A00-250 Online Practice Questions and Answers

Select the method for updating table metadata that provides for the most control over updating features and can be run in batch.

A. Update Metadata option in Data Library Manager in SAS Management Console.

B. Update Library Metadata task in SAS Enterprise Guide.

C. Update Metadata option in SAS Data Integration Studio.

D. METALIB procedure using SAS code.

Which statement is FALSE?

Updating table metadata enables you to:

A. add table metadata for tables that exist in the physical library but have no metadata in the repository.

B. update table definitions to match corresponding physical tables.

C. update table security settings at the metadata and operating system level.

D. delete metadata for table definitions that exist in the metadata repository but do not have a corresponding table in the physical library.

The METALIB procedure enables you to update table metadata. Which method does NOT provide access to the METALIB procedure?

A. SAS Management Console's update metadata feature

B. SAS Enterprise Guide Explorer's library management feature

C. SAS Data Integration Studio's update table metadata feature

D. custom code using PROC METALIB.

A customer's environment has a standard workspace server instantiated by the object spawner. What authentication is required to support this configuration?

A. back-end authentication

B. integrated authentication

C. host authentication

D. internal authentication

Which statement is an advantage of pre-assigned libraries?

A. Libraries are available in stored processes with no additional steps.

B. Metadata security is always applied to pre-assigned libraries.

C. User-written formats are only available to pre-assigned libraries.

D. Maintenance is reduced for the platform administrator.

A platform administrator needs to associate a library with an application server.

What permission level on the application server will the platform administrator need for this task?

A. CM

B. RMLE

C. WM

D. WMM

Identify the repository that holds information about the other repositories in the environment.

A. custom repository

B. foundation repository

C. project repository

D. repository manager

You have used the SAS Management Console to unregister a repository. Which statement is true?

A. The metadata and physical files for the repository are deleted.

B. The metadata for the repository is deleted but the physical files are not affected.

C. The metadata for the repository is not affected but the physical files are deleted.

D. The metadata and physical files for the repository are not affected.

The metadata server is stopped. What will be the result when operating system commands are used to backup the metadata repositories and repository manager?

A. The backup files will be unusable.

B. The backup files will not include metadata configuration files.

C. The backup files should be usable for a restore.

D. The backup files will include metadata configuration files only.

Given the definition: A SAS metadata object that pairs logins with the server definitions where those credentials will correctly authenticate.

What is being defined?

A. authentication domain

B. outbound login

C. cached credential

D. retrieved credential login