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Analytics-Arch-201 Sample Questions

  1. Question 1

    Advanced

    Design a Tableau Infrastructure · Design an appropriate process topology

    A global financial institution is planning to migrate its on-premises Tableau Server infrastructure to a cloud-based architecture on AWS. The current deployment serves 5,000 users with a strict 99.9% uptime SLA. The architect must design a High Availability (HA) cluster that ensures no single point of failure and supports automatic failover for the repository. Which topology design meets these requirements while minimizing the minimum number of nodes required?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: D

    To support automatic repository failover, Tableau Server requires a minimum of three nodes. This allows for a quorum in the Coordination Service (Ensemble) and enables having one active repository and at least one passive repository (often two are recommended for redundancy) to ensure seamless failover without manual intervention. A 2-node cluster cannot support automatic repository failover.

  2. Question 2

    Intermediate

    Deploy Tableau Server · Configure and troubleshoot supported authentication methods

    The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) requires that all user authentication for the new Tableau Server deployment utilizes the corporate Okta Identity Provider (IdP). The environment must support Single Sign-On (SSO) for web users and strictly enforce MFA through Okta. Which authentication method should the Tableau Architect configure?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: B

    SAML is the standard protocol for integrating Tableau Server with external Identity Providers (IdPs) like Okta to achieve Single Sign-On (SSO). It delegates the authentication process to the IdP, allowing Okta to handle MFA policies before passing the assertion back to Tableau.

    sequenceDiagram participant User participant Tableau participant Okta_IdP User->>Tableau: Access URL Tableau->>Okta_IdP: Redirect (SAML Request) Okta_IdP->>User: Prompt Credentials & MFA User->>Okta_IdP: Submit Credentials Okta_IdP->>Tableau: SAML Response (Assertion) Tableau->>User: Grant Access

  3. Question 3

    Beginner

    Deploy Tableau Server · Install and verify Tableau Server on Linux

    A server administrator is deploying Tableau Server on Linux and needs to initialize the TSM (Tableau Services Manager) for the first time. Which command must be executed to log in to TSM and begin the configuration process?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: D

    The 'tsm login' command is used to authenticate the session with the Tableau Services Manager. After installation, the administrator must authenticate before running any configuration commands like 'tsm initialize'.

  4. Question 4

    IntermediateMultiple answers

    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)

    Answer and explanation

    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.

  5. Question 5

    Intermediate

    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?

    Answer and explanation

    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.

  6. Question 6

    Beginner

    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.

    Answer and explanation

    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.

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