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CAPM Practice: Demonstrate an understanding of project management planning

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Tariq Delgado is explaining project planning components at Everbloom Retail. Match each planning element on the left with its PRIMARY purpose on the right. Items: 1. Cost baseline 2. Quality metrics 3. Schedule baseline 4. Stakeholder register Which option correctly matches each item to its description?
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Correct answer: 1. Cost baseline → Establishes the approved budget for project work 2. Quality metrics → Defines specific measurements to verify deliverables meet requirements 3. Schedule baseline → Establishes the approved time-phased project schedule 4. Stakeholder register → Documents stakeholder information, interests, and communication needs

Explanation

The cost baseline is the approved time-phased budget used to measure cost performance. Quality metrics define specific, measurable criteria to assess whether deliverables meet quality requirements. The schedule baseline is the approved version of the schedule used to measure schedule performance. The stakeholder register captures key information about stakeholders including their interests, influence, and communication preferences.

**Why not A:** This option incorrectly assigns the cost baseline to stakeholder information (which belongs to the stakeholder register) and the stakeholder register to the approved budget (which belongs to the cost baseline). These two descriptions are swapped.

**Why not C:** This option incorrectly assigns the cost baseline to the schedule (which belongs to the schedule baseline), quality metrics to stakeholder information (which belongs to the stakeholder register), the schedule baseline to the budget (which belongs to the cost baseline), and the stakeholder register to quality measurements (which belongs to quality metrics). All four pairings are mismatched.

**Why not D:** This option incorrectly assigns the cost baseline to quality measurements (which belongs to quality metrics), quality metrics to the schedule (which belongs to the schedule baseline), the schedule baseline to stakeholder information (which belongs to the stakeholder register), and the stakeholder register to the budget (which belongs to the cost baseline). Every pairing is shifted to the wrong element.

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This question covers Demonstrate an understanding of project management planning under Demonstrate an understanding of project management planning (Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts).

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