What is the result of submitting the program below?

The PROC CONTENTS step in SAS is used to display metadata about a SAS dataset, including information such as the names of variables, types of variables (numeric or character), lengths of variables, and other attributes like formats, labels, and indexes. Therefore, the correct answer is:

A) a report showing the descriptor portion of the REVENUE data set

The descriptor portion of a SAS data set contains metadata about the dataset's structure, not the actual data values or any specific information about individual variables beyond their structure and definition in the dataset. Options B, C, and D suggest details that are not part of the dataset's descriptor information as shown by PROC CONTENTS.

References: SAS 9.4 Procedures Guide: Statistical Procedures.