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NEW QUESTION # 11
Sparkle is an organisation that provides mobile car cleaning services at customers' premises. It has been certified to ISO 14001 for some time and has appointed a new EMS Manager. The audit plan during a surveillance audit includes the improvement actions and the auditor asks to see the most recent management review meeting minutes.
Which six statements would represent output audit evidence for the management review?
- A. Allocation of a bigger budget for the EMS department
- B. Report of performance of EMS objectives in the last year
- C. Procurement of new spill kits for operators
- D. Updated environmental signs in the production facility
- E. Minutes of previous management reviews
- F. Changes in the EMS documentation
- G. Changes to the significant environmental aspects
- H. Decisions related to continual improvement opportunities
- I. Staff feedback of environmental risks
- J. Plan to prioritise environmental improvement as a business strategy
Answer: A,B,F,G,H,J
NEW QUESTION # 12
You are leading a recertification audit of XM, a manufacturer of cosmetics products. After the initial certification, XM moved to another site.
After the opening meeting, you are visiting the new site with the production manager (PM). The dialogue is as follows:
You: It seems that you are doing some work in the right-hand corner of the site.
PM: Yes, when we moved to this site, there was a very old, three-stories high building; it was almost empty, and we decided to demolish it and to build a new office for the administrative personnel. DEMO services are doing the job, which is almost over.
You: Do you know what the old building was used for?
PM: I was told that it was a warehouse for chemical storage, including a laboratory and toilets for the personnel. It had also a chimney, I do not know what for.
You: Did you consider it necessary to refer to some parts of the EMS for this work?
PM: No, we were busy moving all equipment and materials to the new site, we did not have time to care about something that was going to disappear.
Which four audit trail issues would you follow?
- A. Environmental impacts related to the demolition
- B. Regulatory approval for DEMO's activities
- C. XM's contract with DEMO to conduct the work
- D. Business information on DEMO
- E. DEMO's quality policy
- F. Audit DEMO's head office personnel
- G. DEMO's environmental policy
- H. XM's supervision of DEMO when doing the work
Answer: A,B,C,H
Explanation:
According to ISO 14001:2015:
Clause 6.1.2 & 6.1.4 (Environmental aspects and planning actions): demolition impacts must be identified and controlled (C).
Clause 8.1 (Operational planning and control): control of outsourced processes (supervision and contract requirements) (B, E).
Clause 9.1.2 (Compliance obligations): regulatory approvals for demolition (H).
The subcontractor's internal policies (A, D, F, G) are generally not part of XM's EMS obligations.
Reference: ISO 14001:2015 Clauses 6.1.2, 6.1.4, 8.1, 9.1.2.
NEW QUESTION # 13
An internal auditor of a manufacturer of aluminium products for the car industry raised a nonconformity against section 6.2.2 of ISO 14001 in Report IA202. The nonconformity (NC3) stated:
"Top management has not analysed why none of the environmental objectives set for the last year have been met." A third-party auditor reviewing the internal audit process came across the nonconformity and found that no corrective action was documented. The EMS Manager confirmed no action had been taken, but added he expected a number of objectives to be achieved in the next three months so there was no need for further action. He explained in confidence that the organisation was fighting a takeover bid and resources for environmental projects had been cut.
From the information, select three non-conformities options that the auditor could raise to ISO 14001.
- A. 9.2.2 - Report IA202 contained a nonconformity (NC3) lacking in necessary detail
- B. 7.1 - The top management failed to provide the resources needed to meet the objectives
- C. 9.3 - A management review should be undertaken to determine the implications of the takeover on the EMS
- D. 6.2.2 - Actions were not taken to fully implement the environmental objectives set by management
- E. 10.2.a - Management failed to take corrective action to deal with the audit nonconformity
- F. 7.4.3 - Management should communicate the impacts of the takeover on the EMS to the bidders
- G. 6.2.1 - New environmental objectives associated with the takeover should be set
- H. 7.4.2 - Staff were not made aware that environmental projects were being scaled back
Answer: B,D,E
NEW QUESTION # 14
Which one of the following options describes the main purpose of a Stage 1 audit?
- A. To get to know the organisation
- B. To check for legal compliance by the organisation
- C. To determine readiness for Stage 2
- D. To compile the audit plan
Answer: C
Explanation:
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.
NEW QUESTION # 15
You are conducting a Stage 2 certification audit of VitalSpark, a pharmaceutical organisation manufacturing vitamins and other healthcare medicines. In a separate area in the centre of their large site, a supplier produces oxygen supplies piped directly into the manufacturing processes of VitalSpark. They also deliver oxygen in bulk tankers to other customers. When you review the environmental aspects register, you find that the only environmental aspect recorded for this arrangement relates to the heavy goods vehicles of the supplier transiting the site.
You ask the EMS Manager about the environmental consequences to VitalSpark of this arrangement and are told that they are not significant since the supplier has its own services for water, sewage, waste and energy.
The EMS Manager tried unsuccessfully to communicate with the supplier who is located inside the VitalSpark site and outside the scope of the EMS.
You raise a non-conformance against clause 6.1.2 of ISO 14001:
"VitalSpark does not maintain documented information on aspects/impacts related to activities, products and services of the oxygen supplier." Which combination of two of the following actions proposed by VitalSpark would permit you to close out the nonconformity?
- A. VitalSpark will suggest that the oxygen supplier should undertake training in environmental awareness.
- B. VitalSpark will retrieve environmental data on a monthly basis from the on-site supplier.
- C. VitalSpark will update its documented information on aspects/impacts to include those related to the oxygen supplier.
- D. VitalSpark will expand its audit programme to include audits of the oxygen supplier's organisation.
- E. The oxygen supplier will be requested to undertake a full environmental survey of its processes.
- F. The oxygen supplier will be requested to implement an ISO 14001 management system within the next
3 months.
Answer: B,C
NEW QUESTION # 16
Which one of the following outcomes of an audit does not require the auditee to respond?
- A. A conformity.
- B. A non-conformity.
- C. An opportunity for improvement.
- D. A diverging opinion concerning the audit evidence.
Answer: A
Explanation:
According to ISO 19011:2018 Clause 3.11 (Audit findings) and Clause 6.4.10:
Audit findings can be conformity, nonconformity, or opportunity for improvement.
A conformity simply confirms that the requirements have been met no further action is required from the auditee.
Nonconformities require corrective actions.
Opportunities for improvement may trigger voluntary action but not mandatory response.
Diverging opinions are handled during the audit but don't require post-audit response unless linked to nonconformity.
Reference: ISO 19011:2018 Clause 3.11, 6.4.10; ISO 14001 Lead Auditor Guide - Audit Findings.
NEW QUESTION # 17
You are auditing the ISO 14001 management system of a primary school (School 21st Century) located in downtown Lima, Peru. There are 400 students, attending classes from 9 am until 5.30 pm.
You have presented a nonconformity at the closing meeting:
Non-conformity - No environmental aspect has been identified related to the impact of the education provided by the school on students' awareness (as future adults) related to generic environmental issues.
Select the three best acceptable corrections that the school may take.
- A. Ask the National Environmental Agency for reading materials to give to students before the lecture by the expert
- B. Hire an environment expert next week to deliver a lecture on the environment to all students
- C. Thoroughly review the syllabus for next year to include environmental issues whenever appropriate
- D. Hire an environmentalist next month to deliver a couple of lectures on the environment to all employees of the school, except students
- E. Review the procedure for waste management in the school
- F. Revise the school's environmental policy to include environmental concerns
- G. Establish environmental objectives for the school
- H. Add the education on generic environmental issues to the list of environmental aspects of the school's EMS
Answer: B,C,H
NEW QUESTION # 18
Showitoff is an organisation specialising in the design and production of wall decorating materials for the domestic market. During an ISO 14001 certification audit of the site, the auditor comes across an open, walled area just outside the maintenance department. It contains various scraps of wood and metal as well as several rusty components. They are lying on an oily floor. When asked about it, the EMS Manager states that he presumes that the materials come from maintenance work.
The auditor interviews the Maintenance Manager in his department. He notes that shelves containing various spares are well labelled and neatly stacked. He asked about the "dump" outside and is told that it contains some excess materials that the Manager likes to keep in case they come in handy at some stage. The auditor points out that the "dump" might be classed under regulations as a landfill site, which requires an operating licence. The Maintenance Manager is not aware of such a licence.
Which three statements represent good audit practice?
- A. The auditor should raise a nonconformity against ISO 14001.
- B. The auditor should congratulate the Maintenance Manager on having a neat and tidy spares store.
- C. The auditor should refer the organisation to the relevant authorities.
- D. The auditor should check the information given by the Maintenance Manager with the EMS Manager.
- E. The auditor should consider surveying more areas of the site for other "dumps".
- F. The auditor should ask the Maintenance Manager to clean up the "dump".
- G. The auditor should advise the organisation to get rid of all the "dumps".
- H. The auditor should check whether the organisation has permission to operate a landfill site.
Answer: D,E,H
NEW QUESTION # 19
You are conducting a Stage 2 certification audit of VitalSpark, a pharmaceutical organisation manufacturing vitamins and other healthcare medicines.
In a separate area in the centre of their large site, a supplier produces oxygen supplies piped directly into the manufacturing processes of VitalSpark. They also deliver oxygen in bulk tankers to other customers. When you review the environmental aspects register, you find that the only environmental aspect recorded for this arrangement relates to the heavy goods vehicles of the supplier transiting the site.
You ask the EMS Manager about the environmental consequences to VitalSpark of this arrangement and are told that they are not significant since the supplier has its own services for water, sewage, waste and energy.
The EMS Manager tried unsuccessfully to communicate with the supplier who is located inside the VitalSpark site and outside the scope of the EMS.
After gathering more evidence, you note down findings against several clauses of ISO 14001. Determine which three of the findings stated are non-conformities.
- A. Documentation of environmental impacts was missing for the supplier of oxygen. (Clause 6.1.2)
- B. The EMS Manager had some problems communicating with the supplier by mobile phone as an interested party. No other methods of communication were employed. (Clause 7.4.3)
- C. The organisation has failed to include in the EMS scope the activities, products and services associated with suppliers and contractors performing their activities in its own site. (Clause 4.3)
- D. The Environmental Manager did not visit the oxygen supplier. (Clause 7.4.3)
- E. The internal audit programme does not include processes for control of subcontractor transport movements. The audit programme does not cover the full environmental management system. (Clause
9.2.2) - F. The aspects related to the use of heavy goods trucks was not identified. (Clause 6.1.2)
- G. The contractor's environmental policy is not consistent with the organisation's policy (Clause 5.2)
- H. Evidence was found to indicate that the needs of some interested parties had not been considered by the organisation. A neighbour's interests had not been identified. (Clause 4.2.b)
Answer: A,C,E
NEW QUESTION # 20
A management system meeting ISO 14001:2015 requirements is based on the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle.
Which two elements of the management system are part of the 'Check' stage of the PDCA cycle?
- A. Nonconformities
- B. Improvement
- C. Management review
- D. Control of the processes
- E. Monitoring performance
- F. Environmental policy
Answer: A,E
Explanation:
As per ISO 14001:2015 Clause 10 (Improvement) and Clause 9 (Performance Evaluation):
The 'Check' phase includes activities that evaluate performance, such as:
Clause 9.1:
"The organization shall monitor, measure, analyze and evaluate its environmental performance." Clause 10.2:
"When a nonconformity occurs, the organization shall react to the nonconformity, evaluate the need for corrective action." Management review is part of the 'Act' phase (Clause 9.3), and Environmental Policy (Clause 5.2) belongs to
'Plan'.
Reference: ISO 14001:2015 Clauses 9.1, 10.2, 9.3, 5.2.
NEW QUESTION # 21
XM, a chain of 25 petrol stations, established an EMS following the requirements of ISO 14001, which was third-party certified 10 years ago. You are performing an internal audit before the fourth certification cycle.
During the audit to the EMS Manager (EM), the following dialogue takes place:
You: Could you please give me some details on the inspection of underground tanks in each station?
EM: It's very simple. There is a regulation that requires an annual leak inspection.
You: Who performs these inspections?
EM: I personally contract the inspectors and submit the results to the local authority. These are the certificates submitted last year.
You: I see only 22 certificates. There are three missing.
EM: The tanks of those three stations will be removed next year and replaced by new ones. I phoned the local authority and they told me that I do not need to send any report of the tanks that will be changed.
Which one of the following would be your next question?
- A. Can I see the plan for the installation of the new tanks?
- B. Have you planned any final disposal of the tanks to be removed?
- C. Can I see the contract XM signed with the inspector?
- D. Did you ask the local authority to send a written confirmation of their decision?
Answer: D
Explanation:
According to ISO 14001:2015 Clause 9.1.2 (Compliance Obligations) and Clause 7.4 (Communication):
The organization must retain evidence of compliance obligations and communications with regulatory bodies.
Verbal confirmation from the authority is insufficient; written confirmation ensures objective evidence for audit purposes.
Reference: ISO 14001:2015 Clause 9.1.2, 7.4.
NEW QUESTION # 22
Which two of the following options are an advantage of using a sampling plan for the audit?
- A. Overrules the auditor's instincts
- B. Use of the plan for consecutive audits
- C. Gives confidence in the audit results
- D. Implements the audit plan efficiently
- E. Prevents conflict within the audit team
- F. Reduces the audit duration
Answer: C,F
Explanation:
According to ISO 19011:2018 Clause 5.3.2 and Annex B (Audit Sampling):
Sampling allows auditors to:
Reduce audit time while still covering sufficient evidence (A),
Provide statistically valid assurance and confidence in the results (C).
Sampling does not replace auditor judgment (D), nor is it intended to prevent conflict (F) or be reused blindly for future audits (E).
Reference: ISO 19011:2018 Clause 5.3.2, Annex B.
NEW QUESTION # 23
An organisation (ABC) plans to carry out a second-party audit of the environmental management system of a supplier (XYZ). Both, ABC and XYZ, have a certified Environmental Management System (EMS) to ISO
14001 by the same certification body.
Which one of these statements is correct?
- A. ABC should request to see a copy of the last certification body audit report from XYZ.
- B. ABC should inform the certification body that it is planning to audit XYZ.
- C. ABC should not ask permission from the certification body to carry out the audit to XYZ.
- D. ABC should invite, as an observer, an auditor of the certification body when it carries out the audit to XYZ.
Answer: C
Explanation:
According to ISO 19011:2018 Clause 3.5 (Second-party audit):
Second-party audits are conducted directly by customers on their suppliers for contractual or commercial purposes.
There is no obligation to inform or involve the certification body in such audits unless contractually required.
Certification body audit reports are confidential to the certified organization and the certification body.
Reference: ISO 19011:2018 Clause 3.5; ISO 14001 Lead Auditor Course Guide.
NEW QUESTION # 24
A huge public library established an EMS following the requirements of ISO 14001, which was third-party certified 10 years ago. You are performing the second surveillance audit of the third certification cycle. The audit plan included an audit to the Director as the last interview before the closing meeting.
During the interview with the Director, you audit clause 6.2 (Objectives and planning to achieve them). The dialogue is as follows:
You: Could you please tell me which were the environmental objectives defined for last year and show evidence of their achievement?
Director: Yes. We had defined three objectives. As you can see from our Annual Plan, one of them was to separate our waste in four categories: paper, plastics, metals, food - before, we had only three (plastic and paper were disposed together). We developed an Action Plan to achieve this objective.
Which six of the questions would you ask related to the Action Plan?
- A. How will you evaluate the cost savings?
- B. Was it approved by the Director?
- C. How did you measure it?
- D. Did you estimate what resources would you need?
- E. Did you define any method for monitoring progress?
- F. Were actions integrated into the organisation's business processes?
- G. Is it consistent with the environmental policy?
- H. When is its completion date?
- I. How was progress of the plan being monitored?
- J. Who was responsible for the completion of the plan?
Answer: D,E,F,G,I,J
NEW QUESTION # 25
Whistlekleen is a national dry cleaning and laundry organisation with 50 shops. You are conducting an EMS surveillance audit of Head Office and are sampling environmental performance measurement. You find that
80 per cent of failures to meet performance criteria originate from five shops in the same region. Most of these failures relate to the release of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that exceeded regulations. The Environmental Manager tells you that these are the oldest shops in the organisation. The cleaning equipment needs replacing but the organisation cannot afford it at the moment.
On raising the matter with senior management, you are told that there are plans to replace the equipment in these shops over the next five years.
When reviewing the nonconformity report files, you find that the organisation is facing a legal dispute with the environmental authority over multiple breaches of environmental legislation.
Select the three best options for how this dispute should be handled by the organisation through its EMS.
- A. Advise the authority that the faulty equipment will be maintained more often.
- B. Monitor VOC emissions to ensure compliance with legal requirements.
- C. Investigate changing the cleaning process to use chemicals with lower VOC content.
- D. Ask to settle the court case by negotiation with the authority.
- E. Advise the authority that timely corrective action will be taken.
- F. Give an explanation to the authority of what went wrong.
- G. Offer to compensate employees for possible health implications.
- H. Conduct an internal enquiry to establish who is to blame.
Answer: B,C,E
NEW QUESTION # 26
A chain of 10 paint shops in a city has established an EMS following the requirements of ISO 14001, which was third-party certified 10 years ago. You are performing a second-party audit. The audit plan included an interview with the General Manager (GM). The dialogue was as follows:
You: Hi, good evening, I have seen a well-developed environmental risk assessment process. However, I did not find the identification of emergency situations included in the results of this process. The Environmental Manager (EM) could not provide me with an acceptable answer to this question.
GM: The EM joined us 2 months ago, and he may not know some decisions we made some time ago, when we first certified our EMS. During those days, I met with all 10 supervisors and asked them what the emergencies were that they feared most. They unanimously said: fire. That was it. This is the only emergency we care of. As far as I remember we do not test the plan very often because the supervisors of all our 10 shops know it very well. The auditors of our certification body accepted this. We did not have a fire in the last 10 years.
What evidence would you need to review to determine conformity with ISO 14001 in this scenario? Select six.
- A. Replacements of supervisors of each shop when they are absent (for any reason)
- B. Records of the specific fire combat training of workers
- C. General competence records of all 10 supervisors
- D. Reports of the last two fire drills you performed
- E. More details on whether the risk assessment process was applied to emergencies
- F. Shops that have tested the plan in the last 10 years
- G. Reports of audits from the certification body
- H. Results of the inspection of fire extinguishers
- I. Reports of the management reviews
- J. Minutes of the meeting with supervisors where a fire was determined as the only emergency situation
- K. Signage related to health and safety in each shop
Answer: B,D,E,F,H,I
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