Quiz User defined formats chapter 7

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Question 1 / 10

If you don't specify a library name, where are formats stored by default and what happens to them ?

Work. formats, and they exist after you close sas

Work. formats, and they vanish after you close sas

Permanently

Only for the current data step

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Question 2 / 10

Which will store your formats in a permanent library?

Libname library 'c : \sasdata\formats\'; proc format lib=library. . ;

Libname library 'c : \sasdata\formats\'; format lib=library;

Library 'c : \sasdata\formats\'; proc format lib=library. . ;

Libname library 'c : \sasdata\formats\'; proc lib=library. . ;

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Question 3 / 10

If you're creating a new format with the value statement, and you're going to format character fields, what's required?

Nothing extra

A dollar sign

Must be two characters long

Can't end with a number

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Question 4 / 10

Which of the following is correct?

Proc format lib=library; value colorfmt; 1='red' 2='green' 3='blue' run;

Proc format lib=library; value colorfmt 1='red' 2='green' 3='blue' run;

Proc format lib=library value colorfmt; 1='red' 2='green' 3='blue' run;

Proc format lib=library; value colorfmt; 1='red'; 2='green'; 3='blue'; run;

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Question 5 / 10

How many characters can be used in a label

200

256

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Question 6 / 10

Which can be used to label missing value in a format?

Low

Miss

Missing

Other

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Question 7 / 10

Which can be used to specify low values in a format?

Low

Medium

High

None

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Question 8 / 10

If you place formats in a data step rather than a proc, what's the difference?

Data steps formats are inside the file permanentely

Proc formats are permanent

In proc format, you replace the data with the formatted data

None of the above

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Question 9 / 10

How are formats actually used in code?

Format jobtitle jobtitle;

Format jobtitle jobtitle. ;

Format jobtitle=jobtitle. ;

Format jobtitle=jobtitle;

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Question 10 / 10

Which keyword can be added to proc format to display all available formats?

Catalog

Listfmt

Fmtcat

Fmtlib

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Quiz User defined formats chapter 7

If you don't specify a library name, where are formats stored by default and what happens to them ?

Which will store your formats in a permanent library?

If you're creating a new format with the value statement, and you're going to format character fields, what's required?

Which of the following is correct?

How many characters can be used in a label

Which can be used to label missing value in a format?

Which can be used to specify low values in a format?

If you place formats in a data step rather than a proc, what's the difference?

How are formats actually used in code?

Which keyword can be added to proc format to display all available formats?

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