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Question 1 of 10
Objective 3.1 Visualize and analyze the data

An insurance report needs users to focus on high-severity claims for a specific month. What report control should be added?

Concept tested: Visualize and analyze the data (3.1)
Question 2 of 10
Objective 1.2 Prepare the data

A city department is tracking permits, inspections, and service-level compliance. During data import in Power Query, an error occurs due to inconsistent data types across sources. Which approach should the analyst use to address this issue, ensuring accurate data analysis?

Concept tested: Prepare the data (1.2)
Question 3 of 10
Objective 2.2 Model the data

A DAX measure needs to add or override filters while evaluating an expression. Which function should be applied?

Concept tested: Model the data (2.2)
Question 4 of 10
Objective 3.2 Visualize and analyze the data

A fulfillment accuracy visual should not filter an order-date visual when selected. How should the interaction be configured?

Concept tested: Visualize and analyze the data (3.2)
Question 5 of 10
Objective 1.1 Prepare the data

A manufacturing company is reviewing defect rates, downtime, and shift-level output. Which approach should the analyst use to ensure optimal performance while balancing data freshness and scale?

Concept tested: Prepare the data (1.1)
Question 6 of 10
Objective 2.1 Model the data

Several model tables have different grains and business meanings. What should guide relationships and filter direction?

Concept tested: Model the data (2.1)
Question 7 of 10
Objective 3.1 Visualize and analyze the data

A report author needs Copilot to generate visual recommendations based on a semantic model. What should the author do?

Concept tested: Visualize and analyze the data (3.1)
Question 8 of 10
Objective 1.3 Prepare the data

A model should load only final analytical queries while keeping staging queries available in Power Query. What should the analyst configure?

Concept tested: Prepare the data (1.3)
Question 9 of 10
Objective 2.3 Model the data

A Power BI model contains columns that are not used in visuals, relationships, or calculations. What should the analyst do to optimize the model?

Concept tested: Model the data (2.3)
Question 10 of 10
Objective 3.1 Visualize and analyze the data

A report author wants an AI-generated written summary of key findings in a Power BI report. What should they create?

Concept tested: Visualize and analyze the data (3.1)
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Question 1 An insurance report needs users to focus on high-severity claims for a specific month. What report control should be added?

Answer choices

  1. A. Apply conditional formatting to highlight all low-severity claims
  2. B. Use a tooltip to display additional information about each claim
  3. C. Add a new column that calculates the total number of claims per adjuster
  4. D. Create a slicer to filter the data by claim severity level and date range

Correct answer

Create a slicer to filter the data by claim severity level and date range

A slicer lets report users filter visuals by fields such as date range, severity, or category. The incorrect choices either use a different Power BI feature, apply the work in the wrong part of the workflow, or grant access that does not match the scenario.

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  • A. Apply conditional formatting to highlight all low-severity claims: Conditional formatting highlights values but does not let users choose severity and date ranges interactively.
  • B. Use a tooltip to display additional information about each claim: Tooltips add hover details, but they do not provide the requested page-level filtering controls.
  • C. Add a new column that calculates the total number of claims per adjuster: A calculated column adds data to the model; it does not give users interactive severity and date filtering.

Objective/domain: Visualize and analyze the data (3.1)

Source: Filters and highlighting in Power BI reports

Question 2 A city department is tracking permits, inspections, and service-level compliance. During data import in Power Query, an error occurs due to inconsistent data types across sources. Which approach should the analyst use to address this issue, ensuring accurate data analysis?

Answer choices

  1. A. Apply the 'Change Type' transformation to convert all date columns to a consistent format
  2. B. Use the 'Replace Values' transformation to manually correct each erroneous entry
  3. C. Ignore the errors and proceed with loading data, assuming minor discrepancies won't impact analysis
  4. D. Delete all rows containing dates to avoid any potential issues

Correct answer

Apply the 'Change Type' transformation to convert all date columns to a consistent format

Objective/domain: Prepare the data (1.2)

Source: Dealing with errors

Question 3 A DAX measure needs to add or override filters while evaluating an expression. Which function should be applied?

Answer choices

  1. A. Use SUMX to iterate over a table
  2. B. Create a new measure using AVERAGE
  3. C. Use FILTER to remove unwanted rows from the dataset
  4. D. Apply CALCULATE to override or add filters as needed

Correct answer

Apply CALCULATE to override or add filters as needed

Objective/domain: Model the data (2.2)

Source: CALCULATE function (DAX)

Question 4 A fulfillment accuracy visual should not filter an order-date visual when selected. How should the interaction be configured?

Answer choices

  1. A. Disable cross-filtering between visuals
  2. B. Enable cross-highlighting between visuals
  3. C. Configure the visual interactions to filter only when selecting
  4. D. Set the interaction between visuals to 'None'

Correct answer

Set the interaction between visuals to 'None'

Objective/domain: Visualize and analyze the data (3.2)

Source: Change how visuals interact in a Power BI report

Question 5 A manufacturing company is reviewing defect rates, downtime, and shift-level output. Which approach should the analyst use to ensure optimal performance while balancing data freshness and scale?

Answer choices

  1. A. Choose Import mode for static datasets with high-performance requirements
  2. B. Select DirectQuery to always have up-to-date data at the cost of query speed
  3. C. Use Direct Lake for a balance of performance and real-time data access
  4. D. Implement a hybrid approach using both Direct Lake and Import modes

Correct answer

Use Direct Lake for a balance of performance and real-time data access

Objective/domain: Prepare the data (1.1)

Source: Table storage mode in Power BI semantic models

Question 6 Several model tables have different grains and business meanings. What should guide relationships and filter direction?

Answer choices

  1. A. Set all relationships as one-to-many with bidirectional filtering
  2. B. Use only many-to-one relationships to simplify data modeling
  3. C. Avoid setting any specific filter directions to maintain flexibility
  4. D. Define relationships based on business logic and set appropriate filter directions

Correct answer

Define relationships based on business logic and set appropriate filter directions

Objective/domain: Model the data (2.1)

Source: Understand model relationships in Power BI Desktop

Question 7 A report author needs Copilot to generate visual recommendations based on a semantic model. What should the author do?

Answer choices

  1. A. Prompt Copilot to suggest visuals based on the selected semantic model
  2. B. Manually create each visual without using Copilot's suggestions
  3. C. Import data directly into Power BI Desktop and skip the semantic model
  4. D. Use a pre-existing report template instead of generating a new page

Correct answer

Prompt Copilot to suggest visuals based on the selected semantic model

Objective/domain: Visualize and analyze the data (3.1)

Source: Create and edit Power BI reports with Copilot

Question 8 A model should load only final analytical queries while keeping staging queries available in Power Query. What should the analyst configure?

Answer choices

  1. A. Configure data loading settings in Power Query Editor to selectively load only necessary queries into the model
  2. B. Enable all queries to load into the model for comprehensive analysis
  3. C. Disable query loading in Power Query Editor by using the 'Close & Apply' button without selecting any options
  4. D. Use a single query to combine all datasets and then load it into the model

Correct answer

Configure data loading settings in Power Query Editor to selectively load only necessary queries into the model

Objective/domain: Prepare the data (1.3)

Source: Power Query documentation

Question 9 A Power BI model contains columns that are not used in visuals, relationships, or calculations. What should the analyst do to optimize the model?

Answer choices

  1. A. Remove all columns related to booking channels
  2. B. Filter out low-occupancy data points before modeling
  3. C. Delete any columns that are not directly used in visualizations or calculations
  4. D. Retain all historical data for comprehensive analysis

Correct answer

Delete any columns that are not directly used in visualizations or calculations

Objective/domain: Model the data (2.3)

Source: Star schema guidance

Question 10 A report author wants an AI-generated written summary of key findings in a Power BI report. What should they create?

Answer choices

  1. A. Create a narrative visual with Copilot to summarize key findings
  2. B. Use conditional formatting to highlight critical data points
  3. C. Apply slicers to filter specific delivery routes for analysis
  4. D. Implement drillthrough functionality to explore underlying data

Correct answer

Create a narrative visual with Copilot to summarize key findings

Objective/domain: Visualize and analyze the data (3.1)

Source: Create a narrative visual with Copilot for Power BI

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