Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Questions and Answers
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?
You need to create a calculated column to display the month based on the reporting requirements. Which DAX expression should you use?
You need to get data from the Microsoft SQL Server tables. What should you use to configure the connection'
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 need to address the data concerns before creating the data model. What should you do in Power Query Editor?
You need to provide a solution to provide the sales managers with the required access.
What should you include in the solution?
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.
What should you create to meet the reporting requirements of the sales department?
You need to create the required relationship for the executive's visual. What should you do before you can create the relationship?
You need to create relationships to meet the reporting requirements of the customer service department.
What should you create?
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.
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 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.
What is the minimum number of datasets and storage modes required to support the reports?
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 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 ensure that the data is updated to meet the report requirements. The solution must minimize configuration effort.
What should you do?
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 DAX expression should you use to get the ending balances in the balance sheet reports?
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.
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.
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.
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 configure access for the sales department users. The solution must me meet the security requirements. What should you do?
You need to design the data model to meet the report requirements.
What should you do in Power BI Desktop?
You need to create the semantic model.
Which storage mode should you use for the tables in the semantic model?
You need to create a relationship in the dataset 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 have a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that contains the data shown in the following table.
You plan to build a data model for a Power Bl report.
You need to prepare the data so that it is available to the model in the format shown in the following table.
Which three actions should you perform in sequence in Power Query Editor? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.
You open powerbi.com 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 named Orders that supports the following analysis:
• Total sales over time
• The count of orders over time
• New and repeat customer counts
The data model size is nearing the limit for a dataset in shared capacity. The model view for the dataset is shown in the following exhibit.
Adding an index key and normalizing casing in the data source would help resolve issues with undefined values and errors in a case-sensitive column. The index key can provide a unique identifier, and normalizing casing ensures consistency in the data, which would likely prevent the errors you encountered in the Power BI semantic model.
You have a Power BI data model that imports a date table and a sales table from an Azure SQL database data source. The sales table has the following date foreign keys.
•Due Date
•Order Date
•Delivery Date
You need to support the analysis of sales over time based on all three dates at the same time.
Solution: You create measures that use the USERELATIONSHIP DAX function to filter sales on the inactive relationships between sales table and the date table.
Does this meet the goal?
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.
You publish a dataset that contains data from an on-premises Microsoft SQL Server database.
The dataset must be refreshed daily.
You need to ensure that the Power BI service can connect to the database and refresh the dataset.
Which four 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
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 Power BI report that imports a date table and a sales table from an Azure SQL database data source. The sales table has the following date foreign keys:
• Due Date
• Order Date
• Delivery Date
You need to support the analysis of sales over time based on all three dates at the same time.
Solution; You create measures that use the uSEREIATIOHSHIP DAX function to filter sales on the inactive relationships between the sales table and the date table.
Does this meet the goal?
You have a Power BI report that contains four pages.
All the pages contain a slicer for a field named Country,
You need to ensure that when a user selects a county on page l, the selection is retained on page 2 and page 3. The solution must prevent page 4 from being affected by
selections on the other pages,
What should you do?
You have a report that contains three pages. One of the pages contains a KPI visualization. You need to filter all the visualizations in the report except for the KPI visualization. Which two actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
You are using existing reports to build a dashboard that will be viewed frequently in portrait mode on mobile phones.
You need to build the dashboard.
Which four 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.
You have a CSV file that contains user complaints. The file contains a column named Logged. Logged contains the date and time each compliant occurred. The data in Logged is in the fol-lowing 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?
You import a large dataset to Power Query Editor.
You need to identify whether a column contains only unique values.
Which two Data Preview options can you use? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point
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 create a parameter named DataSourceExcel that holds the file name and location of a Microsoft Excel data source.
You need to update the query to reference the parameter instead of multiple hard-coded copies of the location within each query definition.
Solution: You modify the source step of the queries to use DataSourceExcel as the file path.
Does this meet the goal?
You need to create a relationship in the dataset for RLS.
What should you do? To answer select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Note: This question is a part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. For your convenience, the scenario is repeated in each question. Each question presents a different goal and answer choices, but the text of the scenario is exactly the same in each question in this series.
Start of repeated scenario
You have a Microsoft SQL Server database that has the tables shown in the Database Diagram exhibit. (Click the Exhibit.)
You plan to develop a Power BI model as shown in the Power BI Model exhibit. (Click the Exhibit).
You plan to use Power BI to import data from 2013 to 2015.
Product Subcategory [Subcategory] contains NULL values.
End of repeated scenario.
You implement the Power BI model.
You add another table named Territory to the model. A sample of the data is shown in the following table.
You need to create a relationship between the Territory table and the Sales table.
Which function should you use in the query for Territory before you create the relationship?
You have a collection of reports for the HR department of your company. The datasets use row-level security (RLS). The company has multiple sales regions that each has an HR manager. You need to ensure that the HR managers can interact with the data from their region only. The HR managers must be prevented from changing the layout of the reports. How should you provision access to the reports for the HR managers?
You have the Power BI data model 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 the visual shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit tab.)
You need to show the relationship between Total Cost and Total Sales over time.
What should you do?
You are creating a report in Power BI Desktop.
You load a data extract that includes a free text field named coll.
You need to analyze the frequency distribution of the string lengths in col1. The solution must not affect the size of the model.
What should you do?
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You maintain a Power Bl workspace that contains a supplier quality dashboard. The dashboard contains 10 card visuals, two map visuals and five bar chart visuals.
The dashboard mobile layout is shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit tab.)
You need to modify the dashboard mobile layout to meet the following requirements:
• Only show single-value visuals.
• Minimize scrolling.
What should you do?
You have a Power Bl semantic model that contains a table named Opportunity.
The Opportunity table contains a column named Qualification
The Qualification column contains values between 0 and V
You need to build a new measure to score the opportunities on a scale of low, medium, and high.
How should you complete the DAX formula? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
You have a power BI tenant that hosts the datasets shown in the following table.
You have the following requirements:
• The export of reports that contain Personally Identifiable Information (Pll) must be prevented.
• Data used for financial decisions must be reviewed and approved before use.
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 have a CSV file that contains user complaints. The file contains a column named Logged. Logged
contains the date and time each compliant 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?
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 scenario, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.
You have several reports and dashboards in a workspace.
You need to grant all organizational users read access to a dashboard and several reports.
Solution: You assign all the users the Viewer role to the workspace.
Does this meet the goal?
You have a Power Bl report for the marketing department. The report reports on web traffic to a blog and contains data from the following tables.
There is a one-to-many relationship from Posts to Traffic that uses the URL and URL Visited columns. The report contains the visuals shown in the following table.
The dataset takes a long time to refresh.
You need to modify Posts and Traffic queries to reduce toad times.
Which two actions will reduce the toad times? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
You are creating a Microsoft Power BI data model that has the tables shown in the following table.
The Products table is related to the ProductCategory table through the ProductCategoryID column.
You need to ensure that you can analyze sales by product category.
How should you configure the relationships from Products to ProductCategory? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
You have a Power Bl report
You have a table named Dalai that contains 10 million rows. Data is used in the following visuals:
• A card that shows the number of records
• A bar chart that snows total transaction amount by territory
• A scatter plot that shows transaction amount and profit amount on the axes and points colored by territory
You need to modify the scatter plot to make it easier for users to identify meaningful patterns. The solution must not affect the accuracy of the other visuals-What should you do?
You have data in a Microsoft Excel worksheet as shown in the following table.
You need to use Power Query to clean and transform the dataset. The solution must meet the following requirements:
• If the discount column returns an error, a discount of 0.05 must be used.
• All the rows of data must be maintained.
• Administrative effort must be minimized.
What should you do in Power Query Editor?
You have the Power BI data model shown in the following exhibit.