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Tableau Quiz 1

Core concepts — the vocabulary every Tableau role assumes.

  1. Which pane lists the fields available from your data source?

    1. The Marks card
    2. The Data pane
    3. The Analytics pane
    4. The Pages shelf

    Answer: The Data pane — The Data pane on the left lists every field, split into dimensions and measures.

  2. A field containing qualitative or categorical information is treated by Tableau as:

    1. A measure
    2. A dimension
    3. A parameter
    4. A set

    Answer: A dimension — Tableau treats any field with text or date values as a dimension.

  3. When you drop Sales on a shelf, Tableau shows SUM(Sales). Why?

    1. Sales is a dimension
    2. Measures are aggregated automatically
    3. It is a calculated field
    4. The data source is an extract

    Answer: Measures are aggregated automatically — Each mark needs a single value, so measures aggregate — the function appears in front of the name.

  4. Which card controls mark type, colour, size, label and tooltip?

    1. Data pane
    2. Marks card
    3. Filters shelf
    4. Show Me

    Answer: Marks card — The Marks card holds all the property targets for the marks in the view.

  5. What does dropping a dimension on Detail do?

    1. Filters the view
    2. Changes mark colour
    3. Increases granularity without changing appearance
    4. Sorts the view

    Answer: Increases granularity without changing appearance — Detail splits marks more finely but leaves their appearance alone.

  6. Shelves in Tableau are:

    1. Saved workbooks
    2. Named areas to the left and top of the view where you place fields
    3. Types of filter
    4. Server folders

    Answer: Named areas to the left and top of the view where you place fields — You build views by placing fields onto the shelves; some appear only for certain mark types.

  7. A worksheet is:

    1. A published dashboard
    2. A sheet where you build a view by dragging fields onto shelves
    3. A data source connection
    4. A saved filter

    Answer: A sheet where you build a view by dragging fields onto shelves — One worksheet holds one view; dashboards combine several worksheets.

  8. What is an alias in Tableau?

    1. A calculated field
    2. An alternative name for a field or a dimension member
    3. A saved filter
    4. A type of join

    Answer: An alternative name for a field or a dimension member — Aliases rename a field or one of its members without changing the underlying data.

  9. Show Me is used to:

    1. Publish to Server
    2. Apply a suitable view type to the fields selected
    3. Create a calculated field
    4. Refresh an extract

    Answer: Apply a suitable view type to the fields selected — Show Me suggests chart types based on the fields currently selected.

  10. A crosstab chart is:

    1. A scatter plot
    2. A text table view showing numbers against dimension members
    3. A map
    4. A dual axis chart

    Answer: A text table view showing numbers against dimension members — Crosstabs display the numbers associated with dimension members as text.