A company has a policy requiring all new business quotes to be automatically associated with...

Exact Extracts from Salesforce CPQ and Revenue Cloud Implementation Guides:

“The Quote Settings page includes the setting ‘Create Quotes Without a Related Opportunity.’ When set to False, users must associate a quote with an Opportunity before saving.”

“This enforces alignment between quotes and opportunities for accurate forecasting and pipeline reporting.”

Step-by-Step Reasoning:

Requirement: Prevent quote creation unless it’s tied to an opportunity.

Declarative Solution:

Navigate to Quote Settings → Disable Create Quotes Without a Related Opportunity.

This enforces association at save time system-wide.

Why C is Correct:

It’s the standard, supported configuration in CPQ for Opportunity-Quote relationship enforcement.

Why Others Are Incorrect:

A: A validation rule would work but is redundant and not best practice when a native setting exists.

B: Opportunity Settings do not provide this control; Quote Settings do.

References :

Salesforce CPQ Implementation Guide — Quote Settings and Opportunity Association

Salesforce Revenue Cloud Admin Guide — Forecasting Alignment and Quote Creation Controls