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Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300) practice exam and study path

A free, timed 60-question PL-300 practice exam in 100 minutes, scored by domain, with every option explained after you submit. Also 104 practice questions you can check one at a time, a page for every task in the exam guide, and a study path. No sign-up.

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Power BI Data Analyst Associate exam pack:

$6.99for 12 months

For data analysts who work in Power BI: getting, profiling and shaping data with Power Query, modeling it with relationships and DAX, building reports that tell a story, and sharing and securing workspaces, apps and semantic models.

The exam

Exam code
PL-300
Questions
Not yet published
Time
100 minutes
Passing score
700 of 1,000 (scaled)
Exam fee
$165 (USD)
Question types
multiple choice, multiple response

Exam PL-300 is a proctored role-based exam: 100 minutes, offered in ten languages through Pearson VUE, it may include interactive components, and 700 passes. Microsoft doesn't publish the number of questions (most of its exams have 40 to 60). The fee is set by the country or region (USD 165 in the United States, the price of Microsoft's PL role-based exams), and the certification renews every year with a free online assessment. Our questions follow the skills measured as of April 20, 2026. Our forms use 60 questions split 17 / 16 / 16 / 11, the midpoints of the guide's ranges.

From Microsoft's certification page and exam guide, checked Oct 31, 2026.

Domains and weights

  • Domain 1: Prepare the data

    28%

  • Domain 2: Model the data

    27%

  • Domain 3: Visualize and analyze the data

    27%

  • Domain 4: Manage and secure Power BI

    18%

On our roadmap this comes after Azure Fundamentals. See every certification.

Practice

104 original practice questions, every option explained with the Microsoft documentation page that proves it. Free, no sign-up; progress stays on this device.

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More practice exams

The lessons, the sample questions on every task page and the first full practice exam are free and stay free. A pack adds the further timed PL-300 practice exams.

Power BI Data Analyst Associate exam pack

$6.99for 12 months

  • Every paid PL-300 practice exam, timed, with every option explained
  • The next version of this exam included when it changes within your 12 months
  • 12 months of access. One payment, nothing renews by itself.
  • 14-day refund, no conditions
  • 14-day refund, no conditions: ask within 14 days of buying and you get the whole payment back.
  • No pass guarantee. These are practice exams written by us from the exam guide and the Microsoft documentation; a score here does not predict your result on the real exam.

Study path

One module per exam domain. Lessons that already exist on BytePatterns are linked; the rest are being written.

  1. Module 1: Prepare the data

    1. 1Connecting to data sources and shared semantic modelsTask 1.1

      Lesson coming

    2. 2Credentials, privacy levels and query parametersTask 1.1

      Lesson coming

    3. 3Choosing Import, DirectQuery or Direct LakeTask 1.1

      Partly covered by: Caching

    4. 4Incremental refresh and dataflowsTask 1.1

      Lesson coming

    5. 5Profiling columns: quality, distribution and statisticsTask 1.2

      Partly covered by: Data Readiness for AI

    6. 6Fixing nulls, inconsistent values and import errorsTask 1.2

      Lesson coming

    7. 7Data types, custom and conditional columnsTask 1.3

      Lesson coming

    8. 8Group by, pivot, unpivot and transposeTask 1.3

      Partly covered by: Aggregations & GROUP BY

    9. 9Merge and append queriesTask 1.3

      Partly covered by: INNER and OUTER JOINs

    10. 10Facts, dimensions, keys, reference queries and query loadingTask 1.3

      Lesson coming

  2. Module 2: Model the data

    1. 11Table and column propertiesTask 2.1

      Lesson coming

    2. 12Relationships: cardinality, cross-filter direction and role-playing dimensionsTask 2.1

      Lesson coming

    3. 13Date tables, calculated columns and calculated tablesTask 2.1

      Lesson coming

    4. 14Measures and CALCULATETask 2.2

      Lesson coming

    5. 15Time intelligence and semi-additive measuresTask 2.2

      Lesson coming

    6. 16Statistical functions, quick measures and calculation groupsTask 2.2

      Lesson coming

    7. 17Performance Analyzer and DAX query viewTask 2.3

      Lesson coming

    8. 18Reducing rows, columns and granularityTask 2.3

      Lesson coming

  3. Module 3: Visualize and analyze the data

    1. 19Choosing and formatting visuals, themes and conditional formattingTask 3.1

      Lesson coming

    2. 20Slicers, filters and page settingsTask 3.1

      Lesson coming

    3. 21Copilot narratives and report pagesTask 3.1

      Partly covered by: What Is an LLM

    4. 22Paginated reports and visual calculationsTask 3.1

      Partly covered by: Window Functions

    5. 23Bookmarks, tooltips, interactions and navigationTask 3.2

      Lesson coming

    6. 24Drillthrough, sync slicers and the Selection paneTask 3.2

      Lesson coming

    7. 25Export settings, mobile layouts, personalization and accessibilityTask 3.2

      Lesson coming

    8. 26Automatic page refreshTask 3.2

      Lesson coming

    9. 27The Analyze feature, grouping, binning and clusteringTask 3.3

      Lesson coming

    10. 28AI visuals and Copilot model summariesTask 3.3

      Lesson coming

    11. 29Reference lines, error bars, forecasting and anomaly detectionTask 3.3

      Lesson coming

  4. Module 4: Manage and secure Power BI

    1. 30Workspaces, publishing and appsTask 4.1

      Lesson coming

    2. 31Dashboards, subscriptions and data alertsTask 4.1

      Partly covered by: CloudWatch, Alarms & X-Ray, Observability Basics

    3. 32Distribution methods and endorsementTask 4.1

      Lesson coming

    4. 33Gateways and scheduled refreshTask 4.1

      Lesson coming

    5. 34Workspace roles, item access and Build permissionTask 4.2

      Lesson coming

    6. 35Row-level security roles and group membershipTask 4.2

      Lesson coming

    7. 36Sensitivity labelsTask 4.2

      Lesson coming

Every task in the exam guide

The exam guide splits each domain into task statements. Each one has a page with a short summary, the lessons that teach it and open sample questions.

Domain 1: Prepare the data

Domain 2: Model the data

Domain 3: Visualize and analyze the data

Domain 4: Manage and secure Power BI

How these questions are made

  • Written by us from the exam guide's task statements and the Microsoft documentation — never from real exam content.
  • Every option carries its own explanation and a link to the Microsoft page that proves it.
  • A question enters a timed exam only after an independent check; until then it is a practice question.
  • Results are a plain percentage, per domain too — not an imitation of Microsoft's scaled score.

Questions about the PL-300 practice exam

Is the PL-300 practice exam free?
Yes. The full practice exam (60 questions, 100 minutes) is free with no sign-up, and so are the 104 practice questions, the task pages and the study path. Your attempts are saved in this browser, on this device.
How many questions does it have, and is it timed?
60 questions in 100 minutes: the real PL-300 pace, scaled to this form. When the time runs out, the exam is submitted as it stands.
Are the answers explained?
After you submit, not during: like the real exam, the timed exam gives no feedback until the end. Then you get your score overall and per exam domain, and every question with each option explained and a link to the Microsoft documentation page behind it. In practice mode an answer is explained as soon as you check it.
What does the Power BI Data Analyst Associate exam pack add?
3 more timed practice exams (Practice exam 1: 60 questions, 100 minutes; Practice exam 2: 60 questions, 100 minutes; Practice exam 3: 60 questions, 100 minutes), each scored and explained the same way, and the next version of this exam if it changes within your 12 months. 12 months of access. One payment, nothing renews by itself. Everything above stays free. See the pack.
Can I get a refund?
Yes, with no conditions: ask within 14 days of buying and you get the whole payment back. The details are in the terms.
Is this an official Microsoft practice exam?
No. BytePatterns is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Microsoft. Every question is written by us from the public exam guide and the Microsoft documentation, never from real exam content, and a score here does not predict your result on the real exam. Microsoft lists its own preparation resources on its certification page.