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intermediate 10 questions

True or False 2

Rapid recall on data, calculations and Server.

  1. The default data blending join behaves like a left outer join from the primary source.

    1. True
    2. False

    Answer: True — True — unmatched secondary rows are dropped.

  2. Assume Referential Integrity is always safe to enable.

    1. True
    2. False

    Answer: False — False — if the relationship is not guaranteed you get silently wrong results.

  3. Table calculations are computed on the aggregated result already in the view.

    1. True
    2. False

    Answer: True — True — which is why they cannot see values filtered out of the view.

  4. A FIXED LOD expression respects dimension filters applied at view level.

    1. True
    2. False

    Answer: False — False — unless the filter is promoted to context.

  5. Blending requires a common dimension between the data sources.

    1. True
    2. False

    Answer: True — True — the linking field is what the aggregated results are combined on.

  6. A one-to-many join can inflate a SUM.

    1. True
    2. False

    Answer: True — True — order-level values repeat once per line item.

  7. Extracts are generally slower than live connections.

    1. True
    2. False

    Answer: False — False — extracts use a columnar in-memory engine and are usually much faster.

  8. Tableau can integrate with HiveServer.

    1. True
    2. False

    Answer: True — True — the connection is to HiveServer rather than to Hadoop directly.

  9. Global filters can be used in stories.

    1. True
    2. False

    Answer: True — True — sheets, dashboards and stories.

  10. The Pages shelf splits a view into a sequence of pages you can flip through.

    1. True
    2. False

    Answer: True — True — each page shows a different view at a common axis.