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How to approach drag and drop matching questions

Matching questions give you two columns — concepts, commands, or protocols on the left, and their definitions or use-cases on the right. You drag each left item to its correct match. These appear on most certification exams and punish superficial memorisation.

Quick answer

Drag and Drop Matching Questions questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.

How the topic appears in realistic exam-style scenarios.

Which detail in the question changes the correct answer.

How to eliminate plausible but wrong options.

How to connect the question back to the wider exam objective.

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Practice set

Practice scenarios

Question 1mediummatching
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Match each data source type to an example.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

SQL Server

CSV

Salesforce

Azure SQL Database

REST endpoint

Question 2mediummatching
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Match each Power BI concept to its definition.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Fact and dimension tables in a denormalized structure

Uniqueness of values in a column

Link between tables based on common columns

Dynamic calculation using DAX

Static column added to a table using DAX

Question 3mediummatching
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Match each DAX function category to an example function.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

SUM

CALCULATE

TOTALYTD

IF

SUMMARIZE

Question 4mediummatching
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Match each Power BI license type to its description.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Create personal reports, cannot share

Share and collaborate with others

Dedicated capacity for a user

Reserved compute resources

Embed analytics in applications

Question 5mediummatching
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Match each Power BI service feature to its description.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Single page of visualizations from multiple reports

Collection of dashboards and reports for consumers

Container for dashboards, reports, and datasets

Cloud-based ETL for data preparation

Pixel-perfect report for printing

Question 6mediummatching
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Match each Power BI security feature to its purpose.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Restrict data access at row level

Restrict access to specific tables or columns

Control permissions within a workspace

Grant access to individual reports or dashboards

Make report publicly accessible

Question 7mediummatching
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Match each Power BI component to its purpose.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Transform and clean data

Create calculated columns and measures

Share and collaborate on reports

Create reports and data models

On-premises report hosting

Question 8mediummatching
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Match each DAX function to its description.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Modifies the filter context

Evaluates an expression for each row and sums the results

Returns a table that represents a subset of another table

Clears all filters from a table or column

Returns a related value from another table

Question 9mediummatching
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Match each visualization type to its typical use case.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Show trends over time

Show proportions of a whole

Show relationship between two variables

Compare parts of a category

Show stages in a process

Question 10mediummatching
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Match each data connectivity mode to its description.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Data is copied into Power BI

Queries are sent to the source database

Connects to a published dataset or Analysis Services

Combines Import and DirectQuery sources

Acts as Import or DirectQuery depending on context

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