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PK0-005 Practice Question: Which TWO documents are typically created during…
Which TWO documents are typically created during the project initiation phase? (Select TWO.)
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates often confuse documents created during initiation (project charter, stakeholder register) with those created during planning (risk register, WBS), leading them to select the risk register or WBS as initiation deliverables.
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Project charter
The project charter is a key document created during project initiation that formally authorizes the project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities. The stakeholder register is also created during initiation to identify all individuals, groups, or organizations that may impact or be impacted by the project, capturing their interests, expectations, and influence levels.
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For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Risk register
Why it's wrong here
The risk register is compiled during planning, once risks are identified and analysed, not at initiation when only the charter and stakeholder register are produced. It is tempting because risk thinking begins early and the register is central to delivery, and it would be correct during planning risk management.
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Work breakdown structure
Why it's wrong here
The work breakdown structure decomposes deliverables and is produced during planning, after the charter authorises the project. It is tempting because it is a foundational scope document created early, and it would be correct when planning the scope baseline, but initiation outputs are the charter and stakeholder register.
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Project charter
Why this is correct
The project charter is the initiating document that formally authorises the project, names the project manager, and records high-level objectives, scope, and constraints. It is created during initiation, satisfying the stem's requirement for a document produced in that phase.
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Lessons learned
Why it's wrong here
Lessons learned are captured throughout and consolidated at closure, so they are not an initiation artefact; initiation yields the project charter and stakeholder register. It is tempting because reviewing prior projects informs the charter, and lessons learned would be correct as a closing or knowledge-transfer output.
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Stakeholder register
Why this is correct
The stakeholder register is produced during initiation, once the charter authorises the project and identifies affected parties. It records stakeholders, their interests, influence, and engagement requirements, giving the baseline the stem's initiation phase demands before planning begins.
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