Universal Containers (UC) is working with Salesforce CPQ, which uses configuration SObjects to drive business...

The correct selection is B, D. Salesforce CPQ stores important configuration as records rather than ordinary deployable metadata. A source-controlled SFDX-compatible data migration approach or a specialized third-party DevOps product can preserve relationships and automate promotion; manually maintained CSV loading or custom Apex deployment frameworks create unnecessary operational risk. From a deployment perspective, the same release should be reproducible across environments, with dependencies, metadata/data differences, API behavior, and target-org constraints identified before production. Automation is valuable because it turns deployment knowledge into a controlled process rather than relying on memory or manual reconstruction. The rejected alternatives do not meet the deployment requirement because they introduce drift, ignore target-org compatibility, or substitute a convenience tool for a reproducible release artifact. For this scenario, the decisive point is therefore the platform behavior represented by the selected options (B. Use an open source SFDX plugin and version control.; D. Use a third-party product.). Applying that rule consistently keeps the implementation aligned with Salesforce-supported lifecycle practices and makes the resulting change easier to review, validate, and operate across environments.

Study Guide reference: Deploying — Metadata API and Tooling API; deployment validation; package/change-set deployment; data migration; dependency management.