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Question 1

You have recently built a canvas app. You are now required to share the app with your colleagues. Which of the following is TRUE with regards to sharing a canvas app? (Choose all that apply.)

  • A. You can share the app with individual users
  • B. You can grant Co-owner permission to a security group if you created the app from within a solution
  • C. The Co-owner permission is not available when sharing the app with individual users
  • D. You can share the app with a Microsoft Azure Active Directory security group
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Correct Answer:
  • A. You can share the app with individual users
  • D. You can share the app with a Microsoft Azure Active Directory security group
Question 2

You document client data via a Microsoft SharePoint list. You are planning to configure a Power Automate flow that triggers a series of actions when new data is added to the list. Which of the following actions should you take?

  • A. You should use the When an item is created trigger
  • B. You should use the For a selected file trigger
  • C. You should use the When a file is classified by a content understanding model trigger
  • D. You should use the When an item is created or modified trigger
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Correct Answer:
A. You should use the When an item is created trigger
Question 3

A company delivers products to multiple communities. The company creates a canvas app connected to a Microsoft Dataverse database. The app tracks communities to see where the delivery volume is the highest. Drivers must enter delivery information on a form that uses an entity named Delivery. Depot staff must enter information on a pick-up form that uses an entity named Pick-up. Each form contains a community field that is based on a shared list across both forms. You need to create the community field. Which type of field should you create?

  • A. local option set
  • B. text
  • C. global option set
  • D. text area
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Correct Answer:
C. global option set
Question 4

A company uses data loss prevention (DLP) policies. You have a Power Automate flow that posts Twitter mentions into a Microsoft SharePoint list. You are not able to activate the flow. You need to troubleshoot the issue. What are two possible reasons why you cannot activate the flow? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

  • A. You are not assigned the Power Platform Admin role
  • B. You placed all connectors into the Business group within the DLP policy
  • C. You placed all connectors into the Non-Business group within the DLP policy
  • D. You are not assigned the Environment Admin role
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Correct Answer:
  • A. You are not assigned the Power Platform Admin role
  • D. You are not assigned the Environment Admin role
Question 5

You create a Power Platform solution. Solution data is stored in a variety of documented cloud services. You need to configure the data sources. What should you do?

  • A. Create a data policy template
  • B. Create a UI flow
  • C. Create a custom data connector
  • D. Add metadata to standard entities
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Correct Answer:
C. Create a custom data connector
Question 6

You are designing an interactive report for a model-driven app. The report will use more than five million records. The query that retrieves data for the report requires more than five minutes to complete. You need to create the report. Which option should you use?

  • A. Power BI
  • B. Standard dashboard
  • C. Interactive dashboard
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Correct Answer:
A. Power BI
Question 7

You have an unmanaged solution, for which you have created multiple apps. You are required to move the apps to a different environment. The environment requires that the solution allows for components to be added, amended, renewed, removed, deleted, or tested. You need to use the correct solution type. You make use of a Managed solution. Does the action achieve your objective?

  • A. Yes, it does
  • B. No, it does not
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Correct Answer:
B. No, it does not
Question 8

You complete work on a new canvas app in a development environment and add the app to a solution. You export the solution from the development environment and import the solution into a production environment. After several days you notice that the background color for the canvas app in the production environment has changed from white to gray. You need to determine why the background color changed. What are two possible causes for the background color change? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

  • A. You recently changed the Office 365 theme
  • B. You exported a managed copy of the solution and imported the solution as an unmanaged solution. You modified the canvas app in the unmanaged solution
  • C. You exported and imported an unmanaged copy of the solution and a co-worker modified the canvas app
  • D. You chose a different theme from the Theme menu inside the canvas app
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Correct Answer:
  • C. You exported and imported an unmanaged copy of the solution and a co-worker modified the canvas app
  • D. You chose a different theme from the Theme menu inside the canvas app
Question 9

You have two Common Data Service entities. You have been instructed to a Many-to-many relationship between the two entities. Which of the following is TRUE with regards to creating Many-to-many relationships? (Choose all that apply.)

  • A. No explicit hierarchy exists
  • B. All entities can be used to create a Many-to-many relationship
  • C. You have to configure lookup columns
  • D. Relationship table stores the data that associates the tables
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Correct Answer:
  • A. No explicit hierarchy exists
  • D. Relationship table stores the data that associates the tables
Question 10

You are creating an employee directory canvas app. The app must display name, address, and a photo of each employee. You need to select a control type that will display the employee records. Which control type should you select?

  • A. List box
  • B. Address input
  • C. Gallery
  • D. Data table
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Correct Answer:
C. Gallery
Question 11

A company has ten sales regions. Each salesperson is assigned to one region. You create a set of five standard views that all salespeople will use. Sales users only want to see information for their own region. Sales users must call sales leads within a week of receiving a lead. You need to recommend a solution for sales users. Which two actions will you recommend? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

  • A. Instruct users to create personal views that filter by region
  • B. Instruct users to filter the view by region
  • C. Configure the definition for each view to sort by region
  • D. Configure the definition for each view to filter by region
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Correct Answer:
  • A. Instruct users to create personal views that filter by region
  • D. Configure the definition for each view to filter by region
Question 12

You need to create the mobile app. Which type of app should you create?

  • A. model-driven app
  • B. portal app
  • C. Microsoft 365 web app
  • D. canvas app
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Correct Answer:
D. canvas app
Question 13

You need to connect to the data source for the Time Tracker app. What should you do?

  • A. Configure a scheduled synchronization with the Microsoft Dataverse database
  • B. Configure SQL Server database permissions
  • C. Create a stored procedure that retrieves time records for a specific employee
  • D. Configure an on-premises data gateway
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Correct Answer:
D. Configure an on-premises data gateway
Question 14

A company has an on-premises system that stores product information. The company plans to replace the information with a Power Platform solution that uses the Common Data Service. The Power Platform solution needs to use data from the product information system. You need to transform and import the data from the product information system. Which two tools should you use? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

  • A. Dataflow
  • B. Business process flow
  • C. Power BI Desktop
  • D. Data gateway
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Correct Answer:
  • A. Dataflow
  • D. Data gateway
Question 15

You are creating a canvas app. A small amount of tabular data must be available only to the app. The data must be available before user interaction. You need to create the data source for this data. What should you do?

  • A. Use the Excel Online connector to retrieve the data
  • B. Read the data from a file on the device
  • C. Use a formula to populate a table when the app starts
  • D. Create a Microsoft Dataverse table and use the Microsoft Dataverse connector
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Correct Answer:
C. Use a formula to populate a table when the app starts
Question 16

You create a canvas app. A user is not able to determine which field currently has focus. You run App checker to identify errors. You need to verify that the focused border thickness is set to a value greater than zero. Which section of the App checker results should you check?

  • A. Rules
  • B. Performance
  • C. Accessibility
  • D. Runtime
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Correct Answer:
C. Accessibility
Question 17

You have recently built a canvas app. When you ae informed that a user cannot discern the field that is currently in focus, you run App checker. You want to make sure that the value of the focused border thickness is more than zero. You examine the Formulas results section of the App checker. Does the action achieve your objective?

  • A. Yes, it does
  • B. No, it does not
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Correct Answer:
B. No, it does not
Question 18

You are an app maker. You are creating a canvas app. You do not have access to Power BI. You need to add charts to the app. Which three chart types can you add directly to the canvas app? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

  • A. pie
  • B. area
  • C. funnel
  • D. column
  • E. line
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Correct Answer:
  • A. pie
  • D. column
  • E. line
Question 19

A company uses a canvas app. The last published version of the app is version 18. You edit the app. You save your updates and run the app. When you test the app, you discover you deleted a screen. You need to restore the last published version of the app. What is the version number of the app after you successfully restore it?

  • A. 17
  • B. 18
  • C. 18.1
  • D. 20
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Correct Answer:
D. 20
Question 20

A company uses Power Apps in a single Microsoft Dataverse environment. Users are divided into two groups about how a canvas app should work. The company decides that each group of users will try a version of the app for one week and switch to the other version of the app the following week. You need to manage the app creation. What should you do?

  • A. Create one app with two different version notes
  • B. Create two apps with the same name
  • C. Create one app with two different version numbers
  • D. Create two apps with different app names
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Correct Answer:
D. Create two apps with different app names

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