BUA 511 - Quiz 1

Which Tableau product is the MAIN visualization tool for developers?

• Tableau Prep

• Tableau Server

• Tableau Mobile

• Tableau Desktop

Answer explanation

Although you would most likely be using multiple Tableau products, your bread & butter is gonna be Tableau Desktop.

Which of these icons represent Date values data type on Tableau?

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If the value "Abc" was in a Date field type, how would Tableau display it?

• Abc

• NULL

• 1/1/1900

• Tableau would display this value as Empty or a Gap in the data.

Which of these file type(s) can contain worksheets, dashboards, and visualizations created in Tableau Desktop?

• .hyper

• .twb

• .tdsx

• .twbx

Which of these chart types would be BEST for time series data?

• Pie

• Line

• Waterfall

• Donut

Is this statement correct?

Data Visualizations only consist of chart & graphs

• YES

• NO

Answer explanation

Although, charts & graphs are very common ways that people visualize data, Data Visualizations can come in other forms such as Tables, Metrics, Call-Outs, Insight Statements, etc.

Is this statement correct?

Tableau auto-detects the data type and categorizes them accordingly & correctly.

• YES

• NO

Answer explanation

Which calculation(s) below will be valid in Tableau?

• SUM([Sales]+[Profit]

• SUM([Profit])-SUM([Cost])

• ([Previous Sales] - [Current Sales])/[Previous Sales]

• MAX(Sales) - AVG(Sales)

Answer explanation

Remember, Tableau will only allow same level of functions/data to be used in calculated fields.

Also, the ([Previous Sales] - [Current Sales])/[Previous Sales] function could also be invalid if these fields referenced were themselves calculated fields with different aggregations.

For the most part, can we think of Parameters in Tableau as a switch/toggle/slider that we can create & configure ourselves to work with our dataset?

• YES

• NO

Which of these lists represent important formatting areas to consider?

• 1. Visual Elements

  2. Colors & Palettes

  3. Font & Text

  4. Axes & Gridlines

  5. Borders & Backgrounds

  6. Security

  7. Conditional Formatting

• 1. Visual Elements

  2. Colors & Palettes

  3. Formulas

  4. Axes & Gridlines

  5. Borders & Backgrounds

  6. Tooltip

  7. Conditional Formatting

• 1. Visual Elements

  2. Colors & Palettes

  3. Font & Text

  4. Axes & Gridlines

  5. Borders & Backgrounds

  6. Tooltip

  7. Conditional Formatting

Answer explanation

Both Security & Formulas are areas that do not need to be formatted as they are not "seen" by the audience.