PL-300 Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Questions and Answers

You use Power Query Editor to preview the data shown in the following exhibit

You need to clean and transform the query so that all the rows of data are maintained, and error values in the discount column are replaced with a discount of 0.05. The solution must minimize administrative effort.

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.

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

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

What should you create?

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 have a report in Power Bl named report1 that is based on a shared dataset.

You need to minimize the risk of data exfiltration for report1. The solution must prevent other reports from being affected.

What should you do?

You have a report in Power BI Desktop.

You add a key influencers visual as shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit tab.)

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 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 Power Bl 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 have a Power Bl workspace that contains several reports.

You need to provide a user with the ability to create a dashboard that will use the visuals from the reports.

What should you do?

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 are enhancing a Power BI model that has DAX calculations.

You need to create a measure that returns the year-to-date total sales from the same date of the previous calendar year.

Which DAX functions should you use? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You have a Power BI app named App1. The privacy for the App1 workspace is set to Private.

A user named User1 reports that App1 does not appear in the My organization AppSource. App1 appears in the My organization AppSource for your account.

You need to ensure that User sees App1 from the My organization AppSource.

What should you do?

You have a source that contains a comumn. The column contains case sensitive date. You have a Power BI semantic model in DirectQuery mode. You connect to the model and discover that it contains undefined values and errors. You need to resolve the issue.

Solution: You Normalize casing in the source query or Power Query Editor.

Does this meet the goal?

You have a Microsoft Power BI report. The size of PBIX file is 550 MB. The report is accessed by using an App workspace in 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 08:00 and 17:00.

The report is a single page that contains 15 AppSource 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?

You have the tables shown in the following table.

The Impressions table contains approximately 30 million records per month.

You need to create an ad analytics system to meet the following requirements:

Present ad impression counts for the day, campaign, and Site_name. The analytics for the last year are required.

Minimize the data model size.

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 Power 31 data model that contains a table named Stores. The table has the following columns:

* Store Name

* Open Date

* Status

* State

* City

You need to create a calculated column named Active Store Name that meets the following requirements:

You import two Microsoft Excel tables named Customer and Address into Power Query. Customer contains the following columns:

Customer ID

Customer Name

Phone

Email Address

Address ID

Address contains the following columns:

Address ID

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State/Region

Country

Postal Code

The Customer ID and Address ID columns represent unique rows.

You need to create a query that has one row per customer. Each row must contain City, State/Region, and Country for each customer.

What should you do?

You have a Power Bl model that contains two tables named Population and Date.

The Population table contains two columns named Population Amount and Date Key.

DateKey contains date values that represent the first day of a year and are used to create a many-to

The Power Bl model contains two measures that have the following definitions.

Total Population = Sum ('Population'[Population Amount])

2023 Population = CALCULATE ([Total Population]"Date'[Year] = 2023)

You create a table visual that displays Date[Year] and [2023 Population].

What will the table visual show?

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 are building a Power BI report to analyze customer segments.

You need to identify customer segments dynamically based on the Bounce Rate across dimensions such as source, geography, and demographics. The solution must minimize analysis effort.

Which type of visualization should you use?

You have a Power B1 dataset named Finance that is hosted in a Power B1 workspace.

The finance team at your company is NOT currently a member of any Power B1 workspace roles.

You need to enable the finance team to use Microsoft Excel to analyze the Finance dataset.

What should you do?

You have a Power Bl report.

You have the following tables.

You have the following DAX measure.

You use Power Query Editor to preview the data shown in the following exhibit.

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 have a Power BI dashboard that displays different visualizations of company sales.

You enable Q&A on the dashboard.

You need to provide users with sample questions that they can ask when using Q&A.

Which settings should you modify from the Power BI Settings?

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

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 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.

The Sales table contains records of sales by day from the last five years up until today's date.

You plan to create a measure to return the total sales Of March 2021 when March 2022 is selected.

Which DAX expression should you use?

You have a table named DiMCountries that contains a column named Country as shown in the following table.

You plan to use DiMCountnes as a dimension m a report.

You new to ensure that the Country column in DiMCountnes lists each country only once.

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

NOTE: Each correct answer 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 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 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 the semantic model.

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

You need to create a solution to meet the notification requirements of the warehouse shipping department.

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

NOTE: Each correct select is worth one point:

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 dataset. Which dataset mode should you use?

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

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?

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.

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.

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.

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

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

What should you do?

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

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 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?

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

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 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?

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

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

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 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 are modifying a Power Bi model by using Power Bl Desktop.

You have a table named Sales that contains the following fields.

You have a table named Transaction Size that contains the following data.

You need to create a calculated column to classify each transaction as small, medium, or large based on the value in Sales Amount.

How should you complete the code? 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.

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 create aggregations to summarize results.

Does this meet the goal?

You are configuring a Microsoft Power Bl data model to enable users to ask natural language questions by using Q&A. You have a table named Customer that has the following measure.

Customer Count = DISTINCTCOUNT(Customer[CustomerID])

Users frequently refer to customers as subscribers.

You need to ensure that the users can get a useful result for "subscriber count" by using Q&A. The solution must minimize the size of the model.

What should you do?

You receive annual sales data that must be included in Power Bl reports.

From Power Query Editor, you connect to the Microsoft Excel source shown in the following exhibit.

You need to create a report that meets the following requirements:

• Visualizes the Sales value over a period of years and months

• Adds a slicer for the month

• Adds a slicer for the year

You have a query that returns the data shown in the following exhibit.

You need to configure the query to display the data as shown in the following exhibit.

Which step should you use in the query?

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?

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 enable included in app for all assets.

Does this meet the goal?

A user creates a Power B1 report named ReportA that uses a custom theme

You create a dashboard named DashboardA.

You need to ensure that DashboardA uses the custom theme. The solution must minimize development effort.

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

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.