Analytics-Admn-201 Sample Questions & Answers
The heaviest area is core administrative tasks and server or site monitoring, ahead of installation, server configuration and adding users, data connections with an eye on topology and versions, browser and troubleshooting procedures, and migration planning.
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- Question 1Intermediate
Installation and Configuration · SSL setup
You are configuring a new Tableau Server installation. The security team requires that all external traffic to the server be encrypted. Which file format must your SSL certificate and key be in for TSM to accept them?
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Correct answer: A
Tableau Server requires SSL certificates to be in PEM-encoded x509 format. The certificate file usually has a .crt extension, and the key file is a .key extension. If you have a PFX file, it must be converted to PEM format before it can be used in TSM configuration.
- Question 2Advanced
Installation and Configuration · Permissions
A Project Leader has configured permissions for a 'Finance' project. Group A is granted 'Viewer' capabilities. Group B is granted 'Interactor' capabilities. A specific user, John, is a member of both Group A and Group B. However, the Project Leader explicitly set the 'View' capability to 'Deny' for Group A on a specific sensitive workbook within the project. What is John's effective permission for that workbook?
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Correct answer: B
In the Tableau security model, a specific 'Deny' always takes precedence over an 'Allow'. Even though Group B grants John access, the explicit Deny on Group A (of which he is a member) overrides the Allow, resulting in John being unable to view the workbook. This is a critical security feature to ensure restrictions are enforced.
- Question 3Beginner
Administration · Complete a backup and restore
You need to perform a complete backup of your Tableau Server production environment, including the repository database, file store content, and server configuration. Which TSM command should you run to create a restoration-ready file?
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Correct answer: A
The
tsm maintenance backupcommand is used to create a backup of the repository and file store data. The-fflag specifies the filename. Note that to perform a full disaster recovery, you should also export the configuration settings usingtsm settings export, as the backup file contains data but not all server configuration topology. - Question 4Intermediate
Installation and Configuration · Tableau Server Configuration
Users are complaining that the data in their dashboards is outdated, even though the underlying database has been updated. You investigate and find that Tableau Server is serving cached data. You want to ensure that data is cached as much as possible to improve performance, but it must be refreshed if the underlying data changes. Which caching configuration setting should you apply?
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Correct answer: C
The 'Balanced' caching configuration is designed to remove items from the cache after a specified number of minutes. This provides a middle ground where data is cached for performance but refreshed periodically to ensure data freshness. 'Refresh Less Often' caches data for up to 12 hours (or longer depending on config), which causes the issue described. 'Always Refresh' hits the database every time, hurting performance.
- Question 5Beginner
Installation and Configuration · Configure Email alerts / subscriptions
A Tableau Server Administrator attempts to enable subscriptions for a site but finds the option is grayed out in the settings. What prerequisite configuration step is missing?
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Correct answer: A
Subscriptions rely on email delivery. Tableau Server disables the ability to turn on subscriptions until an SMTP server has been successfully configured in the Tableau Services Manager (TSM) configuration. Without an SMTP server, the server cannot send the subscription emails.
- Question 6Intermediate
Administration · Use REST API
You are managing a Tableau Server environment and need to automate the creation of 50 new projects with specific permission settings. Which tool is best suited for this bulk automation task?
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Correct answer: C
The Tableau Server REST API is designed for programmatic management of server content, including creating projects, workbooks, data sources, and managing users/permissions. It allows for scripting and automation of repetitive tasks like creating 50 projects. TSM is for server configuration (not content), and tabcmd is a CLI tool that can do some of this but is less flexible for complex logic than the REST API.
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