AB-410 Dataverse Foundations Practice Question
You are designing a data model for a CRM. You need to link a 'Contact' record to a 'Company' record such that deleting the Company also deletes all associated Contacts. Which relationship type do you choose?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Parental
A parental (cascading) relationship is used to manage record lifecycles in parent-child hierarchies.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Configurable Cascading
Why it's wrong here
This is a configuration type, not the relationship definition.
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Many-to-Many
Why it's wrong here
M:N relationships do not support direct parent-child cascading deletion in this way.
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Referential
Why it's wrong here
Referential does not cascade deletions by default.
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Parental
Why this is correct
Parental relationships enforce cascading actions like delete on the child records.
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