PL-900 Practice Test 43 — 15 Questions

Question 1

You are designing a solution to automatically send a welcome email to new employees after their record is created in a Dataverse table. The solution must use a Microsoft Power Platform component. Which component should you use?

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

Accepted Answer

Power Automate. Power Automate can create automated workflows that trigger on record creation in Dataverse and send welcome emails. Option A is incorrect because Power Apps is for building custom apps, not for automation. Option B is incorrect because Power BI is for data visualization and analytics. Option D is incorrect because Power Pages is for creating external-facing websites.

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Power Apps

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Power BI

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Power Pages

Question 2

A sales team wants to automate follow-up emails after a lead is created in Dynamics 365 Sales. Which Power Platform component should they use?

Accepted Answer

Power Automate. Power Automate is the correct component because it is designed to create automated workflows that trigger actions based on events, such as sending follow-up emails when a lead is created in Dynamics 365 Sales. It integrates directly with Dynamics 365 via connectors, allowing you to define a trigger (e.g., 'When a lead is created') and an action (e.g., 'Send an email') without custom code.

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Power BI

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Power Apps

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Power Virtual Agents

Question 3

Which THREE conditions are required for a Power Automate flow to use the 'When an email arrives' trigger for a shared mailbox? (Select THREE.)

Accepted Answer

The flow must use an Office 365 Outlook connector.. Options A, D, and E are correct. For a Power Automate flow to use the 'When an email arrives' trigger for a shared mailbox, the flow must use an Office 365 Outlook connector (A), the connection must be configured with the shared mailbox address (D), and the shared mailbox must be enabled for the connector (E). Option B is incorrect because desktop flows are not required; cloud flows can use this trigger. Option C is incorrect because the trigger fires for any email, not just those with attachments.

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The flow must be a desktop flow.

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The email must contain an attachment.

Question 4

You need to design a Power Automate cloud flow that processes incoming emails and creates tasks in Microsoft To Do. The flow should only run for emails from specific senders. Which TWO actions should you use?

Accepted Answer

Condition. Options B and E are correct. A 'Condition' action filters by sender, and 'Create a task' action creates the task in Microsoft To Do. Option A is wrong because 'Compose' is used for data manipulation, not for filtering or task creation. Option C is wrong because 'Send an email' is not needed. Option D is wrong because 'Apply to each' is used for arrays, not for filtering by sender.

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Compose

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Send an email

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Apply to each

Question 5

Fabrikam Inc. uses Power Automate to automate expense report approvals. The flow is triggered when an expense report is submitted in a SharePoint list. The flow then sends an approval request to the expense approver via the Approvals connector. If approved, the flow updates the SharePoint list status to 'Approved' and sends a confirmation email to the submitter. If rejected, it updates the status to 'Rejected' and sends a rejection email. Currently, the flow works for single approvers, but the business now requires that if the expense amount exceeds $5,000, the approval must be sent to a senior manager instead of the regular manager. You need to modify the flow to meet this requirement with minimal maintenance. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Add a Condition action to check the expense amount and then use two separate approval actions. Adding a Condition action to check the expense amount allows the flow to branch to different approval actions based on the amount. If the expense exceeds $5,000, the approval request is sent to a senior manager; otherwise, it goes to the regular manager. This approach is simple, easy to maintain, and aligns with Power Automate's built-in conditional logic. Option A (Scope) is used for grouping actions but does not provide conditional branching. Option B (child flow) adds unnecessary complexity for this straightforward scenario. Option D (parallel branches) would send approvals to both managers simultaneously, which does not meet the conditional requirement.

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Use a Scope action to group the approval actions

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Create a child flow that handles the approval routing

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Add parallel branches for each approval path

Question 6

A company uses Power Apps to manage employee leave requests. They want to automate the approval process so that managers receive an email when a request is submitted. Which component should they add?

Accepted Answer

Power Automate. Power Automate is the correct component because it is designed to create automated workflows that trigger actions based on events. In this scenario, when a leave request is submitted in Power Apps, a Power Automate flow can be configured to send an email notification to the manager, automating the approval process without manual intervention.

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Power BI

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AI Builder

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Power Virtual Agents

Question 7

Which TWO of the following are required to set up a Power Pages site that allows external users to sign in using their social media accounts?

Accepted Answer

Set up the social identity provider in the Power Pages admin center.. Options B and D are correct. To enable social login for a Power Pages site, you must set up the social identity provider (e.g., Facebook, Google, LinkedIn) in the Power Pages admin center (option B) and obtain a client ID and client secret from the social media platform (option D). Option A is incorrect because deploying a model-driven app is not required for authentication; it is used for managing data, not for social sign-in setup. Option C is incorrect because Microsoft Entra ID is typically used for organizational (work/school) accounts, not for social media accounts. Option E is incorrect because local contact records are created automatically after authentication, not pre-created by the administrator.

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Deploy a model-driven app to manage user registrations.

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Configure Microsoft Entra ID as the identity provider.

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Create a local contact record for each external user.

Question 8

A company wants to create a Power App that uses AI to extract information from uploaded invoices. The app should allow users to upload an invoice image and then automatically populate fields like invoice number, date, and total amount. Which Power Platform feature should you use? A) AI Builder's prebuilt invoice processing model. B) Custom Vision service in Azure. C) Power Automate with OCR actions. D) Use the 'Scan' function in Power Apps.

Accepted Answer

AI Builder's prebuilt invoice processing model.. AI Builder provides a prebuilt model for invoice processing that can be integrated into Power Apps. Option B: Custom Vision is for image classification, not document extraction. Option C: Power Automate with OCR requires custom coding. Option D: The 'Scan' function is for barcode scanning, not document extraction.

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Use the 'Scan' function in Power Apps.

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Custom Vision service in Azure.

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Power Automate with OCR actions.

Question 9

Which TWO are examples of using AI Builder within Power Platform? (Select TWO)

Accepted Answer

Extracting text from scanned invoices using prebuilt models.. AI Builder provides prebuilt models that can extract text and data from scanned invoices without requiring custom machine learning expertise. This capability integrates directly into Power Automate and Power Apps, enabling automated processing of invoice data within the Power Platform.

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Setting up a Power Automate trigger when a new email arrives.

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Designing a custom screen in a Power Apps canvas app.

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Creating a Power BI dashboard to visualize sales data.

Question 10

You are designing a Power Automate flow to approve expense reports. The flow must allow managers to approve or reject directly from the email notification without signing in. Which action should you use?

Accepted Answer

Start and wait for an approval. The 'Start and wait for an approval' action is specifically designed to send an approval request via email or the Power Automate mobile app, and it allows recipients to approve or reject directly from the email notification without needing to sign in, using adaptive cards or lightweight approval buttons. This meets the requirement for manager approval without authentication.

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Create a file

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Send an email (V2)

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Send an HTTP request

Question 11

A company has deployed a custom copilot built with Microsoft Copilot Studio to support the sales team. The copilot uses a SharePoint site containing product documentation and a public website for industry news as knowledge sources. The copilot is configured with anonymous access and is published to a demo page. Recently, the sales team has been using the copilot to answer customer questions, but they report that the copilot sometimes provides incorrect product specifications and cites sources that are not related to the company's products. The administrator needs to improve the accuracy and relevance of the copilot's responses while maintaining the ability to answer questions about industry news. What should the administrator do first?

Accepted Answer

Remove the public website as a knowledge source and add a more specific industry news source. The core issue is that the public website knowledge source is introducing irrelevant or incorrect information into the copilot's responses. By removing it and adding a more specific industry news source, the administrator directly addresses the source of inaccuracy while preserving the ability to answer industry news questions. This aligns with the principle that knowledge source quality directly impacts generative AI response relevance in Microsoft Copilot Studio.

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Enable Microsoft Entra ID authentication to restrict access

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Turn off Generative AI and use only manual topics

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Add additional SharePoint sites with product specifications

Question 12

A company is designing a copilot using Microsoft Copilot Studio. The copilot must handle sensitive employee data. Which TWO actions should the administrator take to ensure data security and compliance?

Accepted Answer

Configure data loss prevention (DLP) policies to restrict data movement. The correct answers are B and D. Option B: Configuring Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies helps restrict the movement of sensitive employee data, preventing unauthorized sharing or leakage. Option D: Turning off the 'Data for training' option ensures that employee data is not used to train the underlying AI model, maintaining data privacy and compliance. Option A is incorrect because enabling anonymous access would expose sensitive data to external users without authentication, increasing security risks. Option C is incorrect as disabling authentication removes access controls, making data vulnerable. Option E is incorrect because adding public websites as knowledge sources could introduce untrusted content and expose sensitive data externally.

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Enable anonymous access to allow external users

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Disable authentication to simplify access

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Add public websites as knowledge sources

Question 13

Which TWO of the following are key benefits of using Microsoft Dataverse? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Business logic such as calculated columns and business rules. Microsoft Dataverse includes built-in business logic capabilities such as calculated columns (which compute values based on other columns) and business rules (which enforce conditions or actions without custom code). These features allow creators to implement data validation and automation directly within the data platform, reducing the need for external workflows or plugins.

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Ability to store unstructured data like videos

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Direct embedding in Microsoft Teams without any integration

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Real-time analytics dashboards

Question 14

Which TWO of the following are valid ways to customize the appearance of a Power Pages site? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Add custom CSS via the portal's CSS editor. Power Pages allows customization via CSS by using the portal's CSS editor (Option B) and by editing page templates directly to modify layout (Option C). Option A (Power Automate) is for workflows, not appearance. Option D (embedding Power BI tiles) is for embedding reports, not site appearance. Option E (adding a Power Apps canvas app) is for custom applications, not site appearance.

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Use Power Automate to change the site theme

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Embed Power BI tiles

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Add a Power Apps canvas app to a page

Question 15

Refer to the exhibit. The JSON policy shown fails to apply to the production environment. What is the most likely reason?

Accepted Answer

The JSON uses 'environment' as a key instead of 'environments'.. The JSON policy uses 'environment' as a key, but the correct key in Microsoft Power Platform DLP (Data Loss Prevention) policy JSON schema is 'environments' (plural). This mismatch causes the policy to fail validation and not apply to the production environment, as the platform expects an array of environment IDs under the 'environments' key.

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The connector IDs should include the full path with 'shared_twitter' and 'shared_facebook', which they do.

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The action value should be 'Block' with a capital B, but the JSON uses 'Block' which is correct.

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The policy name is missing a required prefix.