Tableau Desktop Specialist Test - 12

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Welcome to your Tableau Desktop Specialist - Test-12

Name

Phone

Q1. What is the minimum number of measures required for Bullet Graphs?

Select 1 option(s):

Q2. When you use an inner join to combine tables, the result is a table that contains all values from both tables.

Select 1 option(s):

TRUE

FALSE

Q3. Which of the following fields would be best used as Measures?

Select 2 option(s):

Sales

Names

Dates

Profit

Geographical data

Q4. The Highlighting action can be disabled for the entire workbook from the toolbar.

Select 1 option(s):

TRUE

FALSE

Q5. What is the maximum number of tables that can be joined?

Select 1 option(s):

128

Q6. Which of the following is the correct description of .twbx file (Packaged Workbook)?

Select 1 option(s):

It contains the workbook without a copy of data sources.

It contains the workbook along with any supporting local file data but not background images.

If the workbook contains connections to enterprise data sources or other non-file-based data sources, such as Microsoft SQL, Oracle, or MySQL, the data must be extracted from the data sources for it to be included in a packaged workbook (.twbx).

It is an extension to .twb file and relies on Microsoft .Net platform.

Q7. Which chart type is not directly supported by Tableau?

Select 1 option(s):

Combination Chart

Pie Chart

Line Chart

Scatter plot

Radar plot

Q8. Is it possible to use a measure in the same view multiple times? (For example, use of Sum(Measure) and AVG(Measure) in the measures simultaneously.)

Select 1 option(s):

Yes

Q9. Which of the following is a Date Part example?

Select 1 option(s):

44470

October

2021

Q4 2021

Q10. When a discrete field is dropped on Color on the Marks card (Marks > Color), Tableau displays a legend with a _______ range of colors.

Select 1 option(s):

Fading

Mixed

Categorical

Continuous

Q11. _______ can be used to create worksheets, dashboards, and stories connecting to data sources which can be files or servers, can not be published to their own server and can be shared locally by .twbx files.

Select 1 option(s):

Tableau Prep

Tableau Server

Tableau myServer

Tableau Desktop

Tableau Public

Q12. For developing an effective dashboard, what is considered the most-viewed spot or the spot where most viewers start scanning web content?

Select 1 option(s):

Top Left

Top Right

Center

Bottom Left

Bottom Right

Q13. The basic block of which chart type is a bin (range of values).

Select 1 option(s):

Bullet

Gantt

Histogram

Frequency plot

Treemaps

Q14. By default, Tableau illustrates time-series data as a _____ plot. Time-series is a measure over time data.

Select 1 option(s):

Stacked Bars

Scatter

Line

Bullet

Q15. Is it feasible to use a URL action on a dashboard object to open a Web Page within a dashboard instead of the system‘s default web browser?

Select 1 option(s):

Yes, we can accomplish this using a plugin.

No, this is not feasible with Tableau right now.

Yes, we can accomplish this using a Web-Page object.

Yes, we can accomplish this using Tableau Public.

Q16. Which of the following are advantages of using Tableau Data Extracts?

Select 3 option(s):

Enhanced performance

Ability to use the data offline

Working with freshest data at all times

Fast to create

Q17. It is possible to change the Geographic Role of a dimension?

Select 1 option(s):

TRUE

FALSE

Q18. In Tableau, how do you format numbers as currency?

Select 1 option(s):

Right-click a measure or axis in the view and select Format. Then in the Format pane, click the Numbers drop-down menu and select Currency (Standard).

Right-click on the data source used in the view and select Format. Then in the Format pane, click the Numbers drop-down menu and select Currency (Standard).

Right-click a dimension in the view and select Format. Then in the Format pane, click the Numbers drop-down menu and select Currency (Standard).

Right-click on the Sheet name and select Format. Then in the Format pane, click the Numbers drop-down menu and select Currency (Standard).

Q19. What is the below entire view referred to as?

Select 1 option(s):

Data pane

Statistics pane

Analytics Pane

Summary pane

Distribution pane

Q20. When working with Excel, text file data, JSON file, .pdf file data, you can utilize _________________ to union files across folders, and worksheets across workbooks. Search is scoped to the selected connection.

Select 1 option(s):

Regex Search

Union Search

Pattern Search

Wildcard Search

Q21. The View Data window displays as much of the data as possible by default, up to ________ rows.

Select 1 option(s):

5000

10000

20000

25000

Q22. What does the following icon do in Tableau?

Select 1 option(s):

Create a Worksheet

Create a Story

Create a Dashboard

Create a Story and Dashboard both

Q23. Tableau can create worksheet-specific filters

Select 1 option(s):

TRUE

FALSE

Q24. Which of the following is the default animation duration when using Tableau Animations?

Select 1 option(s):

0.1s

0.2s

0.3s

0.4s

0.5s

Q25. Assume you have a bar graph. Which of the following happens when we group by labels in a view?

Select 1 option(s):

The view remains unchanged, but a new group is generated in the Dimensions shelf.

The colors of the members selected are now the same, while the remainder of the members‘ colors is now different.

It‘s a trick question! It is not possible to group by labels.

A new mark (bar) is created, which consolidates all members of the group.

Q26. According to Tableaus Order of Operations, which of the following filters is applied FIRST?

Select 1 option(s):

Dimension Filter

Measure Filter

Context Filter

Extract Filter

Q27. Tableau‘s _________________ can be used to clean and organize your data.

Select 1 option(s):

Data cleaner

Data manager

Data interpreter

Data organiser

Q28. Custom shapes are something you‘d like to include in your visualization. Where are you going to put these new shapes?

Select 1 option(s):

In Downloads -> My Tableau Repository -> Shapes

In My Computer -> C: -> Tableau -> Shapes

In Program Files -> Tableau -> Shapes

In My Documents -> My Tableau Repository -> Shapes

Q29. How do you identify a continuous field in Tableau?

Select 1 option(s):

It is identified by a blue pill in the visualization

It is identified by a green pill in a visualization

It is preceded by a =# symbol in the data window

It is preceded by an Abc symbol in the data window

30. For a relative date filter, the default anchor is _________________ .

Select 1 option(s):

Current time.

Today‘s date.

Target date.

The date we specify.

Q31. Which of the following file formats are available when exporting a worksheet as an image in Tableau?

Select 3 option(s):

Portable Network Graphic (.PNG)

JPEG Image (.JPG, .JPEG)

Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)

Windows Bitmap (.BMP)

Q32. You can add a reference line to which of the following?

Select 2 option(s):

Groups

Calculated Fields

Measures

Dimensions

Q33. In Tree maps, the size begins with the largest rectangle on the and the smallest rectangle on the .

Select 1 option(s):

top left bottom left

top right, bottom right

top left, bottom right

top right, bottom left

Q34. Dates in Tableau are normally considered as ______________

Select 1 option(s):

Dimensions

Measures

Q35. A reference line cannot be added from the Analytics Pane

Select 1 option(s):

TRUE

FALSE

Q36. When developing a Tableau dashboard, which of the following objects are valid? Choose 4.

Select 4 option(s):

Webpage

Blank

Video

Image

Extension

Q37. In Tableau, how would you compute GDP per capita?

Select 1 option(s):

SUM([Population]/[GDP]])

SUM([GDP]*[POPULATION])

SUM([GDP]) / SUM([Population])

SUM([GDP]/[POPULATION])

Q38. It is possible to blend axes for multiple measures into a single axis.

Select 1 option(s):

TRUE

FALSE

Q9. Which of the following filters would you use if you wanted to apply a filter first and then show the Top N or Bottom N elements?

Select 1 option(s):

Data Source

Extract

Context

None of the above

Q40. In order to avoid any confusion, what should be a significant step to do after creating a Dual-axis chart?

Select 1 option(s):

Change the colors

Edit the labels

Hide the axis

Synchronise the axis

Q41. To create a histogram, which of the following can be used?

Select 1 option(s):

2 dimensions

2 measures

1 dimension

1 measure

Q42. Bins can be created on dimensions. (True or False)

Select 1 option(s):

TRUE

FALSE

Q43. Is sum a table calculation?

Select 1 option(s):

Yes

Q44. As a general best practice, what is considered to be the effective number of categories that can be illustrated using pie chart?

Select 1 option(s):

2 to 5

3 to 5

2 to 8

3 to 7

3 to 8

Q45. Which of the following methods would you use to simultaneously connect to multiple tables in a single data source?

Select 1 option(s):

Blend

Hierarchy

Join

Set

Q46. Which data type is not supported by Tableau?

Select 1 option(s):

Boolean values

Geographic values

XML

Text values

Integer

Q47. Which of the following are contained in the .tds (data source) files? Choose 4.

Select 4 option(s):

Actual data

Data Connection Information

Modifications to actual data

Calculated Fields

Visualization

Metadata edits

Q48. What does the following icon do in Tableau?

Select 1 option(s):

Create a Worksheet

Create a Story

Create a Dashboard

Create a Story and Dashboard both.

Q49. Are animations enabled by default in Tableau?

Select 1 option(s):

Yes

Q50. How do you identify a numeric field in Tableau?

Select 1 option(s):

It is identified by a blue pill in the visualization

It is identified by a green pill in a visualization

It is preceded by a =# symbol in the data window

It is preceded by a Abc symbol in the data window

Q51. ________________ is hosted by Tableau to share our visualisations publically with the world.

Select 1 option(s):

Tableau Reader

Tableau Desktop

Tableau Server

Tableau Public

Q52. When a continuous field is dropped on Color on the Marks card (Marks > Color), Tableau displays a legend with a _______ range of colors.

Select 1 option(s):

Categorical

Mixed

Continuous

Fading

Q53. What is the most important distinction between normal calculated fields and calculated fields created after Data blending?

Select 1 option(s):

No difference, calculated fields cannot be created in Blends.

The calculated fields created in Blends cannot be edited once created

The calculated fields created in Blends cannot use more than 2 fields

Fields used in Blends must first be aggregated.

Q54. When you use a Blend, what colors are the tick-marks on the primary and the secondary data sources?

Select 1 option(s):

Red, Blue

Orange, Blue

Blue, Red

Blue, Orange

Q55. Left Join returns all rows from the left table as well as the matching rows from the right table. (True or False)

Select 1 option(s):

TRUE

FALSE

Q56. Which of the following is not considered a Trend Line Model, as per Tableau?

Select 1 option(s):

Linear Trend Line

Binomial Trend Line

Logarithmic Trend Line

Exponential Trend Line

Q57. In Tableau, what data type does this icon represent?

Select 1 option(s):

Date & Time values

Boolean values

Geographic values

Cluster Group

Q58. A field displaying average home values in the United States in 2022 is most likely:

Select 1 option(s):

A discrete date part dimension

A continuous date value dimension

A geographical dimension

An aggregated measure

Q59. Which of the following are true of an alias?

Select 2 option(s):

The visualization displays the aliases but calculations use the original values.

An alias changes the way Tableau depicts members of a dimension in the views

An alias changes the field values in the data source

An alias renames the data field.

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Tableau Desktop Specialist Test - 12

Q1. What is the minimum number of measures required for Bullet Graphs?

Q2. When you use an inner join to combine tables, the result is a table that contains all values from both tables.

Q3. Which of the following fields would be best used as Measures?

Q4. The Highlighting action can be disabled for the entire workbook from the toolbar.

Q5. What is the maximum number of tables that can be joined?

Q6. Which of the following is the correct description of .twbx file (Packaged Workbook)?

Q7. Which chart type is not directly supported by Tableau?

Q8. Is it possible to use a measure in the same view multiple times? (For example, use of Sum(Measure) and AVG(Measure) in the measures simultaneously.)

Q9. Which of the following is a Date Part example?

Q10. When a discrete field is dropped on Color on the Marks card (Marks > Color), Tableau displays a legend with a _______ range of colors.

Q11. _______ can be used to create worksheets, dashboards, and stories connecting to data sources which can be files or servers, can not be published to their own server and can be shared locally by .twbx files.

Q12. For developing an effective dashboard, what is considered the most-viewed spot or the spot where most viewers start scanning web content?

Q13. The basic block of which chart type is a bin (range of values).

Q14. By default, Tableau illustrates time-series data as a _____ plot. Time-series is a measure over time data.

Q15. Is it feasible to use a URL action on a dashboard object to open a Web Page within a dashboard instead of the system‘s default web browser?

Q16. Which of the following are advantages of using Tableau Data Extracts?

Q17. It is possible to change the Geographic Role of a dimension?

Q18. In Tableau, how do you format numbers as currency?

Q19. What is the below entire view referred to as?

Q20. When working with Excel, text file data, JSON file, .pdf file data, you can utilize _________________ to union files across folders, and worksheets across workbooks. Search is scoped to the selected connection.

Q21. The View Data window displays as much of the data as possible by default, up to ________ rows.

Q22. What does the following icon do in Tableau?

Q23. Tableau can create worksheet-specific filters

Q24. Which of the following is the default animation duration when using Tableau Animations?

Q25. Assume you have a bar graph. Which of the following happens when we group by labels in a view?

Q26. According to Tableaus Order of Operations, which of the following filters is applied FIRST?

Q27. Tableau‘s _________________ can be used to clean and organize your data.

Q28. Custom shapes are something you‘d like to include in your visualization. Where are you going to put these new shapes?

Q29. How do you identify a continuous field in Tableau?

30. For a relative date filter, the default anchor is _________________ .

Q31. Which of the following file formats are available when exporting a worksheet as an image in Tableau?

Q32. You can add a reference line to which of the following?

Q33. In Tree maps, the size begins with the largest rectangle on the ________________ and the smallest rectangle on the ________________.

Q34. Dates in Tableau are normally considered as ______________

Q35. A reference line cannot be added from the Analytics Pane

Q36. When developing a Tableau dashboard, which of the following objects are valid? Choose 4.

Q37. In Tableau, how would you compute GDP per capita?

Q38. It is possible to blend axes for multiple measures into a single axis.

Q9. Which of the following filters would you use if you wanted to apply a filter first and then show the Top N or Bottom N elements?

Q40. In order to avoid any confusion, what should be a significant step to do after creating a Dual-axis chart?

Q41. To create a histogram, which of the following can be used?

Q42. Bins can be created on dimensions. (True or False)

Q43. Is sum a table calculation?

Q44. As a general best practice, what is considered to be the effective number of categories that can be illustrated using pie chart?

Q45. Which of the following methods would you use to simultaneously connect to multiple tables in a single data source?

Q46. Which data type is not supported by Tableau?

Q47. Which of the following are contained in the .tds (data source) files? Choose 4.

Q48. What does the following icon do in Tableau?

Q49. Are animations enabled by default in Tableau?

Q50. How do you identify a numeric field in Tableau?

Q51. ________________ is hosted by Tableau to share our visualisations publically with the world.

Q52. When a continuous field is dropped on Color on the Marks card (Marks > Color), Tableau displays a legend with a _______ range of colors.

Q53. What is the most important distinction between normal calculated fields and calculated fields created after Data blending?

Q54. When you use a Blend, what colors are the tick-marks on the primary and the secondary data sources?

Q55. Left Join returns all rows from the left table as well as the matching rows from the right table. (True or False)

Q56. Which of the following is not considered a Trend Line Model, as per Tableau?

Q57. In Tableau, what data type does this icon represent?

Q58. A field displaying average home values in the United States in 2022 is most likely:

Q59. Which of the following are true of an alias?

Q26. According to Tableaus Order of Operations, which of the following filters is applied FIRST?

Q33. In Tree maps, the size begins with the largest rectangle on the and the smallest rectangle on the .