Which of the following is a common cause of resource conflicts?

Scope creep refers to uncontrolled changes or continuous growth in a project's scope, which can lead to resource overload but is not the direct cause of the conflict itself.

Multiple start-to-finish dependencies define the sequence of tasks and can complicate scheduling, but they do not inherently cause resource conflicts; rather, they affect how resources might be scheduled.

A resource baseline is a documented plan for resource utilization; its absence might make conflicts harder to manage or detect, but it is not the root cause of the conflict itself.

Competing demands for resources occur when multiple tasks, projects, or stakeholders simultaneously require the same limited resources, such as specific personnel, equipment, or facilities. This simultaneous need for shared, finite resources frequently leads to conflicts as decisions must be made on which demand takes priority, or how resources will be allocated.