Microsoft Practice Test PL-300: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst
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The PL-300 practice test trains you in Microsoft Power BI data analysis.
Why should I take the PL-300 Practice Test to prepare for the official exam?
The PL-300 certification offers you the perfect opportunity to start a rewarding career in Microsoft Power BI as a Power BI data analyst, by allowing you to demonstrate your knowledge of Power Query and Data Analysis Expressions. On passing the PL-300 exam, you earn the Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate certification.
The PL-300 practice test includes two different modes: certification and practice mode. Certification mode allows you to assess your knowledge and discover your weak areas, with practice mode allowing you to focus on the areas that need development.
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Release Date: 04/2022 (Last Update: 01/2025)
Job Role: Business User, Data Analyst
Language: English
The PL-300 practice test contains 180 questions and covers the following objectives:
Prepare the data - 43 questions
Get or connect to data
- Identify and connect to data sources or a shared semantic model
- Change data source settings, including credentials and privacy levels
- Choose between DirectQuery and Import
- Create and modify parameters
Profile and clean the data
- Evaluate data, including data statistics and column properties
- Resolve inconsistencies, unexpected or null values, and data quality issues
- Resolve data import errors
Transform and load the data
- Select appropriate column data types
- Create and transform columns
- Group and aggregate rows
- Pivot, unpivot, and transpose data
- Convert semi-structured data to a table
- Create fact tables and dimension tables
- Identify when to use reference or duplicate queries and the resulting impact
- Merge and append queries
- Identify and create appropriate keys for relationships
- Configure data loading for queries
Model the data - 49 questions
Design and implement a data model
- Configure table and column properties
- Implement role-playing dimensions
- Define a relationship's cardinality and cross-filter direction
- Create a common date table
- Identify use cases for calculated columns and calculated tables
Create model calculations by using DAX
- Create single aggregation measures
- Use the CALCULATE function
- Implement time intelligence measures
- Use basic statistical functions
- Create semi-additive measures
- Create a measure by using quick measures
- Create calculated tables or columns
- Create calculation groups
Optimize model performance
- Improve performance by identifying and removing unnecessary rows and columns
- Identify poorly performing measures, relationships, and visuals by using Performance Analyzer and DAX query view
- Improve performance by reducing granularity
Visualize and analyze the data - 54 questions
Create reports
- Select an appropriate visual
- Format and configure visuals
- Apply and customize a theme
- Apply conditional formatting
- Apply slicing and filtering
- Configure the report page
- Choose when to use a paginated report
- Create visual calculations by using DAX
Enhance reports for usability and storytelling
- Configure bookmarks
- Create custom tooltips
- Edit and configure interactions between visuals
- Configure navigation for a report
- Apply sorting to visuals
- Configure sync slicers
- Group and layer visuals by using the Selection pane
- Configure drillthrough navigation
- Configure export settings
- Design reports for mobile devices
- Enable personalized visuals in a report
- Design and configure Power BI reports for accessibility
- Configure automatic page refresh
Identify patterns and trends
- Use the Analyze feature in Power BI
- Use grouping, binning, and clustering
- Use AI visuals
- Use reference lines, error bars, and forecasting
- Detect outliers and anomalies
Manage and secure Power BI - 34 questions
Create and manage workspaces and assets
- Create and configure a workspace
- Configure and update a workspace app
- Publish, import, or update items in a workspace
- Create dashboards
- Choose a distribution method
- Configure subscriptions and data alerts
- Promote or certify Power BI content
- Identify when a gateway is required
- Configure a semantic model scheduled refresh
Secure and govern Power BI items
- Assign workspace roles
- Configure item-level access
- Configure access to semantic models
- Implement row-level security roles
- Configure row-level security group membership
- Apply sensitivity labels
Notes:
- The bullets that follow each of the skills measured are intended to illustrate how we are assessing that skill. Related topics may be covered in the exam.
- Most questions cover features that are general availability (GA). The exam may contain questions on Preview features if those features are commonly used.
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- Practice Mode enables users to highly customize the testing environment. They are able to select how many questions they want to include in their assessment, the maximum time to finish the test, the option to randomize the question order, and select how and which questions will be shown in the test.
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Yes. MeasureUp's practice tests have been specifically designed to help you both save time and pass at the first attempt. The test is fully customizable, allowing you to discover and focus on your weak areas. This makes the learning process quicker and smoother. Also, as the style, objectives, question type, and difficulty are the same as those found on the official exam, you can be confident that when you pass the practice test three times in Certification Mode, you are exam-ready.
What can I expect to earn if I pass the PL-300 exam?
On passing the PL-300, and obtaining a job as mid-level business analyst, you can expect to earn a salary in the United States of approximately $100,000.
Source: Nigel Franks International.
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PL-300 PRACTICE TEST
Why should you use our PL-300 practice test?
MeasureUp’s PL-300 practice test is the most realistic simulation of the certification exam on the market, giving you the perfect opportunity to pass the official exam on the first go. With our Test Pass Guarantee, you can be assured of success as we offer all of your money back if you do not pass. The PL-300 practice test has been created by leading experts in the field of Microsoft Power BI.
Why should you trust PL-300 Practice Test from MeasureUp over free learning material?
The MeasureUp PL-300 practice test has several benefits over free learning material, including:
- A higher number of questions, so more opportunities to learn.
- Detailed explanations with online references of correct and incorrect answers.
- A total of fourteen different question types, replicating the style and feel of the real exam.
- Customizable based on your needs. Certification & Practice Modes.
- Test Pass Guarantee.
- Written, reviewed, and edited by experts.
PL-300 CERTIFICATION
Will the questions be the same as the actual exam?
No. Although the questions will replicate those of the official exam in terms of style, content criteria, level of difficulty, for reasons of copyright they will not be exactly identical. This will allow you to fully understand the content you are studying so that, no matter what the specific focus of the questions is, you can be confident you are covering the same material and that you will have no problem in passing the exam.
How long does it take to prepare for PL-300?
The time required to pass the certification depends on your starting point in terms of your familiarity with Microsoft Power BI. However, in the case of the PL-300 certification exam, it takes on average 40-50 hours. The MeasureUp PL-300 practice test comes in several different access options: 30-day, 60-day, 1-year, and option to download the test.
PL-300 CERTIFICATION EXAM
Can I purchase a PL-300 exam voucher from MeasureUp?
No, MeasureUp does not provide exam vouchers for the certification exam.
How to pass the PL-300 exam?
- Read through the PL-300 exam domains carefully.
- Create a study plan for your preparation.
- Enroll for the MeasureUp practice tests. Our practice tests reflect the actual exam in terms of style, format, skill sets, question structure, and level of difficulty, and can be taken in one of two different formats: practice mode and certification mode.
- Practice, practice, practice! After looking at all the questions available in the test, checking which answers you got right, reviewing the explanations regarding all the different answer options, and consulting the carefully chosen references, it is now time to use the test’s Certification Mode. This is the closest experience you’ll get to the real exam. And when you pass the Certification Mode twice consecutively with a score of 90% or more, this means you are… Exam ready!
How many questions does PL-300 have?
The PL-300 exam contains between 50-60 questions.
Is PL-300 hard?
As with all exams, the difficulty depends fundamentally on your initial knowledge of the subject material and also the amount of time you dedicate to studying. However, as an associate-level exam, the PL-300 is neither the easiest nor the most difficult of Microsoft exams, and to pass you will need to know how to build and deploy real-world solutions.
Is the PL-300 certification worth it?
The PL-300 is worth passing if you are interested in developing your career as a Microsoft Power BI data analyst. It will allow you to demonstrate to employers your ability to provide meaningful business value with data visualizations, working in close collaboration with key stakeholders to identify business requirements. You will also be able to prove your ability to build and deploy real-world solution
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