Power BI 778 Power BI Service and Collaboration 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is a Power BI workspace?
- A local folder for storing .pbix files
- A collaborative container in the Power BI Service for organizing reports, dashboards, and datasets (Correct answer)
- A database schema used by Power BI
- A Power BI Desktop layout view
Correct answer: A collaborative container in the Power BI Service for organizing reports, dashboards, and datasets
A workspace in the Power BI Service is a shared environment where teams can collaborate on reports, dashboards, and datasets.
Question 2: What is a Power BI dashboard compared to a report?
- A dashboard is a single-page canvas of pinned visuals from multiple reports; a report can have multiple pages (Correct answer)
- A report is a single visual; a dashboard has many reports
- A dashboard runs in Power BI Desktop; a report runs in the Service
- A dashboard allows data editing; a report is read-only
Correct answer: A dashboard is a single-page canvas of pinned visuals from multiple reports; a report can have multiple pages
A dashboard is a single-page collection of pinned tiles from reports, while a report is a multi-page interactive document.
Question 3: What does 'Publish to Web' in Power BI allow you to do?
- Share a report securely with specific users via email
- Embed a report publicly on any website without authentication (Correct answer)
- Publish a report to the Microsoft App Source marketplace
- Export a report as a PDF and share via link
Correct answer: Embed a report publicly on any website without authentication
Publish to Web creates a public embed code that makes a report accessible to anyone on the internet without requiring a Power BI login.
Question 4: Which Power BI Service feature sends automatic email alerts when a dashboard KPI crosses a threshold?
- Subscriptions
- Data alerts (Correct answer)
- Scheduled refresh
- Push notifications
Correct answer: Data alerts
Data alerts in Power BI Service send email notifications when a dashboard tile's value goes above or below a defined threshold.
Question 5: What is a Power BI App?
- The Power BI Desktop application
- A packaged collection of dashboards and reports distributed to consumers in the Power BI Service (Correct answer)
- A mobile version of a Power BI report
- A Power BI integration with Microsoft Teams
Correct answer: A packaged collection of dashboards and reports distributed to consumers in the Power BI Service
A Power BI App bundles dashboards and reports from a workspace into a polished package distributed to a wide audience.
Question 6: What does 'row-level security (RLS)' enforce in Power BI Service?
- Limits the number of rows exported to Excel
- Restricts data visibility so users only see rows they are permitted to access (Correct answer)
- Prevents editing of report rows
- Encrypts individual row values in the dataset
Correct answer: Restricts data visibility so users only see rows they are permitted to access
RLS uses DAX filter rules assigned to roles to ensure each user only sees the data records they are authorized to view.
Power BI 778 Power BI Service and Collaboration 1
What is a Power BI workspace?