A document issued by the project sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities is

(A) Project charter
(B) Project management plan
(C) Project success measures
(D) Project benefits management plan

The answer is: (A) Project charter
It is project charter that is defined as a document issued by the project sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.

The document that describes how and when the benefits of the project will be delivered and describes the mechanisms that should be in place to measure those benefits is

(A) Project business case
(B) Project benefits management plan
(C) Project business documents
(D) None of these

The answer is: (B) Project benefits management plan
The project benefits management plan is the document that describes how and when the benefits of the project will be delivered and describes the mechanisms that should be in place to measure those benefits.