The correct selection is B, C. Configuration records that drive AppExchange behavior should have an external, versioned source of truth. Storing an export in version control or using a specialized deployment product provides repeatability and relationship-aware promotion, whereas leaving the only authoritative copies inside orgs creates drift. 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 alternatives are less reliable because they do not provide the same controlled handling of metadata, data relationships, validation, or environment-specific dependencies. For this scenario, the decisive point is therefore the platform behavior represented by the selected options (B. Store the records in a version control system.; C. Use a third-party product to manage these records.). 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.