This is one of the most common questions on the Tableau Desktop Specialist Exam.

Wrong options -

1) Don't use backgrounds - This is not a solution. What if we want to use backgrounds? We can't just stop using backgrounds to solve this problem.

2) Decrease the font size - Do you think using a smaller font will make the text more readable? No right? Hence, this is wrong too.

All other options are ways recommended to make your text more readable!

Yes, due to the nature of blends, there are some conditions as follows from the official documentation that must be kept in mind while working with blends:

In addition to handling calculations slightly differently, there are some limitations on secondary data sources. You may not be able to sort by a field from a secondary data source, and action filters may not work as expected with blended data. For more information, see Other data blending issues.

To create a trend line, we need:

To make an axis bold, simply right click it, select format, and then click on Font to choose Bold:

None of the other options are valid ways to make the axis bold.

Read more about editing axis: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/formatting_editaxes.htm

According to the official Tableau documentation:

Dimensions don't have aggregation properties, and adding properties manually each time defeats the whole DEFAULT aggregation purpose. Window tab doesn't have any default aggregation option!

Explanation

If you chose 111,060 you were SO close to the correct answer but made a small mistake - you didn't change the aggregation to AVERAGE! This is one of the common mistakes many test takers make, so keep this in mind.

To reach the correct answer, follow the steps below:

1) Draw Assortment to the Column shelf, and drag Year to the Rows Shelf. Then Drill down further on Year to accomodate Quarters and Months as well!

Although this seems enough, DON'T FORGET to change the aggregation like in the next step, which will completely change the values!

The correct answer as you can see is 1,461 - Sales for Harware Assortment in 2017 Q4, October

Explanation

Tableau recognises a CSV file as a TEXT file, and therefore it is the correct option.

The following are the steps to import a CSV file:

1) From the data connection screen, click on Text:

2) Choose the appropriate file, and click Open:

3) Finally, Tableau imports the data as shown below: