This PL-900 practice question tests your understanding of demonstrate the capabilities of power automate. Read the scenario carefully and evaluate each option against the stated constraints before committing to an answer. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
A flow uses a 'When an item is created' trigger for a SharePoint list. The flow needs to access the item's title and the user who created it. Which dynamic values should be used?
Title and Created By
Correct dynamic values for title and creator.
Title and Modified By
Why wrong: Modified By is the last modifier, not necessarily the creator.
ID and Modified By
Why wrong: ID is not a user, Modified By is not the creator.
Created By and Created By Email
Why wrong: This does not include the title.
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
Title and Created By
Option A is correct because the 'When an item is created' trigger for a SharePoint list exposes dynamic values that include the item's 'Title' field and the 'Created By' field, which contains the user who created the item. These are standard columns in a SharePoint list and are automatically available as dynamic content in Power Automate when the trigger fires.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
Title and Created By
Why this is correct
Correct dynamic values for title and creator.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Title and Modified By
Why it's wrong here
Modified By is the last modifier, not necessarily the creator.
ID and Modified By
Why it's wrong here
ID is not a user, Modified By is not the creator.
Created By and Created By Email
Why it's wrong here
This does not include the title.
Common exam traps
The trap here is that candidates confuse 'Created By' with 'Modified By' or assume that 'Created By Email' is a direct dynamic value, when in fact the trigger exposes 'Created By' as a user object and 'Modified By' is a separate field for the last modifier.
Detailed technical explanation
Under the hood, the 'When an item is created' trigger uses SharePoint's REST API to retrieve the item's fields, including the 'Author' field (which maps to 'Created By') and the 'Title' field. The 'Created By' dynamic value returns a complex object containing the user's display name, email, and ID, which can be expanded using expressions like `@{triggerOutputs()?['body/Author/DisplayName']}`. In real-world scenarios, you might need to use the 'Created By Email' by accessing the 'Email' property of the 'Created By' object, but it is not a standalone dynamic value in the trigger's output.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
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The correct answer is: Title and Created By — Option A is correct because the 'When an item is created' trigger for a SharePoint list exposes dynamic values that include the item's 'Title' field and the 'Created By' field, which contains the user who created the item. These are standard columns in a SharePoint list and are automatically available as dynamic content in Power Automate when the trigger fires.
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