MB-230 Practice Test 13 — 15 Questions

Question 1

A support manager at City Power & Light wants agents to see related cases for the same customer while working a case, so they can spot repeat contact patterns. The manager also wants to prevent agents from editing those related records from within the case form. Which configuration should the manager use?

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Accepted Answer

Add a subgrid of cases to the case form with the related cases view, and clear the allow editing option.. A read-only subgrid on the case form, filtered to cases for the same customer, gives agents immediate visibility into repeat contacts while preventing accidental edits to those records. Rollup and calculated fields only surface aggregated or derived values, and the timeline shows activities rather than case records, so none of them meet both requirements.

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Use a calculated field that concatenates the customer's case titles.

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Configure a timeline control filtered to case records for the same customer.

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Create a rollup field that counts the customer's cases and display it on the form.

Question 2

You are extending Dynamics 365 Customer Service by creating a custom entity to track equipment repairs. You need to ensure that when a repair record is created, the associated case is automatically updated with the repair status. The update must happen in real-time and be visible immediately on the case form. What should you implement?

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A synchronous plugin registered on the Create message of the repair entity that updates the case record.. A synchronous plugin is the only option that executes in real-time within the same transaction, ensuring the case is updated immediately. Asynchronous plugins and Power Automate flows introduce delays, and business rules cannot update related entities. Therefore, the synchronous plugin is the correct choice.

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An asynchronous plugin registered on the Create message of the repair entity that updates the case record.

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A Power Automate flow that triggers on the creation of a repair record and updates the case.

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A business rule on the repair entity that updates the case record.

Question 3

An agent at Fabrikam Inc. is working on a case and needs to quickly find similar cases that were resolved with the same issue. The agent wants to see a list of cases that share the same product and subject. Which feature should the agent use?

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Similar Cases. Similar Cases uses text analysis to identify cases with similar subjects and other fields, presenting them to the agent. This feature is designed to help agents quickly find resolved cases that match the current issue, facilitating faster resolution. It is the appropriate tool for finding similar cases based on product and subject.

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Knowledge Search

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Case Merge

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Timeline

Question 4

A customer service representative at Adventure Works wants to merge multiple cases that are related to the same issue into a single case. Which feature should the representative use?

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Merge Cases. The Merge Cases feature allows representatives to combine multiple case records into one, preserving the history and activities. This is the correct tool for consolidating related cases. Other options are for linking, converting, or routing cases, not merging.

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Case Hierarchy

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Convert to Opportunity

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Queue Assignment

Question 5

You are setting up a new workstream for the 'Voice' channel in Dynamics 365 Customer Service. The organization wants to ensure that calls are routed to the queue with the longest idle agent. Which assignment method should you configure for the queue?

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Longest idle. The longest idle assignment method is designed to distribute work to agents who have been idle the longest, ensuring that no agent is overused while others wait. For voice channels, this method helps maintain balanced utilization and can reduce customer wait times. Other methods like round robin or highest capacity do not prioritize idle time, so they would not meet the requirement.

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Round robin

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Highest capacity

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Skill-based

Question 6

You are configuring unified routing for a customer service center. The organization wants to ensure that when a case is created, the system automatically classifies it into one of three categories: Billing, Technical, or General. Which component should you configure to achieve this?

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Classification rule set. Unified routing uses classification rule sets to categorize incoming work items. By defining rules based on case fields, you can automatically assign categories such as Billing, Technical, or General. This categorization can then be used by assignment rules to route the case to the appropriate queue or agent.

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Queue

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Workstream

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Assignment rule set

Question 7

You are configuring case settings for an organization that wants to automatically close cases after a specified period of inactivity. Which feature should you use?

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Configure the automatic case closure setting in the Customer Service admin center.. The Customer Service admin center includes a built-in setting to automatically close cases after a defined period of inactivity. This feature is designed for exactly this scenario, requiring only a simple configuration. Workflows and Power Automate flows require custom logic, and SLAs do not control automatic closure.

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Create a workflow that runs on a schedule to close inactive cases.

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Use a Power Automate flow that triggers when a case is inactive for 30 days.

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Set the case resolution time in the SLA and enable automatic closure.

Question 8

You are extending Dynamics 365 Customer Service by building a custom Power Apps component framework (PCF) control that will be used on the Account form to display a customer's recent cases. The control must fetch data from the Case entity using the Web API and display it in a grid. You need to ensure the control can retrieve the data and handle pagination. Which method should you use to fetch the data?

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context.webAPI.retrieveMultipleRecords. To fetch multiple case records for an account and handle pagination in a PCF control, you should use context.webAPI.retrieveMultipleRecords. This method supports querying multiple records with options for pagination, filtering, and sorting. Other methods either retrieve a single record, are not available in PCF, or are for creating records. The correct method ensures efficient data retrieval and display in a grid.

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Xrm.WebApi.retrieveMultipleRecords

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context.webAPI.retrieveRecord

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context.webAPI.createRecord

Question 9

A service manager at Proseware Inc. notices that agents are manually entering the same product and entitlement information on every case, causing errors. The manager wants the system to automatically populate the customer's active entitlement and default product on new cases created from a phone call. What should the manager configure?

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A business rule on the case table that sets the entitlement field when the customer is populated.. A business rule on the case table is the no-code mechanism that can react when the customer field is set and populate lookup fields such as entitlement and product. Field mappings, default entitlement settings, and calculated fields either cannot resolve the customer's active entitlement or cannot set a lookup, so the business rule is the correct choice.

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A calculated field on the case that derives the entitlement from the customer record.

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A default entitlement setting in the Customer Service admin center.

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A field mapping on the customer relationship that copies entitlement to the case.

Question 10

A customer service organization wants to enable agents to see a unified view of customer interactions, including cases, emails, and chats, in a single interface. Which feature should the consultant configure to provide this consolidated view?

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Customer Service workspace. Customer Service workspace is the modern agent interface in Dynamics 365 Customer Service. It provides a multi-session, tabbed experience where agents can handle multiple cases, chats, and emails simultaneously. It is designed to be the single pane of glass for customer interactions. Unified routing is a backend routing engine, Omnichannel for Customer Service is an add-on for channel expansion, and Unified Service Desk is a legacy customization framework. Only Customer Service workspace directly delivers the consolidated view requested.

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Unified Service Desk

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Omnichannel for Customer Service

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Unified routing

Question 11

A customer service manager wants to allow agents to create a follow-up task directly from a case record without leaving the case form. The task should be linked to the case and assigned to the same agent. Which out-of-the-box feature should you configure?

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The Timeline control on the case form with the Task activity type enabled.. The Timeline control on the case form is the standard way for agents to create and associate activities, including tasks, with a case. When the Task activity type is enabled in the Timeline configuration, agents can quickly add a task, which is automatically linked to the case via the regarding field. This satisfies the requirement without custom development.

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A workflow that creates a task record when the case is created.

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A custom button that opens the Task entity form and pre-fills the regarding field.

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A business process flow that includes a task step.

Question 12

You are a functional consultant for a company using Dynamics 365 Customer Service. The service team needs a custom control on the Case form that displays a list of similar resolved cases, allowing agents to quickly reference past resolutions. The control must be reusable across multiple entities and support configuration without writing code. Which type of Power Apps component framework (PCF) control should you create?

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A dataset PCF control. A dataset PCF control is specifically designed to display and interact with tabular data, such as a list of records, within a model-driven form. It can be bound to a view or subgrid and configured through the form designer, making it reusable across entities without code. This aligns with the requirement to show similar resolved cases and be easily configurable.

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A canvas app embedded in the form

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A field PCF control

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A web resource HTML control

Question 13

You are configuring unified routing for a customer service center that handles cases from multiple regions. The organization wants to ensure that a case is routed to the queue with the highest priority based on the customer's region, and if no queue matches, it should go to a default queue. You have created queues for 'North', 'South', 'East', and 'West', and a default queue. Which component should you configure to achieve this?

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Routing rule. Routing rules are used in unified routing to evaluate conditions and route work items to queues. By creating a rule that checks the customer's region and routes to the appropriate queue, with a default fallback, you ensure correct queue selection. Workstreams, queues, and assignment methods are important but do not perform the conditional routing logic.

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Assignment method

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Workstream

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Queue

Question 14

You are configuring a custom messaging channel in Omnichannel for Customer Service. The channel will use a third-party provider that sends messages via a REST API. You need to ensure that incoming messages are routed to the correct queue based on the customer's product interest, which is included in the message payload. What should you configure to extract the product interest and use it for routing?

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Create a workstream with a routing rule set that uses a custom context variable mapped to the product interest field.. To route based on data in the message payload, you should define a custom context variable that captures the product interest and then use it in a routing rule set within the workstream. This leverages the built-in Omnichannel routing capabilities and ensures real-time routing. The other options either misuse features, add unnecessary complexity, or rely on unsupported customization.

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Use a Power Automate flow triggered on message receipt to update the case with the product interest, then rely on a classic workflow to route.

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Create a custom plug-in that intercepts the incoming message and sets a routing attribute on the conversation.

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Configure a sentiment analysis rule that routes based on the detected product interest in the message text.

Question 15

A customer service manager wants to ensure that when an agent is assigned a case, the case is automatically locked to prevent other agents from working on it simultaneously. Which feature should the consultant configure to achieve this?

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Record locking. Record locking ensures that only one agent can edit a case at a time. When an agent opens a case, it becomes locked, and other agents see a read-only view or a message indicating the record is locked. This prevents conflicting updates. The feature is configured in the Customer Service admin center, often under 'Agent experience' or 'Record locking' settings. Presence status, unified routing, and session templates serve different purposes and do not provide record locking.

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Session templates

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Unified routing

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Presence status