SAS Base Specialist Exam format - Practice Based vs Multiple Choice

premdaniel1 — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 18:01:29 GMT

I just completed the Practice exam for Base Specialist Cert on PearsonVue and am planning to take the real test shortly. My question to those who have completed the A00-231 - the new performance based exam.

Do all the Performance based / project / coding based questions come first and after all the projects are done, then the test moves to the 20+ multiple choice questions? Are are they mixed together in the course of the 125 minute exam.

I am trying to pace myself, so that I have enough time at the end to review all the projects and verify the answers. Please share your experience. I plan to use the Enterprise Guide Interface. Any challenges? gotchas? window sizing issues that I can anticipate.

Re: SAS Base Specialist Exam format - Practice Based vs Multiple Choice

Mark2010 — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 18:56:59 GMT

Allow me to chime in here at the beginning to answer what I can and remind previous candidates of the 'Candidate Agreement' and 'Confidentiality Agreement. at the beginning of the exam. No sharing content, right?

Read through this if you haven't seen it:

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Communities-Library/Tips-and-Strategies-for-the-A00-231-SAS-Base-Programming/ta-p/582838

What you experienced in the format of the practice exam is the same that you will experience in the actual exam. Projects are presented first, followed by standard questions.

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SAS Base Specialist Exam format - Practice Based vs Multiple Choice

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