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Question 1

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?

Options:

Apply row-level security (RLS) to the Region table based on the sales manager username.

Configure a bi-directional relationship between Region and Sales.Region.

Create a DAX calculated column that retrieves the region manager from the Weekly.Returns table based on the sales.regionjd column.

In the Region table, create a hierarchy that has the manager name, and then the sales manager name.

Question 2

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

Options:

import that uses a Microsoft account

DirectQuery that uses the end-user s credentials

DirectQuery that uses a database credential

Import that uses a database credential

Question 3

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

Options:

a measure that uses a formula of SUM (Sales [sales_id])

a calculated column that use a formula of COUNTA(sales [sales_id])

a measure that uses a formula of COUNTROWS (Sales)

a calculated column that uses a formula of SUM (Sales [sales_id])

Question 4

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

Options:

Select Column distribution.

Select the sales_amount column and apply a number filter.

Select Column profile, and then select the sales_amount column.

Transform the sales_amount column to replace negative values with 0.

Question 5

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.

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Question 6

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.

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Question 7

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

Options:

Change the data type of Sales[region_id] to Whole Number.

In the Sales table, add a measure for sum(sales_amount).

Change the data type of sales[sales_id] to Text.

Change the data type of sales [region_id] to Decimal Number.

Question 8

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

What should you include in the solution?

Options:

Create a security role that has a table filter on the Sales_Manager table where

username = UserName()

Create a security role that has a table filter on the Region_Manager table where

sales_manager_id = UserPrincipalName().

Create a security role that has a table filter on the Sales_Manager table where

name = UserName().

Create a security role that has a table filter on the Sales_Manager table where

username = sales_manager_id.

Question 9

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

What should you create?

Options:

an additional date table named ShipDate, a one-to-many relationship from

Sales[sales_date_id] to Date[date_id], and a one-to-many relationship from

Sales[sales_ship_date_id] to ShipDate[date_id]

an additional date table named ShipDate, a many-to-many relationship from

Sales[sales_date_id] to Date[date_id], and a many-to-many relationship from

Sales[sales_ship_date_id] to ShipDate[date_id]

a one-to-many relationship from Date[date_id] to Sales[sales_date_id] and another one-to-many relationship from Date[date_id] to Weekly_Returns[week_id]

a one-to-many relationship from Sales[sales_date_id] to Date[date_id] and a one-to-many

relationship from Sales[sales_ship_date_id] to Date[date_id]

a one-to-many relationship from Date[date_id] to Sales[sales_date_id] and another one-to-many relationship from Date[date_id] to Sales[sales_ship_date_id]

Question 10

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?

Options:

In the Weekly.Returns table, create a new calculated column named date-id in a format of yyyymmdd and use the calculated column to create a relationship to the Date table.

Add the Weekly_Returns data to the Sales table by using related DAX functions.

Create a new table based on the Date table where date-id is unique, and then create a many-to-many relationship to Weekly_Return.

Question 11

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

Options:

FORMAT('Date'[date], "MMM YYYY")

FORMAT('Date' [date], "M YY")

FORMAT('Date'[date_id], "MMM") & "" & FORMAT('Date'[year], "#")

FORMAT('Date' [date_id], "MMM YYYY")

Question 12

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.

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Question 13

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.

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Question 14

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.

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Question 15

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.

Options:

a line chart that shows balances by quarter filtered to account categories that are long-term liabilities.

a clustered column chart that shows balances by date (x-axis) and account category (legend) without

filters.

a clustered column chart that shows balances by quarter filtered to account categories that are long-term liabilities.

a pie chart that shows balances by account category without filters.

a ribbon chart that shows balances by quarter and accounts in the legend.

Question 16

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.

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Question 17

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?

Options:

One to one

Many to one

One to many

Many to many

Question 18

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

What should you do?

Options:

From each report in powerbi.com. select Refresh visuals

From Power Bl Desktop, download the PBIX file and refresh the data.

Configure a scheduled refresh without using an on-premises data gateway.

Configure a scheduled refresh by using an on-premises data gateway

Question 19

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

Options:

two imported datasets

a single DirectQuery dataset

two DirectQuery datasets

a single imported dataset

Question 20

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?

Options:

Create a shared dataset for each standardized entity.

Create dataflows for the standardized data and make the dataflows available for use in all imported datasets.

For every report, create and use a single shared dataset that contains the standardized data.

For the three entities, create exports of the data from the Power Bl model to Excel and store the data in Microsoft OneDrive for others to use as a source.

Question 21

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

Options:

CALCULATE (

SUM( BalanceSheet [BalanceAmount] ),

DATESQTD( 'Date'[Date] )

)

CALCULATE (

SUM( BalanceSheet [BalanceAmount] ),

LASTDATE( 'Date'[Date] )

)

FIRSTNONBLANK ( 'Date' [Date]

SUM( BalanceSheet[BalanceAmount] )

)

CALCULATE (

MAX( BalanceSheet[BalanceAmount] ),

LASTDATE( 'Date' [Date] )

)

Question 22

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.

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Question 23

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.

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Question 24

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.

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Question 25

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

Options:

DirectQuery

Import

Live connection

Composite

Question 26

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.

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Answer:

Explanation:

Explanation 26 Graphical user interface, application Description automatically generated

Box 1: CALCULATE

CALCULATE evaluates an expression in a modified filter context.

Syntax: CALCULATE([, [, [, …]]])

Expression - The expression to be evaluated.

filter1, filter2,… (Optional) Boolean expressions or table expressions that defines filters, or filter modifier functions.

Box 2: FILTER

FILTER returns a table that represents a subset of another table or expression.

Syntax: FILTER(

Table- The table to be filtered. The table can also be an expression that results in a table.

Filter - A Boolean expression that is to be evaluated for each row of the table. For example, [Amount] > 0 or [Region] = "France"

Box 3: Orders[ShippedDate]> Orders[RequiredDate]

Northwind Traders defines late orders as those shipped after the required shipping date.

Reference: [Reference:, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/calculate-function-dax, , https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/filter-function-dax, , ]

Question 27

Your company plans to completely separate development and production assets such as datasets, reports, and dashboards in Microsoft Power Bl.

You need to recommend an application lifecycle strategy. The solution must minimize maintenance to update access and prevent end users from viewing the development assets.

What should you recommend?

Options:

Create production reports in a separate workspace that uses a shared dataset from the development workspace. Grant the end users access to the production workspace.

In the same workspace, create separate copies of the assets and append DEV to the names of the copied assets. Grant the end users access to the workspace.

Create separate workspaces for development and production. Grant the end users access to the production workspace.

Create one workspace for development. From the workspace, publish an app for production.

Question 28

You need to create a visualization that compares revenue and cost over time.

Which type of visualization should you use?

Options:

stacked area chart

donut chart

line chart

waterfall chart

Question 29

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.)

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You plan to develop a Power BI model as shown in the Power BI Model exhibit. (Click the Exhibit).

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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 need to edit the Product Category table query to match the desired Power BI model.

How should you complete the advanced query? 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 frag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

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Question 30

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?

Options:

Yes

Question 31

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?

Options:

Change any DAX measures to use iterator functions.

Replace the default visuals with AppSource visuals.

Change the imported dataset to DirectQuery.

Remove unused columns from tables in the data model.

Question 32

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.

Question # 32

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.

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Question 33

You have sales data in a star schema that contains four tables named Sales, Customer, Date, and Product. The Sales table contains purchase and ship dates.

Most often, you will use the purchase date to analyze the data, but you will analyze the data by both dates independently and together.

You need to design an imported dataset to support the analysis. The solution must minimize the model size and the number of queries against the data source.

Which data modeling design should you use?

Options:

Use the Auto Date/Time functionality in Microsoft Power Bl and do NOT import the Date table.

Duplicate the Date query in Power Query and create active relationships between Sales and both Date tables in the modeling view.

On the Date table, use a reference query in Power Query and create active relationships between Sales and both Date tables in the modeling view.

Import the Date table twice in Power Query and create active relationships between Sales and both Date tables in the modeling view.

Question 34

You have a Power Bl report that contains a page. The page contains the following:

• A shape named Shape 1

• A card named Sales Summary

• A clustered bar chart named Sales by Region

You need to ensure that Sales Summary renders on top of Shape 1. What should you modify?

Options:

Tab order in the Selection pane

Layer order in the Selection pane

Maintain layer order in the General visual settings

Vertical alignment in the Canvas settings

Question 35

You build a report to help the sales team understand its performance and the drivers of sales. The team needs to have a single visualization to identify which factors affect success. Which type of visualization should you use?

Options:

Key influences

Funnel chart

Q&A

Line and clustered column chart

Question 36

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?

Options:

Subscriptions

Dashboards

Datasets

Workbooks

Question 37

You have two Power Bl reports named ReportA and ReportB that each uses a distinct color palette.

You are creating a Power Bl dashboard that will include two visuals from each report

You need to use a consistent dark theme for the dashboard. The solution must preserve the original colors of the reports.

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

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Options:

Upload a snapshot.

Select the dark dashboard theme.

Turn on tile flow.

When pinning visuals to the dashboard, select Use destination theme.

For the browser, set the color preference to dark mode.

Question 38

You have a Power BI report that contains a page. The page contains the following visuals:

• A card

• A matrix

• A bar chart

You need to configure the page to ensure that the card and the bar chart are unaffected when a user drills down in the matrix The card and the bar chart must change when a user selects a cell in the matrix.

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

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Question 39

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.

Options:

Add the same slicer to each page and configure Sync slicers.

Edit the interactions of the KPI visualization.

Configure a page-level filter.

Edit the interactions of the slicer that is on the same page as the KPI visualization.

Configure a report-level filter.

Question 40

You have a Power Bl workspace that contains a single-page report named Sales.

You need to add all the visuals from Sales to a dashboard. The solution must ensure that additional visuals added to the page are added automatically to the dashboard.

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.

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Question 41

You have a report in Power BI Desktop.

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

Question # 41

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.

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Question 42

You have the Azure SQL databases shown in the following table.

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You plan to build a single PBIX file to meet the following requirements:

• Data must be consumed from the database that corresponds to each stage of the development lifecycle.

• Power Bl deployment pipelines must NOT be used.

• The solution must minimize administrative effort.

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

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Question 43

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?

Options:

decomposition tree

Q&A

smart narrative

key influences

Question 44

You have a Rawer Bl report That imports a dace 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: From the Fields pane, you rename the date table as Due Date. You use a DAX expression to create Order Date and Delivery Date as calculated tables. You create active relationships between the sales table and each date table.

Does this meet the goal?

Options:

Yes

Question 45

You have the following three versions of an Azure SQL database:

Test
Production
Development

You have a dataset that uses the development database as a data source.

You need to configure the dataset so that you can easily change the data source between the development, test, and production database servers from powerbi.com.

Which should you do?

Options:

Create a JSON file that contains the database server names. Import the JSON file to the dataset.

Create a parameter and update the queries to use the parameter.

Create a query for each database server and hide the development tables.

Set the data source privacy level to Organizational and use the ReplaceValue Power Query M function.

Question 46

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

Options:

From Power Query, add columns to the Orders table to calculate the calendar quarter and the calendar month of the OrderDate column.

From Power Bi Desktop, use the Auto date/time option when creating the reports.

From Power Query, add a date table. Create an active relationship to the OrderDate column in the Orders table and an inactive relationship to the ShippedDate column in the Orders table.

From Power Query, use a DAX expression to add columns to the Orders table to calculate the calendar quarter of the OrderDate column, the calendar month of the OrderDate column, the calendar quarter of the ShippedDate column, and the calendar month of the ShippedDate column

Question 47

You have a Power BI data model that analyzes product sales ever time. The data model contains the following tables.

Question # 47

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?

Question # 47

Options:

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

Question 48

You have a Power Bi report that contains five bookmarks.

You need to add an object to the report from which users can navigate between three specific bookmarks.

How should you complete the task? To answer, drag the appropriate actions to the correct steps, each action may be used once more than once, or not at all. You may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll lo view content.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

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Question 49

You have a Microsoft Power Bl 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 custom 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?

Options:

Split the visuals onto multiple pages.

Implement row-level security (RLS).

Replace the default visuals with custom visuals.

Increase the number of times that the dataset is refreshed.

Question 50

You are preparing a financial report in Power BI.

You connect to the data stored in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet by using Power Query Editor as shown in the following exhibit.

Question # 50

You need to prepare the data to support the following:

Visualizations that include all measures in the data over time
Year-over-year calculations for all the measures

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.

Question # 50

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Question 51

You have a project management app that is fully hosted in Microsoft Teams. The app was developed by using Microsoft Power Apps.

You need to create a Power BI report that connects to the project management app.

Which connector should you select?

Options:

Microsoft Teams Personal Analytics

SQL Server database

Dataverse

Dataflows

Question 52

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.

Question # 52

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

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