SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9, Third Edition

Chapter Quiz

Select the best answer for each question. After completing the quiz, check your answers using the answer key in the appendix

1. If you don't specify the LIBRARY= option, your formats are stored in Work.Formats, and they exist ...

   1. only for the current procedure.
   2. only for the current DATA step.
   3. only for the current SAS session.
   4. permanently.
2. Which of the following statements will store your formats in a permanent catalog?

   1. libname library 'c:\sas\formats\lib'; 
      proc format lib=library 
         ...;
      

   2. libname library 'c:\sas\formats\lib'; 
      format lib=library 
         ...;
      

   3. library='c:\sas\formats\lib'; 
      proc format library 
         ...;
      

   4. library='c:\sas\formats\lib';  
      proc library 
         ...;
      

3. When creating a format ...