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Topic 1, Litware, Inc. Case Study

This is a case study. Case studies are not timed separately. You can use as much exam time as you
would like to complete each case. However, there may be additional case studies and sections on
this exam. You must manage your time to ensure that you are able to complete all questions included
on this exam in the time provided.

To answer the questions included in a case study, you will need to reference information that is
provided in the case study. Case studies might contain exhibits and other resources that provide
more information about the scenario that is described in the case study. Each question is
independent of the other questions in this case study.

At the end of this case study, a review screen will appear. This screen allows you to review your
answers and to make changes before you move to the next section of the exam. After you begin a
new section, you cannot return to this section.

To start the case study

To display the first question in this case study, click the Next button. Use the buttons in the left pane
to explore the content of the case study before you answer the questions. Clicking these buttons
displays information such as business requirements, existing environment and problem statements.
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information displayed on the subsequent tabs. When you are ready to answer a question, click the
Question button to return to the question.

Overview

Litware, Inc. is an online retailer that uses Microsoft Power Bl dashboards and reports.

The company plans to leverage data from Microsoft SQL Server databases, Microsoft Excel files, text
files, and several other data sources.

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Litware uses Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to authenticate users.

- Existing Environment

Sales Data

Litware has online sales data that has the SQL schema shown in the following table.

In the Date table, the dateid column has a format of yyyymmdd and the month column has a format
of yyyymm. The week column in the Date table and the weekid column in the Weekly_Returns table
have a format of yyyyww. The regionid column can be managed by only one sales manager.

Data Concerns

You are concerned with the quality and completeness of the sales data. You plan to verify the sales
data for negative sales amounts.

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Reporting Requirements

Litware identifies the following technical requirements:

• Executives require a visual that shows sales by region.

• Regional managers require a visual to analyze weekly sales and returns.

• Sales managers must be able to see the sales data of their respective region only.

• The sales managers require a visual to analyze sales performance versus sales targets.

• The sale department requires reports that contain the number of sales transactions.

• Users must be able to see the month in reports as shown in the following example: Feb 2020.

• The customer service department requires a visual that can be filtered by both sales month and
ship month independently.

Question: 1

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

A. Select Column distribution.

B. Select the sales_amount column and apply a number filter.

C. Select Column profile, and then select the sales_amount column.

D. Transform the sales_amount column to replace negative values with 0.

Answer: C
Explanation:

Question: 2

You need to create a calculated column to display the month based on the reporting requirements.

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Which DAX expression should you use?

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

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

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

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

Answer: A
Explanation:

Question: 3

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

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

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

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

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

Answer: A
Explanation:

Scenario: Executives require a visual that shows sales by region.

Need to change the sales_id column from Varchar to Whole Number (Integer).

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Question: 4

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

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

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

C. a measure that uses a formula of COUNTROWS (Sales)

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

Answer: C
Explanation:

The sale department requires reports that contain the number of sales transactions.

The COUNTROWS function counts the number of rows in the specified table, or in a table defined by
an expression.

Reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/countrows-function-dax

Question: 5

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?

A. In the Weekly.Returns table, create a new calculated column named date-id in a format of

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yyyymmdd and use the calculated column to create a relationship to the Date table.

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

C. 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.

Answer: A
Explanation:

Scenario: Region managers require a visual to analyze weekly sales and returns.

To relate the two tables we need a common column.

Question: 6

HOTSPOT

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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Answer:
Explanation:

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Scenario: The sales managers require a visual to analyze sales performance versus sales targets.

Box 1: KPI

A Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is a visual cue that communicates the amount of progress made
toward a measurable goal.

Box 2: Sales[sales_amount]

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Box 3: Date[month]

Time > FiscalMonth. This value will represent the trend.

Box 4: Targets[sales_target]

Reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/visuals/power-bi-visualization-kpi

Question: 7

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

What should you include in the solution?

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

username = UserName()

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

sales_manager_id = UserPrincipalName().

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

name = UserName().

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

username = sales_manager_id.

Answer: A
Explanation:

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/using-username-in-dax-with-row-level-security/

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Question: 8

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

What should you create?

A. 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]

B. 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]

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

D. 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]

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

Answer: A
Explanation:

Scenario: The customer service department requires a visual that can be filtered by both sales month
and ship month independently.

Reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/transform-model/desktop-relationships-understand

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Question: 9

HOTSPOT

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.

Answer:
Explanation:

Question: 10
You need to get data from the Microsoft SQL Server tables. What should you use to configure the
connection'

A. import that uses a Microsoft account

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B. DirectQuery that uses the end-user s credentials

C. DirectQuery that uses a database credential

D. Import that uses a database credential

Answer: B
Explanation:

Question: 11

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?

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

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

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

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

Answer: C
Explanation:

Question: 12

HOTSPOT

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.

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Answer:
Explanation:

Topic 2, Contoso Ltd, Case Study

Contoso Ltd. is a manufacturing company that produces sports equipment. Contoso holds quarterly
board meetings for which financial analysts manually prepare Microsoft Excel reports, including
balance sheets and profit and loss statements for each of the company s four business units.

Data for the reports comes from the sources shown in the following table.

The balance sheet data is unrelated to the profit and loss results other than they both relate to dates.

The balance sheet data is imported and includes the final monthly balances of each account in the
format shown in the following table.

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The balance sheet data always includes a row for each account for each month.

The product catalog shows how products roll up to product categories, which roll up to the business
units the product list is provided in the format shown in the following table.

Revenue data is provided at the date and product level. Expense data is provided at the date and
department level.

Contoso wants the reports and datasets refreshed with minimum manual effort.

The company wants to provide the board with 3 single package of reports that will contain custom
navigation and links to supplementary information.

Maintenance, including maturity updating data and access, must be minimized as much as possible.

The reports must be made available to the board from powerbi.com. A group in Microsoft Azure
Active Director)' (Azure AD), part of Microsoft Entr

a. will be used to share information with the board. Contoso identifies the following security

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requirements for analyst access:

• Analysts must be able to access all balance sheet and product catalog data.

• Analysts must be able to access only the profit and loss data of their respective business unit

• Analysts must be able to create new reports from the dataset that contains the profit and loss
data, but the reports built by the analysts must NOT be included in the quarterly reports for the
board.

• Analysts must NOT be able to share the quarterly reports with anyone.

• Analysts must NOT be able to make new reports by using the balance sheet data.

You plan to relate the balance sheet table to a date table in Power Bl in a many-to-one relationship
based on the last day of the month. At least one of the balance sheet reports in the quarterly
reporting package must show the ending balances for the quarter, as well as for the previous quarter.

The date table will contain the columns shown in the following table.

The definitions and attributes for the products departments, and business units must be consistent
across all the reports. The board must be able to get the following information from the quarterly
reports:

• Revenue trends over time

• The ending balances of each account

• Changes m long-term liabilities from the previous quarter

• The percent of total revenue contributed by each product category

• A comparison of quarterly revenue versus the same quarter from the previous year

The reports must be updated with the latest data by 5 AM each day.

Overview

This is a case study. Case studies are not timed separately. You can use as much exam time as you

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would like to complete each case. However, there may be additional case studies and sections on
this exam. You must manage your time to ensure that you are able to complete all questions included
on this exam in the time provided.

To answer the questions included in a case study, you will need to reference information that is
provided in the case study. Case studies might contain exhibits and other resources that provide
more information about the scenario that is described in the case study. Each question is
independent of the other questions in this case study.

At the end of this case study, a review screen will appear. This screen allows you to review your
answers and to make changes before you move to the next section of the exam. After you begin a
new section, you cannot return to this section.

To start the case study

To display the first question in this case study, click the Next button. Use the buttons in the left pane
to explore the content of the case study before you answer the questions. Clicking these buttons
displays information such as business requirements, existing environment and problem statements.
If the case study has an All Information tab, note that the information displayed is identical to the
information displayed on the subsequent tabs. When you are ready to answer a question, click the
Question button to return to the question.

Existing Environment

Contoso, Ltd. is a manufacturing company that produces outdoor equipment Contoso has quarterly
board meetings for which financial analysts manually prepare Microsoft Excel reports, including
profit and loss statements for each of the company's four business units, a company balance sheet,
and net income projections for the next quarter.

Data and Sources

Data for the reports comes from three sources. Detailed revenue, cost and expense data comes from
an Azure SQL database. Summary balance sheet data comes from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business
Central. The balance sheet data is not related to the profit and loss results; other than they both
relate to dates.

Monthly revenue and expense projections for the next quarter come from a Microsoft SharePoint
Online list. Quarterly projections relate to the profit and loss results by using the following shared
dimensions: date, business unit, department, and product category.

Net Income Projection Data

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Net income projection data is stored in a SharePoint Online list named Projections in the format
shown in the following table.

Revenue projections are set at the monthly level and summed to show projections for the quarter.

Balance Sheet Data

The balance sheet data is imported with final balances for each account per month in the format
shown in the following table.

There is always a row for each account for each month in the balance sheet data.

Dynamics 365 Business Central Data

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Business Central contains a product catalog that shows how products roll up to product categories,
which roll up to business units. Revenue data is provided at the date and product level. Expense data
is provided at the date and department level.

Business Issues

Historically, it has taken two analysts a week to prepare the reports for the quarterly board meetings.
Also, there is usually at least one issue each quarter where a value in a report is wrong because of a
bad cell reference in an Excel formula. On occasion, there are conflicting results in the reports
because the products and departments that roll up to each business unit are not defined
consistently.

Planned Changes

Contoso plans to automate and standardize the quarterly reporting process by using Microsoft Power
Bl. The company wants to how long it takes to populate reports to less than two days. The company
wants to create common logic for business units, products, and departments to be used across all
reports, including, but not limited, to the quarterly reporting for the board.

Technical Requirements

Contoso wants the reports and datasets refreshed with minimal manual effort

The company wants to provide a single package of reports to the board that contains custom
navigation and links to supplementary information.

Maintenance, including manually updating data and access, must be minimized as much as possible.

Security Requirements

The reports must be made available to the board from powerbi.com. A mail-enabled security group
will be used to share information with the board.

The analysts responsible for each business unit must see all the data the board sees, except the profit
and loss data, which must be restricted to only their business unit's data. The analysts must be able
to build new reports from the dataset that contains the profit and loss data, but any reports that the
analysts build must not be included in the quarterly reports for the board. The analysts must not be
able to share the quarterly reports with anyone.

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Report Requirements

You plan to relate the balance sheet to a standard date table in Power Bl in a many-to-one
relationship based on the last day of the month. At least one of the balance sheet reports in the
quarterly reporting package must show the ending balances for the quarter, as well as for the
previous quarter.

Projections must contain a column named RevenueProjection that contains the revenue projection
amounts. A relationship must be created from Projections to a table named Date that contains the
columns shown in the following table.

The relationships between products and departments to business units must be consistent across all
reports.

The board must be able to get the following information from the quarterly reports:

• Revenue trends over time

• Ending balances for each account

• A comparison of expenses versus projections by quarter

• Changes in long-term liabilities from the previous quarter

• A comparison of quarterly revenue versus the same quarter during the prior year

Question: 13
DRAG DROP

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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Answer:
Explanation:

Scenario: Revenue projections are set at the monthly level and summed to show projections for the
quarter.

Box 1: IF

Box 2: ISFILTERED

ISFILTERED returns TRUE when columnName is being filtered directly. If there is no filter on the
column or if the filtering happens because a different column in the same table or in a related table is
being filtered then the function returns FALSE.

Box 3: SUM

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Reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/isfiltered-function-dax

Question: 14

HOTSPOT

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 are

a. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Answer:
Explanation:

Box 1: A DAX Calculated measure

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Box 2: Date.EndofQuarter(#date([Year],[Mont],1))

ENDOFQUARTER returns the last date of the quarter in the current context for the specified column
of dates.

The following sample formula creates a measure that returns the end of the quarter, for the current
context.

= ENDOFQUARTER(DateTime[DateKey])

Reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/endofquarter-function-dax

Question: 15

HOTSPOT

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.

Answer:
Explanation:

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Box 1: The Viewer role to the workspace

The Viewer role gives a read-only experience to its users. They can view dashboards, reports, or
workbooks in the workspace, but can’t browse the datasets or dataflows. Use the Viewer role
wherever you would previously use a classic workspace set to “Members can only view Power BI
content”.

Box 2: Build

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The analysts must be able to build new reports from the dataset that contains the profit and loss
data.

Scenario: The reports must be made available to the board from powerbi.com.

The analysts responsible for each business unit must see all the data the board sees, except the profit
and loss data, which must be restricted to only their business unit's dat

a. The analysts must be able to build new reports from the dataset that contains the profit and loss
data, but any reports that the analysts build must not be included in the quarterly reports for the
board. The analysts must not be able to share the quarterly reports with anyone.

Reference:

https://www.nickyvv.com/2019/08/the-new-power-bi-workspace-viewer-role-explained.html

Question: 16
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?

A. Create a shared dataset for each standardized entity.

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

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

D. 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.

Answer: B
Explanation:

Question: 17

DRAG DROP

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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.

Answer:
Explanation:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/admin/service-admin-rls

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/service-datasets-build-permissions

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Question: 18

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

A. two imported datasets

B. a single DirectQuery dataset

C. two DirectQuery datasets

D. a single imported dataset

Answer: D
Explanation:

"The analysts responsible for each business unit must see all the data the board sees, except the
profit and loss data, which must be restricted to only their business unit's data. The analysts must be
able to build new reports from the dataset that contains the profit and loss data" => one dataset and
two separate workspaces Reason: All data can be imported into one dataset also if these are two
logical models. Shared dimensions can be reconsumed in both models. Reports and additional
materials can be shared to the board with an app. The "profit and loss" data model needs RLS for the
analysts and the analysts must have just read access to the original workspace. In a separate
workspace with contributer (or more rights) they can create new reports (with live connection to the
dataset). It is also stated that the new reports mustn't be shared so therefore no need to include
them into the app. Import vs. DirectQuery: Due to RLS requirements an imported dataset is needed.
It is not possible with file sources and Sharepoint lists.

Question: 19

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

A. CALCULATE (

SUM( BalanceSheet [BalanceAmount] ),

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DATESQTD( 'Date'[Date] )

B. CALCULATE (

SUM( BalanceSheet [BalanceAmount] ),

LASTDATE( 'Date'[Date] )

C. FIRSTNONBLANK ( 'Date' [Date]

SUM( BalanceSheet[BalanceAmount] )

D. CALCULATE (

MAX( BalanceSheet[BalanceAmount] ),

LASTDATE( 'Date' [Date] )

Answer: A
Explanation:

Scenario: At least one of the balance sheet reports in the quarterly reporting package must show the
ending balances for the quarter, as well as for the previous quarter.

DATESQTD returns a table that contains a column of the dates for the quarter to date, in the current
context.

Reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/datesqtd-function-dax

Question: 20

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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.

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

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

filters.

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

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

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

Answer: AE
Explanation:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/visuals/power-bi-visualization-types-for-reports-and-q- and-
a

Question: 21

HOTSPOT

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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Answer:
Explanation:

Box 1: Using a workspace membership

Scenario:

The company wants to provide a single package of reports to the board that contains custom
navigation and links to supplementary information.

Note: Workspace is a shared environment for a group of people. You can have multiple Power BI
content in a workspace. One workspace can have hundreds of dashboards, reports, and datasets in
it.

Box 2: A mail-enabled security group

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Scenario: Security Requirements

The reports must be made available to the board from powerbi.com. A mail-enabled security group
will be used to share information with the board.

Question: 22
You need to ensure that the data is updated to meet the report requirements. The solution must
minimize configuration effort.

What should you do?

A. From each report in powerbi.com. select Refresh visuals

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

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

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

Answer: C
Explanation:

Question: 23

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?

A. One to one

B. Many to one

C. One to many

D. Many to many

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Answer: C
Explanation:

Topic 3, Northwind Traders

Case study

Overview

This is a case study. Case studies are not timed separately. You can use as much exam time as you
would like to complete each case. However, there may be additional case studies and sections on
this exam. You must manage your time to ensure that you are able to complete all question included
on this exam in the time provided.

To answer the questions included in a case study, you will need to reference information that is
provided in the case study. Case studies might contain exhibits and other resources that provide
more information about the scenario that is described in the case study. Each question is
independent of the other question on this case study.

At the end of this case study, a review screen will appear. This screen allows you to review your
answers and to make changes before you move to the next section of the exam. After you begin a
new section, you cannot return to this section.

To start the case study

To display the first question on this case study, click the Next button. Use the buttons in the left pane
to explore the content of the case study before you answer the questions. Clicking these buttons
displays information such as business requirements, existing environment, and problem statements.
If the case study has an All Information tab, note that the information displayed is identical to the
information displayed on the subsequent tabs. When you are ready to answer a question, click the
Question button to return to the question.

Overview. General Overview

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Northwind Traders is a specialty food import company.

The company recently implemented Power BI to better understand its top customers, products, and
suppliers.

Overview. Business Issues

The sales department relies on the IT department to generate reports in Microsoft SQL Server
Reporting Services (SSRS). The IT department takes too long to generate the reports and often
misunderstands the report requirements.

Existing Environment. Data Sources

Northwind Traders uses the data sources shown in the following table.

Source2 is exported daily from a third-party system and stored in Microsoft SharePoint Online.

Existing Environment. Customer Worksheet

Source2 contains a single worksheet named Customer Details. The first 11 rows of the worksheet are
shown in the following table.

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All the fields in Source2 are mandatory.

The Address column in Customer Details is the billing address, which can differ from the shipping
address.

Existing Environment. Azure SQL Database

Source1 contains the following table:

Orders

Products

Suppliers

Categories

Order Details

Sales Employees

The Orders table contains the following columns.

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The Order Details table contains the following columns.

The address in the Orders table is the shipping address, which can differ from the billing address.

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The Products table contains the following columns.

The Categories table contains the following columns.

The Suppliers table contains the following columns.

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The Sales Employees table contains the following columns.

Each employee in the Sales Employees table is assigned to one sales region. Multiple employees can
be assigned to each region.

Requirements. Report Requirements

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Northwind Traders requires the following reports:

Top Products

Top Customers

On-Time Shipping

The Top Customers report will show the top 20 customers based on the highest sales amounts in a
selected order month or quarter, product category, and sales region.

The Top Products report will show the top 20 products based on the highest sales amounts sold in a
selected order month or quarter, sales region, and product category. The report must also show
which suppliers provide the top products.

The On-Time Shipping report will show the following metrics for a selected shipping month or
quarter:

The percentage of orders that were shipped late by country and shipping region

Customers that had multiple late shipments during the last quarter

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

The warehouse shipping department must be notified if the percentage of late orders within the
current month exceeds 5%.

The reports must show historical data for the current calendar year and the last three calendar years.

Requirements. Technical Requirements

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Northwind Traders identifies the following technical requirements:

A single dataset must support all three reports.

The reports must be stored in a single Power BI workspace.

Report data must be current as of 7 AM Pacific Time each day.

The reports must provide fast response times when users interact with a visualization.

The data model must minimize the size of the dataset as much as possible, while meeting the report
requirements and the technical requirements.

Requirements. Security Requirements

Access to the reports must be granted to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) security groups only. An
Azure AD security group exists for each department.

The sales department must be able to perform the following tasks in Power BI:

Create, edit, and delete content in the reports.

Manage permissions for workspaces, datasets, and report.

Publish, unpublish, update, and change the permissions for an app.

Assign Azure AD groups role-based access to the reports workspace.

Users in the sales department must be able to access only the data of the sales region to which they
are assigned in the Sales Employees table.

Power BI has the following row-level security (RLS) Table filter DAX expression for the Sales
Employees table.

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[EmailAddress] = USERNAME()

RLS will be applied only to the sales department users. Users in all other departments must be able
to view all the data.

Question: 24

You need to design the data model to meet the report requirements.

What should you do in Power BI Desktop?

A. 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.

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

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

D. 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.

Answer: B
Explanation:

Use Power Query to calculate calendar quarter and calendar month.

Scenario:

A single dataset must support all three reports:

- The Top Customers report will show the top 20 customers based on the highest sales amounts in a
selected order month or quarter, product category, and sales region.

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- The Top Products report will show the top 20 products based on the highest sales amounts sold in a
selected order month or quarter, sales region, and product category.

The data model must minimize the size of the dataset as much as possible, while meeting the report
requirements and the technical requirements.

Question: 25

HOTSPOT

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:

Box 1: CALCULATE

CALCULATE evaluates an expression in a modified filter context.

Syntax: CALCULATE(<expression>[, <filter1> [, <filter2> [, …]]])

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>,<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]

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> 0 or [Region] = "France"

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

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

Reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/calculate-function-dax

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/filter-function-dax

Question: 26
HOTSPOT

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.

Answer:
Explanation:

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Box 1: many-to-one

Each employee in the Sales Employees table is assigned to one sales region. Multiple employees can
be assigned to each region.

The Suppliers table has a Region column.

Box 2: Suppliers table

Question: 27
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?

A. bar chart

B. scatterplot

C. pie chart

Answer: A
Explanation:

Scenario: The On-Time Shipping report will show the following metrics for a selected shipping month
or quarter:

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The percentage of orders that were shipped late by country and shipping region

Customers that had multiple late shipments during the last quarter

Note: Bar and column charts are some of the most widely used visualization charts in Power BI. They
can be used for one or multiple categories. Both these chart types represent data with rectangular
bars, where the size of the bar is proportional to the magnitude of data values.

The difference between the two is that if the rectangles are stacked horizontally, it is called a bar
chart. If the rectangles are vertically aligned, it is called a column chart.

Reference:

https://www.pluralsight.com/guides/bar-and-column-charts-in-power-bi

Question: 28

HOTSPOT

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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Answer:
Explanation:

Box 1: Top N

Scenario: The Top Customers report will show the top 20 customers based on the highest sales
amounts in a selected order month or quarter, product category, and sales region.

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Once you drag to SKU to Visual level filter you should get Top N option

Note: The two most common filter types: automatic and manual.

Then there are more advanced filters.

Box 2: Visual

Once you drag to SKU to Visual level filter you should get Top N option.

Reference:

https://powerbidocs.com/2020/01/21/power-bi-top-n-filters/

Question: 29
You need to minimize me size of the dataset. The solution must meet the report requirements What
should you do?

A. Change lite OrderlD column in the Orders table to the text data type.

B. Filter out discontinued products while importing the Product table.

C. Remove the QuantityPerUnit column from the Products table

D. Group the Categories table by the CategorylD column.

Answer: C
Explanation:

Question: 30

You need to configure access for the sales department users. The solution must me meet the security
requirements. What should you do?

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A. Add the sales department as a member of the reports workspace

B. Add the Azure Active Directory group of the sales department as an Admin of the reports
workspace.

C. Distribute an app to the users in the Azure Active Directory group of the sales department.

D. Share each report to the Azure Active Directory group of the sales department.

Answer: B
Explanation:

Question: 31

HOTSPOT

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.

Answer:
Explanation:

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Question: 32
HOTSPOT

You need to create a solution to meet the notification requirements of the warehouse shipping
department.

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

NOTE: Each correct select is worth one point:

Answer:
Explanation:

Question: 33
You need to create the dataset. Which dataset mode should you use?

A. DirectQuery

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B. Import

C. Live connection

D. Composite

Answer: D
Explanation:

Composite Model means now you can have a model, that very large tables of that are coming from
the DirectQuery connection, without the need for importing, and small tables to be imported to be
accessible quickly.

Topic 4, Misc. Questions

Question: 34

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 add a WHERE clause to the SQL statement.

Does this meet the goal?

A. Yes

B. No

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Answer: A
Explanation:

Question: 35

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?

A. Yes

B. No

Answer: B
Explanation:

The filter is applied after the data is imported.

Instead add a WHERE clause to the SQL statement.

Reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/service-gateway-sql-tutorial

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Question: 36

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 add a report-level filter that filters based on the order date.

Does this meet the goal?

A. Yes

B. No

Answer: B
Explanation:

The filter is applied after the data is imported.

Instead add a WHERE clause to the SQL statement.

Reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/service-gateway-sql-tutorial

Question: 37

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

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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 create a parameter named DataSourceExcel that holds the file name and location of a Microsoft
Excel data source.

You need to update the query to reference the parameter instead of multiple hard-coded copies of
the location within each query definition.

Solution: You add a Power Apps custom visual to the report.

Does this meet the goal?

A. Yes

B. No

Answer: A
Explanation:

Question: 38

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 create a parameter named DataSourceExcel that holds the file name and location of a Microsoft
Excel data source.

You need to update the query to reference the parameter instead of multiple hard-coded copies of
the location within each query definition.

Solution: In the Power Query M code, you replace references to the Excel file with DataSourceExcel.

Does this meet the goal?

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A. Yes

B. No

Answer: A
Explanation:

Instead modify the source step of the queries to use DataSourceExcel as the file path.

Note: Parameterising a Data Source could be used in many different use cases. From connecting to
different data sources defined in Query Parameters to load different combinations of columns.

Reference:

https://www.biinsight.com/power-bi-desktop-query-parameters-part-1/

Question: 39

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 create a parameter named DataSourceExcel that holds the file name and location of a Microsoft
Excel data source.

You need to update the query to reference the parameter instead of multiple hard-coded copies of
the location within each query definition.

Solution: You create a new query that references DataSourceExcel.

Does this meet the goal?

A. Yes

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B. No

Answer: B
Explanation:

Instead modify the source step of the queries to use DataSourceExcel as the file path.

Note: Parameterising a Data Source could be used in many different use cases. From connecting to
different data sources defined in Query Parameters to load different combinations of columns.

Reference:

https://www.biinsight.com/power-bi-desktop-query-parameters-part-1/

Question: 40

You have the visual shown in the Original exhibit. {Click the Original tab.)

You need to configure the visual as shown in the Modified exhibit. (Click the Modified tab.)

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What should you add to the visual?

A. a measure

B. a trendline

C. a forecast

D. an Average line

Answer: C
Explanation:

Explore forecast results by adjusting the desired confidence interval or by adjusting outlier data to
see how they affect results.

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Reference:

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/fr-fr/blog/introducing-new-forecasting-capabilities-in-power-view- for-
office-365/

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