Is this appropriate application of the report management stage end’ activity, and why?

All the products that are due in stage 3 have been completed, apart from the ‘updated corporate quality procedures’. The work has been completed but the product has not yet been approved. The executive has been told that it will be signed off before the end of the project. In response to an exception report, the executive has instructed the project manager to plan to obtain approval of the product in stage 4.

Is this appropriate application of the report management stage end’ activity, and why?
A . Yes, because approval of the product can be carried forward into the next stage, with authority from the project board.
B . Yes, because the completion of the product in the next stage is a follow-on action recommendation for stage 4.
C . No, because approval of the products was planned for stage 3 and must be completed before the stage ends.
D . No, because a project-level exception plan is required before approval of the quality procedures can be delayed.

Answer: A