Analytics-Admn-201 Salesforce Certified Tableau Server Administrator Practice Questions
Prepare for Analytics-Admn-201 with more than an answer.
- Exam fee
- $200 USD
- Level
- Intermediate
- Valid for
- Annual maintenance required
Domains covered on the exam 5
- Connecting to and Preparing Data20%
- Installation and Configuration26%
- Administration36%
- Troubleshooting12%
- Migration and Upgrade6%
- 1
A user reports they cannot view a dashboard embedded in an internal portal, receiving a login prompt instead of the view. The server is configured for Trusted Authentication. You check the logs and see a 'Trusted Ticket -1' error. What is the most likely cause?
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Correct answer: B
A '-1' return value from the trusted ticket request endpoint specifically indicates that the request came from an unauthorized source. In Trusted Authentication, you must explicitly whitelist the IP address(es) of the web server(s) that will be requesting tickets on behalf of users using the
tsm authentication trusted configurecommand. - 2
Which of the following processes requires a dedicated 'Run As User' account with access to network resources if you plan to connect to file-based data sources (like Excel or CSV) located on a shared network drive?
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Correct answer: D
The 'Run As User' is the Windows account that the Tableau Server service runs under. When Tableau Server needs to access file-based data sources on external network shares, it authenticates using this account. Therefore, the Run As User must have 'Read' permissions on the network share where the data files reside.
- 3
You are preparing to upgrade a single-node Tableau Server from version 2021.4 to 2022.3. What is the very first step you must take before running the upgrade installer to ensure you can recover if the upgrade fails?
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Correct answer: C
The critical first step in any upgrade is to create a full backup of your existing data. If the upgrade fails or corrupts data, this backup file (.tsbak) allows you to restore your server to its previous state on the old version. Without it, data loss is a significant risk.
- 4
A Tableau Server Administrator needs to deploy a single-node installation for a production environment supporting 100 concurrent users. The infrastructure team has proposed a server specification. According to Tableau's minimum hardware recommendations and best practices for production, which of the following specifications is the absolute minimum requirement to proceed with the installation, though higher is recommended?
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Correct answer: A
For a production installation of Tableau Server (64-bit), the absolute minimum hardware requirements are 4 physical cores and 16 GB of system memory. While 8 cores and 32 GB RAM are strongly recommended for production performance, the installer checks for the minimums of 4 cores and 16 GB RAM and will fail if these are not met.
- 5
You are designing a distributed Tableau Server environment. Which server process is primarily responsible for handling background tasks such as extract refreshes, subscription emails, and 'Run Now' tasks initiated by users?
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Correct answer: B
The Backgrounder process runs server tasks including extract refreshes, subscriptions, and data-driven alerts. It consumes significant CPU resources, which is why it is often isolated on a specific node in a distributed cluster to avoid impacting user interactivity handled by the VizQL Server.
- 6
A large financial institution requires a Tableau Server deployment where user identity is managed via Active Directory, but they also need to allow users to reset their own passwords through the Tableau Server interface. Why is this requirement technically impossible to fulfill as requested?
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Correct answer: A
When configured with an external identity store like Active Directory (or LDAP), Tableau Server delegates authentication to that store. Tableau treats the external directory as read-only regarding credentials. Users must change their passwords through Windows or their corporate identity management tools, not within Tableau Server.
