Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals Power Automate 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Power Automate trigger would you use to start a flow when a new file is added to a SharePoint document library?
- When an HTTP request is received
- When a file is created (SharePoint trigger) (Correct answer)
- When a record is created (Dataverse trigger)
- Recurrence (scheduled trigger)
Correct answer: When a file is created (SharePoint trigger)
The SharePoint 'When a file is created' trigger fires automatically when a new document is added to a specified library or folder.
Question 2: What is a 'scope' action in Power Automate used for?
- Limiting the flow to run only within business hours
- Grouping a set of actions together, often used with 'run after' for error handling (Correct answer)
- Defining the geographic region where the flow runs
- Restricting which users can trigger the flow
Correct answer: Grouping a set of actions together, often used with 'run after' for error handling
A scope groups actions logically and enables structured error handling by running subsequent scopes only after a previous scope succeeds, fails, or times out.
Question 3: In Power Automate, what does 'run after' configuration control?
- The scheduled start time for a recurring flow
- Under which conditions (success, failure, timeout, skip) a subsequent action should execute (Correct answer)
- The order in which parallel branches execute
- The delay between retrying a failed action
Correct answer: Under which conditions (success, failure, timeout, skip) a subsequent action should execute
'Run after' lets you configure an action to execute only when the preceding action has a specific outcome — success, failure, skipped, or timed out.
Question 4: Which license is required to use premium connectors in Power Automate?
- Microsoft 365 E3
- Power Automate Premium (per-user or per-flow) (Correct answer)
- Power Automate Free
- Azure Active Directory P1
Correct answer: Power Automate Premium (per-user or per-flow)
Premium connectors like SQL Server, Salesforce, or HTTP require a Power Automate Premium license beyond the standard Microsoft 365-included entitlements.
Question 5: What is a child flow in Power Automate?
- A flow triggered by a child record being created in Dataverse
- A reusable flow that can be called from other flows as a subflow (Correct answer)
- A flow that runs with reduced permissions inherited from a parent flow
- A mobile-only flow accessible to child (minor) user accounts
Correct answer: A reusable flow that can be called from other flows as a subflow
A child flow is a cloud flow that is invoked by another flow using the 'Run a Child Flow' action, enabling reuse of common logic across multiple parent flows.
Question 6: How does Power Automate handle flow run history?
- Run history is only available for flows older than 30 days
- Each flow stores a log of recent runs showing status, inputs, and outputs for troubleshooting (Correct answer)
- Run history must be manually exported to SharePoint to be viewed
- Only failed runs are logged; successful runs are not recorded
Correct answer: Each flow stores a log of recent runs showing status, inputs, and outputs for troubleshooting
Power Automate automatically records each flow run with its overall status and a detailed log of each action's inputs and outputs, retained for 28 days by default.
Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals Power Automate 2
Which Power Automate trigger would you use to start a flow when a new file is added to a SharePoint document library?