Tableau TDS-C01 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Tableau TDS-C01 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 201:

  What is the default behavior of Tableau when you add a measure to the view?

  A. An aggregation is applied that varies depending on the context of the view.
  B. You are prompted to add an aggregation.
  C. The measure is added disaggregated.
  D. An aggregation is applied that is independent of the context of the view.
  A. An aggregation is applied that varies depending on the context of the view.

• Question 202:

  How do you identify a continuous field in Tableau?

  A. It is identified by a blue pill in the visualization
  B. It is identified by a green pill in a visualization
  C. It is preceded by a '=#' symbol in the data window
  D. It is preceded by a 'Abc' symbol in the data window
  B. It is identified by a green pill in a visualization

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  Explanation/Reference:

  When you connect to a new data source, Tableau assigns each field in the data source as dimension or measure in the Data pane, depending on the type of data the field contains. You use these fields to build views of your data.

  

  Reference: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/datafields_typesandroles.htm

• Question 203:

  Which two types of fields appear blue? (Choose two.)

  A. Continuous measures
  B. Discrete dimensions
  C. Discrete measures
  D. Continuous dimensions
  B. Discrete dimensions
  C. Discrete measures

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Blue is used for all DISCRETE fields, both dimensions and measures

• Question 204:

  You create a crosstab that shows a list of 100 hotel chains alongside their average nightly cost. You also create two groups showing, respectively, the top 10 and bottom 10 hotel chains by cost, with subtotals. What should you do to improve the crosstab and compare the two groups to all the remaining hotel chains?

  A. Create a new view.
  B. Color encode the hotel chain names.
  C. Include an Other group.
  D. Include the Summary card.
  C. Include an Other group.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/sortgroup_groups_creating.htm

• Question 205:

  The icon associated with the field that has been grouped is a ______________

  A. Paper Clip
  B. Globe
  C. Intersection
  D. =#
  A. Paper Clip

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  Explanation/Reference:

  You can create a group to combine related members in a field. The icon associated with a group is a paper clip!

  

• Question 206:

  How can you set the default properties of a field to Currency?

  A. From the Format menu, configure the Font settings.
  B. From the Data pane, configure the number format of the field.
  C. From the Format menu, configure the Field Labels settings.
  D. From the Data pane, configure the data type of the field.
  B. From the Data pane, configure the number format of the field.

• Question 207:

  ______________ refers to the level of detail for a piece of data, wherever you are looking.

  A. Data Cleanliness
  B. Data granularity
  C. Data connectivity
  D. Data LOD
  B. Data granularity

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Data is generated and analyzed at many different levels of granularity. Granularity is the level of detail of the data. For example, when looking at graduation data, granularity would describe whether a row in the data set represents a single person or the graduating class of a university.

  Reference: https://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2018/6/data-prep-101-what-aggregate-function-and-how-do-you-combine-aggregated-data-89244

• Question 208:

  The View Data window displays as much of the data as possible by default, up to _______________ rows.

  A. 20,000
  B. 5,000
  C. 10,000
  D. 15,000
  C. 10,000

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  Explanation/Reference:

  The View Data window displays as much of the data as possible by default, up to 10,000 rows. This can be increased though, if you wish to.

  

  Read more: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-gb/inspectdata_viewdata.htm

• Question 209:

  What does the following marker/icon do in Tableau?

  

  A. Format the Legends
  B. Edit the Colors
  C. Toggle the highlighting on/off.
  D. Highlight the largest value
  C. Toggle the highlighting on/off.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  The correct answer is Toggle the highlighting ON/OFF. If selected, whichever value you choose from this legend will be highlighted in the view. However, if it is deselected, then even if you choose a value in the Legend, it will NOT be highlighted.

  See below:

  

  

• Question 210:

  When working with Excel, text file data, JSON file, .pdf file data, you can use _________________ to union files across folders, and worksheets across workbooks. Search is scoped to the selected connection.

  A. Regex Search
  B. Union Search
  C. Pattern Search
  D. Wildcard Search
  D. Wildcard Search

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  Explanation/Reference:

  You can use Wildcard Search to set up search criteria to automatically include tables in your union. Use the wildcard character, which is an asterisk (*), to match a sequence or pattern of characters in the Excel workbook and worksheet names, Google Sheets workbook and worksheet names, text file names, JSON file names, .pdf file names, and database table names. When working with Excel, text file data, JSON file, .pdf file data, you can also use this method to union files across folders, and worksheets across workbooks. Search is scoped to the selected connection. The connection and the tables available in a connection are shown on the left pane of the Data source page.

  

  

  Reference: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/union.htm