Microsoft Certification (PL-300) Practice Test 8

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Q1. Consider the Power BI model shown in the picture.

Power BI data model visual hierarchy illustrating product categories and SKUs. The Product Table has a relationship to the Product Category Table on the SKU column.
Here, you can check a sample of data inside the tables:
Product Table:
SKU: HD-001, Product: GymSmartwatch, Color: Blue
SKU: HD-002, Product: XSound Headphones, Color: Black
SKU: HD-003, Product: Laptop Pro 2000, Color: Green
Product Category Table:
SKU: HD-001, Category: Smartwatch
SKU: HD-002, Category: Headphone
SKU: HD-003, Category: Computer
You need to use in your Power BI report a Hierarchy that shows two levels: product and category.
Solution: Create a DAX expression that uses CONCATENATEX function between the Product column and the Category column.
Does this solution meet the goal?

Select 1 option(s):

YES

Q2. Your database contains the tables shown in the picture:

Microsoft Power BI practice test table displaying data columns and names

You plan to create a chart that displays total Enrollments[Total Paid] by Course[Name]. Before creating the visualization, you need to modify the model.
Which action should you perform? There are two right options.

Select 1 option(s):

Create a relationship between the Enrollments table and the Courses table. Then, to the Enrollments table, add a column that uses the RELATED('Courses'[Course ID]) DAX formula.

To the Enrollments table, add a measure that uses the COUNTX('Enrollments'[Total Paid]) DAX formula.

To the Enrollments table, add a measure that uses the COUNTA('Enrollments'[Enrollment ID]) DAX formula.

Q3. Suppose you have a Power BI model based on the following two tables:

– Enrollments (columns name: Enrollments_ID, Enrollments_amount, DateID)
– Date (columns name: DateID, Date, Month, Week, Year)
There is an active relationship between Enrollments and Date.
You want to create a measure to calculate the Enrollments for the same period from the previous year.
Select the right DAX formula.

Select 1 option(s):

SUM(Enrollments[Enrollments_amount]) / CALCULATE(SUM(Enrollments[Enrollments_amount]), SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('Date'[Date]))

SUM(Enrollments[Enrollments_amount]) - CALCULATE(Enrollments[Enrollments_amount]), DATESYID('Date'[Date]))

CALCULATE(SUM(Enrollments[Enrollments_amount]), SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('Date'[Date]))

CALCULATEx(SUM(Enrollments[Enrollments_amount]), DATEADD('Date'[Date], -1, YEAR))

Q4. Consider the following two tables:

– Sales (columns: SalesID, OrderDate, Salesman)
– Date (columns: Date, Month, Week, Year)
There is a relationship between Sales[OrderDate] and Date[Date].
Suppose you want to create a goal for the number of sales made in the current year and set it as 10% higher than the number of sales made in the previous year.
Select the proper order of the DAX functions to complete correctly the following formula:
Power BI data visualization illustrating goal value and sales metrics.

Select 1 option(s):

CALCULATE - COUNT - PREVIOUSYEAR

COUNTX - FORMAT - DATEADD

CALCULATE - SUMX - PREVIOUSYEAR

COUNT - CALCULATE - SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR

Q5. You plan to create a DAX formula to filter the total enrollments of the 2019 year.

How should you complete the formula shown in the picture, in order to effectively use it apart from the other date filter set on the report page?
Microsoft Power BI DAX formula example for calculating enrollments by year.

Select 1 option(s):

ALL.

FORMAT.

VALUES.

ALLEXCEPT.

Q6. Your database contains the tables shown in the picture:

Microsoft Power BI data model diagram illustrating tables and columns for certification practice test. Check the information stored in the following columns:
– Date[Month] in the mmyyyy format
– Date[Date_ID] in the ddmmyyyy format
– Date[Date_name] in the mm/dd/yyyy format
– Monthly Drop out[Month_ID] in the mmyyyy format
The only relationship is between the Course table and the Monthly Drop Out table by the Course ID Column.
After you have imported the database in PowerBI, you need to calculate the number of enrollments.
Which option meets the goal?

Select 1 option(s):

Create a calculated measure that uses the SUMX(Enrollment ID DAX formula.

Create a calculated column that uses the SUM(Enrollment ID) DAX formula.

Create a calculated measure that uses the COUNTA(Enrollment ID) DAX formula.

Create a calculated column that uses the COUNTA(Enrollment ID) DAX formula.

Q7. You plan to create a measure named YTDPreviousEnrollments that will be used in a table visualization. YTDPreviousEnrollments must show the year-to-date (YTD) enrollment amount of the previous year for the same month.

Check the picture for a sample of the desired data:
Power BI data table illustrating enrollments and year-over-year comparisons for SynergisticIT training.

Select the proper order of DAX formula targets that calculate the YTDPreviousEnrollments.
Microsoft Power BI practice test interface with multiple-choice questions for certification.

Select 1 option(s):

CALCULATE - TOTALYTD

CALCULATE - DATEADD

CALENDAR - DATEADD

FILTER - DATEDIFF

Q8. Consider the table named Enrollments shown in the picture:

Power BI data table showing enrollments by year for SynergisticIT training programs.

You need to create the following measure:
Total Enrollments This Year = SUM([Enrollments])
Suppose you want to compare the current yearly enrollments to the previous year by another measure.
Complete the following DAX formula with the right targets:

Select 1 option(s):

SUMX - PREVIOUSYEAR

DATEADD - CALCULATE

CALCULATE- DATEADD

CALCULATE - SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR

Q9. You have a Power BI model for sales data. You create a measure to calculate the year-to-date sales. You need to compare the year-to-date sales with the previous year for the same time period.

Which DAX function should you use?

Select 1 option(s):

DATEADD

ENDOFYEAR

TOTALYTD

DATESYTD

Q10. Suppose you have a Power BI model based on the following two tables:

– Enrollments (columns: Enrollments_ID, Enrollments_date, Enrollments_amount, CourseID)
– Courses (columns: CourseID, Course_name)
There is an active relationship between Enrollments and Courses.
You want to create a measure to rank the courses based on their total enrollment amount.
Select the right DAX formula.

Select 1 option(s):

RANK(ALL('Courses' [Course_ID]), SUMX(RELATEDTABLE(Enrollments), [Enrollments_amount]))

RANKX(ALL(Enrollments), SUMX(RELATEDTABLE(Courses), [Enrollments_amount]))

RANKX(ALL(Courses), SUMX(RELATEDTABLE(Enrollments), [Enrollments_amount]))

TOPN(ALL('Courses' [Course_ID]), SUMX(RELATEDTABLE(Sales), [Enrollments_amount]))

Q11. You plan to join a fact table named ActivityLog to a date table dimension named ActivityDate.

The date value in ActivityLog is a DateTime column named ActivityStart. The date value in ActivityDate is a number column named DateID. DateID is in the YYYYMMDD format.
What should you do in the model before you create the relationship?

Select 1 option(s):

Change the Data Type of ActivityStart to Date.

Create a measure in ActivityLog that uses the FORMAT DAX function.

Create a calculated column in ActivityLog that uses the FORMAT DAX function.

Change the Data Type of DateID to Date.

Q12. You have a Power BI model that contains two tables named Enrollments and Date. Enrollments table contains three columns named EnrollmentsAmount, EnrollmentDate and EnrollmentID. You want to create a measure to sum the last 12 months of enrollments.

Note: you have to start from the last date an enrollment was made and reject any filters set on the report.
Select the proper order of the DAX functions to complete correctly the following formula:
DAX formula example for Power BI certification practice test.
Select 1 option(s):

ALLEXCEPT - DATEADD

CALCULATE - DATESYTD

DATEADD - LASTNONBLANK

CALCULATE - DATEADD

Q13. You want to see the sum of the Sales[SalesAmount] for the Contoso brand by creating a new Quick Measure.

How you are supposed to set the following fields?
Microsoft Power BI calculation interface with fields and filter options for data analysis practice test.

Select 1 option(s):

Calculation: Running totals, Base Value: Count of Sales Amount, Field: Contoso, Direction: Ascending

Calculation: Filtered Value, Base Value: Count of Sales Amount, Filter: BrandName, Select a value: Contoso

Calculation: Running totals, Base Value: Sum of Sales Amount, Field: Contoso, Direction: Ascending

Calculation: Filtered Value, Base Value: Sum of Sales Amount, Filter: BrandName, Select a value: Contoso

Q14. Consider the following scenario:

Microsoft Power BI data model table schema illustrating customer and course data.

You need to create a relationship between the Monthly Drop out table and Date[Date ID].
What should you do before you create the relationship?

Select 1 option(s):

In the Monthly Drop Out table, create a new calculated column named Date_ID that uses the ddmmyyyy format.

In the Date table, create a new calculated column named Month_ID that uses the yyyydd format.

To the Date table, add a calculated column that uses the RELATED(Monthly Drop Out[Month_ID]) DAX formula

To the Order table, add a calculated column that uses the RELATED(Monthly Drop Out[Month_ID]) DAX formula.

Q15. Consider the table shown in the picture:

Microsoft Power BI practice test table displaying column names and data fields.

– Monthly Appointments[Month] is in the mmyyyy format;
– Monthly Appointments[Date_name] is in the mm/dd/yyyy format.
You plan to display the month as the following ‘jan2017’.
To meet the goal, you must add a calculated column. Select the proper order of the DAX functions to complete correctly the following formula:
Microsoft Power BI practice test question illustrating DAX formulas and data modeling concepts.

Select 1 option(s):

CONCATENATEX - MMM

CONCATENATE - MMM

COMBINE - MMM

CONCATENATE - MM

Q16. Consider the tables shown in the picture:

Microsoft Power BI data table schema illustrating DAX formulas and data modeling concepts.

You need to create a new table that displays the top 5 Students by the total of attended courses.
Select the proper order of the DAX functions to complete correctly the following formula:
Power BI practice test interface displaying student enrollment data and values.

Select 1 option(s):

CALCULATE - TOPN

CALCULATE - VALUES

FILTER - RANKX

CALCULATE - RANKX

Q17. Consider the table Product_Sales shown in picture 1:

Power BI data table showing product sales amounts for T-shirts, trousers, coats, and hats.

You need to create a measure to rank total sales by product as shown in picture 2.
Power BI data table showing product sales ranks and amounts for certification practice.

Which of the following DAX formulas should you use?

Select 1 option(s):

RANKX(ALL('Product_Sales'), [SalesAmount],,DESC, Dense)

RANKX([Product], [SalesAmount],,DESC, Dense)

RANKX(ALL('Product_Sales' [Product]), [SalesAmount],,DESC, Skip)

RANKX(ALL('Product_Sales'), [SalesAmount], Asc)

Q18. You want to create a bar chart visualization to show the count of course enrollments by year that have an Enrollments Amount greater than 1,000. You need to create a measure that will be used in the bar chart visualization.

Select the proper order of the DAX functions to complete correctly the following formula:
Microsoft Power BI practice test questions and DAX formulas for certification.

Select 1 option(s):

COUNT - VALUE

COUNTROWS-FILTER

CALCULATE - COUNT

CALCULATE - FILTER

Q19.Consider a PowerBI model with two tables named Enrollments and Date. Enrollments contains five columns named Student ID, TotalPaid, EnrollmentDate, AttendanceDate, and StartingDate. Date Table contains only one column named Date.

The tables have the following relationships:
– Enrollments[EnrollmentDate] and Date[Date]
– Enrollments[AttendanceDate] and Date[Date]
– Enrollments[StartingDate] and Date[Date]
The active relationship is on Enrollments[EnrollmentDate] .You plan to create measures to count both the number of Enrollments by [AttendanceDate] and the Enrollments by [StartingDate].
NOTE: You can’t meet the goal by duplicating data or loading additional data.
Solution: You create measures that use the CALCULATE, COUNT, and USERELATIONSHIP DAX functions.
Does this solution resolve the issue?

Select 1 option(s):

Yes

Q20. Consider you want to add a date table named Date to your Power BI model. That table will contain the following columns: date, year, month and it has to include the following date range:

from 1st January 2018 to 31st December 2019.
Select the right DAX functions that must be included in the formula.

Select 1 option(s):

DATE

CALENDAR, DATE

CALENDAR, YEAR, MONTH

CALENDARAUTO, YEAR, MONTH

Q21. You have a measure that calculates the year-to-date sales. You need to compare the year-to-date sales with the previous year for the same time period.

Select the right DAX function for the second purpose.

Select 1 option(s):

DATESVTD

LASTDATE

SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR

DATEADD

TOTALYTD

PREVIOUSYEAR

Q22. You are creating appointment schedules for your clients. Consider the following data from a query named Appointments:

Power BI data table showing customer schedule for SynergisticIT training.

You need to visualize the data as shown in the following picture by using a matrix visualization:
Microsoft Power BI practice test table displaying employee schedules and data.

Select the proper order of DAX formula targets which allows you to create the measure that will display the checkboxes.

Select 1 option(s):

COUNTX - UPPER

COUNTROWS-UNICHAR

SUM - LOWER

CALCULATE - UNICHAR

Q23. Consider the following sample data:

Microsoft Power BI data table showing dates, days, and months for certification practice test.

You want to create a calculated column to display the date in the following format: January 01, 2020.
Select the right DAX formula.

Select 1 option(s):

FORMAT([Date], "MMM") || FORMAT([Date], "DD") || FORMAT([Date], "YYYY")

FORMAT('Date_Table' [Date], "MMM") || FORMAT('Date_Table' [Date], "DD") || FORMAT('Date_Table' [Date], "YYYY")

FORMAT([Date], "MMMM DD, YYYY")

FORMAT([Date], "M") || FORMAT([Date], "D") || FORMAT([Date], "Y")

Q24. You are modeling data by using Microsoft Power Bl. Part of the data model is a large Microsoft SQL Server table named [Fact Internet Sales] that has more than 500 million records. During the development process, you need to import a sample of the data from the [Fact Internet Sales] table.

Solution: You write a DAX expression that uses the FILTER function.
Does this meet the goal?

Select 1 option(s):

Yes

Q25. You are modeling data by using Microsoft Power Bl. Part of the data model is a large Microsoft SQL Server table named [Fact Internet Sales] that has more than 500 million records. During the development process, you need to import a sample of the data from the [Fact Internet Sales] table.

Solution: You add a report-level filter that filters based on the [Fact Internet Sales] date.
Does this meet the goal?

Select 1 option(s):

Yes

Q26. You have a prospective customer list that contains 1,500 rows of data. The list contains the following fields:

*First name
*Last name
*Email address
*State
*Region
*Phone number
You import the list into Power Query Editor.
You need to ensure that the list contains records for each State to which you want to target a marketing campaign.
Which two actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Select 2 option(s):

Open the Advanced Editor.

Select Column quality.

Enable Column profiling based on entire dataset.

Select Column distribution.

Select Column profile.

Q27. You have the dataset shown below

Microsoft Power BI data table showing city and sales figures for IT skill enhancement practice

You need to ensure that the visual shows only the 5 cities that have the highest sales profit.
What should you do?

Select 1 option(s):

Add a calculated column to the table that uses the TOPN function. In the visual, replace Sales with the calculated column.

Add a calculated column to the table that returns the city name if the city is in the top 5, otherwise the calculated column will return "Not in Top 5". In the visual, replace Sales with the calculated column.

Add a Top N filter to the visual.

Configure the Sales measure to use the RANKX function.

Q28. DRAG DROP –

You are creating a dataset from a JSON file that contains an array of documents.
You need to import attributes as columns from all the documents in the JSON file. The solution must ensure that date attributes can be used as date hierarchies in Microsoft Power BI reports.
Which three actions should you perform in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.
Microsoft Power BI practice test interface showing data transformation options and answer area.

Select 1 option(s):

1. Expand the records 2. Add columns that use data type conversion 3. Convert the list to table

1. Convert the list to table 2. Expand the records 3. Set the data types

1. Expands the Columns 2. Expand the records 3. Set the data types

1. Convert list to Table 2. Expand Column 3. Set Date type

1. Expand the records 2. Convert the list to table 3. Expands the Columns

Q29. You are creating an analytics report that will consume data from the tables shown in the following table.

Power BI data table schema illustrating sales and employee data types.

There is a relationship between the tables. There are no reporting requirements on [emp_id] and [employee_photo]. You need to optimize the data model. What should you configure for [emp_id] and [employee_photo] column?
Microsoft Power BI practice test interface showing data management options.

Select 1 option(s):

Box 1. emp_id : delete Box 2. employee_photo : delete

Box 1. emp_id : hide Box 2. employee_photo : delete

Box 1. emp_id : hide Box 2. employee_photo : hide

Box 1. emp_id : delete Box 2. employee_photo : hide

Q30. You have the visual shown below

Microsoft Power BI visualization of sales amounts and total product cost by EnglishProductSubcategoryName and Year.

You need to show the relationship between [Sales Amount] , [Total Product cost] By [category name] and [year].
What should you do?

Select 1 option(s):

Add a slicer for the year

From the Analytics pane, add an median line

Create a DAX measure that calculates YTD growth

Add a play axis for Scatter plot visual

Q31. You have two Azure SQL databases that contain the same tables and columns. For each database, you create a query that retrieves data from a table named Customers. You need to combine the Customer tables into a single table. The solution must minimize the size of the data model and support the scheduled refresh in powerbi.com.

What should you do?
Microsoft Power BI interface showing options for combining customer tables and appending queries.

Microsoft Power BI practice test question about DAX formulas and data modeling.

Select 1 option(s):

Box 1: Merge queries Box 2: Disable including the query in report refresh

Box 1: Append queries Box 2: Disable including the query in report refresh

Box 1: Append queries as New Box 2: Disable including the query in report refresh

Box 1: Append queries as New Box 2: Disable loading the query to the data model

Box 1: Merge queries as New Box 2: Disable loading the query to the data model

Q32. You need to configure the visual as shown below

Power BI sales chart illustrating data analysis and performance optimization.

What will you add to the visual?

Select 1 option(s):

a measure

a trendline

a forecast

an Average line

Q33. You have an Azure SQL database that contains sales transactions. The database is updated frequently. You need to generate reports from the data to detect fraudulent transactions. The data must be visible within ten minutes of an update. How should you configure the data connection?

Select 1 option(s):

Set Data Connectivity mode to Import.

Set the Command timeout in minutes setting.

Add a SQL statement.

Set Data Connectivity mode to Direct Query

Q34. You have a large dataset that contains more than 10 million rows. The table has a DateTime column named Date. You need to reduce the size of the data model. What should you do?

Select 1 option(s):

Trim the Date column

Split the Date column into two columns, one that contains only the time and another that contains only the date.

Round the hour of the Date column to start of Hour.

Change the data type of the Date column to Text

Q35. Your company has employees in 50 states. The company recently decided to associate each state to one of the following three regions: East, West, and South. You have a data model that contains employee information by state.

The model does NOT include region information. You have a report that shows the employees by state.
You need to view the employees by region as quickly as possible.
What should you do?

Select 1 option(s):

Create a new aggregation that summarizes by state.

Create a new group on the state column and set the Group type to List

Create a new group on the state column and set the Group type to Bin

Q36. You have a line chart that shows the number of employees in a department over time. You need to see the total salary costs of the employees when you hover over a data point.

Select 1 option(s):

Add a salary to the tooltips.

Add salary to the drillthrough fields.

Add a salary to the visual filters.

Q37. You open a query in Power Query Editor. You need to identify the percentage of empty values in each column as quickly as possible. Which Data Preview option should you select?

Select 1 option(s):

Column quality

Column profile

Column distribution

Show whitespace

Q38. You have a table that contains sales data and approximately 1,500 rows. You need to identify outliers in the table. Which type of visualization should you use?

Select 1 option(s):

area chart

donut chart

scatter plot

pie chart

Q39. You create the following step by using Power Query Editor = Table.ReplaceValue(SalesLT_Address,”1318″,”1319″,Replacer.ReplaceText,{“AddressLine1”}) A row has a value of 21318 Lasalle Street in the AddressLine1 column. What will the value be when the step is applied?

Select 1 option(s):

1319

21319 Lasalle Street

1318

21318 Lasalle Street

Q40. What is the benefit of using a report tooltip?

Select 1 option(s):

To give users additional information about a report visual, such as the author name and modified date

To provide additional detail that is specific to the context of the data that is being hovered over.

To give users the ability to export data from the visual.

Q41. You have a CSV file that contains user complaints. The file contains a column named Logged. Logged contains the date and time each complaint occurred. The data in Logged is in the following format: 2019-12-31 at 09:59. You need to be able to analyze the complaints by the logged date and use a built-in date hierarchy.

What should you do?

Select 1 option(s):

Change the data type of the Logged column to Date

Apply a transform to extract the last 11 characters of the Logged column and set the data type of the new column to Date.

Create a column by example that starts with 2019-12-31 and set the data type of the new column to Date

Use Split by delimiter option to split date and time by providing “at” delimiter.

Q42. You have a Microsoft Power Bl report. The size of the PBIX file is 1024 MB. The report is accessed by using an App workspace is a shared capacity of powerbi.com. The report uses an imported dataset that contains one fact table. The fact table contains 12 million rows. The dataset is scheduled to refresh twice a day at 09:00 and 18:00. The report is a single page that contains 15 custom visuals and 10 default visuals. Users say that the report is slow to load the visuals when they access and interact with the report You need to recommend a solution to improve the performance of the report. What should you recommend?

Select 1 option(s):

Split the visuals onto multiple pages.

Replace the default visuals with custom visuals

Increase the number of times that the dataset is refreshed.

Remove the unused column from the model

Q43. You need to create a visualization that compares revenue and cost over time. Which type of visualization should you use?

Select 1 option(s):

stacked area chart

donut chart

line chart

waterfall chart

Q44. You are developing a report page. Some users will navigate the report by using a keyboard, and some users will consume the report by using a screen reader. You need to ensure that the users can consume the content on a report page in a logical order.

What should you configure in Microsoft Power BI Desktop?

Select 1 option(s):

the tab order

the layer order

the bookmark order

the X position

Q45. What does the decomposition tree not enable you to do?

Select 1 option(s):

Conduct root cause analysis to understand a measure better.

Conduct what-if analysis with built-in parameters.

Automatically analyze selected dimensions to find where a measure is highest or lowest.

Q46. You have a report that contains a bar chart and a column chart. The bar chart shows customer count by customer segment. The column chart shows sales by month. You need to ensure that when a segment is selected in the bar chart, you see which portion of the total sales for the month belongs to the customer segment.

How should the visual interactions be set on the column chart when the bar chart is selected?

Select 1 option(s):

filter

Highlight

No impact

Q47. Where can you configure and set data alerts?

Select 1 option(s):

Data alerts can be set only in Power BI service on specific visuals such as KPI cards, gauges, and cards.

Data alerts can be set only in Power BI desktop on specific visuals such as KPI cards, gauges, and cards.

Data alerts can be set only in Power BI desktop and Power BI service on specific visuals such as KPI cards, gauges, and cards.

Q48. Your company has training videos that are published to Microsoft Stream. You need to surface the videos directly in a Microsoft Power BI dashboard. Which type of tile should you add?

Select 1 option(s):

Video

custom streaming data

text box

web content

Q49. Is it possible to create a relationship between two columns if they are different DATA TYPE columns?

Select 1 option(s):

Yes

Q50. You have a custom connector that returns ID, From, To, Subject, Body, and Has Attachments for every email sent during the past year. More than 10 million records are returned. You build a report analyzing the internal networks of employees based on whom they send emails. You need to prevent report recipients from reading the analyzed emails. The solution must minimize the model size.

What should you do?

Select 1 option(s):

Implement row-level security (RLS) so that the report recipients can only see results based on the emails they sent.

Remove the Subject and Body columns during the import.

From Model view, set the Subject and Body columns to Hidden.

Q51. You have sales data in a star schema that contains four tables named Sales, Customer, Date, and Product. The Sales table contains purchase and ship dates. Most often, you will use the purchase date to analyze the data, but you will analyze the data by both dates independently and together.

You need to design an imported dataset to support the analysis. The solution must minimize the model size and the number of queries against the data source.
Which data modeling design should you use?

Select 1 option(s):

On the Date table, use a reference query in Power Query and create active relationships between Sales and both Date tables in the modeling view.

Duplicate the Date query in Power Query and use active relationships between both Date tables.

Use the Auto Date/Time functionality in Microsoft Power BI and do NOT import the Date table.

Create an active relationship between Sales and Date for the purchase date and an inactive relationship for the ship date.

Q52. You are creating a visual to show the ranking of product categories by sales revenue. Your company’s security policy states that you cannot send data outside of your Microsoft Power Bl tenant Which approach provides the widest variety of visuals while adhering to the security policy?

Select 1 option(s):

Use default or any custom visuals from the marketplace.

Use default or certified custom visuals.

Use default visuals or custom visuals uploaded from a .pbiviz file.

Use only default visuals

Q53. You have a clustered bar chart that contains a measure named Salary as the value and a field named Employee as the axis. Salary is present in the data as a numerical amount representing US dollars.

You need to create a reference line to show which employees are above the median salary.
Solution: You create an average line by using the Salary measure.
Does this meet the goal?

Select 1 option(s):

Yes

Q54. You have a clustered bar chart that contains a measure named Salary as the value and a field named Employee as the axis. Salary is present in the data as a numerical amount representing US dollars.

You need to create a reference line to show which employees are above the median salary.
Solution: You create a percentile line by using the Salary measure and set the percentile to 50%.
Does this meet the goal?

Select 1 option(s):

Yes

Q55. You have a clustered bar chart that contains a measure named Salary as the value and a field named Employee as the axis. Salary is present in the data as a numerical amount representing US dollars.

You need to create a reference line to show which employees are above the median salary.
Solution: You create a constant line and set the value to .5.
Does this meet the goal?

Select 1 option(s):

Yes

Q56. What visual should be used to display outliers?

Select 1 option(s):

line chart

scatter chart

clustered column chart

Q57. You are modeling data by using Microsoft Power Bl. Part of the data model is a large Microsoft SQL Server table named [Fact Internet Sales] that has more than 500 million records. During the development process, you need to import a sample of the data from the [Fact Internet Sales] table.

Solution: You add a WHERE clause to the SQL statement.
Does this meet the goal?

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Yes

Q58. What can be achieved by removing unnecessary rows and columns?

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Deleting unnecessary rows and columns will reduce a dataset size and its good practice to load only necessary data into your data model.

It is not necessary deleting unnecessary rows and columns and it is a good practice to keep all metadata intact.

Deleting unnecessary rows and columns can damage the structure of the data model.

Q59. If you have two queries that have different data, but you want to concatenate the results into one query with all the combined rows. Which operation should you perform?

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Append

Merge

Combine columns

Q60. You’re creating a Power BI report with data from an Azure Analysis Services Cube. When the data refreshes in the cube, you would like to see it immediately in the Power BI report. How should you connect?

Select 1 option(s):

Import

Connect Live

Direct query

Q61. Your company plans to completely separate development and production assets such as datasets, reports, and dashboards in Microsoft Power Bl. You need to recommend an application lifecycle strategy. The solution must minimize maintenance to update access and prevent end-users from viewing the development assets.

What should you recommend?

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Create one workspace for development. From the workspace, publish an app for production

Create separate workspaces for development and production. Grant the end users access to the production workspace.

In the same workspace, create separate copies of the assets and append DEV to the names of the copied assets. Grant the end users access to the workspace

Create production reports in a separate workspace that uses a shared dataset from the development workspace. Grant the end users access to the production workspace

Q62. You have a data model that contains many complex DAX expressions. The expressions contain frequent references to the RELATED and RELATEDTABLE functions. You need to recommend a solution to minimize the use of the RELATED and RELATEDTABLE functions. What should you recommend?

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Split the model into multiple models

Hide unused columns in the model

Merge tables by using Power Query.

Transpose

Q63. You have the following three versions of an Azure SQL database:

* Test
* Production
* Development
You have a dataset that uses the development database as a data source. You need to configure the dataset so that you can easily change the data source between the development, test, and production database servers from powerbi.com.
What will you do?

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Create a parameter and update the queries to use the parameter

Create a query for each database server and hide the development tables.

Set the data source privacy level to Organizational and use the ReplaceValue Power Query M function.

Create a JSON file that contains the database server names. Import the JSON file to the dataset

Q64. You need to create a visualization that compares revenue and cost over time. Which type of visualization should you use?

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waterfall chart

stacked area chart

line chart

pi chart

Q65. You have worked hard to create a clean dataset of all your companys customer details, including address and geocode. The Senior Director in your division has asked that all people within your company are aware of the high-quality, authoritative customer dataset that meets all the companys standards.

How can you achieve this goal?

Select 1 option(s):

Select Promote content

Ask authorized reviewers to Certify your content

Select Featured content on home

Create a new workspace with the high-quality data and add the entire company as members