PL-900 Practice Exam 3 — 20 Questions

Question 1

A company wants to ensure that changes to a Power Platform solution are tracked and can be rolled back if necessary. The development team uses source control. What should the administrator configure to enable solution lifecycle management?

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Accepted Answer

Use managed solutions and export to source control. Solution lifecycle management in Power Platform relies on the ALM pattern: develop in an unmanaged solution, export it as a managed solution, and store the solution source (including the .zip and unpacked XML) in a source control repository such as Azure DevOps or GitHub. Managed solutions are immutable in target environments, preventing out-of-band edits, and the source-controlled artifacts enable versioning, diffing, and rollback by re-importing a prior version.

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Backup the environment daily

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Share the app with the team

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Disable sharing to prevent changes

Question 2

A company wants to automate the process of moving files from a local network drive to SharePoint Online. Which Power Automate feature should they use?

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On-premises data gateway with cloud flow. The on-premises data gateway is required to connect to a local network drive from a cloud flow. Power Automate cloud flows run in the cloud and cannot directly access on-premises file systems without a gateway. Option B is wrong because cloud flows with a SharePoint connector can only connect to SharePoint Online, not to a local drive. Option C is wrong because UI flows are for automating user interface interactions, not file transfers. Option D is wrong because business process flows provide guided step-by-step processes and are not for file automation.

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Cloud flow with SharePoint connector

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UI flow

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Business process flow

Question 3

Drag and drop the steps to build a model-driven app in Power Apps in the correct order.

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Set up Dataverse tables, then design forms/views, then build the app with sitemap, then publish with security roles. Model-driven apps require first setting up Dataverse tables, then designing forms/views, then building the app with sitemap, and finally publishing with security roles.

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Design forms/views, then set up Dataverse tables, then build the app with sitemap, then publish with security roles

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Set up Dataverse tables, then build the app with sitemap, then design forms/views, then publish with security roles

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Publish with security roles, then set up Dataverse tables, then design forms/views, then build the app with sitemap

Question 4

Which THREE are valid components of a Microsoft Power Platform environment?

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Custom connector. A custom connector is a valid component of a Microsoft Power Platform environment because it allows you to extend the platform by creating your own API connectors to external services. Custom connectors are stored and managed within an environment, enabling makers to build apps and flows that interact with systems not covered by out-of-the-box connectors.

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Power BI workspace

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Microsoft 365 Group

Question 5

A manager wants to create an app without writing any code. Which Power Apps type should they use?

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Canvas app from a template. A canvas app from a template is the correct choice because it provides a pre-built, drag-and-drop design surface where a business user can customize screens, controls, and data connections without writing code. Templates accelerate development by supplying working layouts and sample data bindings that can be modified visually. This directly satisfies the 'no code' requirement while still producing a functional Power Apps application.

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Power BI

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Model-driven app

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Power Automate

Question 6

A retail company uses Power BI to analyze sales data. They want to allow store managers to view their own store's sales but not other stores. Which Power BI feature should they implement?

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Row-level security (RLS). Row-level security (RLS) in Power BI allows you to restrict data access for specific users based on roles and filters. By defining a role that filters sales data by store ID and assigning store managers to that role, each manager can only see their own store's sales, meeting the requirement without duplicating reports or data.

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Power Apps embedding

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Power Automate flows to filter data

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Microsoft Copilot Studio

Question 7

Which THREE of the following are capabilities of AI Builder within Power Platform? (Select three.)

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Sentiment analysis. AI Builder provides prebuilt AI models that can be consumed directly in Power Apps and Power Automate, and sentiment analysis (A) is one of its prebuilt text-analysis models, allowing flows and apps to classify text as positive, negative, or neutral without writing ML code. Object detection in images (C) is also a supported AI Builder model type, enabling detection and counting of objects in images for scenarios like inventory or quality checks. Form processing (D) is another core AI Builder capability, using document-processing models to extract key-value pairs and tables from forms such as invoices or receipts. Option B is incorrect because AI Builder complements rather than replaces Azure Machine Learning, which remains the platform for advanced custom ML workloads. Option E is incorrect because AI Builder offers prebuilt and customizable models, not from-scratch machine learning model development, which is the domain of Azure Machine Learning or custom code.

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Replacing Azure Machine Learning

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Building custom machine learning models from scratch

Question 8

A company wants to automate sending a welcome email to new employees after they are added to a SharePoint list. Which type of trigger should be used in the Power Automate flow?

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When an item is created - SharePoint. The 'When an item is created - SharePoint' trigger is the correct choice because it initiates the flow automatically whenever a new item (in this case, a new employee record) is added to the specified SharePoint list. This event-driven trigger eliminates the need for manual intervention, making it ideal for automating the welcome email process immediately upon creation.

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For a selected item - SharePoint

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Recurrence

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Start and wait for an approval

Question 9

A company is building a public-facing portal to allow customers to submit support tickets and track their status. The portal must support anonymous browsing for ticket submission but require authentication to view ticket details. Which Power Pages feature should they use?

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Page permissions with anonymous and authenticated web roles. Power Pages uses web roles combined with page permissions and table permissions to control access. Assigning an anonymous web role to public pages lets unauthenticated users submit tickets, while an authenticated web role on ticket-detail pages enforces sign-in before viewing details.

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Power Automate flows triggered by page visits

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Microsoft Customer Voice

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Dataverse table permissions

Question 10

A large enterprise uses Power Platform with multiple environments. They need to enforce a policy that blocks all Canvas apps from using the 'Twitter' connector, but only in the 'Production' environment. What should the administrator do?

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Create an environment-level DLP policy for the Production environment and set 'Twitter' to 'Blocked'. Environment-level DLP policies allow administrators to apply connector restrictions to specific environments, such as blocking the 'Twitter' connector only in 'Production' while leaving it available in other environments. This granular control is essential for enforcing governance without affecting development or testing environments.

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Create a DLP policy at the tenant level and set the 'Twitter' connector to 'Blocked'

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Disable the 'Twitter' connector in the Power Platform admin center for the Production environment

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Use the 'Set Connector' API to disable the connector for the Production environment

Question 11

Drag and drop the steps to create a canvas app from a SharePoint list in the correct order.

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Go to Power Apps maker portal, then select SharePoint as data source, then connect to a specific SharePoint list, then choose a template for the app, then publish and share the app.. The process starts in the maker portal, then selects SharePoint as source, connects to the list, chooses a template, and finally publishes and shares.

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Select SharePoint as data source, then choose a template for the app, then connect to a specific SharePoint list, then go to Power Apps maker portal, then publish and share the app.

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Publish and share the app, then go to Power Apps maker portal, then select SharePoint as data source, then connect to a specific SharePoint list, then choose a template for the app.

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Choose a template for the app, then go to Power Apps maker portal, then select SharePoint as data source, then connect to a specific SharePoint list, then publish and share the app.

Question 12

A sales manager wants to track leads and opportunities without custom development. Which Power Platform component should they use?

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Power Apps (model-driven app). A model-driven app in Power Apps is designed for data-centric business processes like lead and opportunity tracking, providing out-of-the-box tables, forms, and views without custom development. It leverages the Dataverse to store and manage structured data, making it ideal for a sales manager to track leads and opportunities through a pre-configured, customizable interface.

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Power BI

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Power Virtual Agents

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Power Automate

Question 13

A company is deploying Power Virtual Agents (now Copilot Studio) chatbots across multiple departments. Each department needs its own environment to manage chatbots independently. However, the company wants to share a common set of entities and workflows across all environments. Which approach should the administrator take?

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Create a separate environment per department and deploy managed solutions containing the common components. Managed solutions allow you to package common components (entities, workflows) and deploy them to multiple environments, ensuring consistency while maintaining departmental isolation. Each department gets its own environment for independent chatbot management, and the shared components are installed via managed solutions that cannot be modified, preserving the common baseline.

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Create a single environment for all departments and use security roles to isolate chatbots

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Use Power Apps component library to share components across environments

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Create a shared environment for common components and link each department environment to it

Question 14

An administrator configures a Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy with the scope set to 'All environments' and places selected connectors in the 'Blocked' group. What will be the result of this policy?

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The connectors are blocked in all environments. A DLP policy scoped to 'All environments' applies its connector classification across every Power Platform environment in the tenant. When connectors are placed in the 'Blocked' group, any app or flow using those connectors is prevented from running in any environment, including the default one. The scope setting directly determines where the policy's restrictions take effect.

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The connectors are allowed but audited

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The connectors are blocked only in production environments

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The connectors are blocked except for the default environment

Question 15

A flow fails with the error: 'GatewayTimeout'. The flow connects to an on-premises SQL Server via a data gateway. What is the most likely cause?

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The on-premises data gateway is not running or unreachable. The 'GatewayTimeout' error indicates that the flow successfully reached the on-premises data gateway but the gateway did not respond within the expected time frame. This typically occurs when the gateway service is not running, the machine hosting the gateway is offline, or network connectivity between the gateway and the SQL Server is broken. Incorrect credentials or missing tables would produce different errors (e.g., 'Login failed' or 'Invalid object name').

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The SQL login credentials are incorrect

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The SQL table does not exist

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The flow trigger did not fire

Question 16

An organization has multiple Power Platform environments including production, development, and test. They want to ensure that changes made in development are promoted to test and then to production, with approval gates. Which feature should they use?

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Use managed solutions with environment variables and configure deployment pipelines.. Managed solutions with environment variables and deployment pipelines provide a structured, automated way to promote solutions across environments with approval gates. This approach ensures that only managed solutions (which are locked and not directly editable) are deployed to production, while environment variables allow configuration values to change per environment without modifying the solution itself.

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Use Power Apps check-in feature and version history.

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Use unmanaged solutions and export/import manually between environments.

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Export solutions to a SharePoint document library and import from there.

Question 17

An organization wants to ensure that all Power Platform solutions in production environments are tracked and changes are approved. What should the administrator implement?

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Managed solutions with application lifecycle management (ALM). Managed solutions with application lifecycle management (ALM) ensure that all Power Platform solutions in production environments are tracked and changes are approved by enforcing version control, solution layering, and controlled deployment through environments. This approach uses solution components and environment segmentation to prevent unapproved modifications and maintain an audit trail.

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Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies

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Environment security groups

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Disable the 'Create personal productivity environments' setting

Question 18

Refer to the exhibit. A Power BI report connecting to the SalesDB database is slow. The exhibit shows a SQL Server activity snapshot. What is the most likely cause of the performance issue?

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SPID 55 is blocked by SPID 54, causing delays. The exhibit shows SPID 55 (a SELECT query) in a 'suspended' state with a non-zero 'blocked_by' column value of 54, indicating it is waiting for a lock held by SPID 54. SPID 54 is in a 'sleeping' state but still holds locks, which blocks SPID 55 from proceeding. This blocking chain directly causes the report's slow performance, as the Power BI query cannot complete until the blocking session releases its locks.

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The database server has insufficient memory

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The SELECT query (SPID 55) is performing a table scan

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The sleeping session (SPID 54) is using too much CPU

Question 19

A retail company wants to reduce the time store managers spend on manual inventory reporting. Currently, managers use paper forms and email to submit daily stock counts, which then need to be manually entered into a central system. This process is error-prone and delays replenishment. The company wants a solution that automates data entry, provides real-time dashboards, and allows managers to submit reports from their phones without installing any software on the phones. Which combination of Microsoft Power Platform tools should the company use?

Accepted Answer

Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI. The scenario requires a combination of Power Apps (for mobile-friendly report submission without installing software), Power Automate (to automate data entry into the central system), and Power BI (to provide real-time dashboards). Power Apps alone cannot automate data entry or provide dashboards; Power Automate alone cannot provide a mobile input interface or dashboards; Power BI alone cannot capture data or automate workflows. Only the trio covers all requirements: mobile input, automated processing, and real-time visualization.

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Power Automate only

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Power Apps only

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Power BI only

Question 20

Which THREE of the following are capabilities of Power Virtual Agents? (Choose three.)

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Use prebuilt templates for common scenarios. Option A is correct because Power Virtual Agents ships with prebuilt templates for common scenarios (such as FAQ, IT helpdesk, and customer service bots) that let makers start a bot quickly without building every topic from scratch. Option B is correct because Power Virtual Agents supports human handoff, allowing a bot to escalate a conversation to a live agent, typically through integration with Dynamics 365 Omnichannel for Customer Service. Option C is correct because bots built in Power Virtual Agents can be published to multiple channels, including websites (via an embeddable web chat widget or iframe) and Microsoft Teams, as well as other channels like Facebook and Cortana. Option D is not a core Power Virtual Agents capability; interactive reports are produced with Power BI, not generated natively by Power Virtual Agents. Option E is not a Power Virtual Agents capability per se; complex workflow automation with conditions is handled by Power Automate, which Power Virtual Agents can call, but the bot itself does not automate complex workflows.

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Generate interactive reports from conversation data

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Automate complex workflows with conditions