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Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide

By : Orrin Edenfield, Edward Corcoran
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Book Image

Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification Guide

5 (1)
By: Orrin Edenfield, Edward Corcoran

Overview of this book

Microsoft Power BI enables organizations to create a data-driven culture with business intelligence for all. This guide to achieving the Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate certification will help you take control of your organization's data and pass the exam with confidence. From getting started with Power BI to connecting to data sources, including files, databases, cloud services, and SaaS providers, to using Power BI’s built-in tools to build data models and produce visualizations, this book will walk you through everything from setup to preparing for the certification exam. Throughout the chapters, you'll get detailed explanations and learn how to analyze your data, prepare it for consumption by business users, and maintain an enterprise environment in a secure and efficient way. By the end of this book, you'll be able to create and maintain robust reports and dashboards, enabling you to manage a data-driven enterprise, and be ready to take the PL-300 exam with confidence.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Part 1 – Preparing the Data
6
Part 2 – Modeling the Data
11
Part 3 – Visualizing the Data
15
Part 4 – Analyzing the Data
18
Part 5 – Deploying and Maintaining Deliverables
21
Part 6 – Practice Exams

Practice test 1

  1. When a selected visual is shown over the entire canvas, what is this feature called?
    1. Enhanced mode
    2. Expanded mode
    3. Focus mode
    4. Fullscreen mode
  2. If a report has slicers and a clustered column chart with a trend line, how often will the trend line update?
    1. When data is refreshed
    2. When a new visual is added
    3. When a slicer or filter changes or when data is refreshed
    4. When a filter is applied
  3. To understand the top key influencers of a specific amount, such as for the order quantity to be exactly 5, which analysis type would you need to use in the key influencers visual?
    1. Numeric
    2. Statistical
    3. Categorical
    4. Continuous
  4. Power BI is used by:
    1. Only enterprise organizations
    2. Only university students
    3. A variety of enterprise and citizen developers
    4. Only cutting-edge developers
  5. To sort records by a whole number-type column from lowest to highest, what operation do you need to use?
    1. Sort low to high
    2. Sort ascending
    3. Sort descending
    4. Sort alphabetical
  6. What are the required parameters of the RANKX...