TABLEAU DESKTOP CERTIFICATION
UPDATED COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED PREPARATION
RESOURCE
●● What is an example of a date part?
Answer: November (discrete in nature)
●● Dimensions containing ____ and _____ values cannot be continuous
Answer: Boolean & String
●● Tableau auto-generates ____ dimension(s) and _____ measure(s) for
us
Answer: 1 dimension (Measure names); 4 measures (Latitude, longitude,
measure values, and number of records)
●● When you drop a continuous field on Color, Tableau displays a
quantitative legend with a _____ range of colors
Answer: Continuous
●● True or False: Bins can be created on dimensions
Answer: True
,●● The default path for all supporting files, data sources, icons, logs,
etc. is in
Answer: Documents --> My Tableau Repository
●● You have cleaned a data source properly, created some calculated
fields, and renamed some columns. You want to save these changes for
future use cases. Which of the following would BEST satisfy this
requirement
Answer: Save it as a .tds file
●● Is SUM a table calc?
Answer: No
●● Which of the following represent a valid method to create a Bullet
Graph with the least number of fields possible?
Answer: Using 2 measures
●● By default, measures placed in a view are aggregated. The type of
aggregation applied...
Answer: Depends on the context of the view
●● Which shape does a heat map use by default?
Answer: Square
, ●● What is true about "incremental refresh" when creating extracts in
Tableau?
Answer: It only adds rows that are new since the previous refresh
●● True or False: It is not possible to blend axes for multiple measures
into a single axis
Answer: False
●● Is it possible to use measures in the same view multiple times (e.g.
SUM of the measure and AVG of the measure)?
Answer: Yes
●● True or False: Trend lines can only be used with numeric or date
fields
Answer: True
●● We can join a max of ____ tables in Tableau
Answer: 32
●● True or False: It is possible to add a field to more than one hierarchy
Answer: True
UPDATED COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED PREPARATION
RESOURCE
●● What is an example of a date part?
Answer: November (discrete in nature)
●● Dimensions containing ____ and _____ values cannot be continuous
Answer: Boolean & String
●● Tableau auto-generates ____ dimension(s) and _____ measure(s) for
us
Answer: 1 dimension (Measure names); 4 measures (Latitude, longitude,
measure values, and number of records)
●● When you drop a continuous field on Color, Tableau displays a
quantitative legend with a _____ range of colors
Answer: Continuous
●● True or False: Bins can be created on dimensions
Answer: True
,●● The default path for all supporting files, data sources, icons, logs,
etc. is in
Answer: Documents --> My Tableau Repository
●● You have cleaned a data source properly, created some calculated
fields, and renamed some columns. You want to save these changes for
future use cases. Which of the following would BEST satisfy this
requirement
Answer: Save it as a .tds file
●● Is SUM a table calc?
Answer: No
●● Which of the following represent a valid method to create a Bullet
Graph with the least number of fields possible?
Answer: Using 2 measures
●● By default, measures placed in a view are aggregated. The type of
aggregation applied...
Answer: Depends on the context of the view
●● Which shape does a heat map use by default?
Answer: Square
, ●● What is true about "incremental refresh" when creating extracts in
Tableau?
Answer: It only adds rows that are new since the previous refresh
●● True or False: It is not possible to blend axes for multiple measures
into a single axis
Answer: False
●● Is it possible to use measures in the same view multiple times (e.g.
SUM of the measure and AVG of the measure)?
Answer: Yes
●● True or False: Trend lines can only be used with numeric or date
fields
Answer: True
●● We can join a max of ____ tables in Tableau
Answer: 32
●● True or False: It is possible to add a field to more than one hierarchy
Answer: True
