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1

A sales manager wants to track leads and opportunities without custom development. Which Power Platform component should they use?

Easy
2

A sales team uses a SharePoint list to track leads. They want to automatically send an email notification when a lead's status changes to 'Closed Won'. Which Power Platform component should they use?

Easy
3

A nonprofit organization wants to create a public website to accept donations without writing code. Which Power Platform component should they use?

Easy
4

Your organization uses Microsoft Copilot Studio to create a chatbot that answers HR questions. What is the primary business value of this approach?

Medium
5

A small marketing team wants to automate the process of capturing leads from their website into a Dataverse table. Currently, the website sends an email notification when a lead submits a form, and a team member manually enters the data into a Power Apps app. The team wants to eliminate manual data entry. They also want to automatically send a confirmation email to the lead and create a task in Microsoft To Do for the sales representative to follow up. You need to recommend a Power Platform solution. What should you do?

Easy
6

An administrator creates the DLP policy shown above. Which of the following actions will be blocked?

Hard
7

An organization uses Power Automate to process invoices from email attachments. Some invoices are processed incorrectly because the flow fails to parse PDFs with non-standard layouts. What should the administrator do to improve accuracy?

Hard
8

Which TWO of the following are advantages of using Power BI dashboards over Power BI reports?

Easy
9

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?

Medium
10

Which TWO benefits does using Microsoft Power Platform provide to an organization?

Medium
11

A hospital uses Power BI to monitor patient wait times. The data source is an on-premises SQL Server database. To ensure real-time reporting, what should the hospital deploy?

Hard
12

A company wants to build a custom copilot for internal IT support. The copilot should answer common questions and escalate to a human agent if needed. Which component should they use?

Hard
13

Which THREE capabilities are provided by Microsoft Dataverse? (Select three.)

Hard
14

An organization wants to empower employees to create simple automated workflows without writing code. Which Power Platform service should they use?

Easy
15

Refer to the exhibit. You are building a Power BI report to analyze sales performance. You create a measure named 'Total Sales' using the DAX expression shown. However, the measure returns a value that is much higher than expected. What is the most likely issue?

Medium
16

Which TWO are common use cases for Power Automate?

Easy
17

A non-profit organization wants to digitize its volunteer sign-up process. They need a solution that can be built quickly without custom code. Which Microsoft Power Platform component should they use?

Easy
18

A multinational corporation uses Power Platform extensively. They have multiple Dataverse environments for development, test, and production. The security team requires that all solution changes be tracked, and deployment must follow a controlled process with approval gates. They also need to ensure that sensitive data in production cannot be exported to development. Which combination of Power Platform capabilities should they implement?

Hard
19

An organization wants to enforce that all Power Apps in their tenant use only approved connectors and cannot connect to unmanaged data sources. What should they configure?

Hard
20

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

Easy
21

A non-profit organization needs to collect feedback from event attendees via a form that automatically populates a SharePoint list. Which Power Platform component should they use?

Easy
22

A global organization uses Power Platform with Microsoft Dataverse as the data source. They need to ensure that users in different regions only see data relevant to their region. What should they implement?

Hard
23

Which TWO are benefits of using Power BI for business analytics? (Select two.)

Easy
24

An insurance company wants to automate claims processing. They receive claims via email attachments (PDFs) and need to extract key information (policy number, date, amount) and enter it into a Dataverse table. Then, a workflow should evaluate the claim amount: if under $5000, auto-approve and notify the customer; if over $5000, assign to a human adjuster. The solution must be low-code and use AI where beneficial. Which combination should they use?

Hard
25

Which TWO of the following are benefits of using Microsoft Power Platform for citizen developers? (Select two.)

Easy
26

Refer to the exhibit. A developer created a Power Automate flow based on the JSON. The flow is not updating the item status even when the manager approves. What is the most likely reason?

Medium
27

A healthcare organization is deploying Power Apps for patient intake. They must ensure that the app complies with HIPAA regulations. Which feature should they use to protect patient data at rest?

Hard
28

A sales team needs to create a custom app to track leads and manage follow-ups, but they have no coding experience. Which Power Platform tool should they use?

Medium
29

A company uses Power BI to analyze customer feedback from surveys. The data is stored in Excel on SharePoint. They want to refresh the report daily without manual intervention. Which feature should they use?

Medium
30

A company wants to automatically send a welcome email to new customers when they submit a form on the company website. Which Power Platform tool should be used?

Medium
31

Which THREE capabilities does Microsoft Power Platform include to help organizations achieve digital transformation?

Hard
32

Your organization uses Microsoft Power Platform to manage customer support tickets. The current process: when a ticket is created in Dataverse, a Power Automate flow sends an email to the support team. The team then updates the ticket status manually in a Power Apps canvas app. However, the team often forgets to update the status, leading to delayed responses. The manager wants an automated solution that sends a reminder if the status is not changed within 24 hours. Additionally, if the status is not changed within 48 hours, the ticket should be escalated to the manager. You need to design a solution using Power Automate and Power Apps. Which approach should you take?

Hard
33

Which TWO are benefits of using Microsoft Power Platform for business process automation?

Easy
34

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

Hard
35

A company uses Power Virtual Agents (now Copilot Studio) to handle customer inquiries. They want to escalate complex issues to a human agent when the bot cannot resolve them. What should they configure?

Medium
36

A retail company uses Power Apps to manage inventory. The app allows store managers to scan barcodes and update stock levels in real time. The company wants to extend this capability to suppliers so they can view stock levels but not modify them. Which Power Platform component should be used to create the supplier-facing interface?

Medium
37

Match each Microsoft Dataverse security concept to its definition.

Medium
38

A company wants to build a custom app to track inventory across multiple warehouses. The app must use existing data from a SQL Server database and provide real-time updates. Which Power Platform component should they use to connect the app to the data source?

Medium
39

You are designing a solution to automatically send a welcome email to new employees after their record is created in a Dataverse table. The solution must use a Microsoft Power Platform component. Which component should you use?

Medium
40

Refer to the exhibit. You see a Power BI DAX measure. What does this measure calculate?

Hard
41

A non-profit organization uses Microsoft 365 but has no IT staff. They want to create a simple app to track volunteer hours and automatically send reminders to volunteers who haven't logged hours in a week. They also need a dashboard to view total hours by project. Which combination of Power Platform tools should they use?

Easy
42

A company uses Dynamics 365 Sales and wants to automatically send a follow-up email to a customer when an opportunity is marked 'Closed Won'. They need a solution that requires no custom code. What should they use?

Hard
43

A non-profit organization wants to automate donation receipt emails and track donor engagement. Which Microsoft Power Platform tool should they use?

Easy
44

A retail company wants to analyze sales data from multiple stores and create interactive reports for regional managers. Which Power Platform component should they use?

Easy
45

Which THREE are benefits of using Dataverse as the data platform for Power Platform solutions?

Hard
46

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?

Hard
47

Refer to the exhibit. A Power Automate flow uses the 'Microsoft Forms' connector with this output. Which AI Builder model should be used to categorize this feedback as 'AppFeedback'?

Hard
48

In a Power Apps canvas app, the App.OnStart property contains the code above. The LookUp function returns blank for a user who exists in the Roles data source. What is the most likely cause?

Easy
49

A university wants to create a system for students to register for extracurricular activities. The system should allow students to view available activities, sign up, and receive confirmation emails. Staff should be able to manage activities and view attendance reports. The university has Power Platform licenses but limited IT resources. Which solution should they implement?

Easy
50

Refer to the exhibit. You see a configuration snippet for a Microsoft Copilot Studio bot. What is the purpose of 'triggerPhrases'?

Easy
51

A sales team wants to automate follow-up emails after a lead is created in Dynamics 365 Sales. Which Power Platform component should they use?

Easy
52

A company wants to enable its field service technicians to access customer records and update work orders from their mobile devices offline. Which Power Platform solution should they implement?

Medium
53

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?

Hard
54

Your organization has a Power Apps app that uses the Microsoft Dataverse connector. Users report that the app loads slowly. You review the app and find that it loads all records from a large table (over 500,000 rows) into a gallery. What is the best action to improve performance?

Hard
55

A manufacturing company uses Power Apps to track inventory. They want to add a feature that automatically reorders stock when levels fall below a threshold. The solution must be low-code. Which Power Platform component should be integrated with Power Apps?

Medium
56

A small business wants to automate sending a welcome email when a new customer is added to a CRM system. Which Power Platform service should they use?

Easy
57

A company has a Power Apps portal for external partners to submit support tickets. Partners report that they cannot see the tickets they created. The portal uses Dataverse. What is the most likely cause?

Hard
58

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

Hard
59

A non-technical employee wants to create a simple chatbot to answer common HR questions. Which Power Platform component should they use?

Easy
60

A healthcare provider needs to ensure that only authorized users can access patient data in a Power Apps app. The app uses Dataverse. What should the administrator configure?

Medium
61

Your company wants to create a chatbot that can answer employee questions about IT policies and escalate complex issues to a human agent. The chatbot should be built with minimal custom code. Which two Microsoft Power Platform components should you combine?

Medium
62

An organization is using Microsoft Power Platform to build a compliance solution. They need to ensure that sensitive data in Dataverse is encrypted at rest and that access is audited. Which feature should they enable?

Hard
63

A manager needs to quickly analyze sales data from multiple sources and share interactive dashboards with the team. Which Power Platform tool should they use?

Easy
64

Refer to the exhibit. You are reviewing a Power Apps app definition. Based on the exhibit, which connector does the app use?

Hard
65

Which TWO statements accurately describe the business value of Microsoft Power Platform?

Easy
66

A sales team wants to track their deals in a shared workspace without using Excel. They need a solution that can be customized quickly and accessed from mobile devices. Which Power Platform component should you recommend?

Easy
67

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?

Easy
68

Refer to the exhibit. A Power Automate cloud flow is configured to move files in a SharePoint document library based on approval status. The flow triggers when a file is created in the 'Pending' folder. However, when a file is uploaded to the 'Pending' folder, the flow does not trigger. What is the most likely cause?

Hard
69

A sales team wants to track customer interactions and automate follow-up emails without custom development. What Microsoft Power Platform component should they use?

Easy
70

Which FOUR of the following are core components of Microsoft Power Platform?

Medium
71

A retail chain uses Power BI to analyze sales data from multiple stores. They want to enable store managers to see only their store's data. What feature should they use?

Hard
72

A company wants to automate the approval process for purchase orders. Which Power Platform component should they use?

Easy
73

A user wants to build a chatbot to answer common IT support questions, such as password reset and software installation steps. Which Power Platform tool should they use?

Easy
74

Which THREE of the following are core components of Microsoft Power Platform? (Select three.)

Medium
75

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

Medium
76

Which TWO scenarios are appropriate for using Power Automate? (Choose two.)

Easy
77

A company uses Power BI to visualize sales data from Dynamics 365. The sales team needs to see real-time updates when a deal is closed. Which Power Platform component should be used to trigger a notification when a deal is won?

Medium
78

A real estate agency wants to provide a portal where tenants can submit maintenance requests online. The portal should allow tenants to track the status of their requests. The agency staff should be able to update the status and assign work orders to contractors. The agency uses Microsoft 365 and has Power Platform licenses. What should they use?

Easy
79

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

Medium
80

A government agency needs to modernize a paper-based permit approval process. The solution must enforce strict access control, provide an audit trail, and allow citizens to submit applications online. The agency uses Microsoft 365 and has a Power Platform license. Which approach should they take?

Medium
81

A company wants to enable employees to ask questions about HR policies using a conversational interface. The system should be built with minimal code. Which Power Platform capability should they use?

Easy
82

A company wants to provide a self-service portal where customers can check their order status. Which Power Platform tool is best suited for this?

Easy
83

You need to design a solution that sends a notification to a manager when an employee submits a time-off request in a SharePoint list. Which Power Platform component should you use?

Medium
84

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?

Easy
85

A retail company uses Power Platform to manage customer feedback. They want to analyze sentiment and trigger alerts for negative reviews. Which THREE components should they use together?

Medium
86

A large enterprise needs to enforce that data from a Power App connected to Salesforce cannot be shared with a connector that connects to a non-approved cloud service. What should they configure?

Medium
87

You are the Power Platform administrator for a large enterprise with multiple departments. The HR department uses a Power Apps canvas app to manage employee onboarding. The app is connected to Dataverse and includes a flow that sends a welcome email via Power Automate. Recently, the IT security team mandated that all Power Platform solutions must use Microsoft Entra ID for authentication and that sensitive data (e.g., social security numbers) must be encrypted at rest. The HR app currently uses Dataverse's default encryption. Additionally, the HR team wants to extend the app to external contractors who do not have Microsoft Entra ID accounts. They need to be able to submit their personal information through a secure web form. You need to design a solution that meets security requirements and allows external access. What should you do?

Hard
88

A marketing team needs to analyze customer feedback from surveys and social media. They want to use AI to extract sentiment and key topics. Which capability should they use?

Medium
89

A Power BI report uses the KQL query shown. What is the purpose of this query?

Medium
90

Refer to the exhibit. You are reviewing an ARM template that creates a Power Platform environment. The deployment fails with an error stating that the 'Microsoft.PowerApps/environments' resource type is not supported in the current subscription. What is the most likely reason?

Hard
91

Which THREE components are included in the Microsoft Power Platform? (Select three.)

Medium
92

A Power Automate flow fails when it tries to update a row in Dataverse that was modified by another user. The error indicates a 'concurrency conflict'. What is the likely cause and best solution?

Hard
93

A sales team wants to automate follow-up emails after a lead is created in Dynamics 365 Sales. Which Power Platform component should they use?

Easy
94

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?

Hard
95

Your company wants to use AI to analyze customer feedback from surveys and identify common themes. The solution should be built using Microsoft Power Platform. Which capability should you use?

Medium
96

An organization uses Power Automate to approve expense reports. Managers want to approve via Microsoft Teams. Which connector should be used?

Medium
97

A sales team uses Power BI dashboards to track quarterly revenue. They notice that the data in the dashboard is not updating as expected. The data source is a SharePoint list. What should the administrator check first?

Medium
98

Refer to the exhibit. A Power Automate flow runs hourly to retrieve new accounts from Dataverse. However, it sometimes misses records created at the exact hour boundary. What is the most likely reason?

Hard
99

A global organization uses Power Platform to manage IT support tickets. They have the following requirements: 1) Tickets must be routed to the appropriate team based on category. 2) The routing logic must be easy to update by non-developers. 3) All ticket data must be stored in a secure, auditable data source. Which THREE Power Platform components should they use?

Hard
100

Which THREE components are part of the Microsoft Power Platform? (Select THREE)

Hard
101

A manufacturing company uses Power Automate to approve purchase orders. The flow includes a condition that if the order amount exceeds $10,000, it requires approval from the finance manager; otherwise, it is auto-approved. Recently, the finance manager left the company, and the flow fails. The IT admin needs to update the flow to use a new finance manager. What is the recommended way to maintain this configuration?

Hard
102

Which TWO benefits does Power Platform offer to organizations? (Choose two.)

Medium
103

A company wants to build a custom app that allows field technicians to view and update work orders on their mobile devices, with data stored in Dataverse. Which approach minimizes development effort?

Medium
104

Which Power Platform component can be used to create and deploy a chatbot?

Medium
105

A university uses Power BI to visualize student performance data. They want to allow department heads to create their own reports using the same dataset but without seeing other departments' data. Which TWO features should they implement?

Medium
106

Which TWO are examples of using AI Builder within Power Platform? (Select TWO)

Easy
107

An administrator configures a Power Platform tenant-level policy with the JSON shown. What is the effect of this policy?

Medium
108

A company uses Power Apps for a field service app. They notice that the app loads slowly when users access it on mobile devices. What is the most likely cause?

Medium
109

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?

Medium
110

A retail chain uses Power BI to analyze sales data from multiple stores. The data is stored in an Azure SQL Database. The company wants to give store managers access to a dashboard that shows their store's sales compared to the company average. However, store managers should not see other stores' data. The company also wants to automate the process of sending a weekly sales report to regional managers via email. The regional managers need to see aggregated data for their region. You need to implement a solution using Power Platform components. What should you do?

Medium
111

Refer to the exhibit. A Power Platform environment uses Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy with this JSON snippet. What is the effect of this policy rule?

Hard
112

Drag and drop the steps to configure a Power Virtual Agents chatbot in the correct order.

Medium
113

You are a Power Platform administrator. A user reports that they cannot create a new environment in the Power Platform admin center. The user has a Power Apps per user plan license. What is the most likely reason?

Hard
114

Which THREE components are part of Microsoft Power Platform?

Medium
115

You are reviewing a Power Automate flow definition. The flow should send an email when a new invoice file is added to a SharePoint folder. However, the flow is not triggering. What is the most likely cause?

Medium
116

An organization wants to implement AI-driven insights for sales forecasting using historical data. Which Power Platform capability should they use?

Hard
117

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?

Hard
118

An organization uses Power BI to analyze sales data. They notice that the report takes over a minute to load, and they need to improve performance quickly without changing the data source. Which action should they take?

Hard
119

A retail company wants to reduce the time store managers spend on manual inventory reporting. Currently, managers use paper forms and email to submit daily stock counts, which then need to be manually entered into a central system. This process is error-prone and delays replenishment. The company wants a solution that automates data entry, provides real-time dashboards, and allows managers to submit reports from their phones without installing any software on the phones. Which combination of Microsoft Power Platform tools should the company use?

Medium
120

Your organization wants to allow employees to submit help desk tickets through a mobile app. The solution must be low-code and integrate with Microsoft Teams. Which Microsoft Power Platform component should you use?

Easy
121

A company wants to reduce manual data entry by automatically extracting information from invoices and updating a SharePoint list. Which combination of Power Platform components should they use?

Medium
122

A marketing department wants to create a custom portal where external partners can submit project proposals and track their status. Which Power Platform product should they use?

Medium
123

A company has a legacy on-premises SQL Server database and wants to integrate it with a Power App without moving data to the cloud. Which connector should they use?

Medium
124

A sales team wants to quickly create a mobile app to track customer visits without writing code. Which Microsoft Power Platform component should they use?

Easy
125

Refer to the exhibit. A Power BI dashboard is configured with the shown data sources. The dashboard fails to refresh automatically. What is the most likely cause?

Medium
126

A company uses Power Automate to process purchase orders. After a recent update, the flow fails intermittently with a '429 Too Many Requests' error. What is the most likely cause?

Medium
127

A sales team wants to automate lead assignment based on region without writing code. Which Microsoft Power Platform component should they use?

Easy
128

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?

Medium
129

A financial services firm needs to create a compliance dashboard for regulators. The dashboard must display real-time data from multiple sources, including on-premises SQL Server and Dataverse. The firm requires interactive visualizations and the ability to drill down to transaction details. They also need to ensure that sensitive data is masked for certain users. Which Power Platform components should they use?

Medium
130

A nonprofit organization needs to track donations and volunteers using a custom app without writing code. Which Power Platform tool should they use?

Easy
131

An organization plans to deploy a Power Platform solution that uses Dataverse as the data source. They need to ensure that users can only see records from their own department. What should they implement?

Hard
132

Which TWO of the following are benefits of using Microsoft Power Platform for business users?

Easy
133

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?

Medium
134

Refer to the exhibit. A Power Apps app uses Dataverse with the defined table and roles. An employee reports that they can see all assets in the app, but they should only see assets assigned to them. What is the most likely reason?

Medium
135

Which THREE components are part of Microsoft Power Platform? (Choose three.)

Hard
136

A marketing department wants to create a dashboard that shows real-time social media sentiment analysis. Which Power Platform tool should they use?

Easy
137

A financial services firm uses Microsoft Power Platform to automate loan approval processes. They have a Power Automate flow that triggers when a new loan application is submitted in SharePoint, then uses AI Builder to extract key fields from uploaded documents, and finally updates a Dataverse table. The compliance team requires that all automated decisions be auditable and explainable. Which feature should the firm use to meet this requirement?

Hard
138

A company has multiple Power Platform environments: Development, Test, and Production. They want to ensure that changes to a Power Automate cloud flow are validated before reaching production. Which approach should they use?

Hard
139

A retail company uses Power BI to analyze sales data. They want to allow store managers to view their own store's sales but not other stores. Which Power BI feature should they implement?

Hard
140

A healthcare provider wants to digitize patient intake forms. The solution must comply with HIPAA and allow patients to fill forms on their own devices. The data should be stored securely, and staff should receive notifications when a form is completed. Which approach using Power Platform should they take?

Medium
141

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?

Easy
142

A company wants to build a custom app for field technicians to log maintenance reports offline and sync when connected. Which Power Platform component should be used?

Medium
143

A non-profit organization needs to generate weekly donation reports from multiple data sources and share them with stakeholders via email. Which Power Platform tool should they use to create the report?

Easy
144

A non-profit organization wants to create a simple app for volunteers to log their hours and submit expenses. The app should be easy to build and require minimal coding. Which Power Platform tool should they use?

Easy
145

A logistics company uses Power Platform to track shipments. They have a Power Apps app for drivers to update delivery status, and Power Automate flows to notify customers. Recently, drivers reported that the app sometimes fails to sync data when they are in areas with poor connectivity. The company needs a solution that allows offline data entry and automatic sync when connectivity is restored. What should they do?

Medium
146

Which THREE of the following are capabilities of Microsoft Copilot in Power Platform?

Medium
147

A retail company uses Power Apps to manage inventory. Store managers report that the app loads slowly during peak hours. Which action should the administrator take to improve performance?

Medium
148

Refer to the exhibit. A Power Automate environment has two flows. Flow1 triggers on item creation and sends an email then updates the item. Flow2 triggers on email arrival, creates an item, and sends an approval. If an email arrives that triggers Flow2, and Flow2's first action creates an item, will Flow1 also trigger?

Medium
149

A company wants to automate the approval process for purchase orders. Managers should receive an email with a link to approve or reject. Which Power Platform component is best suited?

Easy
150

Your company has a Power BI dashboard that displays sales data from a SQL Server database hosted on-premises. The dashboard is used by the sales team to monitor daily performance. Recently, the dashboard has been showing stale data. The data is supposed to refresh every night at 2:00 AM. You have confirmed that the SQL Server database is updated with new data each night. However, the Power BI dataset refresh fails. You need to ensure that the dashboard shows up-to-date data every morning. What should you do?

Medium
151

Refer to the exhibit. You are analyzing a Power Automate flow definition. The flow is intended to create a new user record in Dataverse and send an email notification when manually triggered or daily at 8 AM. However, when the flow runs on its schedule, it fails because the trigger output 'name' is empty. What is the most likely cause?

Hard
152

You are a Power Platform administrator. A user reports that a Power Automate flow that connects to SharePoint Online fails intermittently with a '403 Forbidden' error. The flow uses a service principal with application permissions. What is the most likely cause?

Hard
153

Which TWO of the following scenarios are best suited for Power Automate's cloud flows?

Hard
154

Your company wants to analyze sales data from multiple sources and create interactive dashboards. The solution must be cloud-based and require minimal IT support. Which Power Platform component should you use?

Easy
155

A company's IT department is overwhelmed with password reset requests. They want to allow employees to reset passwords themselves using a conversational interface. Which Power Platform tool should they use?

Medium
156

An organization is deploying Power Apps to external customers for a self-service portal. They need to ensure that customer data is isolated from internal employee data. What is the best approach?

Hard
157

A global manufacturing company uses Microsoft Power Platform to manage its equipment maintenance processes. The company has over 10,000 maintenance technicians worldwide who use a Power Apps mobile app to report equipment issues and log repairs. The app connects to a common data service (Dataverse) that stores all maintenance records. Recently, the company experienced a data breach where a malicious user exploited a vulnerability in the app to access and delete maintenance records from multiple high-value machines. The security team traced the issue to the app's permissions model: the app was using a single service account with elevated privileges to perform all data operations. The company now wants to redesign the app's security to follow the principle of least privilege while maintaining usability for technicians. The technicians need to view their assigned work orders, create new issue reports, and update the status of their own repairs, but they should not be able to delete records or access records from other regions. Which approach should the company take?

Hard
158

A small business wants to create a chatbot to answer common customer questions about store hours and return policies. Which Power Platform tool should they use?

Easy
159

Your organization wants to create a public-facing website where customers can submit support requests. The website should be built with minimal custom code and integrate with Dataverse. Which Power Platform component should you use?

Easy
160

A retail chain uses Power Apps for an inventory management app. Employees report that the app loads slowly. What is the most likely cause?

Medium
161

A healthcare organization uses Power Apps to manage patient intake forms. The app is built on Dataverse and includes a field for medical record number (MRN) that must be unique. The app currently uses a text input, but duplicate MRNs have been entered. What is the best way to enforce uniqueness at the data layer?

Hard
162

Which TWO are benefits of using Microsoft Power Platform for business process automation? (Select TWO)

Medium
163

A Power BI report shows a measure 'Sales Growth %' defined as above. The measure returns blank for some months even though sales data exists. What is the most likely cause?

Hard
164

A company wants to use AI to automatically categorize customer support tickets based on their description. Which Power Platform AI capability should they use?

Medium
165

A company uses Microsoft Dataverse to store customer data. They want to create a unified view of sales and support interactions for each customer. Which feature should they use?

Medium
166

A global organization wants to standardize expense reporting across subsidiaries using Power Platform. They require integration with Microsoft Entra ID for identity and must ensure data residency compliance. Which TWO capabilities should they use?

Hard
167

An organization wants to analyze customer sentiment from social media data and create interactive dashboards. Which combination of Power Platform tools should they use?

Hard
168

A logistics company uses Power Apps to build a fleet management app. They need to integrate real-time GPS data from IoT devices. Which connector should they use?

Medium
169

A company has a legacy on-premises SQL Server database and wants to build a Power BI report that refreshes daily. However, the database is behind a firewall. What should they use to securely access the data?

Medium
170

A manufacturing company wants to use Power Platform to improve operational efficiency. Which TWO benefits of using Microsoft Power Platform are most relevant?

Easy
171

A business analyst wants to create a real-time dashboard showing sales performance from Dynamics 365 Sales data. Which tool should they use?

Easy
172

A company wants to use Power Platform to streamline its expense reporting process. Which TWO components can be used together to create a complete solution that allows employees to submit expenses, managers to approve them, and finance to analyze trends?

Medium
173

A non-profit organization wants to track donations and manage volunteers using a single system. They have limited IT staff and budget. Which Power Platform solution is most suitable?

Easy
174

An organization needs to create a centralized repository of business data that can be used by Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI. Which data storage option is designed for this purpose?

Medium
175

Refer to the exhibit. You are troubleshooting a Power Automate flow that fails when trying to access an on-premises SQL Server database. The flow uses the SQL connector. Based on the exhibit, what is the most likely cause of the failure?

Hard
176

Refer to the exhibit. You see a Power Automate flow definition in JSON. What does this flow do?

Medium
177

Your team needs to build a custom app that connects to Microsoft 365 and third-party services like Salesforce. Which Power Platform feature enables this?

Easy

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