Service-Con-201 Service Cloud Solution Design Practice Question
A company provides warranty repair services. When a case is created for a broken product, agents must verify that the product's purchase date falls within the 2-year warranty period. Which declarative feature should be used to automate this validation?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Validation Rule using formula checking purchase date versus case date
A validation rule comparing Case creation date or product purchase date against a 2-year threshold prevents invalid warranty claims.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Validation Rule using formula checking purchase date versus case date
Why this is correct
Validation rules can evaluate date formulas to enforce warranty eligibility criteria upon record saving.
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Assignment Rule criteria evaluation
Why it's wrong here
Assignment rules route records, they do not block saves or validate business logic.
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Entitlement Process milestone warning action
Why it's wrong here
Milestones track SLA time compliance, they do not validate field business logic upon record creation.
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Process Builder scheduled action
Why it's wrong here
Process builder updates records asynchronously, it cannot prevent invalid record creation synchronously.
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