SASInstitute SAS Viya Intermediate Programming - A00-420 Exam Questions [2026]

QUESTION NO: 1
Which CAS action is used to sort data based on one or more variables?

A. SORT B. ORDER C. ARRANGE D. ORGANIZE

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 2
Which CAS-enabled procedure is used for descriptive statistics and data summarization?

A. PROC MEANS B. PROC SQL C. PROC FREQ D. PROC GLM

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 3
Which programming language is primarily used in SAS Viya?

A. SAS B. R C. Java D. Python

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 4
Which CAS action is used to load data from an external file into a CAS table?

A. cas.load B. cas.fetch C. cas.upload D. cas.import

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 5
Which CAS server component distributes data and code for processing?

A. the CAS Compute Server B. the CAS Controller C. the CAS Worker D. the CAS Administration Server

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 6
Which CAS action is used to retrieve a subset of rows and columns from a CAS table?

A. cas.filter B. cas.fetch C. cas.sample D. cas.select

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 7
Given the following array: x= {"May", "August", "September"};
What is the correct reference to the element containing the value May?

A. x.get(1) B. x.get(0) C. x[1] D. x[0]

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 8
What is the purpose of the VALUE statement in PROC FORMAT?

A. To specify the format name and type B. To define the range of values for a format C. To define the appearance of formatted values D. To assign a format to a variable

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 9
What is the syntax for submitting a SAS Viya program in SAS Studio?

A. EXECUTE; B. SUBMIT; C. PROCESS; D. RUN;

Correct Answer: B