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Deploy and maintain assets
Practise Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst PL-300 Deploy and maintain assets practice questions — original exam-style scenarios with answer choices, explanations, and analysis of common mistakes.
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Deploy and maintain assets questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.
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Common Deploy and maintain assets exam traps
- ▸Answering from memory before reading the full scenario.
- ▸Missing a constraint such as cost, availability, security, scope or command context.
- ▸Choosing a broad answer when the question asks for the most specific fix.
- ▸Ignoring why the wrong options are tempting.
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All Deploy and maintain assets questions (5)
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Your Power BI dataset uses DirectQuery to an Azure SQL Database. Users complain that the report is slow. You need to improve query performance without changing the data source. What should you do?
Hard2Which TWO actions are required to set up a Power BI deployment pipeline with separate data sources for Development and Production?
Medium3You are the Power BI administrator for a large enterprise. The company has a Power BI Premium capacity with a single dataset that is used by multiple reports and dashboards. The dataset is refreshed daily at 3:00 AM, and the refresh typically completes within 2 hours. Recently, users have reported that the dataset is not showing the most recent data until after 6:00 AM. You investigate and find that the scheduled refresh is taking 4 hours to complete, and there are no errors in the refresh history. The dataset uses import mode and connects to an on-premises SQL Server data warehouse. The data model contains several large fact tables and multiple calculated tables and measures. What should you do to reduce the refresh time and ensure data is available by 5:00 AM?
Medium4You manage a Power BI workspace used by the sales team. After updating a dataset with new columns, some users report that their reports show old data. You verify that the scheduled refresh completed successfully. What should you do first?
Medium5You manage a Power BI workspace that contains a dataset refreshed daily from an on-premises SQL Server. Users report that the report shows data from two days ago. You verify that the scheduled refresh ran successfully this morning. What is the most likely cause?
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- What does the Deploy and maintain assets domain cover on the PL-300 exam?
- Deploy and maintain assets questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.
- How many questions are in this domain?
- This page lists all 5 Deploy and maintain assets questions in the PL-300 question bank. The actual exam draws from this domain proportionally to its weighting in the official exam blueprint.
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- Start with a short focused session (10 questions) to identify gaps, then work through explanations. Repeat with a longer session once the weak areas feel solid.
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