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CAPM Practice: Demonstrate an understanding of project management planning

Question 72 of 100 in Demonstrate an understanding of project management planning

Alexei Adebayo is preparing planning documents for a new analytics platform at Juniper Analytics. Match each planning component on the left with its PRIMARY purpose on the right. Items: 1. Cost baseline 2. Risk register 3. Quality management plan 4. Schedule baseline Which option correctly matches each item to its description?
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Correct answer: 1. Cost baseline → Provides the time-phased budget used to measure cost performance 2. Risk register → Documents identified risks, their analysis, and planned responses 3. Quality management plan → Defines how quality requirements will be met and validated 4. Schedule baseline → Shows the approved project timeline used to monitor schedule performance

Explanation

The cost baseline is the approved time-phased budget used for earned value management and cost performance measurement. The risk register is a repository of identified risks with their analysis (probability, impact) and response strategies. The quality management plan describes quality standards, how they will be achieved, and how quality will be assured and controlled. The schedule baseline is the approved version of the schedule model used to compare actual progress and measure schedule performance.

**Why not B:** This option mismatches all four components. It assigns quality definitions to the cost baseline, schedule monitoring to the risk register, budget measurement to the quality management plan, and risk documentation to the schedule baseline. Each item is paired with the wrong purpose.

**Why not C:** While the risk register and quality management plan are correctly matched, the cost baseline and schedule baseline descriptions are swapped. The cost baseline relates to budget measurement, not timeline monitoring, and the schedule baseline relates to timeline monitoring, not budget measurement.

**Why not D:** This option incorrectly assigns risk documentation to the cost baseline, quality definitions to the risk register, and schedule monitoring to the quality management plan. Only the schedule baseline description of budget measurement is misassigned, making all four pairings incorrect.

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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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