CPQ Administrator Advanced Practice Exam: Hard Questions 2025

A company sells a bundle with a required "Core" product and optional add-ons. The Core product has multiple price dimensions based on region, and each add-on has its own price dimension(s). Users report that when they change the region on the Quote, some bundle components reprice correctly while others keep the old region’s price, even after clicking Recalculate. The admin wants a fix that ensures consistent repricing across all bundle lines when the controlling region changes, without forcing users to delete and re-add products. What is the best solution?

A manufacturer uses a single Product with multiple Options in a bundle. They need to enforce that exactly one of three mutually exclusive "Power Supply" options must be selected. Additionally, if the customer selects an "Outdoor Rated" option, the only valid Power Supply becomes "Sealed". Users sometimes bypass the intended configuration by adding Power Supply products as standalone lines outside the bundle. Which approach best enforces the requirements while preventing circumvention?

A SaaS company sells tiered subscription pricing where unit price depends on the total quantity across multiple Quote Lines for the same SKU (e.g., split by region or department). The business wants pricing tiers applied to the aggregated quantity across all segments and lines of that SKU, while still displaying separate Quote Lines for each department. Which configuration best meets the requirement with minimal custom code?

A company uses Advanced Approvals and wants approval routing to be based on the maximum discount applied to any line in a specific product family, not the overall quote discount. Discounts can come from manual line discounts, contracted prices, or additional discounts from price rules. The admin needs approvals to trigger reliably after every calculation and remain explainable to auditors. What is the best design?

A sales team reports that when generating proposals, some quotes intermittently produce blank sections or missing line items, especially on very large quotes with many quote lines and multiple groups. The admin notices the affected templates heavily use nested conditional content (Display Conditions) and multiple quote line summaries. What is the most likely root cause and best mitigation strategy within CPQ best practices?

A company needs quotes to show both one-time and subscription products. They want the proposal to display a multi-year financial summary where Year 1 includes prorated subscriptions (based on start date mid-year) and one-time fees, while Years 2+ show full-year subscription values only. Sales wants the output to be consistent even if users add multiple subscription segments. Which approach is most robust without custom code in the document generator?

A customer has an existing 3-year subscription with annual segments (MDQ). Mid-term, they upgrade quantity for Year 2 only and also add a new product that should co-terminate with the original contract end date. The sales rep creates an Amendment Quote from the Contract and expects CPQ to (1) preserve existing Year 1 consumption, (2) apply the Year 2 uplift only to the correct segment, and (3) co-term the new product to the contract end date. Which configuration is most critical to ensure the amendment behaves as expected?

A company uses asset-based ordering (ABO). They have a frequent issue: when amending, some assets appear as "Orphaned" and cannot be upgraded/downgraded properly. Investigation shows historical orders were activated without generating contracted prices consistently, and some products have changed subscription types and renewal pricing methods over time. What is the best remediation strategy to restore reliable amendments going forward while minimizing disruption?

A business has both evergreen subscriptions and term subscriptions. They want renewals to include only term subscriptions, while evergreen subscriptions should continue billing without appearing on renewal quotes. However, evergreen products must still support amendments for quantity changes. Which configuration best satisfies this requirement?

After an org-wide change, users complain that Quote recalculation is significantly slower and sometimes fails on large quotes. The admin finds multiple Price Rules with Evaluation Event = Always and a Quote Calculator Plugin that queries Salesforce records for each quote line during OnCalculate. The requirement is to restore performance while keeping pricing/validation accurate. What is the best architectural refactor?