Tableau Desktop Certified Associate Practice Test - Questions Answers
List of questions
Question 1

Connect to the 'Global Superstore' data source and find out which 'Customer Name' (ignore the customer ID) has returned the highest percentage of his\her orders?
Explanation:
Left join the Orders and Returns table
Number of orders returned will be order ID from the returns table divide by total orders
Drop the customer name and ret order field in the view.
Question 2

Connect to the Olympic Athletes data source, which athlete won at least one gold in 2008 Olympics and then won at least 4 golds in 2012 Olympics.
Explanation:
Find out how many gold medals each athlete won in the 2008 Olympics
Drop Athlete to Rows and 2008 golds to the Text. Drop gold medals to the view. Your view will look like this:
Now we need work on 'won at least 4 golds in 2012 Olympics'
Drop years to filters and select 2012.
Drop Gold Medals to filter and mention 4 in range of values (as we need to find athletes who won at least 4 gold medals)
Final view:
Question 3

Connect to the 'Global Superstore' data source and use the Orders table. Find out the customers who placed their first order in 2013 and what is the total sales value of these customers in the same year?
Explanation:
Find the minimum order date for each customer
Drop the order date, Min Order date, and Sales to the view
$2,263,137 is the sales value in 2013 of the customers who placed their first order in 2013.
Question 4

Connect to the 'Global Superstore' data source and create a view to show only those orders which were returned. What is the unique number of orders returned in the North Africa region in the office supplies category? Consider only those orders which were shipped using Standard Class ship mode.
Explanation:
Create an inner join between Orders and Returns table using Order ID
Create a calculated field to find the unique order.
Drop Region, Ship Mode, and Category to Rows. And drop 'countd order' field to Text. The final view would look like this:
Question 5

Connect to the 'Global Superstore' data source and use the Orders table. Find out how many days in the month of May 2012 were profitable?
Explanation:
Here we have created the Fixed LOD expression and fixing the order date. If profit is greater than 0 it means profitable day/month/quarter/year depends on what you need to find. If profit < 0 then not profitable.
Drop the Order Date to the rows and drill-down it till months.
Drop the profitable days field to the Text, aggregated as SUM. So it will find a number of days.
Question 6

We can create variable size bins using ___________?
Explanation:
Only by using Calculated fields you can create a variable size bin.
Question 7

Which of the following are true when you use the cube data source in Tableau?
Explanation:
Cube data sources can only be used as the primary data source for blending data in Tableau.
All others are true.
Refer: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/cubes.htm
Question 8

In a combined axis chart, using which field we get multiple measures on a single axis?
Explanation:
By using the Measure Name field, we get multiple measures on a single axis
Question 9

You need to create a filled map using the City field, you drop the City field to your view. And you get the location error 'Ambigious', what does it mean, and how you will fix this issue?
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Explanation:
Click on the State/Province list, and select the State. So Tableau will recognize the city as part of the states in the Country/Region United States.
Question 10

Connect to the 'Global Superstore' data source and use the Orders table. Find out the percentage of total sales in all categories by customers who have purchased any product which contains the word 'Avery'?
Explanation:
Add Product Name filter that contains the word Avery
Drop the Customer ID to the rows, so these are all customers who have purchased the product contains the word Avery.
Select all these Customers and create a group.
Now, right-click on the Customer ID (group) and click on Edit Group
Mark the Include 'Other' Checkbox.
Now, you have two members in your group. First, one of those who purchased any product contains the word Avery, and the other ones are the rest of the customers.
Remove the Product Name from filters.
Drop the Sales to the Text, and right-click on Sales and Select Quick table calculations -> Percent of total.
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