Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals Power Apps 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is a Power Apps Portal (now called Power Pages)?
- An internal employee-only app deployed on SharePoint
- An externally facing website that allows unauthenticated or authenticated external users to interact with Dataverse data (Correct answer)
- A dashboard for monitoring app usage analytics
- A gallery of pre-built Power Apps templates
Correct answer: An externally facing website that allows unauthenticated or authenticated external users to interact with Dataverse data
Power Pages (formerly Power Apps Portals) allows organizations to build secure, externally accessible websites connected to Dataverse for external users like customers or partners.
Question 2: In Power Apps, what is a 'gallery' control used for?
- Displaying a collection of images from Azure Blob Storage
- Showing a scrollable list of records from a data source (Correct answer)
- Grouping multiple input controls into a reusable template
- Managing navigation between app screens
Correct answer: Showing a scrollable list of records from a data source
The gallery control displays a repeating list of items from a data source, allowing users to browse and select records.
Question 3: What does the 'Delegation' concept mean in Power Apps canvas apps?
- Assigning app ownership to another maker
- Pushing data processing to the data source instead of locally, enabling handling of large datasets (Correct answer)
- Delegating UI rendering to the browser engine
- Sharing an app with a group of users
Correct answer: Pushing data processing to the data source instead of locally, enabling handling of large datasets
Delegation allows supported data sources (like SharePoint or Dataverse) to process filter and sort operations server-side, bypassing the 500/2000 record local limit.
Question 4: Which environment type in Power Apps is recommended for production business use?
- Default environment
- Trial environment
- Production environment (Correct answer)
- Developer environment
Correct answer: Production environment
A production environment is the appropriate type for deploying business-critical apps and data, with proper governance and backup policies.
Question 5: What is the role of solutions in Power Apps ALM (Application Lifecycle Management)?
- Packaging app components for transport between environments (dev → test → production) (Correct answer)
- Storing login credentials for connectors
- Archiving deleted records from Dataverse
- Monitoring app performance in production
Correct answer: Packaging app components for transport between environments (dev → test → production)
Solutions are containers that group related Power Platform components (apps, flows, tables, etc.) so they can be exported and imported across environments as part of ALM.
Question 6: Which Power Apps feature allows a maker to run an app in a browser without publishing it?
- Power Apps Preview (Play mode in Studio) (Correct answer)
- Power Apps Player
- Power Apps Embedded
- Power Apps Sandbox
Correct answer: Power Apps Preview (Play mode in Studio)
Within Power Apps Studio, makers can press the Play button to preview and test the app in the browser before publishing it to users.
Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals Power Apps 2
What is a Power Apps Portal (now called Power Pages)?