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PK0-003 · Question #131

During project execution, the cost management plan would be used to:

The correct answer is D. determine if variances exceed a defined threshold.. The cost management plan is a critical project document that outlines how project costs will be planned, structured, and controlled, primarily used during execution to monitor and manage financial performance.

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During project execution, the cost management plan would be used to:

Options

  • Aensure that resources are compensated fairly.
  • Bschedule resources for each phase of the project.
  • Cidentify costs that were not previously identified.
  • Ddetermine if variances exceed a defined threshold.

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  • A
    6% (4)
  • B
    3% (2)
  • C
    1% (1)
  • D
    90% (61)

Why each option

The cost management plan is a critical project document that outlines how project costs will be planned, structured, and controlled, primarily used during execution to monitor and manage financial performance.

Aensure that resources are compensated fairly.

Ensuring fair compensation for resources is typically covered by human resource management plans or organizational policies, not the cost management plan itself.

Bschedule resources for each phase of the project.

Scheduling resources is part of the resource management plan and schedule management plan, not the cost management plan.

Cidentify costs that were not previously identified.

Identifying previously unidentified costs is a continuous process that might inform updates to cost estimates, but the cost management plan primarily focuses on controlling known or estimated costs rather than discovering new ones.

Ddetermine if variances exceed a defined threshold.Correct

During project execution, the cost management plan provides the guidelines and procedures for monitoring actual project costs against the baseline and determining if any cost variances exceed acceptable thresholds, triggering corrective actions. This is a core function of cost control outlined in the plan.

Concept tested: Cost management plan purpose

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#Cost management#Variance analysis#Project execution

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