PL-900 Describe the business value of Microsoft Power Platform Practice Test 7 — 15 Questions

Question 1

A company wants to empower its field service technicians to report issues and submit photos from their mobile devices without writing any code. Which Microsoft Power Platform capability should they use?

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Power Apps. Power Apps is the correct choice because it enables the creation of custom mobile apps with minimal code, allowing field service technicians to report issues and submit photos through a tailored interface. With Power Apps, you can build a canvas app that connects to data sources like SharePoint or Dataverse, providing a no-code solution for mobile data entry and image capture.

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Power Virtual Agents

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Power Automate

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Power BI

Question 2

A retail company uses Power BI to monitor sales performance. They notice that the report data refreshes only once daily, but business users need near-real-time insights. What should they recommend?

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Configure a streaming dataset in Power BI.. Option B is correct because streaming datasets in Power BI are designed for real-time or near-real-time data ingestion, allowing dashboards to update continuously as new data arrives. This directly addresses the requirement for near-real-time insights without relying on scheduled refreshes.

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Export the data to Excel for manual updates.

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Create a Power Automate flow to refresh the dataset every minute.

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Increase the scheduled refresh frequency to every 15 minutes.

Question 3

An organization has deployed a Power Automate flow that processes sensitive customer data. The security team requires that the flow's connections use managed identities instead of user credentials. What should the administrator do?

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Use managed identities for the connections where supported.. Option D is correct because managed identities in Power Automate allow connections to authenticate to Azure resources without storing credentials, directly addressing the security team's requirement to avoid user credentials. Managed identities are a secure, Azure AD-backed identity that can be assigned to a flow or environment, eliminating the need for shared secrets or user context.

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Share the flow with the security team and have them modify the connections.

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Use a service principal with a certificate and store the certificate in the flow's environment.

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Store the user credentials in Azure Key Vault and reference them in the flow.

Question 4

A non-profit organization wants to automate the process of sending thank-you emails to donors after a donation is recorded in a SharePoint list. Which Power Platform tool should they use?

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Power Automate. Power Automate is the correct tool because it is designed to create automated workflows that trigger actions based on events, such as a new item being added to a SharePoint list. In this scenario, a Power Automate flow can be configured to run automatically when a donation is recorded, then send a thank-you email via an email connector (e.g., Outlook or SMTP). This directly addresses the need for process automation without manual intervention.

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Power Apps

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Power Virtual Agents

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Power BI

Question 5

A sales team needs a dashboard showing real-time sales data from multiple sources to identify trends. Which Power Platform component is best suited for this?

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Power BI. Power BI is the correct choice because it is designed specifically for data visualization and business intelligence, enabling users to create interactive dashboards that combine real-time data from multiple sources. Its ability to connect to various data streams (e.g., SQL databases, Excel, cloud services) and update visuals automatically makes it ideal for identifying sales trends as they happen.

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Power Apps

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Power Pages

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Power Automate

Question 6

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?

Accepted Answer

Create a Power Automate flow that runs on existing records and updates the status.. Option C is correct because 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 7

A hospital uses Power Virtual Agents to create a chatbot for patient appointment scheduling. The chatbot needs to check real-time availability from a legacy scheduling system that has an API. What is the best way to integrate?

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Use Power Automate as a custom connector to call the API.. B is correct because Power Automate can act as a custom connector to call the legacy scheduling system's API, enabling real-time availability checks. This integration allows the Power Virtual Agents chatbot to trigger a Power Automate flow that queries the API and returns the results directly to the user. It is the most direct and efficient method for connecting to external APIs without additional layers.

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Embed a Power BI report in the chatbot to show availability.

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Use Power Pages to expose the scheduling system.

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Create a Power Apps portal for the chatbot to query.

Question 8

A small business wants to create a custom app to track inventory without hiring developers. Which Microsoft Power Platform tool should they use?

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Power Apps. Power Apps is the correct choice because it enables users to build custom applications with low-code or no-code tools, allowing the small business to create an inventory tracking app without hiring professional developers. Power Apps provides pre-built templates and connectors to data sources like SharePoint or SQL Server, making it ideal for rapid app development tailored to specific business needs.

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Power Virtual Agents

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Power BI

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Power Automate

Question 9

A global company has multiple Power Platform environments (Dev, Test, Prod) and uses Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) with solutions. The administrator needs to ensure that only tested solutions are deployed to production. What is the recommended approach?

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Export the solution as managed from Dev, import to Test, then after validation, import to Prod.. Option B is correct because Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) in Power Platform requires solutions to be exported as managed from a development environment, then imported into test for validation, and finally imported into production. This ensures that only tested, versioned components are deployed, preventing unvalidated changes from reaching production. Managed solutions also lock components in the target environment, preventing accidental modifications.

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Share the solution from Dev to Test to Prod using sharing permissions.

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Allow developers to make changes directly in the production environment.

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Copy the Dataverse database from Dev to Prod directly.

Question 10

Which TWO of the following are benefits of using Microsoft Power Platform for business process automation? (Choose two.)

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Provides seamless integration with Microsoft 365 and Azure services.. Option A is correct because Microsoft Power Platform is designed with native connectors and deep integration with Microsoft 365 (e.g., SharePoint, Teams, Outlook) and Azure services (e.g., Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Azure SQL). This allows business users to automate workflows and build apps that directly leverage existing Microsoft cloud investments without custom coding or third-party middleware.

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Only works with on-premises data sources.

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Eliminates the need for any manual data entry.

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Requires extensive programming knowledge to build solutions.

Question 11

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

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Text recognition (OCR) from images and PDFs.. Option A is correct because AI Builder includes a prebuilt model for text recognition (OCR) that can extract printed and handwritten text from images and PDFs. This capability is part of the AI Builder category of prebuilt models, which are ready to use without requiring custom training.

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Custom machine learning model training from scratch.

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Building custom user interfaces for mobile apps.

Question 12

Which TWO of the following are best practices for managing Power Platform environments in an enterprise? (Choose two.)

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Implement Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies to control data flow between connectors.. Option B is correct because Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies are a core governance feature in Power Platform that allow administrators to classify connectors as Business or Non-Business, preventing data from flowing between prohibited groups. This protects sensitive data from being inadvertently shared across services like SharePoint and third-party APIs, which is essential for enterprise compliance and security.

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Share all connectors and data sources with all users by default.

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Disable auditing to improve performance.

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Use a single environment for all development and production workloads.

Question 13

Refer to the exhibit. A Power Automate flow uses this custom connector configuration. The flow fails with an authentication error. What is the most likely cause?

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The client secret is missing.. Option B is correct because the configuration is missing the client secret, which is required for Service Principal authentication. Option A is incorrect because the server name is valid. Option C is incorrect because the database name is valid. Option D is incorrect because the tenant ID is correct.

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The database name is misspelled.

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The server name is incorrect.

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The tenant ID is invalid.

Question 14

Refer to the exhibit. The JSON snippet represents an ARM template for deploying a Power Apps app. The deployment fails with an error that the environment 'Environment1' does not exist. What is the most likely reason?

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The environment ID is not a full ARM resource ID.. Option D is correct because ARM templates require the environment to be specified as a full Azure resource ID (e.g., `/providers/Microsoft.PowerApps/environments/{environmentId}`) to uniquely identify the target environment across tenants and subscriptions. The error 'environment does not exist' indicates that the provided ID is likely a short name or GUID, not the full ARM resource path, so the deployment cannot resolve the environment.

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The app name contains invalid characters.

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The lifecycleId should be 'Development' instead of 'Production'.

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The apiVersion is incorrect.

Question 15

Refer to the exhibit. A Power BI developer creates a DAX measure named 'SalesByRegion' as shown. The measure does not appear in the field list. What is the most likely issue?

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The expression creates a table, not a scalar measure.. Option A is correct because DAX measures must return a single scalar value (e.g., a number, date, or string) to appear in the Fields list of a Power BI report. The SUMMARIZE function returns a table with rows and columns, not a scalar, so Power BI treats it as a table expression and does not display it as a measure. Measures that return tables can only be used in other DAX expressions or as calculated tables, not directly in visuals.

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The 'Sales' table does not exist.

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The SUMMARIZE function syntax is incorrect.

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The measure name must be enclosed in single quotes.