Marketo Certified Expert Certification Practice Test

When cloning a Program with tentative and confirmed entries, which statement is true about the entries in the new Program?

1. All dates are tentative

2. All dates remain as they were in the original Program

3. Only future dates are tentative; past dates are marked as "Finished"

4. All entries are erased in the new Program

The correct answer is: All dates are tentative

When cloning a Program that includes both tentative and confirmed entries, all the dates in the newly cloned Program are set to tentative. This reflects a common practice in marketing automation systems where the state of events in the new environment is uncertain until further confirmation is made. In the context of the original choices, the other statements do not align with this behavior. For example, if all dates remained as they were in the original Program, it would not allow for any modifications or updates based on the current context of the new Program. Similarly, acknowledging only future dates as tentative while marking past dates as "Finished" would not accurately convey that the entries are being reset in the new context, as they should all be treated with caution until further confirmation is given. Lastly, the notion that all entries are erased in the new Program is incorrect, as the entries are indeed cloned but with their statuses altered to reflect that they are tentative. Thus, understanding that cloning resets the confirmation of those entries to tentative best captures the intent and management of the cloned Program’s status.