PL-900 Practice Test 43 — 15 Questions

Question 1

You work for a retail company that uses Microsoft Power Platform to manage inventory. The company has a Power Apps canvas app that allows store managers to update stock levels. Recently, the app has been slow to load and sometimes times out when multiple managers use it simultaneously. You need to recommend a solution to improve performance. What should you do?

Choose an answer to begin — your selection is scored in the full session.

Accepted Answer

Migrate the app to use a Microsoft Dataverse database.. Migrating the canvas app to use Microsoft Dataverse improves performance because Dataverse is a relational, transactional data store designed for high-concurrency access, unlike SharePoint lists which have throttling limits and are not optimized for frequent simultaneous updates. Dataverse provides built-in indexing, delegation, and scalability that reduce load times and prevent timeouts when multiple managers use the app concurrently. This directly addresses the root cause of the slowdown: the underlying data platform's limitations.

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Reduce the number of fields in the SharePoint list.

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Instruct managers to use a wired network connection instead of Wi-Fi.

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Implement a custom API to handle updates.

Question 2

A company's Power Platform environment has a Dataverse table with a business rule that sets the 'Status' field to 'Expired' when 'EndDate' is in the past. However, the rule does not apply retroactively. How can the administrator enforce the rule for existing records?

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Create a Power Automate flow that runs on existing records and updates the status.. Business rules in Dataverse do not apply retroactively to existing records; they only trigger on new or updated records. A Power Automate flow can be configured to query all existing records where 'EndDate' is in the past and 'Status' is not 'Expired', then update the 'Status' field accordingly. This provides a scalable, automated solution without manual intervention.

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Manually update the records using Excel import.

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Create a calculated field that computes the status.

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Modify the business rule to run on load for all records.

Question 3

Refer to the exhibit. You see a configuration snippet for a Microsoft Copilot Studio bot. What is the purpose of 'triggerPhrases'?

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They identify which topics the bot should use when a user says those phrases.. In Microsoft Copilot Studio, trigger phrases are utterances that, when matched by the NLU model, route the conversation to the associated topic. They define the intent recognition for that topic, not the bot's fallback or responses. This allows the bot to understand user input and select the correct topic to handle.

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They define the bot's fallback behavior.

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They define the responses the bot will give.

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They are used for analytics reporting.

Question 4

Which TWO of the following are components of Power Platform? (Choose two.)

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Power Apps. Power Apps (C) is a core Power Platform component, providing a low-code/no-code canvas and model-driven app development environment that connects to data sources via connectors and the Dataverse. Power BI (E) is also a core Power Platform component, delivering business analytics, interactive dashboards, and reports built on the Power BI service and Desktop. Together with Power Automate and Power Virtual Agents (now Copilot Studio), these make up the Microsoft Power Platform suite. SharePoint (A), Teams (B), and Excel (D) are not Power Platform components; they are separate Microsoft 365 services/applications that can integrate with Power Platform (e.g., as connectors or data sources) but are not part of the platform itself.

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SharePoint

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Teams

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Excel

Question 5

A non-technical employee wants to create a simple chatbot to answer common HR questions. Which Power Platform component should they use?

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Power Virtual Agents. Power Virtual Agents (C) is the correct choice because it is a no-code, AI-driven chatbot service within Power Platform specifically designed for building conversational agents. It allows non-technical users to create, publish, and analyze chatbots using a graphical interface without writing code, making it ideal for handling common HR questions through predefined topics and natural language understanding.

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Power BI

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Power Apps

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Power Automate

Question 6

An organization is using Microsoft Power Platform to build a compliance solution. They need to ensure that sensitive data in Dataverse is encrypted at rest and that access is audited. Which feature should they enable?

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Customer-managed encryption key (CMK) and Audit logging. Customer-managed encryption key (CMK) provides control over the encryption key used to encrypt data at rest in Dataverse, ensuring sensitive data is encrypted with a key managed by the organization. Audit logging records all access and changes to data, enabling compliance auditing. Together, they directly address the requirements for encryption at rest and access auditing.

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Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies

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Power Apps business rules

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Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access policies

Question 7

Which TWO are valid ways to share a canvas app with other users in your organization?

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Share directly from the Power Apps maker portal. Option B is correct because the Power Apps maker portal provides a built-in Share feature that lets you grant specific users or groups in your organization access to a canvas app, assigning them either User or Co-owner permissions. Option C is correct because embedding a canvas app in Microsoft Teams is a supported sharing method that distributes the app to team members through a Teams tab or as a personal app, respecting the organization's security and licensing. Option A is not valid because a SharePoint list is a data source, not a distribution channel for a canvas app. Option D is not valid because a .msapp file is a source package for editing or importing in the maker portal, not a runnable link for end users. Option E is not valid because emailing the .msapp file does not publish or share the app and recipients cannot run it directly.

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Publish the app to a SharePoint list

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Provide a direct link to the .msapp file

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Send the app file as an email attachment

Question 8

A non-profit organization wants to digitize its volunteer sign-up process. They need a solution that can be built quickly without custom code. Which Microsoft Power Platform component should they use?

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Power Apps. Power Apps is the correct choice because it enables rapid creation of custom apps with a low-code or no-code approach, allowing the non-profit to build a volunteer sign-up form and data submission interface without writing custom code. It directly addresses the need to digitize a manual process by providing a user-friendly canvas or model-driven app that can connect to data sources like SharePoint or Dataverse.

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Power BI

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Copilot Studio

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Power Automate

Question 9

Which data platform in Power Platform provides a secure, scalable database with built-in business logic and security?

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Microsoft Dataverse. Microsoft Dataverse is the correct answer because it is the underlying data platform for Power Platform that provides a secure, scalable database with built-in business logic (such as business rules, workflows, and calculated fields) and role-based security. Unlike other options, Dataverse is designed specifically to store and manage business data with features like column-level security, auditing, and a rich metadata-driven architecture.

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SharePoint

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SQL Server

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Excel

Question 10

Which TWO scenarios are best suited for using Power Automate scheduled flows?

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Generating a daily sales report at 8 AM. Option B is correct because a scheduled flow is designed to run on a time-based recurrence, so generating a daily sales report at 8 AM is a classic use case where the Recurrence trigger fires once per day at the specified time. Option C is correct because archiving records older than 30 days every Sunday is also time-driven, and the Recurrence trigger can be configured to run weekly on Sundays to perform the cleanup automatically. The unmarked options A, D, and E are all event-driven scenarios: they should use automated triggers such as when a new expense report is submitted, when a new email arrives with a specific subject, or when a new file is added to SharePoint, rather than a scheduled recurrence.

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Sending an approval request when a new expense report is submitted

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Creating a task in Planner when a new email arrives with specific subject

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Posting a message to Teams when a new file is added to SharePoint

Question 11

You need to create a flow that runs every hour to check a SharePoint list for items with a 'Due Date' that has passed and sends a reminder email to the assigned person. Which type of flow should you create?

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Scheduled cloud flow. A scheduled cloud flow is designed to run on a recurring schedule, such as every hour. It is triggered by a time-based recurrence, not by an event. This matches the requirement to check a SharePoint list hourly and send reminder emails.

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Desktop flow

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Automated cloud flow

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Business process flow

Question 12

An organization needs a Power App that allows employees to submit expense reports by filling out a form and attaching receipts. Which type of app should you create and why?

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Canvas app, because it provides flexible form design and supports file attachments. A canvas app is correct because it gives the maker full control over the layout and controls, allowing a custom form with a file attachment control (e.g., the Attachments control or the Add Picture control) bound to a data source like SharePoint or Dataverse. Canvas apps are ideal for task-specific, form-based scenarios where the UI must be tailored to the user's needs, such as submitting expense reports with receipts. Model-driven apps use standard forms that are less flexible for custom attachment handling, and AI Builder is an add-on capability, not an app type. Power Apps portals are for external users, not employees.

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Model-driven app, because it uses standard Dataverse forms

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AI Builder app, because it can process receipts automatically

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Power Apps portal, because it allows external users to submit expenses

Question 13

A team wants to create a mobile app for inspecting equipment. The app should allow inspectors to capture photos, record audio notes, and submit the inspection report to a SharePoint list. The team has limited coding experience and wants to build the app quickly. Which type of Power Apps should they use?

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Canvas app. Canvas apps are the best fit because they enable rapid development of custom mobile interfaces with drag-and-drop controls. They can directly use device features like camera and microphone and connect to SharePoint lists for data storage. Model-driven apps are more structured and less flexible for this use case, while portals and Power Automate serve different purposes.

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Power Automate flow

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Model-driven app

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Power Apps portal

Question 14

A Power Platform administrator is configuring data loss prevention (DLP) policies for a tenant. The administrator needs to allow the use of the SharePoint connector and the Outlook connector in the same flow, but must block the use of the Twitter connector. Which DLP policy configuration should the administrator use?

Accepted Answer

Add SharePoint and Outlook to the Business data group, and add Twitter to the Blocked group.. DLP policies classify connectors into Business, Non-Business, and Blocked groups. Connectors in the same group can be used together in a flow. To allow SharePoint and Outlook together, they must be in the same group, such as Business. To block Twitter, it must be placed in the Blocked group. This configuration satisfies both conditions.

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Add SharePoint to the Business data group, add Outlook to the Non-Business data group, and add Twitter to the Blocked group.

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Add SharePoint and Outlook to the Non-Business data group, and add Twitter to the Business data group.

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Add SharePoint and Outlook to the Blocked group, and add Twitter to the Non-Business data group.

Question 15

A Power Apps maker has built a canvas app that uses a SQL Server database as its data source. The app is used by employees in the office and remote workers. Remote workers report that the app is slow when loading data. The maker suspects that the issue is related to data retrieval. Which action should the maker take to improve performance for remote users?

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Optimize queries to retrieve only necessary data. Optimizing queries to retrieve only the required data minimizes network payload and processing time, which is especially beneficial for remote users with limited bandwidth. This approach is a fundamental performance tuning technique for canvas apps using SQL Server.

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Enable delegation for the SQL Server data source

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Configure an on-premises data gateway in the same region as the remote users

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Use the OnStart property to cache data locally