sas a00-280 practice test

Exam Title: SAS Certified Clinical Trials Programmer Using SAS 9

Last update: Nov 27 ,2025
Question 1

The following SAS program is submitted:

You want to store all calculated means and standard deviations in one SAS data set.
Which statement must be added to the program?

  • A. output mean std;
  • B. ods output mean=m1 m2 std=s1 s2;
  • C. output out=WORK.RESULTS mean=m1 m2 std=s1 s2;
  • D. ods output out=WORK.RESULTS mean=m1 m2 std=s1 s2;
Answer:

C

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Question 2

Which program will report all created output objects in the log?
A.
proc ttest data=WORK.DATA1 ods=trace;
class TREAT;
var RESULTS;
run;
B.
ods trace on;
proc ttest data=WORK.DATA1;
class TREAT;
var RESULTS;
run;
C.
ods trace=log;
proc ttest data=WORK.DATA1;
class TREAT;
var RESULTS;
run;
D.
ods trace log;
proc ttest data=WORK.DATA1;
class TREAT;
var RESULTS;
run;

Answer:

B

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Question 3

Review the following procedure format:

What is the required type of data for the variable in this procedure?

  • A. Character
  • B. Continuous
  • C. Categorical
  • D. Treatment
Answer:

B

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Question 4

The following output is displayed:

Which SAS program created this output?
A.
proc freq data=WORK.TESTDATA;
tables gender * answer / nocol norow nopercent;
run;
B.
proc freq data=WORK.TESTDATA;
tables answer * gender / nocol norow nopercent;
run;
C.
proc freq data=WORK.TESTDATA;
tables gender * answer / nocol norow nopercent missing;
run;
D.
proc freq data=WORK.TESTDATA;
tables answer * gender / nocol norow nopercent missing;
run;

Answer:

A

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Question 5

You want 90% confidence limits for a binomial proportion from a one-way table with PROC FREQ.
Which option must you add to the TABLES statement?

  • A. BINOMIAL
  • B. BINOMIAL ALPHA=0.9
  • C. BINOMIAL ALPHA=90
  • D. BINOMIAL ALPHA=0.1
Answer:

D

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Question 6

The following SAS program is submitted.

What result is displayed for the variable COUNT?

  • A. 1
  • B. 2
  • C. 3C.3
  • D. 4D.4
Answer:

C

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Question 7

Given the following output from the TTEST Procedure: Variable:

What is the t-test p-value?

  • A. 0.3121
  • B. <.0001
  • C. 37.49
  • D. 0.2041
Answer:

B

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Question 8

You want to calculate the p-value of Fisher's exact test for a 3x3 table. Which option must you add to
the TABLES statement of PROC FREQ?

  • A. CHISQ
  • B. CMH
  • C. EXACT
  • D. EXPECTED
Answer:

C

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Question 9

The following SAS program is submitted:

How many data sets are created and how many observations are in the data set(s)?

  • A. 1 data set named PVALUES with 1 observation.
  • B. 1 data set named PVALUES with 2 observations.
  • C. 2 data sets named PVALUES and PVALUES1 each with 1 observation.
  • D. 2 data sets named PVALUES1 and PVALUES2 each with 2 observations
Answer:

C

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Question 10

This question will ask you to provide a line of missing code.

Which line of code would produce the blue notes in the log?

  • A. if indm ne indisp then output 'MERGE ISSUE: ' subjid indm indisp ;
  • B. if indm ne indisp then put 'MERGE ISSUE: ' subjid= indm= indisp=;
  • C. %if indm ne indisp %then %put 'MERGE ISSUE: ' subjid= indm= indisp=;
  • D. if indm ne indisp then put 'MERGE ISSUE: ' _all_ ;
Answer:

B

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