A data engineer is attempting to set up a destination for a pre-defined email marketing channel destination. What type of audience can be activated using the pre-defined email marketing channel destin

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Options

• ASegment Match Audiences
• BDataSet Audience
• CPeople Audiences
• DProspect Audiences

• A
  18% (7)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  73% (29)
• D
  8% (3)

Explanation

People Audiences are the audience type supported by pre-defined email marketing channel destinations (such as Mailchimp or Salesforce Marketing Cloud) because these destinations are built to activate known, authenticated customer profiles - the individuals whose email addresses and consent records are already stored in your profile store. Segment Match Audiences (A) are incorrect because Segment Match is a data-sharing feature between partner organizations within Adobe Experience Platform, not an activation pathway for external destinations. Dataset Audiences (B) are incorrect because they are derived directly from raw datasets and have very limited activation support; they are not the standard audience type routed through channel destinations. Prospect Audiences (D) are incorrect because prospects are unauthenticated individuals without existing profile relationships, and they are activated through prospecting-compatible destinations (typically paid media/display), not email marketing channels where a known email address is required.

Memory tip: Think "email needs a real person with a known address" - People Audiences are your known customers, making them the only logical fit for an email channel. If the destination is a messaging channel (email, SMS, push), think People.

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