A00-211: SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9


The perfect starting point for those interested in a career as a SAS® professional

Successful candidates should have experience in programming and data management using SAS®9 and should be able to:

◈ Read and create data files.
◈ Manipulate and transform data.
◈ Combine SAS data sets.
◈ Create basic detail and summary reports using SAS procedures.
◈ Identify and correct data, syntax and programming logic errors.

SAS A00-211 Exam Summary:


Exam Name SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9
Exam Code  A00-211
Exam Duration  100 minutes
Exam Questions  50 to 55 multiple-choice and short-answer questions
Passing Score  70% 
Exam Price  $180 (USD)
Training SAS Programming 1: Essentials
SAS Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques
Books SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9
Sample Questions  Sample Question Set-1
Sample Question Set-2 
Practice Exam SAS Base Programmer Certification Practice Exam

SAS A00-211 Exam Topics:


Objective Details
Access and Create Data Structures - Create temporary and permanent SAS data sets.
- Investigate SAS data libraries using base SAS utility procedures.
- Combine SAS data sets.
- Access an Excel workbook.
- Create and manipulate SAS date values.
- Export data to create standard and comma-delimited raw data files.
- Control which observations and variables in a SAS data set are processed and output.
Manage Data  - Sort observations in a SAS data set.
- Conditionally execute SAS statements.
- Use assignment statements in the DATA step.
- Modify variable attributes using options and statements in the DATA step.
- Accumulate sub-totals and totals using DATA step statements.
- Use SAS functions to manipulate character data, numeric data, and SAS date values.
- Use SAS functions to convert character data to numeric and vice versa.
- Process data using DO LOOPS.
- Validate and clean data.
Generate Reports  - Generate list reports using the PRINT procedure.
- Generate summary reports and frequency tables using base SAS procedures.
- Enhance reports through the use of user-defined formats, titles, footnotes and SAS System reporting.
- Generate reports using ODS statements.
Error Handling  - Identify and resolve programming logic errors.
- Recognize and correct syntax errors.
- Examine and resolve data errors.

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