ldap.connection
- B . sas.identities
- C . sas.cache.config
- D . sas.security
In a multi-machine Viya deployment, which can be safely restarted without having to stop or restart another Viya service or server?
- A . SAS Logon Service
- B . SAS Message Broker
- C . SAS Secrets Manager
- D . SAS infrastructure Data Server
Which is NOT included in the SAS Compute Server compute context?
- A . User identity to be used when starting a compute server
- B . SAS options to be set when starting a compute server
- C . Autoexec file parameters to be executed when starting a compute server
- D . Environment variables to be set when starting a compute server
Which statement is TRUE about a SAS programming-only deployment?
- A . All code must be submitted in batch.
- B . All code must be submitted in batch or via Enterprise Guide
- C . It includes SAS Studio which connects to the SAS Workspace Server
- D . It includes SAS Studio which connects with the SAS Compute Service
The appender of a logging entity controls which aspect of the configuration for the SAS logging facility?
- A . the output destination of the log message
- B . the log event categories to be included in the log
- C . the SAS Viya Server to which the logging configuration applies
- D . the default threshold level of the log message
What is the best technique to use when members of the Marketing group need to use a shared user id and password to access tables in an Oracle database?
- A . Create a global caslib to the Oracle database and specify the shared user id, the password, and the Marketing group identity in a conditional grant.
- B . Create an authentication domain for the Oracle database and store the shared user id and the password for the Marketing group identity.
- C . Create a Custom Group for members of the Marketing group and specify the shared user id and the password in the Custom Group properties.
- D . Create a data connection to the Oracle database and specify the shared user id, the password, and the Marketing group identity in the connection properties.
Which statement describes the role of the SAS Configuration Server in a SAS Viya deployment?
- A . A server that allows client programs to access SAS libraries and perform tasks with the SAS language.
- B . A web application for managing your environment that provides monitoring functionality and configuration options.
- C . A distributed registry that stores configuration data, and health and availability status for services.
- D . A server that provides the run-time environment for data management and analytics.
When promoting content from SAS 9 to SAS Viya, what is the correct order of tasks from top to bottom?
2 → promote internal groups,
3 → promote data definitions,
4 → promote content