Desktop-Specialist Exam Questions and Answers

QUESTION: 11

By default, measures placed in a view are aggregated by ______________

COUNT
AVERAGE
MEDIAN
SUM

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

By default, measures placed in a view are aggregated by SUM, which means that the data for that field in all of the rows is combined. Measures can also be aggregated as average, median, count, or count distinct.

Reference:

https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/calculations_aggregation.htm

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QUESTION: 12

______________ refers to the level of detail for a piece of data, wherever you are looking.

Data Cleanliness
Data granularity
Data connectivity
Data LOD

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

Data is generated and analyzed at many different levels of granularity. Granularity is the level of detail of the data. For example, when looking at graduation data, granularity would describe whether a row in the data set represents a single person or the graduating class of a university.

Reference:

https://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2018/6/data-prep-101-what-aggregate-function- and-how-do-you-combine-aggregated-data-89244

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QUESTION: 13

For Bullet Graphs we need at least ____________ measures

3
1
2
4

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

A bullet graph is a variation of a bar graph developed to replace dashboard gauges and meters. A bullet graph is useful for comparing the performance of a primary measure to one or more other measures.
Therefore, we need at least 2 measures for creating bullet graphs.

Reference:

https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/qs_bullet_graphs.htm

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QUESTION: 14

The default path for all supporting files, data sources, icons, logs etc is in ______________________

Documents -> Tableau Files
Documents -> Tableau
Documents -> My Tableau Repository
Downloads -> Tableau Support Files

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

By default, all of the above mentioned are stored in Documents -> My Tableau Repository

Reference:

https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/environ_filesandfolders.htm

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QUESTION: 15

Tableau auto-generates ____________ dimension(s) and _____________ measure(s) for us

1 , 4
2 , 2
2 , 3
1 , 2

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

Tableau auto-generates :
1 Dimension - Measure Names
4 Measures - Latitude, Longitude, Number of records, Measure Values

Starting with Tableau 2020.2, every table in a data source has a Count field, in the form of NameofTable(Count). The table count field is an automatically generated, calculated field. (THIS IS NOT PRESENT IN VERSION 2020.1 ON WHICH THE EXAM IS CURRENTLY BASED)

Reference:

https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en- us/datafields_understanddatawindow.htm

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