SAS Platform Administration for SAS®9 — Information & Free Practice
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SAS Platform Administration for SAS®9
- Provider
- SAS and Pearson VUE
- Format
- Multiple-choice
- Exam questions
- Total questions: 65.
- Time limit
- 110 minutes
- Passing score
- 66 percent correct
- Exam fee
- USD 180 standard exam fee
Examination outline
Managing the SAS Environment (15%)
- Secure a SAS platform configuration
- Update SAS Software
- Work with the SAS Metadata Server
- Promote metadata and associated content
Monitoring, Logging, and Troubleshooting SAS Servers (15%)
- Monitor SAS servers
- Administer SAS server logging and modify logging configurations
- Troubleshoot basic SAS server issues such as server availability
- Identify the properties and functionality of SAS servers
Backing Up the SAS Environment (8%)
- Backup and restore the SAS environment
- Backup and restore Metadata
Administering Users (22%)
- Manage connection profiles
- Register users and groups in the metadata
- Determine when to store passwords in the metadata
- Give users access to processing servers and data servers
- Identify SAS server authentication mechanisms
Administering Data Access (20%)
- Register libraries and tables in the metadata
- Update table metadata
- Pre-assign a library
- Troubleshoot data access problems
- Use the metadata LIBNAME engine
Managing Metadata Authorization (20%)
- Identify how the metadata authorization layer interacts with other security layers
- Identify where, how, and to whom metadata permissions are assigned
- Determine the outcome of metadata authorization decisions
- Use metadata permissions to secure metadata
- Create and use Access Control Templates
Examination sources
- SAS Platform Administrator credential page
Exam Content, Exam guide link to platform-admin.pdf
- SAS Platform Administration for SAS 9 Exam Content Guide
p. 1, exam title and Managing the SAS Environment
- SAS Platform Administration for SAS 9 Exam Content Guide
pp. 1–2, Monitoring, Logging, and Troubleshooting SAS Servers
- SAS Platform Administration for SAS 9 Exam Content Guide
p. 2, Backing Up the SAS Environment
- SAS Platform Administration for SAS 9 Exam Content Guide
p. 2, Administering Users
- SAS Platform Administration for SAS 9 Exam Content Guide
p. 3, Administering Data Access
- SAS Platform Administration for SAS 9 Exam Content Guide
p. 3, Managing Metadata Authorization
- SAS Platform Administrator credential page
Exam Details
- Pearson VUE SAS program
Score Report
- SAS Platform Administrator credential page
Exam ID panel and Pricing and Discounts
- SAS Certification Manager
Certification Portal, account and appointment functions
- SAS certification FAQs
Exam Preparation, What are the exams like?
- Pearson VUE SAS program
Cancellation, No-Show Policy, Payments
- SAS certification FAQs
After the Exam, Can I retake my exam?
- SAS Certification Manager
Certify with Confidence, offer period and terms notice
- Pearson Global Retake offer
Terms & Conditions, PROMOTIONAL OFFER DESCRIPTION, full-price first attempt and same-exam retake
- Pearson Global Retake offer
Terms & Conditions, eligibility, first-attempt and retake windows, retake policies and program limit
- Pearson Global Retake offer
Terms & Conditions, SAS exam program geographic exclusion and following general restrictions
Related license preparation
This examination may be required or accepted as an alternative, depending on the license and application pathway.