TABLEAU DESKTOP SPECIALIST
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Start Page - ....ANSWER ...-Welcomes you to Tableau
1. Connect
2. Open
3. Discover
Data Source Page - ....ANSWER ...-Opens when you connect to a data source
1. Left Panel
2. Commissary
3. Data grid
4. Metadata
Measure - ....ANSWER ...-Numerical data
Dimension - ....ANSWER ...-Textual data & IDs
Italicized Fields - ....ANSWER ...-Fields generated by Tableau
Marks - ....ANSWER ...-Data points
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,Tableau Workbook - ....ANSWER ...-.twb
Your project without data
Tableau Packaged Workbook - ....ANSWER ...-.twbx
Your project with data
.tds - ....ANSWER ...-Data Source
Your path/directory (default properties, calculated fields) WITHOUT data
.tdsx - ....ANSWER ...-Packaged Data Source
Your path/directory (default properties, calculated fields) WITH data
.hyper - ....ANSWER ...-Extract file
Discrete Data - ....ANSWER ...-Data with space between possible data values.
Graphs are represented by dots.
- Form: individually separate
- Color: blue
- Filtered individually
- Nature: countable
- Generally adds headers to view (creates categories)
- Brings level of detail
- Color Mark: color palette (all different colors)
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, Continuous Data - ....ANSWER ...-Data that can take on any value. There is no
space between data values for a given domain. Graphs are represented by solid lines.
- Form: unbroken whole
- Color: green
- Filtered in a range
- Nature: measurable
- Generally adds axes to view (unbroken form)
- Brings aggregated numbers
- Color Mark: 1 gradient color
What is true of discrete and continuous data 99% of the time? - ....ANSWER ...-
Dimensions tend to be discrete
Measures tend to be continuous
How can a measure be discrete? (turned from a continuous measure) -
....ANSWER ...-Create buckets (good/bad buckets) by adding a if/else calculated
field
How does Tableau aggregate data? - ....ANSWER ...-Tableau aggregates measures
at the current level of detail (LOD)
What are the various aggregation functions? - ....ANSWER ...-- Sum (default)
- Average
- Median
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EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Start Page - ....ANSWER ...-Welcomes you to Tableau
1. Connect
2. Open
3. Discover
Data Source Page - ....ANSWER ...-Opens when you connect to a data source
1. Left Panel
2. Commissary
3. Data grid
4. Metadata
Measure - ....ANSWER ...-Numerical data
Dimension - ....ANSWER ...-Textual data & IDs
Italicized Fields - ....ANSWER ...-Fields generated by Tableau
Marks - ....ANSWER ...-Data points
....FOR STUDY PURPOSES...©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED... 1
,Tableau Workbook - ....ANSWER ...-.twb
Your project without data
Tableau Packaged Workbook - ....ANSWER ...-.twbx
Your project with data
.tds - ....ANSWER ...-Data Source
Your path/directory (default properties, calculated fields) WITHOUT data
.tdsx - ....ANSWER ...-Packaged Data Source
Your path/directory (default properties, calculated fields) WITH data
.hyper - ....ANSWER ...-Extract file
Discrete Data - ....ANSWER ...-Data with space between possible data values.
Graphs are represented by dots.
- Form: individually separate
- Color: blue
- Filtered individually
- Nature: countable
- Generally adds headers to view (creates categories)
- Brings level of detail
- Color Mark: color palette (all different colors)
....FOR STUDY PURPOSES...©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED... 2
, Continuous Data - ....ANSWER ...-Data that can take on any value. There is no
space between data values for a given domain. Graphs are represented by solid lines.
- Form: unbroken whole
- Color: green
- Filtered in a range
- Nature: measurable
- Generally adds axes to view (unbroken form)
- Brings aggregated numbers
- Color Mark: 1 gradient color
What is true of discrete and continuous data 99% of the time? - ....ANSWER ...-
Dimensions tend to be discrete
Measures tend to be continuous
How can a measure be discrete? (turned from a continuous measure) -
....ANSWER ...-Create buckets (good/bad buckets) by adding a if/else calculated
field
How does Tableau aggregate data? - ....ANSWER ...-Tableau aggregates measures
at the current level of detail (LOD)
What are the various aggregation functions? - ....ANSWER ...-- Sum (default)
- Average
- Median
....FOR STUDY PURPOSES...©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED... 3
