Free A00-232 - SAS Certified Specialist: Advanced Programming Using SAS 9.4 Exam Questions and Answers

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1. Question #1

   According to The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing, which of the following should the internal audit team evaluate in its assessment of the risk management process?

   • A. The organization s fraud risk management initiatives
   • B. The materiality of the organization s financial statements
   • C. The management team's assessment of the internal controls over financial reporting
   • D. The organization s risk exposures relating to the sale of assets
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2. Question #2

   Which of the following is NOT an effective way to help prevent fraud through the organization's performance measurement and management programs?

   • A. Evaluating employee performance based solely on productivity and profit
   • B. Providing regular training to ensure that all employees are sufficiently prepared to perform their tasks
   • C. Establishing well-defined job descriptions to facilitate performance evaluations
   • D. Tying employee compensation to reasonable organizational performance goals
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3. Question #3

   According to behaviorists such as B F Skinner, which of the following scenarios is mostly likely to occur when an undesired behavior is punished?

   • A. The behavior will be permanently suppressed
   • B. The behavior will not be affected by the punishment
   • C. The behavior will occur more frequently.
   • D. The behavior will return when punishment ceases
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4. Question #4

   According to the 2018 Report to the Nations, which of the following is the most common method by which frauds are detected?

   • A. Internal audit
   • B. Tips
   • C. Confession
   • D. External audit
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5. Question #5

   Which of the following is FALSE regarding fraud examiners responsibilities under the ACFE Code of Professional Ethics?

   • A. In determining what information to include in a fraud examination report, fraud examiners should try to decide what users will consider important and material
   • B. If fraud examiners become aware of a situation that might appear to others as though they have a conflict of interest they should immediately disclose the
   • C. Confidential information provided to fraud examiners by their clients is considered privileged and therefore legally exempt from disclosure in all circumstances
   • D. Fraud examiners must obtain and document evidence in a manner that ensures that the chain of custody is preserved
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6. Question #6

   Which of the following statements is FALSE?

   • A. Most experts agree that it is harder to detect frauds than to prevent them
   • B. Conducting covert audits is among the most effective fraud prevention methods
   • C. Educating employees about company hotlines and reporting programs increases their perception of detection
   • D. Controls do little good in preventing theft and fraud if those at risk do not know of their presence
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7. Question #7

   How can you accomplish looping through the value of a variable in SAS?

   • A. Using a DO loop
   • B. Using a SELECT statement
   • C. Using an IF statement
   • D. Using a SET statement
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8. Question #8

   How can you save SAS output as an HTML file?

   • A. PROC REPORT
   • B. DATA STEP
   • C. Using ODS HTML
   • D. PROC PRINT
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9. Question #9

   How do you create a permanent dataset in a specific library?

   • A. data lib.dataset;
   • B. data mydata;
   • C. data dataset; in lib;
   • D. create dataset lib.dataset;
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10. Question #10

    What is the default behavior of SAS regarding variable names?

    • A. They can not be longer than 8 characters
    • B. They must start with a letter or underscore
    • C. They must start with a number
    • D. They are case-sensitive
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