Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900) Practice

How the PL-900 exam is structured

Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900) is a Microsoft certification with approximately 40 questions in 60 minutes. The table below shows the exam weighting published for each domain, so you can decide where to spend your study time instead of working through the syllabus in order.

Domain	Exam weight	What it covers
Describe the Business Value	20%	Describe the business value of Power Platform
Identify Power Apps Capabilities	20%	Identify foundational Power Apps capabilities
Describe Power Automate	20%	Describe Power Automate capabilities
Describe Power BI	15%	Describe Power BI capabilities
Describe Security and Governance	15%	Describe security and governance in Power Platform
Describe Copilot Studio	10%	Describe Copilot Studio capabilities

A passing study plan usually trails the weighting: spend the most sessions on Describe the Business Value (20%), then check the next domain down before moving on. If your accuracy on a high-weight domain stays under 80%, more practice there is worth more than another pass at a low-weight topic.

Worked sample PL-900 questions

These questions come from the Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900) practice bank. Read the rationale even when you answer correctly — the explanation is usually where the exam technique lives.

Sample question 1 — Describe the Business Value

A property firm's makers currently keep tenant records in one spreadsheet, maintenance cases in a SharePoint list, and lease documents in a shared folder. They want a single cloud service that stores related records with defined columns, enforces role-based access at the row level, and can be used by both an app and an automated flow. Which Power Platform component provides this?

A. Microsoft Dataverse, a managed service that stores company tables with built-in security.
B. A SharePoint list, which stores rows in a site and inherits the site's existing permissions.
C. Azure SQL Database, a relational engine that requires schema administration.
D. Power BI datasets, which hold imported tables for reporting and refresh.

Answer: A. Option A is correct: Microsoft Dataverse, a managed service that stores company tables with built-in security. Dataverse holds related tables with typed columns, applies row-level security roles, and exposes the same data to apps and cloud flows. Option B is incorrect because a SharePoint list inherits site permissions and does not provide row-level business roles for flows. Option C is incorrect because a relational engine stores tables but leaves schema design and permission modelling to the team. Option D is incorrect because a reporting dataset holds imported tables for analytics and is not an application data store.

Sample question 2 — Describe the Business Value

A platform lead at a credit union keeps discovering Power Platform apps and flows that nobody in IT knew about, and the lead needs a starting kit that catalogs those assets and highlights which ones lack an owner. Which Microsoft offering should the lead deploy for that visibility?

A. A Power BI template app that reports licence consumption by department.
B. The Center of Excellence Starter Kit, which catalogs tenant assets.
C. A managed solution that enforces naming rules on every new build.
D. The Microsoft 365 admin center, which lists licensed user accounts.

Answer: B. Option B is correct because the Center of Excellence Starter Kit catalogs tenant assets and surfaces apps or flows whose owners have left, which is exactly the visibility the lead needs. Option A is incorrect because a reporting template shows licence usage by department and never inventories individual assets. Option C is incorrect because enforcement of naming rules is a control that comes after you know what exists. Option D is incorrect because the administrative directory lists accounts rather than platform assets.

How to use this PL-900 practice set

Answer the 10 free questions without notes. Guessing is more useful than looking the answer up — the wrong answers tell you which domain to revisit.

Read every explanation, including the ones you got right. Note the reasoning for each distractor, not just the correct option.

Drill by domain, starting with Describe the Business Value (20%), then take a mixed set so you practise switching between topics.

Finish with a timed practice exam. Aim to be consistently above the passing score before you book the real PL-900 exam.

PL-900 practice questions FAQ

How many free PL-900 practice questions can I try?

You can answer 10 PL-900 practice questions free without creating an account. Each one is graded instantly with a written explanation. A free account keeps your progress, and the full bank (80+ questions) unlocks with a subscription.

What topics does the PL-900 exam cover?

The PL-900 exam is organised into 6 domains: Describe the Business Value (20%), Identify Power Apps Capabilities (20%), Describe Power Automate (20%), Describe Power BI (15%), Describe Security and Governance (15%), Describe Copilot Studio (10%). The weighting above shows how much of the exam each domain represents, so budget study time in the same proportion.

How long is the PL-900 exam and how is it scored?

The PL-900 exam has approximately 40 questions in 60 minutes, with a passing score of 700. Practice sets here are scored the same way as the real exam so you can see whether you are above or below the line before test day.

How should I start studying for Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900)?

Start with Describe the Business Value, the highest-weighted domain, then work down the list. Answer a mixed set after each domain pass — mixing domains forces you to identify what a question is asking before recalling the content, which is what the real exam does.

Are these the same questions that appear on the real PL-900 exam?

No. These are original practice questions written against the published PL-900 exam objectives. They mirror the style, difficulty, and domain weighting of the real exam, but the actual exam content is confidential and is not reproduced here.

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