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A00-220 Certification Summary

Exam Name SAS Big Data Preparation, Statistics, and

Visual Exploration

Exam Code A00-220

Exam Duration 110 minutes

Exam Questions 55 to 60 Multiple choice questions

Passing Score 67%

Exam Price $180 (USD)

Training 1. SAS Academy for Data Science: Big

Data

2. Statistics 1: Introduction to ANOVA,

Regression, and Logistic Regression
3. SAS Visual Analytics: Fast Track
4. DataFlux Data Management Studio:
Essentials
5. DataFlux Data Management Studio:
Customize the Quality Knowledge
Base (QKB)

Exam Registration Pearson VUE

Sample Questions SAS Big Data Professional Certification

Sample Question

Practice Exam SAS Big Data Professional Certification

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Practice Exam

The ideal certification for those relatively new to SAS Big Data Preparation,
Statistics, and Visual Exploration or new to SAS certification.
Successful candidates should have experience in programming and data
management using SAS 9 and should be able to
import and export raw data files
manipulate and transform data
combine SAS data sets
create basic detail and summary reports using SAS procedures
identify and correct data, syntax and programming logic errors.

SAS Big Data Preparation, Statistics, and Visual

Exploration Certification A00-220 Exam
Syllabus:

Objective Details (SAS Big Data Professional

Certification A00-220 Certification
Questions)

Data Management - 50% Navigate within the Data Management

Studio Interface
Register a new QKB
Create and connect to a repository
Define a data connection
Specify Data Management Studio
options
Access the QKB
Create a name value macro pair
Access the business rules manager
Access the appropriate monitoring
report
Attach and detach primary tabs
Create, design and be able to explore
data explorations and interpret results
Define and create data collections
from exploration results
Create and explore a data profile
Create a data profile from different
sources (text file, filtered table, SQL

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query)
Interpret results (frequency
distribution & pattern)
Use collections from profile results
Design data standardization schemes
Build a scheme from profile results
Build a scheme manually
Update existing schemes
Create Data Jobs
Rename output fields
Add nodes and preview nodes
Run a data job
View a log and settings
Work with data job settings and data
job displays
Best practices (how do you ensure
that you are following a particular best
practice): examples: insert notes,
establish naming conventions
Work with branching
Join tables
Apply the Field layout node to control
field order
Work with the Data Validation node:
Add it to the job flow
Specify properties/review properties
Edit settings for the Data Validation
node
Work with data inputs
Work with data outputs
Profile data from within data jobs
Interact with the Repository from
within Data Jobs
Determine how data is processed
Data job variables
Set Sorting properties for the Data
Sorting node
Set appropriate advanced properties
options for the Data Sorting Node
Apply a Standardization definition and
scheme
Use a definition
Use a scheme
Be able to determine the differences
between definition and scheme
Explain what happens when you use
both a definition and scheme

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Review and interpret standardization

results
Be able to explain the different steps
involved in the process of
standardization
Apply Parsing definitions
Distinguish between different data
types and their tokens
Review and interpret parsing results
Be able to explain the different steps
involved in the process of parsing
Use parsing definition
Compare and contrast the differences
between identification analysis and
right fielding nodes
Review results
Explain the technique used for
identification (process of the
definition)
Apply the Gender Analysis node to
determine gender
Use gender definition
Interpret results
Explain different techniques for
accomplishing gender analysis
Create an Entity Resolution Job
Use a node in the data job that is the
clustering node and explain why you
would want to use it
Survivorship (surviving record
identification)
Record rules
Field rules
Options for survivorship
Discuss and apply the Cluster Diff
node
Apply Cross-field matching (new
option)
Use the Match Codes Node to select
match definitions for selected fields
Outline the various uses for match
codes (join)
Use the definition
Interpret the results
Match versus match parsed
Explain the process for creating a
match code

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Select sensitivity for a selected match

definition
Apply matching best practices
Define and create business rules
Use Business Rules Manager
Create a new business rule
Name/label rule
Specify type of rule
Define checks
Specify fields
Distinguish between different types of
business rules
Row
Set
Group
Apply business rules
Profile
Execute business rule node
Use of Expression Builder
Apply best practices
Describe the organization, structure
and basic navigation of the QKB
Identify and describe locale levels
(global, language, country)
Navigate the QKB (tab structure, copy
definitions, etc.)
Identify data types and tokens
Be able to articulate when to use the
various components of the QKB
Components include:
Regular expressions
Schemes
Phonetics library
Vocabularies
Grammar
Chop Tables
Define the processing steps and
components used in the different
definition types
Identify/describe the different
definition types
Parsing
Standardization
Match
Identification
Casing
Extraction

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Locale guess
Gender
Patterns

ANOVA and Regression - 30% Verify the assumptions of ANOVA

Explain the central limit theorem and
when it must be applied
Examine the distribution of continuous
variables (histogram, box-whisker,
Q-Q plots)
Describe the effect of skewness on
the normal distribution
Define H0, H1, Type I/II error,
statistical power, p-value
Describe the effect of sample size on
p-value and power
Interpret the results of hypothesis
testing
Interpret histograms and normal
probability charts
Draw conclusions about your data
from histogram, box-whisker, and Q-Q
plots
Identify the kinds of problems may be
present in the data: (biased sample,
outliers, extreme values)
For a given experiment, verify that the
observations are independent
For a given experiment, verify the
errors are normally distributed
Use the UNIVARIATE procedure to
examine residuals
For a given experiment, verify all
groups have equal response variance
Use the HOVTEST option of MEANS
statement in PROC GLM to asses
response variance
Analyze differences between
population means using the GLM and
TTEST procedures
Use the GLM Procedure to perform
ANOVA
CLASS statement
MODEL statement
MEANS statement
OUTPUT statement

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Evaluate the null hypothesis using the

output of the GLM procedure
Interpret the statistical output of the
GLM procedure (variance derived
from MSE, F value, p-value R**2,
Levene's test)
Interpret the graphical output of the
GLM procedure
Use the TTEST Procedure to
compare means
Perform ANOVA post hoc test to
evaluate treatment affect
use the LSMEANS statement in the
GLM or PLM procedure to perform
pairwise comparisons
use PDIFF option of LSMEANS
statement
use ADJUST option of the LSMEANS
statement (TUKEY and DUNNETT)
Interpret diffograms to evaluate
pairwise comparisons
Interpret control plots to evaluate
pairwise comparisons
Compare/Contrast use of pairwise
T-Tests, Tukey and Dunnett
comparison methods
PLM
Detect and analyze interactions
between factors
Use the GLM procedure to produce
reports that will help determine the
significance of the interaction between
factors.
MODEL statement
LSMEANS with SLICE=option (Also
using PROC PLM)
ODS SELECT
Interpret the output of the GLM
procedure to identify interaction
between factors:
p-value
F Value
R Squared
TYPE I SS
TYPE III SS
Fit a multiple linear regression model
using the REG and GLM procedures

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Use the REG procedure to fit a

multiple linear regression model
Use the GLM procedure to fit a
multiple linear regression model
Analyze the output of the REG, PLM,
and GLM procedures for multiple
linear regression models
Interpret REG or GLM procedure
output for a multiple linear regression
model: convert models to algebraic
expressions
Convert models to algebraic
expressions
Identify missing degrees of freedom
Identify variance due to model/error,
and total variance
Calculate a missing F value
Identify variable with largest impact to
model
For output from two models, identify
which model is better
Identify how much of the variation in
the dependent variable is explained
by the model
Conclusions that can be drawn from
REG, GLM, or PLM output: (about H0,
model quality, graphics)
Use the REG or GLMSELECT
procedure to perform model selection
Use the SELECTION option of the
model statement in the GLMSELECT
procedure
Compare the different model selection
methods (STEPWISE, FORWARD,
BACKWARD)
Enable ODS graphics to display
graphs from the REG or GLMSELECT
procedure
Identify best models by examining the
graphical output (fit criterion from the
REG or GLMSELECT procedure)
Assign names to models in the REG
procedure (multiple model
statements)
Assess the validity of a given
regression model through the use of
diagnostic and residual analysis

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Explain the assumptions for linear

regression
From a set of residuals plots, asses
which assumption about the error
terms has been violated
Use REG procedure MODEL
statement options to identify influential
observations (Student Residuals,
Cook's D, DFFITS, DFBETAS)
Explain options for handling influential
observations
Identify colinearity problems by
examining REG procedure output
Use MODEL statement options to
diagnose collinearity problems (VIF,
COLLIN, COLLINOINT)
Perform logistic regression with the
LOGISTIC procedure
Identify experiments that require
analysis via logistic regression
Identify logistic regression
assumptions
logistic regression concepts (log odds,
logit transformation, sigmoidal
relationship between p and X)
Use the LOGISTIC procedure to fit a
binary logistic regression model
(MODEL and CLASS statements)
Optimize model performance through
input selection
Use the LOGISTIC procedure to fit a
multiple logistic regression model
LOGISCTIC procedure
SELECTION=SCORE option
Perform Model Selection
(STEPWISE, FORWARD,
BACKWARD) within the LOGISTIC
procedure
Interpret the output of the LOGISTIC
procedure
Interpret the output from the
LOGISTIC procedure for binary
logistic regression models:
Model Convergence section
Testing Global Null Hypothesis table
Type 3 Analysis of Effects table
Analysis of Maximum Likelihood

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Estimates table
Association of Predicted Probabilities
and Observed Responses

Visual Data Exploration - 20% Examine, modify, and create data

items
Create and use parameterized data
items
Examine data item properties and
measure details
Change data item properties
Create custom sorts
Create distinct counts
Create aggregated measures
Create calculated items
Create hierarchies
Create custom categories
Select and work with data sources
Work with multiple data sources
Change data sources
Refresh data sources
Create, modify, and interpret
automatic chart visualizations in
Visual Analytics Explorer
Identify default visualizations
Identify the properties available in an
automatic chart
Create, modify, and interpret graph
and table visualizations in Visual
Analytics Explorer
Work with list table visualizations
Work with crosstab visualizations
Work with bar chart visualizations
Work with line chart visualizations
Work with scatter plot visualizations
Work with bubble plot visualizations
Work with histogram visualizations
Work with box plot visualizations
Work with heat map visualizations
Work with geo map visualizations
Work with treemap visualizations
Work with correlation matrix
visualizations
Enhance visualizations with analytics
within Visual Analytics Explorer
Add fit lines to visualizations

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Create forecasts
Interpret word clouds
Interact with visualizations and
explorations within Visual Analytics
Explorer
Control appearance of visualizations
within explorations
Add comments to visualizations and
explorations
Use filters on data source and
visualizations
Share explorations
Share visualizations

A00-220 SAS Big Data Professional Certification Questions:

A00-220 SAS Big Data Preparation, Statistics, and Visual Exploration Certification Sample
questions are provided for each exam to illustrate the various question types that may appear.
For some credentials, a practice exam is also available.

SAS A00-220 Sample Questions:

Q1: Which option in the properties of a Clustering node allows you to identify which clustering
condition was satisfied?
Options:
A. Cluster condition field matched
B. Cluster condition met field
C. Condition matched field prefix
D. Cluster condition field count

Q2: A Data Quality Steward creates these items for the Supplier repository:

- A row-based business rule called Monitor for Nulls

- A set-based business rule called Percent of Verified Addresses
- A group-based rule called Low Product Count
- A task based on the row-based, set-based, and group-based rules called Monitor Supplier
Data

Which one of these can the Data Quality Steward apply in an Execute Business Rule node in a
data job?
Options:

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A. group-based rule called Low Product Count

B. row-based business rule called Monitor for Nulls
C. task based on the row-based, set-based, and group-based rules called Monitor Supplier Data
D. set-based business rule called Percent of Verified Addresses

Q3: A financial analyst wants to know whether assets in portfolio A are more risky (have higher
variance) than those in portfolio B. The analyst computes the annual returns (or percent
changes) for assets within each of the two groups and obtains the following output from the
GLM procedure:GLM procedure:

Which conclusion is supported by the output?

Options:

A. The portfolios differ significantly with respect to risk.

B. Assets in portfolio B are significantly more risky than assets in portfolio A.
C. Assets in portfolio A are significantly more risky than assets in portfolio B.
D. The portfolios do not differ significantly with respect to risk.

Q4: A linear model has the following characteristics:

- a dependent variable (y)

- one continuous predictor variables (x1) including a quadratic term (x12)
- one categorical predictor variable (c1 with 3 levels)
- one interaction term (c1 by x1)

Which SAS program fits this model?

Options:
A. proc glm data=SASUSER.MLR;
class c1;
model y = c1 x1 x1*x1 c1*x1 /solution;
run;

B. proc glm data=SASUSER.MLR;

class c1;
model y = c1 x1 x1sq c1byx1 /solution;
run;

C. proc reg data=SASUSER.MLR;

model y = c1 x1 x1sq c1byx1 /solution;

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run;

D. proc reg data=SASUSER.MLR;

model y = c1 x1 x1*x1 c1*x1;
run;

Q5: A sample of data has been clustered and found to contain many multi-row clusters. To
construct a "best" record for each multi-row cluster, you need to select information from other
records within a cluster. Which type of rule allows you to perform this task?
Options:

A. Record rules
B. Clustering rules
C. Field rules
D. Business rules

Q6: How are the Field name analysis and Sample data analysis methods similar?
Options:
A. They both utilize an identification analysis definition from the Quality Knowledge Base.
B. They both require the same match definition from the Quality Knowledge Base.
C. They both require the same identification analysis definition from the Quality Knowledge
Base.
D. They both utilize a match definition from the Quality Knowledge Base.

Q7: How do you access the Data Management Studio Options window?
Options:
A. from the Information riser bar
B. in the app.cfg file in the DataFlux Data Management Studio installation folder
C. from the Administration riser bar
D. from the Tools menu

Q8: In SAS Visual Analytics Explorer, when a date data item is dragged onto an Automatic
Chart visualization either a bar chart or a line chart will be created. What determines the type of
chart created?
Options:
A. The properties associated with the automatic chart determines the type of chart displayed.
B. A line chart is created if the Model property of the data item is set to Discrete, a bar chart is
created if the Model property is set to Continuous.

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C. A bar chart is created if the Model property of the data item is set to Discrete, and a line chart
is created if the Model property is set to Continuous.
D. The format applied to the date data item determines the type of chart displayed.

Q9: Using SAS Visual Analytics Explorer, a content developer would like to examine the
relationship between two measures with high cardinality. Which visualization should the
developer use?
Options
A. Treemap
B. Scatter Plot
C. Scatter Plot Matrix
D. Heat Map

Q10: When selecting variables or effects using SELECTION=BACKWARD in the LOGISTIC

procedure, the business analyst's model selection terminated at Step 3. What happened
between Step 1 and Step 2?
Options:
A. - 2 Log L increased.
B. DF increased.
C. AIC increased.
D. Pr > Chisq increased.

Answers:

Question: 1 Answer: C Question: 2 Answer: B

Question: 3 Answer: A Question: 4 Answer: A
Question: 5 Answer: C Question: 6 Answer: A
Question: 7 Answer: D Question: 8 Answer: C
Question: 9 Answer: D Question: 10 Answer: A

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Registration Options:

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