TABLEAU DATA ANALYST
CERTIFICATION EXAM
what type of field is a field named "color" that includes members such s red, gree, blue
is - Correct Answers -qualitative
what type of field contains numbers - Correct Answers -quantitative
when tableau connects to data fields are assigned to - Correct Answers -dimensions
and measures
what is meta data - Correct Answers -data that describes data
what type of chart is best used for data expressed over time? - Correct Answers -line
Length, width, orientation, size, position, and color intensity best describe the best
visual representation for quantitive or qualitative data? - Correct Answers -quantitative
What are pre-attentive attributes? - Correct Answers -visual analytics that leverage
visual cues humans automatically process with sensory memory
what type of chart best compares data across categories? - Correct Answers -bar
what type of chart best shows the relationship between two factors? - Correct Answers -
heat map/scatter plot
what shows the details of a heat map - Correct Answers -higlight table
what chart is similar to a pie chart - Correct Answers -tree map
what do you need to do before yo can create visualizations with your data? - Correct
Answers -connect to data source
what is on the data source page - Correct Answers -connections, sheets, canvas, meta
data, and data preview
how many rows does the data preview contain on the data source page - Correct
Answers -1,000
, if you connected your data source, now you have a sheet called "orders" how do you
pull it up in the data source page to see the meta data and data preview - Correct
Answers -you drag it to the canvas, and you can line the "orders" source to other data
sources too
what is the marks card? - Correct Answers -used to set different properties for fields in
the visualization
as uou drag fields to different properties on the marks card you add more info to the
view
you can encode your data in the view with color, size, shape, textt , and other properties
that add visual context.
what is the view? - Correct Answers -what the graph shows up
when can you prepare data for analysis in Tableau Prep? - Correct Answers -at anytime
during the analysis
what is tableau prep? - Correct Answers -a data prep tool you can use to clean and
prep your data for situations whaere you have inconsitencied in data like spaces, extre
characters, etc
In Prep, how do you see how many fields are in the data? - Correct Answers -it will tell
you above the input pane as well as inside
what is the first step in Tableau Prep? - Correct Answers -Connect the data
In prep, what do you do after you connect the data - Correct Answers -you press the
plus button and select to clean the data
what are the different ways to see everything related to a value in Tableau Prep? -
Correct Answers -once you click on the value, everything will become highlighted blue
In tableau prep, when you double click and retype the name of the value to group it with
another value with the same name what is it called? - Correct Answers -direct typing
T or F: when cleaning data in tableau prep, we are not effecting the original data -
Correct Answers -True
What is the last step in Tableau Prep? - Correct Answers -to output the data
when you edit data in a profile pane, what are you cleaning? - Correct Answers -the
rows that contain that value
what are the steps of outputting data in Tableau Prep? - Correct Answers -add the
output step, click browse, name the file, press run flow
CERTIFICATION EXAM
what type of field is a field named "color" that includes members such s red, gree, blue
is - Correct Answers -qualitative
what type of field contains numbers - Correct Answers -quantitative
when tableau connects to data fields are assigned to - Correct Answers -dimensions
and measures
what is meta data - Correct Answers -data that describes data
what type of chart is best used for data expressed over time? - Correct Answers -line
Length, width, orientation, size, position, and color intensity best describe the best
visual representation for quantitive or qualitative data? - Correct Answers -quantitative
What are pre-attentive attributes? - Correct Answers -visual analytics that leverage
visual cues humans automatically process with sensory memory
what type of chart best compares data across categories? - Correct Answers -bar
what type of chart best shows the relationship between two factors? - Correct Answers -
heat map/scatter plot
what shows the details of a heat map - Correct Answers -higlight table
what chart is similar to a pie chart - Correct Answers -tree map
what do you need to do before yo can create visualizations with your data? - Correct
Answers -connect to data source
what is on the data source page - Correct Answers -connections, sheets, canvas, meta
data, and data preview
how many rows does the data preview contain on the data source page - Correct
Answers -1,000
, if you connected your data source, now you have a sheet called "orders" how do you
pull it up in the data source page to see the meta data and data preview - Correct
Answers -you drag it to the canvas, and you can line the "orders" source to other data
sources too
what is the marks card? - Correct Answers -used to set different properties for fields in
the visualization
as uou drag fields to different properties on the marks card you add more info to the
view
you can encode your data in the view with color, size, shape, textt , and other properties
that add visual context.
what is the view? - Correct Answers -what the graph shows up
when can you prepare data for analysis in Tableau Prep? - Correct Answers -at anytime
during the analysis
what is tableau prep? - Correct Answers -a data prep tool you can use to clean and
prep your data for situations whaere you have inconsitencied in data like spaces, extre
characters, etc
In Prep, how do you see how many fields are in the data? - Correct Answers -it will tell
you above the input pane as well as inside
what is the first step in Tableau Prep? - Correct Answers -Connect the data
In prep, what do you do after you connect the data - Correct Answers -you press the
plus button and select to clean the data
what are the different ways to see everything related to a value in Tableau Prep? -
Correct Answers -once you click on the value, everything will become highlighted blue
In tableau prep, when you double click and retype the name of the value to group it with
another value with the same name what is it called? - Correct Answers -direct typing
T or F: when cleaning data in tableau prep, we are not effecting the original data -
Correct Answers -True
What is the last step in Tableau Prep? - Correct Answers -to output the data
when you edit data in a profile pane, what are you cleaning? - Correct Answers -the
rows that contain that value
what are the steps of outputting data in Tableau Prep? - Correct Answers -add the
output step, click browse, name the file, press run flow
