Microsoft Certification Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900) 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the difference between a canvas app and a model-driven app in Power Apps?
- Canvas apps only work offline; model-driven apps require internet
- Canvas apps offer full UI customization; model-driven apps are auto-generated from a data model structure in Dataverse (Correct answer)
- Model-driven apps can only be used on mobile; canvas apps are desktop-only
- There is no difference between the two
Correct answer: Canvas apps offer full UI customization; model-driven apps are auto-generated from a data model structure in Dataverse
Canvas apps give makers full UI control, while model-driven apps generate their interface automatically from the underlying Dataverse data model, tables, and relationships.
Question 2: What is a Power Automate 'trigger' in a cloud flow?
- A scheduled database backup
- An event that starts the execution of an automated workflow, such as receiving an email or a file being uploaded (Correct answer)
- A Power BI visual that reacts to data changes
- A Dataverse column validation rule
Correct answer: An event that starts the execution of an automated workflow, such as receiving an email or a file being uploaded
A trigger is the event that initiates a Power Automate cloud flow, such as when a new item is added to a SharePoint list, an email arrives, or a button is tapped.
Question 3: Which Power BI feature allows report viewers to ask natural language questions about their data?
- Slicers
- Q&A visual (Correct answer)
- Decomposition Tree
- Key Influencers
Correct answer: Q&A visual
The Power BI Q&A visual allows users to type natural language questions like 'total sales by region last year' and get visualized answers automatically.
Question 4: What does the Power Platform environment represent?
- A physical server rack dedicated to Power Platform
- A container to store, manage, and share business data, apps, and flows with defined access controls (Correct answer)
- A network zone in Azure
- A type of Power BI workspace
Correct answer: A container to store, manage, and share business data, apps, and flows with defined access controls
A Power Platform environment is a space that stores Dataverse databases, apps, flows, and chatbots, with its own security boundary and region.
Question 5: What is the purpose of Power Virtual Agents (now Copilot Studio)?
- Generating business reports automatically
- Building AI-powered chatbots without writing code for use in websites and Teams (Correct answer)
- Automating email responses in Outlook
- Creating data visualizations from SQL databases
Correct answer: Building AI-powered chatbots without writing code for use in websites and Teams
Power Virtual Agents / Copilot Studio enables business users to build and deploy intelligent chatbots using a no-code guided interface, without requiring data scientist expertise.
Question 6: What is a Power BI workspace?
- A local folder for storing Power BI Desktop files
- A cloud collaboration area where teams can create, publish, and share Power BI content (Correct answer)
- A Dataverse table for Power BI data
- An Azure resource group for Power BI
Correct answer: A cloud collaboration area where teams can create, publish, and share Power BI content
Power BI workspaces are shared cloud environments where teams collaborate to create, manage, and distribute reports, dashboards, and datasets.
Microsoft Certification Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900) 2
What is the difference between a canvas app and a model-driven app in Power Apps?