According to ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 Clause 9.3.2.1:
The main purpose of Stage 1 is:
"To evaluate the client ' s management system documentation and preparedness for Stage 2 audit." This includes reviewing:
The status of implementation.
The client's understanding of requirements.
Readiness for the Stage 2 audit.
While the auditor will learn about the organization (B) and may draft plans (C), these are supporting activities. Legal compliance checks (D) occur in Stage 2.
Reference: ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 Clause 9.3.2.1.

The correct answers are C and D .
The audit team leader is responsible for leading and managing the audit process. This includes planning the audit and communicating with the auditee about audit arrangements and logistics , such as timing, site access, availability of personnel, audit schedule, and practical arrangements.
C). Communicating with the auditee regarding the logistics for the audit - Correct The audit team leader normally acts as the main communication link between the audit team and the auditee during audit planning and execution. This includes confirming arrangements, audit timetable, opening and closing meetings, guides, access requirements, and other practical matters.
D). Planning the audit - Correct
The audit team leader is responsible for preparing the audit plan, coordinating audit team activities, assigning audit tasks, and ensuring the audit objectives, scope, and criteria are addressed.
The other options are incorrect:
A). Granting certification to the organisation being audited - Incorrect Certification is granted by the certification body , not by the audit team leader. The audit team provides audit findings and conclusions, but it does not make the independent certification decision.
B). Evaluating the process established by the auditee to identify significant environmental aspects - Incorrect This is an audit activity performed by the audit team as part of assessing ISO 14001 EMS conformity. It is not exclusive to the audit team leader.
E). Defining the duration of the audit - Incorrect
Audit duration is determined by the certification body or audit programme management using applicable certification rules, complexity, size, scope, risks, and environmental aspects. The audit team leader may work within the assigned duration but does not exclusively define it.
F). Sending the report to the accreditation body - Incorrect
The audit report is normally submitted to the certification body/client according to certification procedures.
Accreditation bodies oversee certification bodies; they are not the routine recipient of every audit report from the audit team leader.
Therefore, the two exclusive audit team leader responsibilities are C and D .

The correct answers are B and D .
This question relates to ISO 14001:2015 Clause 9.3 - Management review . Management review inputs include changes in internal and external issues relevant to the EMS and information on environmental performance, including the extent to which environmental objectives have been achieved.
B). Changes in EMS leadership - Correct
A new EMS Manager is a change in the organisation's internal situation that may affect the EMS. Leadership, responsibilities, competence, communication, and EMS coordination can all be affected, so this is a valid management review input.
D). Report of performance of EMS objectives in the last year - Correct
ISO 14001 requires management review to consider the extent to which environmental objectives have been achieved. A report on EMS objective performance is therefore a direct input to management review.
The other options are not the best answers:
A). Allocation of a bigger budget for the EMS department - Incorrect
This is more likely to be a management review output , because management review outputs include decisions and actions related to resources.
C). Decision to purchase new spillage kits for operators - Incorrect
This is also more likely to be an output or action from review, not an input.
E). Improvement in the organisation's profitability - Incorrect
Profitability alone is not a specific ISO 14001 management review input unless it is directly linked to EMS resources or environmental performance.
F). Minutes of previous management reviews - Incorrect as written
ISO 14001 requires consideration of the status of actions from previous management reviews , not simply the previous minutes themselves. The records may help provide evidence, but the actual required input is the status of previous actions.
Therefore, the two best inputs are B. Changes in EMS leadership and D. Report of performance of EMS objectives in the last year .