How should I use these Scenario practice questions?

Read each scenario carefully and choose your answer before revealing the explanation. Then check why your choice was right or wrong. Repeat until the reasoning feels automatic.

Can I practise just Scenario questions in a focused session?

Yes — use the session launcher on this page to start a 10-, 20-, 30- or 50-question session drawn entirely from the Scenario domain.

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Scenario practice questions

Practise Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals PL-900 Scenario practice questions — original exam-style scenarios with answer choices, explanations, and analysis of common mistakes.

Courseiva uses original exam-style practice questions designed for learning and revision. The goal is to understand the concepts, recognise exam patterns, and improve through explanations — not memorise copied exam dumps.

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What to know about Scenario

Scenario 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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Common Scenario 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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Scenario questions

20 questions · select your answer, then reveal the explanation

Question 1easymultiple choice

Scenario practice questions

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Scenario questions

You need to create a flow that runs every hour and checks if any new files have been added to a SharePoint document library. Which trigger type should you use?

A sales team needs an app to track customer interactions. The app should display a list of accounts, and when an account is selected, show related opportunities and contacts. Which type of app is best suited?

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?

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?

An organization uses Power Automate flows that connect to Microsoft Dataverse. The flows need to run under a service account with specific permissions. What is the best practice to manage the connection?

A Power App uses a Timer control to refresh data every 5 minutes. The app experiences performance degradation after running for several hours. What is the most likely cause?

A company wants to automate a business process that requires approval from a manager before an expense report is submitted. Which Microsoft Power Platform component should be used?

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

Which TWO scenarios are suitable for using a scheduled cloud flow in Power Automate?

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?

A business needs to build a Power Apps app that allows sales representatives to view customer information and update order status while offline. The data source is Microsoft Dataverse. Which type of Power App should the maker create?

A company wants to create a mobile app for field technicians to log service calls. The app will connect to an existing SQL database. Which type of Power App should they build?

You are designing a Power Automate flow that processes orders. The flow must wait for a manager's approval if the order amount exceeds $10,000. If the approval is rejected, the flow should notify the salesperson and stop processing. Which actions should be used?

A company has a Power BI dashboard that displays real-time data from Azure Stream Analytics. Which connection type should they use?

A company needs to build a Power App that allows employees to submit IT support tickets. The app must be available from both Microsoft Teams and the web, and must use Dataverse for storage. Which type of app should be used?

A company wants to create a Power App that allows employees to submit expense reports with receipts. The app must be accessible from both mobile devices and desktop browsers, and must include a workflow for approval. Which combination of Power Platform components should be used?

A user wants to build an app that allows field technicians to view work orders and capture photos offline. Which type of Power App should be chosen?

A company wants to integrate Power Automate with Microsoft Teams so that when a new task is assigned in Planner, a message is posted in a Teams channel. Which connector should be used?

A Power Automate flow sends an email to a manager when a leave request is submitted in Microsoft Forms. The flow frequently fails because the manager's mailbox is full. Which approach best handles this error?

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