Introduction
Are you preparing for the Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900) certification exam?
The PL-900 certification helps you understand how Microsoft Power Platform enables organizations to build applications, automate business processes, analyze data, and create low-code business solutions.
In this article, we’ll cover 25 PL-900 practice questions with answers and short explanations.
Topics Covered
- Microsoft Power Apps
- Canvas Apps and Model-Driven Apps
- Microsoft Dataverse
- Power Automate
- Power BI
- Power Pages
- AI Builder
- Power Platform Connectors
- Business Rules
- Power Platform Administration
- Environments and Security
Some questions have been reworded to use newer product names or clarify ambiguous scenarios.
Question 1
You create and publish version 2 of a Power Apps canvas app. A user then restores version 1.
How many versions will appear in the app’s version history?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
Correct Answer: C. Three
Explanation: Restoring a previous version creates a new version rather than deleting the existing versions.
Question 2
A company uses Dynamics 365 Sales through the Sales Hub application.
Which mobile application is designed to provide access to Dynamics 365 Sales capabilities?
A. Dynamics 365 Remote Assist
B. Dynamics 365 Finance
C. Dynamics 365 Business Central
D. Dynamics 365 Sales mobile app
Correct Answer: D. Dynamics 365 Sales mobile app
Explanation: The Dynamics 365 Sales mobile experience enables users to access sales information while working remotely. The source material uses the older Dynamics 365 for Phones terminology.
Question 3
A customer service organization wants to create an external-facing website where customers can submit support cases.
Which data platform is used to store the website’s business records?
A. Azure Blob Storage
B. Microsoft SharePoint
C. Microsoft Dataverse
D. Azure Files
Correct Answer: C. Microsoft Dataverse
Explanation: Power Pages websites use Microsoft Dataverse to store and manage business data such as customer records and support cases.
Question 4
You create a user-owned table in Microsoft Dataverse.
Which statement about table ownership is correct?
A. Ownership can be changed at any time
B. Ownership is selected when the table is created
C. All tables must be organization-owned
D. Table ownership is controlled by Power BI
Correct Answer: B. Ownership is selected when the table is created
Explanation: Dataverse table ownership is determined during creation and cannot normally be changed afterward.
Question 5
Which Microsoft Power Platform service provides secure business data storage with tables, relationships, and business logic?
A. Power BI
B. Microsoft Dataverse
C. Power Automate
D. Power Pages
Correct Answer: B. Microsoft Dataverse
Explanation: Microsoft Dataverse is the underlying business data platform used by many Power Platform applications.
Question 6
A company needs to calculate sales tax based on customer location and regional tax requirements.
The company wants a ready-made solution that can be implemented quickly.
Which approach should it consider first?
A. Explore Microsoft AppSource for a suitable tax solution
B. Create a Power BI dashboard
C. Use Power Automate only to send notifications
D. Create a Dataverse table without tax calculation logic
Correct Answer: A. Explore Microsoft AppSource for a suitable tax solution
Explanation: AppSource can provide prebuilt business solutions, reducing the need for custom development.
Question 7
A support organization needs a website where external customers can submit support requests.
Which Microsoft Power Platform product should it use?
A. Power BI
B. Power Automate
C. Power Pages
D. AI Builder
Correct Answer: C. Power Pages
Explanation: Power Pages enables organizations to build secure, external-facing business websites.
Question 8
A company uses Dynamics 365 Sales and Microsoft 365.
Must both services belong to the same Microsoft Entra tenant in every supported integration scenario?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Only when using Power BI
D. Only when using Power Apps
Correct Answer: B. No
Explanation: Cross-tenant integrations can be supported depending on the application, connector, identity configuration, and licensing.
Question 9
Which three products are part of Microsoft Power Platform?
A. Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI
B. Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, and Azure SQL
C. Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
D. Azure DevOps, Azure Monitor, and Azure Policy
Correct Answer: A. Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI
Explanation: These are core Power Platform products for building applications, automating workflows, and analyzing data.
Question 10
A company wants to automatically create customer invoices when new sales orders are received.
Which Power Platform product should it use?
A. Power BI
B. Power Automate
C. Power Pages
D. Power Apps
Correct Answer: B. Power Automate
Explanation: Power Automate can trigger workflows when new records are created and perform actions such as generating invoices.
Question 11
A company wants to measure how frequently employees use Power Apps applications.
Which capability should administrators use?
A. Microsoft Intune
B. Azure Stream Analytics
C. Power Platform Analytics
D. Azure Key Vault
Correct Answer: C. Power Platform Analytics
Explanation: Power Platform analytics provides information about application usage, active users, and other administrative metrics.
Question 12
Which administration portal is primarily used to manage Power Platform environments and environment-level settings?
A. Azure Portal
B. Microsoft 365 Defender Portal
C. Power Platform Admin Center
D. Power BI Desktop
Correct Answer: C. Power Platform Admin Center
Explanation: Administrators use the Power Platform Admin Center to manage environments, security settings, governance, and other platform configurations.
Question 13
A company wants employees to automate repetitive tasks across Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 without writing custom code.
Which tool should it recommend?
A. Power Automate
B. Power BI
C. Azure Virtual Machines
D. Microsoft Dataverse
Correct Answer: A. Power Automate
Explanation: Power Automate enables users to create automated workflows between applications and services using low-code tools.
Question 14
A company needs to create an application with a highly customized interface and precise control over screen layouts.
Which type of Power Apps application should it use?
A. Model-Driven App
B. Canvas App
C. Power BI Report
D. Power Automate Flow
Correct Answer: B. Canvas App
Explanation: Canvas Apps provide flexible design capabilities, allowing developers to customize screens, controls, and user experiences.
Question 15
A travel company wants to automate approval requests when employees submit travel bookings.
Which Power Platform product should it use?
A. Power BI
B. Power Automate
C. Power Pages
D. Microsoft Dataverse
Correct Answer: B. Power Automate
Explanation: Power Automate supports approval workflows that can route requests to managers and notify employees of decisions.
Question 16
A company develops Power Apps applications for multiple departments.
It wants to separate development, testing, and production resources.
Which Power Platform feature should it use?
A. Business Rules
B. Environments
C. Power BI Dashboards
D. Custom Connectors
Correct Answer: B. Environments
Explanation: Power Platform environments provide separate spaces for applications, flows, data, and related resources.
Question 17
You publish a new version of a Power Apps canvas app and later restore an earlier version.
What happens when the earlier version is restored?
A. All newer versions are permanently deleted
B. The application is automatically deleted
C. A new version is created from the restored version
D. The application becomes read-only
Correct Answer: C. A new version is created from the restored version
Explanation: Restoring a canvas app version creates a new entry in the version history while retaining the previous entries.
Question 18
A company wants to add image recognition capabilities to a Power Platform application.
Which Microsoft Power Platform capability should it consider?
A. AI Builder
B. Power BI Bookmarks
C. Azure Resource Groups
D. Power Platform Environments
Correct Answer: A. AI Builder
Explanation: AI Builder provides AI capabilities that can be incorporated into Power Apps and Power Automate solutions.
Question 19
A company uses a Dataverse business rule to validate customer contact information.
An administrator needs to modify an active business rule.
What should the administrator do first?
A. Delete the Dataverse environment
B. Deactivate the business rule
C. Export the entire application
D. Create a Power BI report
Correct Answer: B. Deactivate the business rule
Explanation: An active Dataverse business rule must be deactivated before editing. After updating it, the administrator can validate and reactivate the rule.
Question 20
A company needs to connect Power Apps to an external REST API.
No suitable predefined connector is available.
What should the company create?
A. Custom Connector
B. Power BI Dashboard
C. Azure Resource Group
D. Business Process Flow
Correct Answer: A. Custom Connector
Explanation: Custom Connectors allow Power Apps and Power Automate to communicate with external APIs that are not supported by existing connectors.
Question 21
A toy manufacturer uses AI Builder to classify customer feedback.
The company wants to automatically notify its engineering team when negative feedback is detected.
Which Power Platform product should it use?
A. Power BI
B. Power Pages
C. Power Automate
D. Power Platform Admin Center
Correct Answer: C. Power Automate
Explanation: Power Automate can use AI Builder results to trigger notifications and initiate follow-up business processes.
Question 22
A company uses Power BI to analyze information from multiple business systems.
Which Power BI capability helps combine and transform data from different sources?
A. Power Query
B. Azure Policy
C. Power Pages
D. AI Builder Object Detection
Correct Answer: A. Power Query
Explanation: Power Query enables users to connect to data sources, clean and transform data, and combine datasets for analysis.
Question 23
Which two scenarios are appropriate uses of AI Builder?
A. Managing virtual machine operating systems
B. Configuring Azure networking
C. Creating DNS records
D. Recognizing objects in images and predicting outcomes from data
Correct Answer: D. Recognizing objects in images and predicting outcomes from data
Explanation: AI Builder supports AI-powered scenarios such as object detection, classification, document processing, and prediction.
Question 24
A company wants to use both standard and custom connectors in a Power Apps application.
Which statement is correct?
A. Custom connectors can only be used in Power BI
B. Standard and custom connectors can be used in the same application
C. Standard connectors cannot connect to external services
D. Custom connectors require users to build a separate application
Correct Answer: B. Standard and custom connectors can be used in the same application
Explanation: Power Apps supports different connector types within the same application, subject to licensing and connector configuration.
Question 25
Which type of Power Apps application is built primarily around Microsoft Dataverse tables, relationships, forms, and views?
A. Canvas App
B. Model-Driven App
C. Power BI Report
D. Power Automate Desktop Flow
Correct Answer: B. Model-Driven App
Explanation: Model-Driven Apps use Dataverse as their data platform and generate application experiences based on the underlying data model.
Conclusion
Congratulations on completing Part 1 of the PL-900 Practice Questions series (Questions 1–25)!
In this article, we covered the core Microsoft Power Platform products and how they help organizations develop applications, automate workflows, manage business data, and analyze information.
Key Concepts to Remember
- Power Apps: Build low-code business applications.
- Canvas Apps: Create applications with customized layouts.
- Model-Driven Apps: Build data-centric applications using Dataverse.
- Power Automate: Automate repetitive tasks and business workflows.
- Power BI: Analyze data and create interactive reports.
- Power Pages: Build external-facing business websites.
- Microsoft Dataverse: Securely store and manage business data.
- AI Builder: Add AI capabilities to business applications.
- Custom Connectors: Connect Power Platform applications to external APIs.
- Business Rules: Apply validation and business logic.
- Power Platform Environments: Separate development, testing, and production resources.
- Power Platform Admin Center: Manage environments, security, and governance.
The PL-900 exam focuses on understanding the purpose of Power Platform products and selecting the appropriate solution for a business requirement.
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