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Question 1 of 10
Objective Implement solutions, dependencies, environment variables, layers, pipelines, and CI/CD Build Power Platform solutions

The same solution must call sandbox, test, and production API hosts without modifying app or flow definitions during promotion. What should be used?

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Question 2 of 10
Objective Publish and consume Dataverse events through webhooks and Azure messaging Develop integrations

Order-created events must be durably buffered and processed by one of several worker instances. Audit events from the same transaction must be delivered independently to three subscribing systems without delaying the user. Which Azure messaging pattern fits?

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Question 3 of 10
Objective Design reusable components, connectors, code components, and integrations Create a technical design

An external shipping REST API must be callable from apps and flows. Separately, Dataverse needs a reusable server message that recalculates allocation inside platform business logic. Which components fit?

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Question 4 of 10
Objective Process long-running, scheduled, and event-driven work with Azure Functions Extend the platform

A queue-triggered Function performs a two-minute Dataverse enrichment. Users must see eventual status, repeated messages must not duplicate results, poison items need investigation, and throttling occurs. What should the design include?

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Question 5 of 10
Objective Perform operations by using platform APIs Extend Microsoft Power Platform (35–40%)

A developer needs to automate the execution of a custom action defined within a Dataverse table in a Power Platform environment. The developer wants to ensure the action is bound to the specific table. Which action should the developer use to perform this operation?

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Question 6 of 10
Objective Implement model-driven client scripting, commands, Web API calls, and navigation Extend the user experience

A model-driven script uses Xrm.Page and validates a field only during OnLoad, although the requirement is to validate each user change before save. Which repair is correct?

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Question 7 of 10
Objective Optimize and troubleshoot canvas and model-driven apps Implement Power Apps improvements

A canvas app searches a million-row Dataverse table, displays only Name and Status, and repeatedly uses a 40-row status lookup. Startup and search are slow. Which combined optimization is best?

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Question 8 of 10
Objective Configure environments, troubleshoot security, and apply least privilege Build Power Platform solutions

Testers can open a model-driven app in the test environment but cannot edit team-owned Orders. Their license and app sharing are correct; their role has Order Write only at User depth. What is the targeted fix?

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Question 9 of 10
Objective Synchronize Dataverse data with change tracking, alternate keys, and upsert Develop integrations

An external ERP identifies customers by a permanent Account Number rather than Dataverse GUID. During incremental synchronization, when should the client store a returned change token?

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Question 10 of 10
Objective Build Power Apps code apps Extend the user experience (25–30%)

A Dataverse integration must change the display name of an existing table column without changing its logical identity. Which approach is appropriate?

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Question 1 The same solution must call sandbox, test, and production API hosts without modifying app or flow definitions during promotion. What should be used?

Answer choices

  1. A. Hard-coded production URLs in every component, for the stated security, delivery, and accountability requirements.
  2. B. Business records edited after import, for the stated build power platform solutions requirement.
  3. C. A solution environment variable with a value supplied for each environment
  4. D. A PCF global variable, under the described build power platform solutions criteria.

Correct answer

A solution environment variable with a value supplied for each environment

Environment variables separate environment-specific configuration from consuming solution components and can receive different values during import.

Wrong-answer review

  • A. Hard-coded production URLs in every component, for the stated security, delivery, and accountability requirements.: Hard coding prevents safe promotion and exposes production details in lower environments.
  • B. Business records edited after import, for the stated build power platform solutions requirement.: Ordinary data is not the supported portable configuration component for this purpose.
  • D. A PCF global variable, under the described build power platform solutions criteria.: A control variable cannot configure unrelated apps and flows across environments.

Objective/domain: Build Power Platform solutions

Source: ALM basics with Microsoft Power Platform

Question 2 Order-created events must be durably buffered and processed by one of several worker instances. Audit events from the same transaction must be delivered independently to three subscribing systems without delaying the user. Which Azure messaging pattern fits?

Answer choices

  1. A. An asynchronous Service Bus queue for competing order workers and a topic with three subscriptions for audit consumers, as the organization’s selected response.
  2. B. One synchronous webhook that calls all four consumers serially, as the primary implementation for the described business requirement.
  3. C. A queue with all audit consumers reading the same message competitively, as the recommended implementation across the complete governed service lifecycle.
  4. D. A form OnSave handler that sends events from the browser, within the documented operational, security, ownership, and validation requirements.

Correct answer

An asynchronous Service Bus queue for competing order workers and a topic with three subscriptions for audit consumers, as the organization’s selected response.

Objective/domain: Develop integrations

Source: Write a custom Azure-aware plug-in

Question 3 An external shipping REST API must be callable from apps and flows. Separately, Dataverse needs a reusable server message that recalculates allocation inside platform business logic. Which components fit?

Answer choices

  1. A. Two canvas collections, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements, for the stated create a technical design requirement.
  2. B. A PCF control for both responsibilities, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements, for consideration.
  3. C. A custom connector for the REST API and a custom API for the Dataverse message
  4. D. Two security roles, as the selected approach for the stated technical and business outcome, for this task.

Correct answer

A custom connector for the REST API and a custom API for the Dataverse message

Objective/domain: Create a technical design

Source: Power Apps component framework overview

Question 4 A queue-triggered Function performs a two-minute Dataverse enrichment. Users must see eventual status, repeated messages must not duplicate results, poison items need investigation, and throttling occurs. What should the design include?

Answer choices

  1. A. Keep status only in Function memory and retry 429 immediately, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements, as configured.
  2. B. Move the work into synchronous PreOperation so users wait for completion, as the primary implementation for the described business requirement.
  3. C. Persist processing status, make work idempotent, isolate poison messages, emit correlated telemetry, and honor Dataverse retry guidance, under the proposed approach.
  4. D. Discard failed messages and mark every row Completed, within the documented operational, security, ownership, and validation requirements.

Correct answer

Persist processing status, make work idempotent, isolate poison messages, emit correlated telemetry, and honor Dataverse retry guidance, under the proposed approach.

Objective/domain: Extend the platform

Source: Azure Functions overview for Power Platform developers

Question 5 A developer needs to automate the execution of a custom action defined within a Dataverse table in a Power Platform environment. The developer wants to ensure the action is bound to the specific table. Which action should the developer use to perform this operation?

Answer choices

  1. A. Employ the Virtual Agent Connector to automate responses based on Dataverse table data.
  2. B. Utilize the CDS Connector to trigger a Power Automate flow within a specific business process.
  3. C. Leverage the Logic Apps Connector to orchestrate a sequence of actions across multiple systems.
  4. D. Run a table-bound Dataverse action, including supported custom actions

Correct answer

Run a table-bound Dataverse action, including supported custom actions

Objective/domain: Extend Microsoft Power Platform (35–40%)

Source: Web API functions and actions sample

Question 6 A model-driven script uses Xrm.Page and validates a field only during OnLoad, although the requirement is to validate each user change before save. Which repair is correct?

Answer choices

  1. A. Keep Xrm.Page and poll the field with setInterval, within the defined security and accountability boundaries.
  2. B. Move the validation into a PCF manifest description, under the stated technical, operational, and governance constraints.
  3. C. Use executionContext to obtain formContext and register the handler on the field's OnChange event, within the described context.
  4. D. Register the same function only for form OnLoad twice, as the recommended implementation across the complete governed service lifecycle.

Correct answer

Use executionContext to obtain formContext and register the handler on the field's OnChange event, within the described context.

Objective/domain: Extend the user experience

Source: Client API object model for model-driven apps

Question 7 A canvas app searches a million-row Dataverse table, displays only Name and Status, and repeatedly uses a 40-row status lookup. Startup and search are slow. Which combined optimization is best?

Answer choices

  1. A. Load all transaction rows into a collection during App.OnStart, as the proposed design for the complete governed operational workflow.
  2. B. Use nondelegable filters so the device performs every search, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements.
  3. C. Use delegable filters and explicit column selection for transactions, while caching only the small reused status lookup
  4. D. Add every table column to each gallery item, as the recommended implementation across the complete governed service lifecycle.

Correct answer

Use delegable filters and explicit column selection for transactions, while caching only the small reused status lookup

Objective/domain: Implement Power Apps improvements

Source: Debug apps with Monitor

Question 8 Testers can open a model-driven app in the test environment but cannot edit team-owned Orders. Their license and app sharing are correct; their role has Order Write only at User depth. What is the targeted fix?

Answer choices

  1. A. Move the testers into production where more records exist, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements.
  2. B. Make every tester System Administrator in all environments, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements, for consideration.
  3. C. Grant an appropriate privilege depth or team-based access to the required test Orders without adding broad unrelated privileges, within organization-wide risk-and-accountability boundaries.
  4. D. Rebuild the app as a canvas app to avoid Dataverse security, under the stated technical, operational, and governance constraints.

Correct answer

Grant an appropriate privilege depth or team-based access to the required test Orders without adding broad unrelated privileges, within organization-wide risk-and-accountability boundaries.

Objective/domain: Build Power Platform solutions

Source: Security roles and privileges for Dataverse

Question 9 An external ERP identifies customers by a permanent Account Number rather than Dataverse GUID. During incremental synchronization, when should the client store a returned change token?

Answer choices

  1. A. Before applying the page, and generate a new Account Number on restart, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements.
  2. B. Use Account Number as an alternate key and persist the token only after the corresponding page is successfully applied
  3. C. After receiving the page even if target writes fail, as the selected approach for the stated technical and business outcome.
  4. D. Never store tokens; scan every Account on each run, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements, in context.

Correct answer

Use Account Number as an alternate key and persist the token only after the corresponding page is successfully applied

Objective/domain: Develop integrations

Source: Use Upsert to create or update a record

Question 10 A Dataverse integration must change the display name of an existing table column without changing its logical identity. Which approach is appropriate?

Answer choices

  1. A. Update the column label through supported Dataverse metadata customization
  2. B. Rename the column's logical name and recreate all existing plug-in references
  3. C. Change only the column's caption on one model-driven form
  4. D. Update the column description while keeping its existing display label

Correct answer

Update the column label through supported Dataverse metadata customization

Objective/domain: Extend the user experience (25–30%)

Source: Work with column definitions (Microsoft Dataverse)

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