Level 0 exam — Microsoft Power BI

Exam — fresh questions

12 questions to validate the fundamentals with Zineb, a management controller in Algiers: what Power BI is, how to install it for free, and how to find your bearings in the three views.
Answer everything, then click Check: your score and explanations will appear.

0.1 · Recall

1. What is the end-to-end BI workflow in Power BI?

Data → model → report → publish Report → data → model → share Model → publish → visuals → source Publish → report → data → source

The order never changes: connect, clean (Power Query), model, visualize, publish, refresh.

0.1 · Application

2. Zineb wants to create a report on Monday and distribute it to management on Thursday. Which pair of tools?

Mobile to create, Desktop to publish Desktop to create, Service to publish Service to create, Desktop to delete Mobile to create, Service to install

Desktop (free) is the creation workshop; the Service (cloud) publishes, shares and refreshes.

0.1 · Application

3. Zineb says she "types her figures directly into the Power BI visuals". What do we tell her?

Yes, provided you use the Model view Yes, but only in a KPI card No: you drag fields into a model No: you must first print the data

In Power BI, you drag fields into a visual: a report is connected to a model, not to entered cells.

0.1 · Arbitration

4. Zineb hesitates: redo her monthly report in Excel or switch to Power BI. Which criterion decides?

Keep Excel: Power BI doesn't display charts Keep Excel: no free equivalent exists Choose at random: the two tools are identical Choose Power BI: a shared and refreshed report

For a shared and automatically refreshed report, Power BI is the right tool; Excel remains king for ad hoc analysis.

0.2 · Recall

5. How much does Power BI Desktop cost to learn?

Nothing: it is free, with no time limit A mandatory monthly subscription from the start A one-time license purchased for each workstation A small payment only after a trial

Desktop is free and unlimited: only cloud sharing and collaboration require a license (level 5).

0.2 · Application

6. Why does Zineb install Desktop via the Microsoft Store rather than a frozen file?

To pay less for a Pro subscription To receive the updates every month To do without a professional account To automatically convert workbooks

Power BI evolves every month: the Store ensures automatic updates, a frozen file stays behind.

0.2 · Application

7. Zineb wants to publish in her personal space to learn. Which license is enough?

Premium or Fabric, for dedicated capacity Pro, mandatory to create a report Free, enough to create and publish at home None: publishing always requires a license

The Free license lets you create in Desktop and publish in your personal space; Pro is for sharing.

0.2 · Arbitration

8. Zineb's SME has no Power BI license. What do we recommend to get started?

Pay for the Premium subscription before anything else Wait for a Pro license before installing Desktop Give up: without a license, no learning Install Desktop for free and learn without a license

Desktop is free: you learn everything without a license and only deal with the license when distributing.

0.3 · Recall

9. What do you do in the Report view of Power BI Desktop?

You place and configure the visuals there You fix the cells line by line there You define the relationships between tables there You publish the report to the cloud there

The Report view is the canvas of visuals; the Table view checks and the Model view architects the relationships.

0.3 · Application

10. Zineb wants to check the type of an imported column. Which view does she open?

The Report view, by dragging a field The Table view, by browsing the rows The Model view, by creating a link The Service, by publishing first

The Table view displays the data line by line: you check the types there, without being able to edit the cells.

0.3 · Application

11. How does Zineb create a first visual without writing a formula?

By typing the values into a cell of the canvas By writing a DAX measure in the bar By checking and dragging fields in the Data pane By first printing the data table

Checking/dragging fields from the Data pane is enough to create a visual: the tool suggests, you refine.

0.3 · Arbitration

12. Zineb spots a wrong value in the Table view. What does she do?

She fixes it by hand in the cell She deletes it so she no longer sees it She hides it in the Report view She corrects at the source or in Power Query

A manual correction would be overwritten on refresh: you fix the query (source or Power Query), in a repeatable way.

What's next?

Score ≥ 80%: move on to Level 1 — connecting to data and Power Query with Zineb.
Score between 50% and 80%: review the failed section(s) (0.1 ecosystem, 0.2 installation, 0.3 interface), reread the course, then retake the test.
Score < 50%: reread all of level 0 while applying each 48h challenge (Power BI map, Desktop installation, tour of the three views) before trying again.
And after? Keep Zineb's Power BI map and interface map: level 1 connects them to real data.