Tips and strategies for the A00-231 SAS Base Programming Performance-Based Certification Exam

[drnayeem]

Hey All! 

Had a quick query in some questions about completing the Syntex there is ambiguity like in the practice test the question was 

Complete the code below to reference a data set named data_in that is contained in the library cert. You must use the macro variable defined in the program in place of the data set name.

%let dsref= cert.data_in;

libname cert "C:\workshop\cert";

data work.data_out;

   set Answer

_____

;

run;

The correct answer is "&dsref" within quotes but it's marked as a wrong answer the the correct answer is &dsref without quotes .

So my question is do we include the quote and parenthesis in the answer or we don't ?

[Mark2010]

The question is correct as it is .

If quotes were included in the answer, then the substitution of the macro variable into the SAS code would make the set statement look like:

set "cert.data_in";

which would cause a error in the log. Please try it for yourself and see.