Tableau Desktop Specialist Practice Exam

The Tableau Desktop Specialist certification targets individuals with basic knowledge and abilities concerning Tableau Desktop. This certification authenticates essential Tableau competencies among employees, partners, customers, and freelancers who utilize Tableau Desktop.

Who should take the exam?

No prerequisites are necessary for the examination. However, candidates typically have foundational knowledge and skills in Tableau Desktop, often with a minimum of 3 months of practical experience using the software.

Exam Details

• Exam Name: Tableau Desktop Specialist
• Number of questions: 45 multiple-choice and multiple-select items 
• Product Version: Currently testing on 2022.3
• Time Limit:  60 minutes (includes 3 minutes for reviewing the NDA). 
• Language(s) Offered: English and Japanese
• Passing Score: 750

Course Outline 

The Tableau Desktop Specialist Exam covers the given topics  - 

Domain 1: Learn about Connecting to and Preparing Data

1.1 Create live connections and extracts

• Create a live connection to a data source
• Explain the differences between using live connections versus extracts
• Create an extract
• Save metadata properties in a .TDS
• Create a data source that uses multiple connections

1.2 Create and manage the data model

• Add relationships to a data source
• Add joins and unions
• Explain when to use a join versus a relationship

1.3 Manage data properties

• Rename a data field
• Assign an alias to a data value
• Assign a geographic role to a data field
• Change data type for a data field (number, date, string, Boolean, etc.)
• Change default properties for a data field (number format, aggregation, color, date format, etc.)

Domain 2: Understand Exploring and Analyzing Data

2.1 Create basic charts

• Create a bar chart
• Create a line chart
• Create a scatterplot
• Create a map using geographic data
• Create a combined axis chart
• Create a dual axis chart
• Create a stacked bar
• Create a density map
• Create a chart to show specific values (crosstab, highlight table)

2.2 Organize data and apply filters

• Create groups by using marks, headers, and the data pane
  
• Create sets by using marks and the data pane
• Organize dimensions into a hierarchy
• Add a filter to a view
• Add a date filter

2.3 Apply analytics to a worksheet

• Add a manual or a computed sort
  
• Add a reference line
• Use a quick table calculation
• Use bins and histograms
• Create a calculated field (e.g. string, date, simple arithmetic)
• Explain when to use a parameter
• Display totals on a worksheet

Domain 3: Learn Sharing Insights

3.1 Format view for presentation

• Use color from the marks card
  
• Configure fonts
• Format marks as shapes
• Configure viz animations
• Change size of marks
• Show and hide legends

3.2 Create and modify a dashboard

• Add worksheets to a dashboard
  
• Add interactive elements for consumers (e.g. show filters, data highlighter, tooltips)
• Add dashboard actions (e.g. filter action, highlight action, parameter control, URL action)
• Configure a dashboard layout and create device-specific dashboards
• Create a story and a story point

3.3 View and share workbook data

• Share a workbook (e.g. twbx as a PDF or an image, publish to Tableau Server)
• View and export underlying data
• Export to Microsoft PowerPoint

Domain 4: Understanding Tableau Concepts

4.1 Understand dimensions and measures

• Explain what kind of information dimensions usually contain
  
• Explain what kind of information measures usually contain
• Explain the difference between dimensions and measures

4.2 Understand discrete and continuous fields

• Explain how discrete fields are displayed
• Explain how continuous fields are displayed
• Explain the difference between discrete date parts and continuous date values

4.3 Understand aggregations

• Explain the default aggregation for measures
• Describe how an aggregated measure changes when dimensions are added to a view