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PL-900 Practice Question: A Power Pages site is experiencing slow load…
A Power Pages site is experiencing slow load times for authenticated users. The site has many pages with complex Liquid templates and multiple data lookups. What is the most effective first step to improve performance?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Enable website caching for authenticated users in the site settings
Enabling website caching for authenticated users in Power Pages site settings reduces server-side processing and database calls, improving load times. Option A is incorrect because using the Web API still requires server-side processing and does not eliminate the complexity of Liquid templates. Option B is incorrect because disabling authentication would compromise security and is not a viable performance solution. Option C is incorrect because removing Liquid templates entirely is impractical and unnecessary when caching can alleviate the issue.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Use the Power Pages Web API to fetch data instead of Liquid lookups
Why it's wrong here
Web API calls are client-side and can increase load time, not reduce it.
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Disable authentication to reduce overhead
Why it's wrong here
Disabling authentication would break security and is not a valid performance fix.
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Remove all Liquid template code and replace with static HTML
Why it's wrong here
Liquid is essential for dynamic content; removing it would break functionality.
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Enable website caching for authenticated users in the site settings
Why this is correct
Caching significantly improves performance by storing rendered pages.
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