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PL-300 EXAM
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1. You plan to add an Excel file as a data source for a new Power BI dataset. The data
in the Excel file will change each week, but the file name will remain the same. The
Power BI dataset will need to refresh after data is updated.
The file should be secured, and users authenticated for access with Azure Active
Directory credentials.
Which two locations meet your needs? Each correct answer presents a complete
solution.
a) a folder on your local computer
b) a OneDrive for Business account
c) a personal OneDrive account
d) a SharePoint team site
Answer: b, d
2. You are refreshing the data in a report by using Power BI Desktop report. The
report uses a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet as a data.
The refresh fails, and you receive the following error: "Could not find file."
You need to identify the cause of the error.
Which two possible causes should you identify? Each correct answer presents a
complete solution.
a) The Excel file was moved.
b) Permissions to the Excel file were changed.
c) The data types in the Excel file were changed.
d) The connection to the Excel file timed out.
Answer: a, b
3. You need to use Power BI Desktop to connect to an Azure SQL database.
You regularly sign into the database by using the same credentials you use to sign in
to PowerBl.com.
You need to recommend which authentication option to use in Power BI Desktop
when you connect to the data source. Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)
must NOT be used in the solution.
Which authentication option should you recommend?
a) Windows
b) Database
c) Microsoft account
Answer: a
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4. You have a Power BI dataset that includes a table with sales data and a DAX
measure for year-to-date sales. The table includes two columns: SalesDate and
SalesAmount.
When you use the measure in a visual, you receive an error: "A column specified in
the call to function 'TOTALYTD' is not of type DATE. This is not supported.
What should you do?
a) Change the SalesAmount column to type date.
b) Change the SalesDate column to type date.
c) Create a calculated column that converts the SalesDate column to a time data
type.
d) Create a calculated column that converts the SalesDate column to a date data
type
Answer: b
5. You are using Power Query Editor in Power BI Desktop to import an Excel file that
contains only one worksheet.
The data in the file starts with column names on row 5 of the worksheet. There are
occasional blank values in column A of the worksheet.
You need to remove the blank rows at the top of the worksheet and use the 5th row
as the column headers of the table.
What should you do first?
a) Remove the top 4 rows.
b) Remove empty values from the first column.
c) Use the first row as headers.
d) Use the current headers as the first row.
Answer: a,c
6. You are profiling data in Power Query Editor for a query you recently created.
You need to ensure that the row count of 1,800 in the source database table matches
the row count of the query.
Which two options should you select? Each correct answer presents part of the
solution.
a) Column quality
b) Column distribution
c) Column profile
d) Column profiling based on entire data set
Answer: d
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4. You have a Power BI dataset that includes a table with sales data and a DAX
7. You have imported an Excel file into the Power Query Editor in Power BI Desktop.
The file contains data in a matrix format with years on the columns, months on the
rows, and sales amount in the values.
You need to shape the data into a table with three columns.
What should you do?
a) Unpivot
b) Pivot
c) Use First Row as Headers
d) Transpose
Answer: a
8. You need to create a relationship between two tables named Sales and Sales
Detail in a Power BI data model. For every row in the
Sales table, there is at least one row, and possibly multiple rows, in the Sales Detail
table.
How should you configure the relationship?
a) one-to-one from Sales to Sales Detail •
b) one-to-many from Sales to Sales Detail
c) many-to-many from Sales to Sales Detail
d) many-to-one from Sales to Sales Detail
Answer: b
9. You import a single table into the Power Query Editor in Power BI Desktop. The
table contains the following columns:
ProductName, ProductID, SalesDate, and SalesAmount.
You need to convert the table into a properly formed star schema.
To which table should you add the SalesAmount field?
a) Sales Fact
b) Sales Dimension
c) Product Dimension
d) Product Fact
Answer: a
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10. You import a single table into the Power Query Editor in Power BI Desktop. The
table contains the following columns:
Location Name, LocationID, Temperature, and DateTime.
You need to convert the table into a properly formed star schema.
To which table should you add the LocationName field?
a) Temperature Measurements Fact
b) Date Dimension
c) Location Dimension
d) Location Fact
Answer: c
11. You need to ensure that when users use the Q&A visual in a Power BI report, the
visual maps the Country term to the Geography[Region] field in the dataset. The
solution must NOT change any existing visuals.
What should you do?
a) Rename the Region column to Country.
b) Add a synonym to the Geography table.
c) Set the row label in the Geography table to Region.
d) Add a synonym to the Region column
Answer: d
12. You are creating a DAX measure that returns the total sales for all product
categories even if a product category is selected in the report or if a product
category is NOT selected in the report.
Which function should you include in the measure?
a) REMOVEFILTERS
b) KEEPFILTERS
c) USERELATIONSHIP
d) DIVIDE
Answer: a
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13. You need to create a role-playing dimension using DAX.
Which type of DAX expression should you use?
a) Calculated table
b) Calculated column
c) Measure
d) What-If analysis
Answer: c
14. You need to write a DAX measure that compares sales totals from the recently
completed quarter to sales from the previous
quarter.
Which two DAX functions should you include in the measure? Each correct answer
presents part of the solution.
a) CALCULATE
b) TOTALYTD
c) STARTOFQUARTER
d) PREVIOUSQUARTER
Answer: a,d
15. You have a report that contains a bar chart and a pie chart. The interactions use
the default settings.
You need to ensure that when you select a bar, the pie chart redraws showing only
the data related to the bar.
You enable Edit Interactions.
What should you do next?
a) Select the pie chart and set the bar chart interaction to Filter.
b) Select the bar chart and set the pie chart interaction to None.
c) Select the pie chart and set the bar chart interaction to None.
d) S elect the bar chart and set the pie chart interaction to Filter.
Answer: d
16. You have a Power BI report that contains three pages.
You need to allow users to select a product category once to filter the results on all
pages.
What should you add to your report?
a) A page-level filter
b) A report-level filter
c) A bookmark
d) A slicer
Answer: d
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17. You are creating a visualization in a Power BI report.
You need to recommend which visualization to use in the report to perform a quick
comparison of the current quarter sales by country.
Which visualization type should you recommend?
a) matrix
b) column chart
c) scatter chart
d) gauge chart
Answer: b
18. You create a new report.
You need to ensure that users have a good experience when they consume the
report on a mobile device.
What are two ways to achieve the goal? Each correct answer presents a complete
solution.
a) Create a mobile report view in Power BI Desktop and publish the report.
b) Create a mobile report view in the Power BI service and save the report.
c) Navigate to PowerBl.com on a mobile device and test the experience
d) Reformat all slicers to have a vertical orientation.
Answer: a,c
19. You are designing a report page in Power BI Desktop.
You want to provide a way for users to switch which visual they see in the center of
the report page.
What two things should you include in the design? Each correct answer presents part
of the solution.
a) Bookmarks
b) Buttons
c) Tooltip reports
d) Slicers
Answer: a,b
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20. You have a table visual on a report page in Power BI. The visual contains two
fields: Product and Profit.
You need to change the background color of the Profit column in the table visual so
that it is orange when Profit is below zero, gray when Profit is zero, and blue when
Profit is above zero.
You cannot add any measures to the dataset.
How should you conditionally format the background color?
a) Format the column background by using a gradient.
b) Format the column background by using rules.
c) Format the column background by using a field value.
d) Format the visual background by using an expression.
Answer: b
21. You receive a notification that a scheduled refresh for a small dataset in the
shared capacity of the Power BI service has failed. The dataset has a single data
source that is a SharePoint Online library.
You need to identify the likely cause of the refresh failure.
What should you do?
a) Check the credentials entered on the dataset settings page.
b) Add a data gateway.
c) Disable and re-enable the scheduled refresh.
d) Check the refresh history to see if the data source is unsupported
Answer: a
22. You have a Power BI tenant that contains 50 datasets.
Seven of the datasets have been through an evaluation process that verified that
they meet organizational quality standards.
You need to ensure that those seven datasets are noted in the Power BI service as
being reliable and authoritative. The seven verified datasets should also show up at
the top of the list of datasets when users search.
What should you do?
a) Publish the datasets in an app.
b) Promote the datasets.
c) Certify the datasets.
d) Make the datasets discoverable.
Answer: b
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23. You have a Power BI workspace named Workspace1 and a user named User1.
User1 needs permissions to publish datasets and delete reports in Workspacel.
You need to assign a workspace role to User1. Your assignment must follow the
principle of least privilege.
Which role should you assign?
a) Admin
b) Member
c) Contributor
d) Viewer
Answer: c
24. You have an app workspace named workspace1 in the Power BI service. Content
is shared to users by using a Power BI app.
You have made updates to a report in the workspace, and you need to distribute the
updated report.
What should you do?
a) Update the Power BI app.
b) Share the updated report with the appropriate security group.
c) Add the appropriate users to the Viewer role in the workspace.
Save a copy of the report to a different workspace
Answer: a
25. You have a Power BI workspace that contains a report named Report1.
You need to ensure that when users export Report to PDF, the exported version is
encrypted.
What should you do?
a) Apply a sensitivity label to Report1.
b) Certify Report1.
c) Remove build permissions from the dataset used by Report1.
d) Disable the Export reports as PowerPoint presentations or PDF documents setting
for the tenant.
Answer: a
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