PL-300 Sample Questions Answers

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

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 have a custom connector that returns ID, From, To, Subject, Body, and Has Attachments for every email sent during the past year. More than 10 million records are returned.

You build a report analyzing the internal networks of employees based on whom they send emails to.

You need to prevent report recipients from reading the analyzed emails. The solution must minimize the model size.

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 a clustered bar chart that contains a measure named Salary as the value and a field named Employee as the axis. Salary is present in the data as numerical amount representing US dollars.

You need to create a reference line to show which employees are above the median salary.

Solution: You create a constant line and set the value to .5.

Does this meet the goal?

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 publish a semantic model to the Power Bl service. The semantic model contains a connection to an on-premises Microsoft SQL Server database.

You attempt to configure a scheduled refresh but cannot select the appropriate on-premises data gateway.

You confirm the following with the administrator of the gateway:

• You have the appropriate permissions to use the gateway.

• The data source was created on the gateway.

• The gateway has a status of Running.

What is the most likely reason the gateway is unavailable?

You create the following step by using Power Query Editor.

= Table.ReplaceValue(SalesLT_Address,"1318","1319",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"AddressLine1"})

A row has a value of 21318 Lasalle Street in the AddressLine1 column. What will the value be when the step is applied?

You are building a dataset from a JSON file that contains an array of documents.

You need to import attributes as columns from all the documents in the JSON file. The solution must ensure that date attributes can be used as date hierarchies in Microsoft Power BI reports.

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 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 change the semantic model mode.

Does this meet the goal?

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 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 minimize the size of the semantic model. The solution must meet the report requirements.

What should you do?

You need to create the dataset. Which dataset mode should you use?

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 visual as shown in the following exhibit.

The indicator color for Total Sales will be based on % Growth to Last Year.

The solution must use the existing calculations only.

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

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You have a dashboard that contains tiles pinned from a single report as shown in the Original Dashboard exhibit. (Click the Original Dashboard tab.)

You need to modify the dashboard to appear as shown in the Modified Dashboard exhibit. (Click the Modified Dashboard tab.)

What should you do?

You have a collection of reports for the HR department of your company.

You need to create a visualization for the HR department that shows historical employee counts and predicts trends during the next six months.

Which type of visualization should you use?

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

You create two row-level security (RlS) roles named Manager and CFO.

You plan to publish the dataset to the Power Bl service.

You need to create DAX expressions for the RLS filters. The solution must meet the following requirements:

• Each manager must see only the data in the Sales and Human Resources tables for their own country.

• The CFO must be prevented from seeing the data in the Human Resources table.

• The CFO must see the sales data of all countries.

How should you complete the DAX expressions to meet the requirements? To answer, drag the appropriate expressions to the correct targets. Each expression 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.

The Country table contains the following data.

You plan to publish the dataset to the Power Bl service.

You need to create DAX expressions for the RLS filters. The solution must meet the following requirements:

• Each manager must see only the data in the Sales and Human Resources tables for their own country.

• The CFO must be prevented from seeing the data in the Human Resources table.

• The CFO must see the sales data of all countries.

How should you complete the DAX expressions to meet the requirements? To answer, drag the appropriate expressions to the correct targets. Each expression 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 have a Power B1 report that contains the fields 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 two tables named Customers and Invoice in a Power BI model. The Customers table contains the following fields:

CustomerID

Customer City

Customer State

Customer Name

Customer Address 1

Customer Address 2

Customer Postal Code

The Invoice table contains the following fields:

Order ID

Invoice ID

Invoice Date

Customer ID

Total Amount

Total Item Count

The Customers table is related to the Invoice table through the Customer ID columns. A customer can have many invoices within one month.

The Power BI model must provide the following information:

The number of customers invoiced in each state last month

The average invoice amount per customer in each postal code

You need to define the relationship from the Customers table to the Invoice table. The solution must optimize query performance.

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

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You have a Power B1 semantic model.

You need to create a column that will contain year over year (YOY) revenue. The column must contain a ratio of change factor compared to the previous year's monthly revenue.

How should you complete the OAX formula? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

You have a Power BI model that contains the following data.

The Date table relates to the Sales table by using the Date columns.

You need to create a calculated table that v/ill contain the following:

You are using Microsoft Power Bl Desktop to profile data in Power Query Editor. Table data is displayed 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 creating a new semantic model in Microsoft Power Bl Desktop.

You connect to a recently used data source and receive an error message indicating that the password is expired.

You need to update the credentials for the data source.

What should you do?

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?

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 a clustered bar chart that contains a measure named Salary as the value and a field named Employee as the axis. Salary is present in the data as numerical amount representing US dollars.

You need to create a reference line to show which employees are above the median salary.

Solution: You create a median line by using the Salary measure.

Does this meet the goal?

You use Power Query Editor to load two queries named Query 1 and Query2 Query1 results in the following error.

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

What should you create?

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 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 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?

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

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

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 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 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.

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 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?

Which DAX expression should you use to get the ending balances in the balance sheet 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 have a dataset named Pens that contains the following columns:

Item

Unit Price

Quantity Ordered

You need to create a visualization that shows the relationship between Unit Price and Quantity Ordered. The solution must highlight orders that have a similar unit price and ordered quantity.

Which type of visualization and which feature should you use? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

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?

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.

From Power Query Editor, you profile the data shown in the following exhibit.

The IOT ID columns are unique to each row in query.

You need to analyze 10T events by the hour and day of the year. The solution must improve dataset performance.

Solution: You create a custom column that concatenates the 10T GUID column and the IoT ID column and then delete the IoT GUID and IoT ID columns.

Does this meet the goal?

You open a query in Power Query Editor.

You need to identify the percentage of empty values in each column as quickly as possible.

Which Data Preview option should you select?

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 are modeling data by using Microsoft Power Bl. Part of the data model is a large Microsoft SQL Server table named Order that has more than 100 million records.

During the development process, you need to import a sample of the data from the Order table.

Solution: You write a DAX expression that uses the FILTER function.

Does this meet the goal?

You have a Microsoft 365 subscription that contains the resources shown in the following table.

You create a new dashboard that uses row-level security (RIS) filters You define a new role named Consultants.

To which resource can you assign the Consultants role?

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 need to use Power B1 to create a visual that will allow users to compare the sales performance of five sales regions for the current month.

Which visual should you use?

You have four sales regions. Each region has multiple sales managers.

You implement row-level security (RLS) in a data model. You assign the relevant distribution lists to each role.

You have sales reports that enable analysis by region. The sales managers can view the sales records of their region. The sales managers are prevented from viewing records from other regions.

A sales manager changes to a different region.

You need to ensure that the sales manager can see the correct sales data.

What should you do?

Exhibit:

You need to create a report that meets the requirements:

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

• Adds a Slicer for the month

• Adds a Slicer for the year

Which three actions Should you perform in sequence?

Vou have a Microsoft Power Bl Desktop report named Report! that uses an Azure SQL database as a data source. A user named User1 plans to create a report by using the same data source as Report1.

You need to simplify the connection to the data source for User1.

Which type of file should you create?

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?

In Power Bi Desktop, you are creating visualizations in a report based on an imported dataset

You need to allow Power Bi users to export the summarized data used to create the visualizations but prevent the users from exporting the underlying data

What should you do?

You have a Microsoft SharePoint Online site that contains several document libraries.

One of the document libraries contains manufactunng reports saved as Microsoft Excel files. All the manufacturing reports have the same data structure.

You need to use Power Bl Desktop to load only the manufacturing reports to a table for analysis.

What should you do?

You are profiling data by using Power Query Editor.

You have a table named Reports that contains a column named State. The distribution and quality data metrics for the data m State is 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 BI data model that analyzes product sales ever time. The data model contains the following tables.

A one-to-many relationship exists between the tables.

The auto date/time option for the data model enabled.

You need to reduce the size of the data model while maintaining the ability to analyze product sales by month and quarter.

Which two actions should you perform?