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CAPM Practice: Demonstrate an understanding of project roles and responsibilities

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Match each project role on the left with its primary responsibility on the right. Items: 1. Project Sponsor 2. Project Manager 3. Project Team Member 4. Functional Manager Which option correctly matches each item to its description?
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Correct answer: 1. Project Sponsor → Removes organizational obstacles and provides executive-level support 2. Project Manager → Plans, executes, and monitors project activities on a day-to-day basis 3. Project Team Member → Provides subject matter expertise and completes assigned work packages 4. Functional Manager → Supplies resources from their department and manages performance reviews

Explanation

The project sponsor provides high-level support and removes barriers. The project manager handles daily project coordination and control. Team members execute the actual work. Functional managers provide resources from their organizational units and typically maintain administrative authority over team members.

**Why not B:** This option incorrectly assigns the sponsor's responsibility (executive support) to the project manager, the PM's planning duties to team members, the team's execution role to the functional manager, and the functional manager's resource supply role to the sponsor. Every match is wrong.

**Why not C:** This option assigns resource supply to the sponsor, planning to the sponsor, execution to team members, and executive support to the functional manager. It incorrectly swaps the sponsor and functional manager roles and misassigns the PM's planning responsibility.

**Why not D:** This option places execution responsibilities on the sponsor and planning on the functional manager, while assigning resource supply to team members and executive support to the PM. These mismatches contradict the established separation of strategic, tactical, and operational responsibilities.

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

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