Analytics-Arch-201 Sample Questions & Answers
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- Question 1IntermediateSelect 2
Design a Tableau Infrastructure · Design an appropriate process topology
During a performance review, the Tableau Architect notices that 'Extract Refresh' tasks are consuming excessive resources on the core nodes, impacting the rendering performance for interactive users. The cluster consists of 3 nodes (Node 1, Node 2, Node 3). What is the recommended strategy to isolate these workloads? (Select TWO)
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Correct answers: A, E
Using the 'Node Role' feature allows the architect to explicitly designate a node for specific types of workloads (like Backgrounder), preventing interactive traffic from being routed there or preventing background tasks from running elsewhere.
Isolating the Backgrounder processes to a dedicated node ensures that the CPU and memory-intensive extract refresh tasks do not compete with the VizQL processes responsible for rendering views on the other nodes.
- Question 2Intermediate
Monitor and Maintain a Tableau Deployment · Perform load testing
A multinational retail company is designing a Tableau Server environment that must support a peak load of 2,000 concurrent viewers during the holiday season. The architect needs to determine the optimal hardware sizing before procurement. Which tool should be used to simulate this concurrency and identify the saturation point of the proposed configuration?
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Correct answer: C
TabJolt is the official, purpose-built load testing tool for Tableau Server. It automates user traffic simulation to measure throughput and response times under load, helping architects verify if a hardware configuration can handle specific concurrency requirements.
- Question 3Beginner
Design a Tableau Infrastructure · Plan a migration
True or False: When migrating from a Windows-based Tableau Server to a Linux-based Tableau Server, you can directly restore a backup (.tsbak) created on Windows to the Linux instance without any conversion steps, provided the Tableau Server versions match.
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Correct answer: A
Tableau Server backups (.tsbak files) are platform-independent. You can create a backup on Windows and restore it directly to a Linux server (and vice versa) as long as the target server version is the same or newer than the source server.
- Question 4Advanced
Deploy Tableau Server · Implement production-ready Tableau Server deployments
An organization requires that their Tableau Server deployment uses an external load balancer (ELB) to handle SSL termination. The architect must ensure that Tableau Server correctly redirects users to the secure HTTPS protocol even though the traffic between the ELB and Tableau Server is HTTP. Which TSM configuration setting is critical for this scenario?
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Correct answer: D
When an external load balancer (ELB) terminates SSL and forwards traffic as HTTP, Tableau Server needs to know the original protocol used by the client to construct valid redirect URLs (e.g., for authentication). The 'gateway.public.x_forwarded_proto' setting tells Tableau to respect the X-Forwarded-Proto header sent by the ELB.
- Question 5Advanced
Design a Tableau Infrastructure · Create a disaster recovery strategy
Case Study: Global Retail Analytics Expansion
Scenario:
A large retail chain is expanding its analytics capabilities. They have a primary data center in New York and a disaster recovery (DR) site in London. They plan to deploy a 5-node Tableau Server cluster in New York. The requirement is to have a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of less than 1 hour and a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of 4 hours. The London site currently has no Tableau infrastructure.Constraint:
The network bandwidth between New York and London is limited and expensive. Full daily backups are 500GB in size.Question:
Which Disaster Recovery strategy best meets the RPO/RTO requirements while respecting the bandwidth constraints?Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
To meet a sub-1-hour RPO with large data and limited bandwidth, a full backup transfer is not feasible hourly. A valid strategy involves a nightly full backup (transferred during off-peak) combined with more frequent, lighter-weight mechanisms or optimizing the backup strategy. However, the most robust architectural solution for this specific constraint is often leveraging External File Store (EFS) if supported, but among standard backup options, optimizing transfer is key. Correction: The optimal answer for modern Tableau DR with strict RPO and bandwidth constraints is actually option A (External File Store), as it offloads the heaviest replication (extracts) to the storage layer (like AWS S3 or NetApp) which handles block-level replication efficiently. Standard TSM backups are monolithic.
Self-Correction: Option A is the technically superior architectural choice for 'Enterprise' DR. External File Store separates the data from the compute, allowing the storage layer to handle replication efficiently without sending 500GB files over the wire repeatedly.
- Question 6Intermediate
Deploy Tableau Server · Install and verify Tableau Server on Windows
A Tableau Architect is configuring a new Tableau Server installation and wants to ensure that the 'Run As User' account has the necessary permissions. Which of the following is a mandatory requirement for the Run As User account on a Windows server?
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Correct answer: A
The Run As User account is the Windows account that Tableau Server services use to access resources. It explicitly requires the 'Log on as a service' right to function correctly. It should NOT be a local admin or domain admin for security least-privilege reasons.
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