Differences between the Workbook and Certification Exam
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The workbook scenarios ask you to answer questions about the results from your performance-based projects. You compare your answers with the answer key to determine whether you solved the problem correctly.
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By contrast, the certification exam requires you to use a scoring macro to assess your work. The macro investigates the results of your project to determine whether you solved the problem correctly. It looks at parameters and the content of any output data set, as well as values of macro variables that are stored in the symbol tables. The macro also investigates the code that you wrote.The scoring macro returns a 3-digit value to the SAS log. You record this 3-digit value as your answer to each project to determine your score. These are broad checks, so there is still a significant amount of freedom in your chosen coding solution. For example, in the SQL topic, the macro is checking to see whether an SQL procedure was used to create the output data set rather than a DATA step.
Note: To prepare for the exam,
you might want to take the practice exam. Practice exams are available
for purchase through SAS and Pearson VUE. For more information about
practice exams, see https://www.sas.com/certification/sas-practice-exams.html. When working through the practice exam, be sure to use
the techniques that are specified in the instructions. Otherwise,
you will not get an accurate representation of the live certification
exam.
Last updated: October 16, 2019
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