Free Salesforce Tableau Server Administrator practice questions

Question 1

A Cumulus Financial administrator is reconciling an older process inventory with an actual Tableau Server 2022.3 deployment. The old inventory expects Elastic Server for search indexing, but the process was replaced starting in 2022.1. Which process should the administrator expect instead for this 2022.3 deployment?
A. Client File Service, which replaced Elastic Server by distributing certificates as the searchable-content index.
B. Cache Server, which replaced the search-indexing service by storing all searchable content as cached query results.
C. Backgrounder, because indexing became a scheduled extract-refresh job.
D. Index and Search Server, which replaced Elastic Server beginning with Tableau Server 2022.1.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: D. Index and Search Server, which replaced Elastic Server beginning with Tableau Server 2022.1.
Index and Search Server replaced Elastic Server starting in version 2022.1, so the replacement applies to the stated 2022.3 deployment. Cache Server’s query cache and Client File Service’s configuration-file distribution are separate responsibilities. Backgrounder executes background tasks rather than being that replacement search-indexing process. The stated release bounds this comparison to Elastic Server’s documented replacement.

Question 2

Northern Trail Outfitters has a site administrator licensed as an Explorer with the Site Administrator Explorer role. The administrator can manage site settings but must now create a new data source from an external database in web editing. Which two statements should guide the licensing change? Choose 2 answers.
A. Changing the user to a Viewer retains site administration while enabling external data-source creation in web editing.
B. Assigning Explorer (can publish) enables new external web connections while preserving the current site-administrator role.
C. Using Site Administrator Creator with Creator entitlement supports the requested new external data-source work.
D. The Site Administrator Explorer role provides site administration but excludes this external web-connection capability.
E. The existing site-administration rights already override the Explorer restriction on new external web connections.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: C. Using Site Administrator Creator with Creator entitlement supports the requested new external data-source work. | D. The Site Administrator Explorer role provides site administration but excludes this external web-connection capability.
Site Administrator Explorer has site and user configuration access but cannot connect to external data in web editing. Site Administrator Creator uses Creator entitlement and supports creating these new data sources. Administrative rights do not override the Explorer license’s connection limit. Viewer removes the relevant authoring and administrative capabilities, while Explorer (can publish) neither provides new external web connections nor preserves the site-administrator role.

Question 3

Northern Trail Outfitters must retain Tableau Server 2022.3 for a compatibility test and proposes Windows Server 2022 for the new host. The current OS matrix lists Windows Server 2022 support beginning with Tableau Server 2023.3.1. Which preparation decision respects the required product version?
A. Keep both proposed versions and add more CPU cores, because exceeding hardware minimums overrides the OS compatibility matrix.
B. Keep Tableau Server 2022.3 on Windows Server 2022, because support shown for a newer Tableau release automatically applies to older installers.
C. Upgrade the Tableau product to a compatible 2023.3.1 release solely to keep the proposed OS, while still describing the test as a 2022.3 test.
D. Choose an OS supported for Tableau Server 2022.3, such as Windows Server 2019 x64, rather than borrowing the newer release entry.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: D. Choose an OS supported for Tableau Server 2022.3, such as Windows Server 2019 x64, rather than borrowing the newer release entry.
The published matrix supports Windows Server 2019 x64 in the range that includes Tableau Server 2022.3, while Windows Server 2022 support starts at 2023.3.1. Newer-release support is not retroactive approval for the required older installer. Changing the Tableau product release would violate the stated 2022.3 test requirement. Additional CPU capacity cannot change OS compatibility.

Question 4

Get Cloudy Consulting sizes a standard single-node Tableau Server 2022.3 production host. The administrator must use the official minimum production recommendations rather than the lower blocking installation values, before considering workload-specific growth. Which three values belong to that production baseline? Choose 3 answers.
A. 128 GB of system RAM is the single-node recommendation in the version 2022.3-and-later production row.
B. Only 4 physical CPU cores are recommended for standard production because the blocking installation minimum is also the production target.
C. 50 GB of free disk space is the documented production baseline, with additional space assessed for the expected workload.
D. At least 8 physical CPU cores at 2.0 GHz or higher belong to the standard single-node production recommendation.
E. Only 15 GB of free disk space is the standard production recommendation because installation space always covers ongoing workloads.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: A. 128 GB of system RAM is the single-node recommendation in the version 2022.3-and-later production row. | C. 50 GB of free disk space is the documented production baseline, with additional space assessed for the expected workload. | D. At least 8 physical CPU cores at 2.0 GHz or higher belong to the standard single-node production recommendation.
The standard single-node production recommendations include 8 physical cores at 2.0 GHz or higher, 128 GB RAM for 2022.3 and later, and 50 GB free disk space. Four cores and 15 GB are blocking installation values, not substitutes for this production row. The production values remain general guidance rather than a guarantee that every workload fits. Expected extracts, users and other activity can require additional capacity.

Question 5

An AW Computing user must keep the Explorer site role. The workbook's Download Workbook/Save a Copy capability is allowed, and the user wants both a downloaded workbook file and a new copy saved from web editing. Which distinction should the administrator explain?
A. The joint capability can permit downloading, but Explorer still cannot publish a new copy from web editing.
B. Allowing this joint capability gives Explorer both downloading and browser publishing without a role change.
C. Explorer cannot use either part because only Creator users can download any workbook file.
D. The user can save a new copy only by using the existing workbook name, which bypasses the publishing limit.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: A. The joint capability can permit downloading, but Explorer still cannot publish a new copy from web editing.
Download Workbook/Save a Copy is a joint capability, but the permissions guidance explicitly limits an Explorer to the download part. Saving a new copy from web editing requires a publishing site role such as Explorer (can publish). The allowed capability therefore does not enable both operations. Reusing the existing name would request an overwrite, not bypass the role's publishing limit.

Question 6

Get Cloudy Consulting manages a project whose content permissions are Locked (not including nested projects). All workbooks and existing published data sources in this scenario are directly in that project. An eligible analyst group has its needed capabilities allowed on the Workbooks tab, but every capability on the Data Sources tab is Unspecified and no other rules grant source access. These ordinary analysts are not administrators, project leaders or content owners. They must browse and connect to those sources. What should the administrator configure?
A. Leave the Data Sources tab unchanged because a workbook template grants the same capabilities for every asset type.
B. Set the required capabilities on the Data Sources tab as well; the workbook rule does not grant them.
C. Allow more workbook capabilities because data-source permissions cannot be configured at project level.
D. Raise the analysts to the Creator site role while leaving the Data Sources tab Unspecified, since their site role supplies the source access.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: B. Set the required capabilities on the Data Sources tab as well; the workbook rule does not grant them.
The project permissions dialog has separate capability tabs for each content type, so its Workbooks rule does not fill the Data Sources tab. Because this project is locked, its data-source rules apply to the existing sources directly in the project rather than acting only as defaults for future publishing. The ordinary analysts need the relevant Data Sources capabilities expressly allowed; an eligible Creator role alone does not grant them. Data-source permissions can be configured at project level, so adding unrelated workbook capabilities cannot supply the missing grants.

Question 7

A Windows-based Server deployment will use Kerberos sign-in for Active Directory users. Which two prerequisites belong in the deployment plan? Choose 2 answers.
A. The server uses a local identity store because Kerberos requires locally managed passwords.
B. The administrator gives each user a separate keytab containing the Tableau Server service principal.
C. The administrator enables SSPI alongside Kerberos so both methods can validate the same sign-in.
D. A keytab is configured with the service principal name used for Tableau Server user authentication.
E. The server host is joined to the domain, and users receive a ticket-granting ticket on their computers.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: D. A keytab is configured with the service principal name used for Tableau Server user authentication. | E. The server host is joined to the domain, and users receive a ticket-granting ticket on their computers.
Kerberos requirements include an Active Directory-backed deployment with the server computer in the domain and users receiving a TGT. Tableau Server also needs a keytab configured for its Kerberos service principal. Kerberos does not require locally managed passwords, and enabling SSPI alongside it is not a prerequisite; the keytab is for the service, not a per-user file.

Question 8

A Server administrator wants an email notification when a site’s subscription is suspended. Which configuration should the administrator use?
A. Opt in under My Account Settings > Subscription Notifications for that site.
B. Change the server-wide subscription failure threshold; that setting also opts every administrator into notifications.
C. Enable Data-Driven Alerts for the site, which reports suspended subscriptions.
D. Add the administrator to every view’s subscriber list, which sends a separate suspension email.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: A. Opt in under My Account Settings > Subscription Notifications for that site.
Tableau lets Server administrators opt in to subscription-suspension email notifications through My Account Settings > Subscription Notifications. This choice is configured separately for each site. Changing the server-wide failure threshold controls when subscriptions are suspended, but does not opt all administrators into notification; ordinary view subscriptions and Data-Driven Alerts are separate features.

Question 9

An AW Computing steward has Overwrite on a published data role and uses it only to edit that role's synonyms. The team expects this metadata edit to transfer ownership, just as republishing replacement content would. What should the Tableau Server administrator explain?
A. View alone authorizes synonym changes; Overwrite applies only when the data role is downloaded.
B. Every synonym edit transfers ownership because all operations covered by Overwrite have that effect.
C. Overwrite permits the synonym edit, but this minor metadata edit does not itself change the content owner.
D. Set Permissions must be allowed instead; editing synonyms is an operation on permission rules.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: C. Overwrite permits the synonym edit, but this minor metadata edit does not itself change the content owner.
Overwrite can authorize minor metadata edits, including a data role’s synonyms. The permissions documentation explicitly says that editing existing content in this way does not change its owner. This differs from saving replacement content over an existing asset, which can transfer ownership. View does not authorize editing synonyms, and Set Permissions concerns permission rules rather than those synonyms.

Question 10

Universal Containers builds a REST application that must query Tableau Server as different authorized end users without storing their passwords. It selects the documented PAT impersonation design for Server 2022.3. Which two prerequisites belong in that design? Choose 2 answers.
A. Enable PAT impersonation in the server-wide TSM configuration and apply the change.
B. Use a Site Administrator Creator's PAT because administering one site is sufficient for PAT impersonation.
C. Use an ordinary Creator's PAT after allowing Set Permissions on the requested workbooks.
D. Use a PAT created by a Server Administrator for the impersonation requests.
E. Use a Server Administrator's PAT without enabling impersonation because that role enables it automatically.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: A. Enable PAT impersonation in the server-wide TSM configuration and apply the change. | D. Use a PAT created by a Server Administrator for the impersonation requests.
Server PAT impersonation is available from 2021.1 and uses tokens created by Server Administrators. It must also be enabled through the server-wide TSM setting and applied; the administrator role alone does not enable it. A Site Administrator Creator PAT does not meet the Server Administrator requirement. Granting an ordinary Creator content permissions likewise does not turn that user's token into an administrator impersonation token.

Question 11

Northern Trail Outfitters needs to correct the name of an existing published workbook on Tableau Server 2022.3. Its sheets and data connections are correct, and the team wants to retain the existing workbook rather than create a second publication. Which action addresses the request directly?
A. Use the published workbook's More actions menu to rename that existing workbook.
B. Download the workbook and change the name of its local workbook file in the file system.
C. Use File > Save As in the browser editor and supply the desired workbook name.
D. Rename the published data source so the workbook automatically adopts that source's new name.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: A. Use the published workbook's More actions menu to rename that existing workbook.
The published workbook's Rename action changes the existing server asset's name. Tableau's September 2021 history describes data-source renaming as working just like workbook renaming. The browser's new-workbook publication workflow saves a separate publication, whereas renaming a downloaded file changes the local artifact. A published data source has its own name; changing that name does not rename the workbook that uses it.

Question 12

A configuration review at Northern Trail Outfitters confirms that historical user-activity collection was deliberately disabled on Tableau Server. Repository queries work and event retention is already sufficient. The administrator is approved to collect future historical activity again. Which configuration governs that collection?
A. Enable auditing.enabled, which controls collection of historical user activity and other repository information.
B. Increase wgserver.audit_history_expiration_days to retain historical events for a longer period.
C. Enable storage.monitoring.record_history_enabled so that usage history is recorded in the repository.
D. Use readonly rather than tableau for reporting connections so more repository tables are accessible.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: A. Enable auditing.enabled, which controls collection of historical user activity and other repository information.
auditing.enabled controls whether Tableau collects historical user activity and related information in the repository. Retention determines how long collected history is kept rather than turning the collector on. Changing query credentials also does not enable collection. Drive-space history is a separate collection setting and is not a replacement for historical user-activity auditing.

Question 13

An Ursa Major Solar analyst has Explorer (can publish) on Tableau Server and can edit and save workbooks in the browser. The analyst now needs to save a new standalone data source from a connection embedded in a workbook. Which role change addresses that additional authoring requirement without adding administration?
A. Use Site Administrator Explorer to add the missing standalone-source authoring capability.
B. Use Creator to support creating the new standalone data source in the browser.
C. Keep Explorer (can publish) and make the analyst the embedded workbook's owner.
D. Keep Explorer (can publish) and allow downloading the published data source.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: B. Use Creator to support creating the new standalone data source in the browser.
Explorer (can publish) cannot save new standalone data sources from connections embedded in workbooks; Creator supports creating new data sources. Site Administrator Explorer retains that Explorer-level connection limitation, so adding administration does not solve it. Workbook ownership does not raise the site-role ceiling. Downloading a published source is a separate capability and does not authorize creation of the requested new source in web editing.

Question 14

An AW Computing administrator's custom report queries the repository view _datasources and treats its rows as the complete historical log of data-source publishing and deletion. Which limitation should the administrator recognize before relying on that analysis?
A. This is current repository data rather than a complete event history; the analysis needs an appropriate historical source.
B. Increasing http_requests retention makes _datasources reconstruct old publication and deletion events automatically.
C. Every underscore-prefixed view is a complete historical event log, with its rows retained under the hist_ expiration setting.
D. Switching from tableau to readonly turns the same _datasources view into a historical log that includes deleted sources.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: A. This is current repository data rather than a complete event history; the analysis needs an appropriate historical source.
The custom-view guidance distinguishes historical tables from current-data underscore-prefixed views, with separate exceptions for request and background-task retention. _datasources is not made into a complete event log by its underscore prefix. Changing the database user does not change the meaning of that same view. Retaining request rows also does not reconstruct historical publication and deletion events inside a current metadata view.

Question 15

Cloud Kicks runs Tableau Server 2022.3 on one Windows server and uses a separate administration workstation. Repository activity data is already collected. For Tableau's sample performance workbook, the administrator must also collect server CPU, memory, disk, and individual Tableau process counters using the documented PerfMon file workflow, without converting log formats. Which collection plan should the administrator choose?
A. Run PerfMon on the server, keep Tableau running while creating the host and process counter collector for Local Computer, and save comma-separated logs.
B. Run PerfMon on the administration workstation, create the counter collector for Local Computer while Tableau runs on the server, and save comma-separated logs.
C. Run PerfMon on the server while Tableau runs, create the counter collector for Local Computer, and connect the workbook directly to binary logs.
D. Run PerfMon on the server, stop Tableau while creating the counter collector for Local Computer, then start Tableau before collecting comma-separated logs.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: A. Run PerfMon on the server, keep Tableau running while creating the host and process counter collector for Local Computer, and save comma-separated logs.
Tableau's collection procedure selects the computer being measured and requires Tableau Server to be running when the data collector set is created so its process instances can be selected. On the server itself, Local Computer is the intended host; selecting Local Computer on the separate workstation measures that workstation instead. Starting Tableau only after creating the collector does not follow the documented process-collection prerequisite. The documented workflow saves comma-separated logs for analysis in Tableau; a direct binary-log connection does not follow that workflow when no format conversion is permitted. These resource counters complement the repository activity data rather than replace it.

Question 16

The Server Disk Space view at Get Cloudy Consulting shows a sudden drop in free space on the Tableau Server partition. Which two documented follow-up actions help the administrator recover space? Choose 2 answers.
A. Disable disk usage monitoring so that the server stops writing the disk statistics that steadily fill the installation partition.
B. Run tsm maintenance ziplogs, which compresses the current logs in place and removes the uncompressed log files.
C. Use administrative views to find which workbooks and data sources take up the most space and whether they are still used.
D. Run tsm maintenance cleanup to remove logs, temporary files and unneeded PostgreSQL entries, archiving logs first.
E. Raise the low disk space warning threshold, so that Tableau Server starts reclaiming space before free space reaches it.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: C. Use administrative views to find which workbooks and data sources take up the most space and whether they are still used. | D. Run tsm maintenance cleanup to remove logs, temporary files and unneeded PostgreSQL entries, archiving logs first.
Tableau's disk space guidance is to clean up with tsm maintenance cleanup (archiving logs first if needed) and then use administrative views to identify large and unused workbooks and data sources. Disk usage monitoring is what feeds the Server Disk Space view, so turning it off removes the analysis without freeing meaningful space. Warning thresholds only control when notification emails are sent and do not reclaim space. ziplogs creates an additional archive for Support and leaves the original logs in place, so it uses more space rather than less.

Question 17

Cloud Kicks is documenting an embedded-view authentication trace on Tableau Server 2022.3. The browser requests the view using a trusted-ticket URL. Tableau then returns the view's normal URL without the ticket and renders the view for that user. Which authentication state should the administrator record at this point?
A. Tableau has issued only a ticket; it has not yet created the Tableau user's browser session at this point.
B. The ticket remains the browser's sign-in credential and must accompany each later view request in its URL.
C. The portal's existing sign-in session has replaced the need for a Tableau session cookie in the browser for the embedded view.
D. A signed-in Tableau session now exists, with authentication maintained by the browser's Tableau session cookie.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: D. A signed-in Tableau session now exists, with authentication maintained by the browser's Tableau session cookie.
When Tableau redeems the trusted ticket, it creates a session, signs in the user, removes the ticket from the URL, and returns the final embedded-view URL. The cookie-restriction guidance explains that the browser's session cookie maintains the user's authenticated access, including in embedded contexts. The trace has therefore progressed beyond ticket issuance. Reattaching the ticket to every later view URL is not the documented session mechanism, and authenticating to the portal does not replace Tableau's own browser session cookie.

Question 18

AW Computing is preparing a Windows-to-Linux Tableau Server migration using a fresh Linux installation. Beyond the host and TSM credentials needed to perform the restore, which user credential does the migration guide require the team to retain for the migrated Tableau deployment?
A. Only the Run As service account's password, using that background-service identity as the restored Tableau administrator.
B. The password of at least one Server Administrator from the source Windows deployment, retaining that user for Linux administration.
C. Only a new temporary Tableau user's password, creating that user on the destination as the replacement for source administrators.
D. Only the Linux host administrator's password, using that operating-system account as the restored Tableau administrator.

Accepted Answer

Correct answer: B. The password of at least one Server Administrator from the source Windows deployment, retaining that user for Linux administration.
The OS migration guide requires the password of at least one source user with Server Administrator privileges and says to use that same user as administrator in the migrated Linux deployment. Host/TSM administration credentials serve the installation and restore tasks, not this restored Tableau user requirement. A Run As service identity also does not replace the specified Tableau administrator. Precreating a temporary destination user is not the documented substitute; the clean target is not meant to accumulate users and content before the restore.

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