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Microsoft PL-300 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Microsoft |
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| Exam Name: | Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst |
| Exam Number: | PL-300 |
| Passing Score: | 700 (out of 1000) |
| Exam Duration: | 100-120 |
| Real Exam Qty: | 40-60 (approx.) |
| Exam Price: | USD $165 (varies by country/region) |
| Available Languages: | Portuguese (Brazil), German, English, Japanese, French, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), Spanish, Italian |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 1 year (renewable annually via Microsoft Learn assessment) |
| Related Certifications: | Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900) Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate |
| Exam Format: | Drag and drop, Multiple response, Case studies, Lab simulations, Multiple choice |
| Recommended Training: | Power BI Guided Learning Microsoft Learn PL-300 Learning Path |
| Exam Registration: | Microsoft Certification Portal Pearson VUE Registration |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored exam or onsite test center via Pearson VUE |
| Pre Condition: | No mandatory prerequisites, but recommended: 1+ year experience with Power BI and data analysis. |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://learn.microsoft.com/credentials/certifications/power-bi-data-analyst-associate/ |
Microsoft PL-300 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
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| Topic 1: Deploy and maintain assets | 15-20% | - Manage workspaces and datasets
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| Topic 2: Prepare the data | 15-20% | - Clean, transform, and load data
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| Topic 3: Model the data | 30-40% | - Design a data model
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| Topic 4: Visualize and analyze data | 25-35% | - Create reports and dashboards
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Asked and Answered: The PL-300 Exam
The PL-300 exam is Microsoft's official route to the Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate certification (Associate level). For IT professionals building a career, it signals verified skill — the kind of advantage that tips better opportunities your way. It also sits in a family of related credentials: Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate, Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900).
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The exam is available Online proctored exam or onsite test center via Pearson VUE — choose whatever fits your schedule and setup when you book.
Expect 4 domains in the Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst blueprint, headlined by Prepare the data (15-20%), Model the data (30-40%), Deploy and maintain assets (15-20%). Use the weights as your study budget — high-percentage domains earn the most points per hour. The complete outline above has the full breakdown.
Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Sample Questions:
You have a Power BI dashboard that monitors the quality of manufacturing processes. The dashboard contains the following elements:
A line chart that shows the number of defective products manufactured by day.
A KPI visual that shows the current daily percentage of defective products manufactured.
You need to be notified when the daily percentage of defective products manufactured exceeds 3%.
What should you create?
- A. a smart narrative visual
- B. an alert
- C. a subscription
- D. a Q & A visual
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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Your company plans to completely separate development and production assets such as semantic models, reports, and dashboards in Microsoft Power BI.
You need to recommend an application lifecycle strategy. The solution must minimize access to production assets and prevent end users from viewing the development assets.
What should you recommend?
- A. Create a workspace for development and a workspace for production. From the production workspace, publish an app.
- B. Create production reports in a separate workspace that uses a shared semantic model from the developmentworkspace. Grant the end users access to the production workspace.
- C. Create one workspace for development. From the new workspace, publish an app for production.
- D. In one workspace, create separate copies of the assets and append DEV to the names of the copied assets. Grant the end users access to the workspace.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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You have a report that includes a card visualization.
You need to apply the following conditional formatting to the card while minimizing design effort.
For values that are greater than or equal to 100, the font of the data label must be dark red.
For values that are less than 100, the font of the data label must be dark gray.
Which type of format should you use?
- A. Rules
- B. Color scale
- C. Field value
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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You have two Power BI reports named ReportA and ReportB that each uses a distinct color palette.
You are creating a Power BI dashboard that will include two visuals from each report You need to use a consistent dark theme for the dashboard. The solution must preserve the original colors of the reports.
Which two actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
- A. Turn on tile flow.
- B. When pinning visuals to the dashboard, select Use destination theme.
- C. For the browser, set the color preference to dark mode.
- D. Upload a snapshot.
- E. Select the dark dashboard theme.
Correct Answer: B,E 🗳️
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You are using Power BI Desktop to connect to an Azure SQL database The connection is configured as shown in the following exhibit.
Use the drop-down menus to select the answer choice that completes each statement based on the information presented in the graphic NOTE: Each correct solution is worth one point
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
The completed mapping shown in the answer area is correct. The case is framed around this condition: you are using power bi desktop to connect to an azure sql database the connection is configured as shown in the following exhibit. use the drop-down menus to select the answer. Power Query should resolve this requirement before the data enters the semantic model. The chosen transformation preserves the required rows and grain while converting the source layout into an analysis-ready table. This directly matches the current study-guide objective " Create and transform columns " . A visual, measure, or model relationship cannot repair the incoming tabular shape; those features operate after the query result has already been loaded.
Microsoft Learn reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/best-practices | PL-300 objective: " Create and transform columns " | Study guide: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications
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