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WorksheetsSection A: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which file location allows Power BI to automatically sync changes made to an Excel file?
Local file
OneDrive for Business
USB drive
CSV export
Why does JSON data usually need transformation before analysis?
It is always empty
It is nested or unstructured
It cannot be loaded
It is already summarized
Where can you update file paths when a source file moves in Power BI?
Visual pane
Data source settings
Report view
Dashboard settings
When connecting to SharePoint Online Lists, what URL should you provide?
Full file path
Dataset URL
Site URL
Folder path
Which storage mode stores data inside the Power BI file?
DirectQuery
Dual
Import
Live Connect
Sarah is building a report for a department where data cannot be copied for security reasons. She needs live access to the data source.
Which storage mode should she use?
Import
Dual
DirectQuery
Excel Mode
A report shows blank columns after importing from SQL Server. What is the most likely cause?
Missing rows
Wrong data type
No relationships
File corruption
James wants fast performance and full Power BI features for a medium-sized dataset. Which model framework should he choose?
DirectQuery
Composite
Import
Live connection
Which core task of a data analyst involves cleaning, profiling, and transforming raw data?
Visualize Data
Analyze Data
Prepare Data
Manage Data
Alex is reviewing a sales column in Power BI and observes unusual outliers. He wants to analyze how the values are distributed across different ranges to better understand the data pattern.
Which data profiling feature should Alex use?
Column Distribution
Column Profile
Column Quality
Column Statistics
Maria wants to check the percentage of valid, error, and empty values in each column before modeling the data. Which feature should she use?
Column Distribution
Column Profile
Column Quality
Column Statistics
A company extracts data from multiple sources, loads the raw data into a cloud data warehouse, and then performs transformations inside the warehouse.
Which approach is being used?
ETL
ELT
Data Profiling
Data Modeling
A retail manager asks, “Why did sales drop last month in the North region?” and expects analysis that identifies causes.
Descriptive
Diagnostic
Predictive
Prescriptive
In Power BI, what is the primary purpose of a semantic model?
To display charts on the report canvas
To store dashboards in the Service
To organize data, relationships, and calculations for analysis
To apply filters and slicers to visuals
When connecting to a SQL Server database to get data, which language should you use to extract data?
DAX
T-SQL
MDX
Python
You want Power BI reports to reflect changes immediately after an Azure Analysis Services cube refresh. How should you connect?
Import
T-SQL
Live connection
Scheduled refresh
What is the best way to improve performance when loading data into Power BI?
Export data to CSV
Load all available columns
Remove unnecessary columns and rows
Increase report visuals
A data analyst at CodeSphere Hub is building a Power BI report to analyze customer transactions stored in a structured database. The data is organized into relational tables such as Customers, Orders, and Products, and the analyst needs Power BI to connect directly to these tables and retrieve data using database queries for efficient reporting and real-time analysis.
Which data source should the analyst use to connect Power BI directly to the relational tables?
Web
SQL Database
Image files
Which data role enables advanced analytics through reports and visualizations?
Data scientist
Data engineer
Data analyst
Database administrator
Which data analyst task has the greatest impact on report performance?
Model
Analyze
Visualize
Share
What is the most important benefit of data analysis?
Complex reports
Decisive analytics
Informed business decisions
More dashboards
What is the common flow of activity in Power BI?
Power BI Service → Power BI Mobile → Power BI Desktop
Power BI Desktop → Power BI Service → Power BI Mobile
Power BI Mobile → Power BI Desktop → Power BI Service
Power BI Desktop → Power BI Excel → Power BI Service
Which are the core building blocks of Power BI?
Tiles and visuals
Semantic models and visualizations
Semantic models and reports
Dashboards and datasets
Alex, a business analyst at SummitTech Solutions, is asked to create a Power BI dashboard that combines sales, customer feedback, and inventory data from multiple sources. Before visualizing the data, he needs to clean, transform, and shape it.
Which Power BI tool should Alex use?
Dataverse
Power Query
Microsoft Fabric
SQL Server Management Studio
Which Power BI component is primarily used for publishing, sharing, and managing reports?
A. Power BI Desktop
B. Power BI Report Server
C. Power BI Service
D. Power BI Mobile
