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Tableau Interview Questions

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In the Data Source Interface, which grid provides basic data source attributes, but does not preview your data?
MetaData Grid
Data Grid
Columns & Rows Grid
Table Grid

TRUE or FALSE: The "New Custom SQL" option in the Data Source Interface window is only available when a database connection is sele
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Which statement is true regarding field types inside the Data Source Interface?
Field types can only be modified using calculated filelds
field types can not be modified inside the data source interface
field types can be modified inside the data source interface
field types can only be modified by duplicating columns

TRUE or FALSE: The UNDO button can UNDO any action, even past saving your work
(as long as you haven't closed your workbook).

Which statement best describes what UNIONs in Tableau Desktop do?


Combine data sources using Keys
Blend data using relationships
Perform lookups between tables
Append rows of data from one table into others

Which JOIN type is allowed within the Data Source Interface in Tableau Desktop?
Right Join
Left Join
Full outer Join
All of the above

Data Blending is unique as the data relationships are established at what level?
Sheet Level
Workbook Level
Database Level
Row Level

TRUE or FALSE: In Blending, the primary source is assigned to the source of the first field pulled into the sheet.

Which best describes what an extract does?


Query data from an underlying source each time a field is used
Pull data from underlying source and into tableau Hyper/Tde file format
Pull data from an uderlying source only when the
Pull data from an underlying source and into a cuble

Which file type contains sheets, dashboards, stories, and data?


.Twbx
.Twb
.Tds
.Tdsx
Tableau Desktop is part of which Tableau-specific business intelligence role?
Viewer
Manager
Creater
Author

TRUE or FALSE: Tableau Public is a free version of Tableau that contains both server and desktop features.
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Which of the following are part of the 3 key layers of the Tableau Desktop Interface?
Sheets
Dashboards
Data Sources
All of the above

Which of the following would be the best place to get online support from fellow Tableau developers?
Wikipedia
Tableau user groups
Tableau community forums
Tableau search

Which statement describes what the SHOW ME menu does?


Auto-generates visual ideas and templates based on the selected filelds
Visual representation of the fields in the rows and column shelves
Allows user filter data bys specific fields
Display data in a linear data time-progression(Controlled by the end user)

What field category contains fields which are numerical and can be counted/aggregated?
Discrete
Continious
Dimension
Measure

What field type contains a finite set of distinct values?


Discrete
Continious
Dimension
Measure

Which option is NOT a method of Sorting in Tableau Desktop?


Axis Sort
Visual Sort
Toolbar Sort
Field Sort

What are some reasons you would want to Group your data?
Roll up data to a different level of detail
Correct data inconsitances
Explore what if analysis
All of the above

TRUE or FALSE: Sets are custom fields that define a subset of data as being either "in" or "out" based on certain conditions.
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Which field type automatically generates hierarchies?


Date
String
Geographic
Numeric

TRUE or FALSE: Context filters happen after Dimension filters in the Tableau Order of Operations.
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Which is true about Data Source Filters?


They are highest level filters
They can improve dashboard performance
They can imapct all sheets in dashboard
All of the above

Which method adds a filter to the filter shelf AND exposes a filter box on the right of your sheet?
Right-Click field> Choose Show filter
Drag field to the filter shelf
Right-Click on your viz> Choose exclude
Right_click on field> Choose "Expose filter menu"

The "only relevant values" filter option is best described as:


Filters which are realted to the measure in the view only
Filters which expand/reduce based on the other applied filters
Filters that retail all the values in the database, regardless of the other section
Filters that keep all the values in Context

Dependent Top N filters leverage which type of filter to correct errors found in Standard Top N Filters?
Level of Dependent Filters
Dependent filters
Context Filters
Top Filters

Where can you see the total number of marks in your worksheet?
Marks Menu
Bottom Left Status Bar
Marks Card
Help Menu

Which ways can you create a visualization in Tableau Desktop?


Double Click Fields
Click and drag fields
Show me Menu
All of the above

TRUE or FALSE: The Outer-Most field's type determines the visualization Tableau will automatically select.
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Which Mark property found on the Marks Card controls the level of detail of the view?
Detail
Color
Tooltip
Granularity

TRUE or FALSE: Measures should be used on the Size Mark Property, but Dimensions should not.
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The Color Mark property menu allows users to control which options?
Opacity
Boarder Lines
Color
All of the Above

The un-stack marks option is found in this menu.


Map
Format
Analysis
Worksheet

Which field type works best with the pages shelf?


Date
Number
String
Dimension

Most Analytics pane functions can be applied at which 3 levels?


Workbook,Worksheet,Field
Table,Pane,Field
Dimension,Measure,Paramter
Table,Pane,Cell

What is the first step in the "Getting the viz you want" process?
Field type
Show me
Field Properties
Mark Proprties

Calculated fields can be used to do which of the following?


Segment Data
Convert field types
Aggregate Data
All of the Above

What are the three major categories of calculations?


Basic calculations, Level of detail calculations, Table Calculations
Loging, Numeric,String
Data,Logical,String

Which calculation syntax shows up as BLUE in your calculation window?


Fields
Operators
Functions
Paramters

TRUE or FALSE: Dimensions can be aggregated.


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Which date function should you use to find the time gap between two dates?
Dateadd
Datediff
Datename
Datetrunc

TRUE or FALSE: the ZN() function will replace nulls with zeros.
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Which options can be controlled on the Layout Pane?


Size and position
Padding
Object Hierarchy
All of the above

Tiled is best used for which type of dashboards?


Mobile
Infographic
Floating
Kpi

TRUE or FALSE: Automatic dashboard size should be used in MOST cases.


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Which dashboard object helps you organize your sheets?


Textboxes
Extensions
Containers
Navigation buttons
What is the easiest way to find the right formatting menu?
Right click> Format
Format> Workbook
Show Me
Layout Menu

Which statement about Workbook-Level formatting is true?


Work book level formatting cannot overwrite Worksheet-level formatting
Workbook level formatting impacts all the sheets in the workbook
Workbook level formatting can only imapcts color
Workbook-Level formatting can only impact font formatting

TRUE or FALSE: Default Field formatting impacts the selected sheet only
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Which of the following is true about Action Filters?


Actiion filters are acitvated by single vlaue drop down list
Action filters do not work on mobiles
Action filters can pass across data sources
All of the above

What three device options are available for device designer?


Desktop, Tablet, Smartwatch
Desktop, Tablet, Phone
Local, Server, Mobile
Designer, Developer, Viewr

Which of the following cannot be brought into a story?


Containers
Dashboards
Sheets
Text Boxes
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MetaData Grid

Field types can be modified inside the data source interface

Append rows of data from one table into others

All of the above

Sheet Level

Pull data from underlying source and into tableau Hyper/Tde file format

.Twbx
Creater

All of the above

Tableau community forums

Auto-generates visual ideas and templates based on the selected filelds

Measure

Discrete

Visual Sort
All of the above

Date

All of the above

Right-Click field> Choose Show filter

Filters which expand/reduce based on the other applied filters

Context Filters

Bottom Left Status Bar


All of the above

Detail

All of the Above

Analysis

Date

Table,Pane,Cell

Show me
All of the Above

Basic calculations, Level of detail calculations, Table Calculations

Functions

Datediff

All of the above

Mobile

Containers
Right click> Format

Workbook level formatting impacts all the sheets in the workbook

Action filters can pass across data sources

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Which data type cannot be Continious
String
Boolean
Number
Date

Select Correct Statements


Continious fields bring a gradiant color and range filter
Measure are green and dimensions are blue
Measure are always continious and dimensions are always green
In general discrete field add "Headers" & Continious fields add "Axis" to the views

Select Correct Statement(s)


Shared axis charts and combination chart are the same
Dual axis chart and the combined axis charts are the same
Text table, Cross tab and pivot table are the same
You need atleast 1 dimension to create a scatterplot
You need atleast 1 dimension and 1 measure to create a stacked bar chart

Select correct statement(s)


You cannot drop a dimension infront of a measure
you cannot drop a measure infront of a dimension
You cannot drop a dimension front or behind of another dimension
You cannot drop a measure front or behind of another measure

Which of the following should you use if your making a presentaiton and
the correctness of the numbers is more important than the performance of a dashboard
Live
Extract
twbx

Why should you create a data source as a .tdsx file.


You want to create a static snapshot of your data with different refresh frequency
You want to save the default field properties, gropus,sets, calculated fields and the data itself
You want to share your project with the data

What do you need for a better union result?


Number of columns should be the same in both the tables
Column names should be same in both the tables
Data types for corresponding columns should be same
Table names must be same

Which method(s) are available if your data comes from the same database
Union
Join
Bledning
Cross-Database joins

If you want to get all the data from a table(Select all that apply)
Locate the table to left and use a left Join
Locate the table to right and use right join
Locate the table to left and use an inner join
Locate the table to middle and use an innter join

Select which statements are TRUE


Groups have IN/OUT feature
Once you group the elements , you cannot ungroup
You can create a combined group
You cannot edit static set because static sets are fixed
Sets are more advanced than groups

How can you remove an element from a group?


Just select the element in the view and then Select Exclude
Right click on the group field in the data pane,Click to edit and uselect the element
Just select the element in the view and then select remove
Right click to your group name and select delete

What does tableau do if you drop a date field into the filter shelf
Asks for selection between discrete and continious
Autmatically filters the date for the current date
Asks for a date to filter
Creates a range for all availabe days

Select the correct statements about the hierarchies


Most of the time a date fields is hierarchy with the possible leves(Year,Quarter,Month,Week,Day)
The plus + sign front the field name indicates that the fields is a hierarchy
When you drill down into a hierarchy, you must have all the levels in your view, you cant skip any levels

Select the correct statement about story points


A story point can contain several sheets
A story point can contain several dashboards
A story point can contain 1 sheet and 1 dashbaord
A story point can contain only 1 sheet or 1 dashbaord

Select the correct statements about dashboard design principles


Its better to complex metrics
Colorful charts are better and use as many colors as you can
Add more charts instead of interactivity
If you know your target audience display size, You should use the fixed size layout

Select all dashboard objects


Webpage
Extension
Image
Text
Blank

Select correct statements


Discrete fields are individually separate
Continious fields are always green
Measures are always blue
A date field is good example of discrete and continious measure
A discrete fields brings more detail, a continious field brings an aggregated number

What happens if you drag a date dimension to rows or coloumns by hodling the right click of your mouse?
Tableau automatically adds the field as a continious dimension
Tableau automatically adds the field as a discrete dimension
Tableau convert the field to measure
Tableau asks to select between discrete and continious

Which of the following you should use if you are creating a report structure and there will be a
maintenance on
the database that you connected
Live
Extract
Hyper
.tds

When to you need to save your workbook as a .TWBX file?


You want to shre the workbook without data and any other related files.
You want to share the workbook with someone who does not have access to the data source and the
external
files associated with the workbook

Select the correct statements about UNION


You cannot union more than 2 tables
Fields which not matching field names will contain null values
A union table cannot be used in a join
You can only union tables from the same connection

Which option do you have if your data comes form the different databases?
UNION
Join
Blending
Cross-Database join

In which join type both the tables are equally important


Left join
Right Join
Inner Join
Full outer join

Select all correct statements


You can NOT control the elements of a static set with the paramters
You can NOT combine dynamic sets
You can not combine more that 2 static sets
You can create a dynamic set based on another field
You can create a dynamic set by using your own formula
What are the available options if you want to combine two sets ?
All members from both the sets
Shared members in both the sets
Except shared members

What does tableau do if you drop a continious field to the filter shlef
Asks for an aggregate funciton
Asks for a range
Filters the view for the top 10 elements automatically
Filters the view for the medican values

What is LOD stans for


Level of data
Level of detail

When tablerau puts "AGG" in front fo thd field name you add it to the view.
If the field is a calculated field which already contains aggregation
If the field is a table calculation used for aggregation
if the field is a continious date

You can not add a reference line to ?


Entire table
Entire worksheet
Per pane
Per cell

Select all dashboard action


Filter
Highlight
Go to URL
Image

To use a filter for all sheets in the dashboard you shoul select ?
All using this data source
Selected worksheet
Only this worksheet
Only this dashboard
Answers

String
Boolean

Continious fields bring a gradiant color and range filter

In general discrete field add "Headers" & Continious fields add "Axis" to the views

Text table, Cross tab and pivot table are the same

You need atleast 1 dimension and 1 measure to create a stacked bar chart

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You want to save the default field properties, gropus,sets, calculated fields and the data itself

Number of columns should be the same in both the tables


Column names should be same in both the tables
Data types for corresponding columns should be same

Union
Join
Bledning
Locate the table to left and use a left Join
Locate the table to right and use right join

Sets are more advanced than groups

Right click on the group field in the data pane,Click to edit and uselect the element

Asks for selection between discrete and continious

Most of the time a date fields is hierarchy with the possible leves(Year,Quarter,Month,Week,Day)
The plus + sign front the field name indicates that the fields is a hierarchy

A story point can contain only 1 sheet or 1 dashbaord

If you know your target audience display size, You should use the fixed size layout

All of the above

Discrete fields are individually separate


Continious fields are always green

A discrete fields brings more detail, a continious field brings an aggregated number

Tableau asks to select between discrete and continious

Extract

Fields which not matching field names will contain null values

You can only union tables from the same connection

Blending
Cross-Database join

Inner Join
Full outer join

You can NOT control the elements of a static set with the paramters

You can create a dynamic set based on another field


You can create a dynamic set by using your own formula
All of the above

Asks for an aggregate funciton

Level of detail

If the field is a calculated field which already contains aggregation

Entire table

Per pane
Per cell

Filter
Highlight
Go to URL

All using this data source

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