Tableau Desktop Specialist Sample Question
Question 1 – Which two of the following methods are available for renaming fields in a visualization? (Choose two.)
- A. Using the field’s drop-down menu and selecting Rename, on the Data Pane
- B. Right-clicking on the field and selecting Replace References, on the Data Pane
- C. Clicking and holding on to the field until the name is editable, on the Data Pane
- D. Selecting Field Labels from the Format menu
Correct Answer: AC
Question 2 – Which of the following statement accurately describes the term aliases?
- A. assigning an alias to a field member before creating a visualization.
- B. assigning an alias, the name changes in the database.
- C. creating an alias for a discrete measure.
- D. creating an alias for a continuous dimension.
Correct Answer: B
Question 3 – Which of the following options should you use for inverting the color intensity of a quantitative range?
- A. Border
- B. Reversed
- C. Opacity
- D. Stepped Color
Correct Answer: B
Question 4 – Which of the given action would you be performing for displaying the complete list of potential data connections when you are connecting to a server?
- A. Selecting Connecting to Data.
- B. Selecting More under To a File.
- C. Selecting More under To a Server.
- D. Selecting File on the menu, and then selecting New.
Correct Answer: C
Question 5 – What is the process for adding additional databases to a data source when you create it?
- A. Selecting Edit Connection from the drop-down menu of the current connection
- B. Selecting Add from the Connections pane
- C. Selecting New Data Source from the Data menu
- D. Selecting New from the File menu
Correct Answer: B
Question 6 – Which of the following mark type is used in a highlight table?
- A. Area
- B. Square
- C. Polygon
- D. Text
Correct Answer: B
Question 7 – Which two are examples of a date value? (Choose two.)
- A. January 1, 1995
- B. December
- C. Wednesday
- D. 2020-05-01
Correct Answer: AD
Question 8 – Which three of the following are the reasons for using joins instead of relationships? (Choose three.)
- A. You need to be using a specific join type.
- B. You need to be creating an extract that will have multiple tables.
- C. You need to be using row-level security.
- D. You need to be using a data model that supports shared dimensions.
- E. You need to be connecting to multiple databases.
Correct Answer: ACE
Question 9 – For which of the following type of fields is the option to create bins available?
- A. Boolean
- B. Numeric
- C. Date
- D. String
Correct Answer: B
Question 10 – If an axis in the view has bold formatting options, how can you access them?
- A. Selecting Text on the Marks card.
- B. Selecting Field Labels on the Format menu.
- C. Right-clicking on the Field and selecting Format.
- D. Right-clicking on the axis.
Correct Answer: B
Question 11 – If you set the Marks card drop-down menu to Automatic, what will be created whenever you place things on the Rows shelf and Columns shelf?
- A. Measures on one shelf, and a date dimension on the other
- B. Zero or more dimensions on one shelf, and 2 or more measures on the other
- C. Zero or more measures on one shelf, and 2 or more dimensions on the other
- D. A date dimension followed by a continuous measure on one shelf
Correct Answer: A
Question 12 – In which of the following situations would a Tableau Desktop Specialist use a relationship instead of a join for two data sets?
- A. For using both data sets across multiple sheets in a visualization.
- B. The data sets are in two separate tables within a single spreadsheet.
- C. The data sets include similar data aggregated at different levels of detail.
- D. The data sets include similar data aggregated up to the highest level.
Correct Answer: A
Question 13 – What is created by a calculated field with a formula of SUM(Sales)/SUM(Profit)?
- A. A measure
- B. A dimension
- C. A set
- D. A parameter
Correct Answer: A
Question 14 – Which two of the following types of fields appear blue? (Choose two)
- A. Continuous measures
- B. Discrete dimensions
- C. Discrete measures
- D. Continuous dimensions
Correct Answer: BC
Question 15 – Dimension filters have two filter modes. Which ones can a Tableau Desktop Specialist use? (Choose two)
- A. Range of Values
- B. At most
- C. Wildcard Match
- D. Multiple Values (drop-down)
Correct Answer: CD
Question 16 – What will be the first data value in the visualization for quick table calculations based on a value in the previous column?
- A. Zero (0)
- B. Null
- C. Duplicated from the nearest column
- D. The current value
Correct Answer: B
Question 17 – Which two of the given types of aggregations could be applied to string fields? (Choose two.)
- A. Minimum
- B. Sum
- C. Average
- D. Count Distinct
Correct Answer: BC
Question 18 – What are the three locations from which visualization can be sorted? (Choose three.)
- A. The Analysis menu
- B. Tooltip on the Marks card
- C. An axis
- D. The Worksheet menu
- E. A field label
- F. A header
Correct Answer: CEF
Question 19 – A Tableau Desktop Specialist has the following string value: Sales Data. In what calculated field does Sales appear as an output?
- A. LEFT (“Sales Data”)
- B. LEFT (“Sales Data”, 5)
- C. LTRIM (“Sales Data”)
- D. RTRIM (“Sales Data”)
Correct Answer: A
Question 20 – When creating hierarchies from the Data pane, which two of the following use cases is used? (Choose two.)
- A. For organizing related fields together
- B. For adding drill-down functionality for fields
- C. For creating faster-performing queries
- D. For concatenating all fields into a single field
Correct Answer: AD
