Exam A00-211 topic 1 question 30 discussion

Actual exam question from SAS Institute's A00-211

Question #: 30
Topic #: 1

The following SAS program is submitted:
data test;
set chemists;
jobcode = Chem2
then description = Senior Chemist;
else description = Unknown;
run;
The value for the variable JOBCODE is:

JOBCODE -
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chem2
What is the value of the variable DESCRIPTION?

A. chem2
B. Unknown
C. Senior Chemist
D. ‘ ‘ (missing character value)

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

by Kleinstone at Jan. 17, 2021, 2:20 a.m.

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Lisa_L

6 months, 4 weeks ago

Selected Answer: B

Unknown is the answer. JOBCODE is chem2 (lowercase). In the IF statement: if jobcode = 'Chem2' then description = 'Senior Chemist';, C is in capital case. Since the condition does not meet, the ELSE statement would be executed.

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Misty2287

11 months ago

why are so many code have typos and incorrect syntax. So frustrating and confusing to go through practices this way.

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mhminkov

3 years ago

there is also a missing if statement, here the corrected code: data test; infile datalines; if jobcode = "Chem2" then description = "Senior Chemist"; else description = "Unknown"; input JOBCODE $; datalines; chem2 ;

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Kleinstone

3 years, 5 months ago

with quotation mark?

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