Cisco Partner Advisor is available for select and eligible registered partners who are selling into the commercial and small business segments. Which two types of question could best be answered by…

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Options

• Ahardware replacement
• Bimplementation guidance
• Cnew product introductions
• Dprograms and promotions
• Etechnical support

• B
  5% (1)
• C
  89% (17)
• E
  5% (1)

Explanation

Cisco Partner Advisor is a pre-sales resource designed to help partners grow their business, so it naturally handles new product introductions (C) - helping partners understand what to sell - and programs and promotions (D) - helping partners leverage incentives and discounts to close deals. These two categories align with the advisor's core mission of enabling commercial and SMB sales motions.

The distractors target post-sales or technical functions: hardware replacement (A) and technical support (E) fall under Cisco's TAC (Technical Assistance Center) or warranty/RMA processes, not a partner advisor role. Implementation guidance (B) is closer but still leans toward professional services or technical resources like Cisco's Partner Support Services, not a sales-oriented advisor.

Memory tip: Think "Partner Advisor = business advice for selling." If the answer sounds like something a sales rep or business development manager would ask ("What's new to sell? What promotions can I offer?"), it fits Partner Advisor. If it sounds like something a network engineer would ask post-sale, it doesn't.

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