PL-300 Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Questions and Answers

You need to create the Top Customers report.

Which type of filter should you use, and at which level should you apply the filter? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You use Power Query to import two tables named Order Header and Order Details from an Azure SQL database. The Order Header table relates to the Order Details table by using a column named Order ID in each table.

You need to combine the tables into a single query that contains the unique columns of each table.

What should you select in Power Query Editor?

You need to calculate the last day of the month in the balance sheet data to ensure that you can relate the balance sheet data to the Date table. Which type of calculation and which formula should you use? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You need to create the relationship between the product list and the revenue results. The solution must minimize the time it takes to render visuals.

What should you set as the relationship cardinality?

You need to recommend a strategy to consistently define the business unit, department, and product category data and make the data usable across reports.

What should you recommend?

Which two types of visualizations can be used in the balance sheet reports to meet the reporting goals? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

What is the minimum number of datasets and storage modes required to support the reports?

You need to create a DAX measure in the data model that only allows users to see projections at the appropriate levels of granularity.

How should you complete the measure? To answer, drag the appropriate values to the correct targets. Each value may be used once, more than once, or not at all. You may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You need to create the semantic model.

Which storage mode should you use for the tables in the semantic model?

You need to minimize me size of the dataset. The solution must meet the report requirements What should you do?

You need to create a relationship in the data model for RLS.

What should you do? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You need to design the data model and the relationships for the Customer Details worksheet and the Orders table by using Power BI. The solution must meet the report requirements.

For each of the following statement, select Yes if the statement is true, Otherwise, select No.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You need to create a measure that will return the percentage of late orders.

How should you complete the DAX expression? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You need to create the On-Time Shipping report. The report must include a visualization that shows the percentage of late orders.

Which type of visualization should you create?

You need to design the data model to meet the report requirements.

What should you do in Power BI Desktop?

You need to grant access to the business unit analysts.

What should you configure? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You need to ensure that the data is updated to meet the report requirements. The solution must minimize configuration effort.

What should you do?

Which DAX expression should you use to get the ending balances in the balance sheet reports?

How should you distribute the reports to the board? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Once the profit and loss dataset is created, which four actions should you perform in sequence to ensure that the business unit analysts see the appropriate profit and loss data? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.

You need to create the required relationship for the executive's visual. What should you do before you can create the relationship?

You publish the dataset to powerbi.com.

For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You need to provide a solution to provide the sales managers with the required access.

What should you include in the solution?

You need to create a calculated column to display the month based on the reporting requirements. Which DAX expression should you use?

You merge data from Sales.Region, Region_Manager, Sales_Manager, and Manager into a single table named Region. What should you do next to meet the reporting requirements of the executives?

You publish the semantic model to powerbi.com.

For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You need to get data from the Microsoft SQL Server tables. What should you use to configure the connection'

You need to address the data concerns before creating the data model. What should you do in Power Query Editor?

You need to create a visualization to meet the reporting requirements of the sales managers.

How should you create the visualization? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You need to create a relationship between the Weekly_Returns table and the Date table to meet the reporting requirements of the regional managers. What should you do?

What should you create to meet the reporting requirements of the sales department?

You need to create relationships to meet the reporting requirements of the customer service department.

What should you create?

You have a Microsoft Power BI data model that contains three tables named Sales, Product, and Date.

The Sales table has an existing measure named [Total Sales] that sums the total sales from the Sales table.

You need to write a calculation that returns the percentage of total sales that a selected ProductCategoryName value represents. The calculation must respect any slicers on ProductCategoryName and must show the percentage of visible total sales. For example, if there are four ProductCategoryName values, and a user filters one out, a table showing ProductCategoryName and the calculation must sum up to 100 percent.

How should you complete the calculation? To answer, drag the appropriate values to the correct targets. Each value may be used once, more than once, or not at all. You may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You attempt to connect Power BI Desktop to a Cassandra database.

From the Get Data connector list, you discover that there is no specific connector for the Cassandra database.

You need to select an alternate data connector that will connect to the database.

Which type of connector should you choose?

You are creating a Power Bl report by using Power Bi Desktop.

You need to include a visual that shows trends and other useful information automatically. The visual must update based on selections in other visuals.

Which type of visual should you use?

You have a Power B1 report that contains a bar chart. The bar chart displays sales by country. You need to ensure that a summary of the data shown on the bar chart is accessible by using a screen reader. What should you configure on the bar chart?

You are configuring a Power BI report for accessibility as shown in the following table.

You need to change the default colors of all three visuals to make the report more accessible to users who have color vision deficiency.

Which two settings should you configure in the Customize theme window? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

In the Power BI service, you create an app workplace that contains several dashboards.

You need to provide a user named user1@contoso.com with the ability to edit and publish dashboards.

What should you do?

You are creating a Power Bi model in Power BI Desktop

You need to create a calculated table named Numbers that will contain all the integers from -100 to 100. How should you complete the DAX calculation? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE Each correct selection is worth one point.

You are creating a query to be used as a Country dimension in a star schema.

A snapshot of the source data is shown in the following table.

You need to create the dimension. The dimension must contain a list of unique countries.

Which two actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.

You have a Power Bl report hosted on powerbi.com that displays expenses by department for department managers.

The report contains a line chart that shows expenses by month.

You need to enable users to choose between viewing the report as a line chart or a column chart. The solution must minimize development and maintenance effort.

What should you do?

You have a Power B1 semantic model that contains two tables named Sales and Forecast. Both tables contain a date column.

You need to create a calculated table that will cover the range of dates in both tables.

How should you complete the DAX expression? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You have a semantic model that uses a live connection to a semantic model in the Power BI service. You need to create a Power BI report named RPT1 that only uses the live connection.

Which three components can you add to RPT1? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.

You need to create a visual that compares profit across 10 product categories for a selected quarter.

What is the best visual to use to achieve the goal? More than one answer choice may achieve the goal Select the BEST answer.

You have a Power BI report that contains the table visual shown in the following exhibit.

The data model must support the following analysis:

Total sales by product by month in which the order was placed

Quantities sold by product by day on which the order was placed

Number Of sales transactions by quarter in Which the order was placed

For each Of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select NO.

Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.

After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.

You have an on-premises data gateway.

You need to reduce the amount of data sent through the gateway by semantic models that run in Import storage mode.

Solution: You increase Automatic page refresh intervals.

Does this meet the goal?

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: 2018-12-31 at 08:59.

You need to be able to analyze the complaints by the logged date and use a built-in date hierarchy.

What should you do?

Each employee has one manager as shown in the ParentEmployeelD column,

All reporting paths lead to the CEO at the top of the organizational hierarchy.

You need to create a calculated column that returns the count of levels from each employee to the CEO.

Which DAX expression should you use?

You need to create a Power BI theme that will be used in multiple reports. The theme will include corporate branding for font size, color, and bar chart formatting.

What should you do?

You need to create a Power Bl report. The first page or the report must contain the following two views:

* Sales By Postal Code

* Sales by Month

Both views must display a slicer to select a value for a field named Chain.

The Sales By Postal Code view must display a map visual as shown in the following exhibit.

You have a Power BI model that contains a table named Sales and a related date table. Sales contains a measure named Total Sales You need to create a measure that calculates the total sales from the equivalent month of the previous year.

How should you complete the calculation? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

NO: 18

You embed a Power BI report in a Microsoft SharePoint Online page.

A user name User1 can access the SharePoint Online page, but the Power BI web part displays the following error message: “This content isn’t available”.

User1 is unable to view the report.

You verify that you can access the SharePoint Online page and that the Power BI report displays as expected.

You need to ensure that User1 can view the report form SharePoint Online.

What should you do?

You are using Performance analyzer to analyze the performance of a visual in a Power BI report:

You need to identify the following log information:

· The time spent to retrieve data from a source

· The time required to wait for other visuals to complete

Which task categories should you review? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You have a report in Power BI Desktop as shown in the following exhibit.

Use the drop-down menus to select the answer choice that completes each statement based on the information presented in the graphic.

Note: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You have a Power Bl report that will be rendered on a vertical display. You need to maximize the portion of the screen area used by the report. What should you do?

Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.

After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.

You have a Microsoft Excel workbook that is saved to Microsoft SharePoint Online. The workbook contains several Power View sheets.

You need to recreate the Power View sheets as reports in the Power Bl service.

Solution: From the Power Bl service, get the data from SharePoint Online, and then click Connect

Does this meet the goal?

You have the Power Bl data model shown in the following exhibit.

You need to create a measure to count the number of product categories that had products sold during a selected period. How should you complete the DAX expression? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You need to design the data model to meet the report requirements. What should you do m Power Bl Desktop?

You have a Power Bl workspace named Inventory that contains a dataset a report and a dashboard.

You need to add an additional tile to the dashboard. The tile must show inventory by location. This information is NOT visualized in the report. The solution must minimize the impact on the report.

Which two actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You have a Microsoft Power Bl dashboard. The report used to create the dashboard uses an imported dataset from a Microsoft SQL Server data source. The dashboard is shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit tab.)

What occurred at 12:03:06 PM?

You need to create a date table in Power B1 that must contain 10 full calendar years, including the current year

How should you complete the DAX expression? To answer, drag the appropriate values to the correct locations. Each value may be used once, more than once, or not at all. You may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You are creating a Power BI report to analyze consumer purchasing patterns from a table named Transactions. The Transactions table contains a numeric field named Spend. You need to include a visual that identifies which fields have the greatest impact on Spend. Which type of visual should you use?

Your organization has a team of power users who recently created 20 Power BI dashboards.

The power users share the dashboards with other users in the organization.

When the users attempt to access the dashboards, they receive the error message shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit.)

You need to ensure that all the users can access the dashboards.

What should you do first?

You have a Power BI tenant.

You have reports that use financial datasets and are exported as PDF files.

You need to ensure that the reports are encrypted.

What should you implement?

You are designing the data model for a Power Bl semantic model. You have the following tables in the star schema.

Which table is the fact table of the star schema, and which column in the Patient table is the surrogate key of the star schema? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You view a query named Transactions as shown in the following exhibit.

The query gets CSV files from a folder.

Use the drop-down menus to select the answer choice that completes each statement based on the information presented in the graphic.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.