Question 1
An organisation has the following environmental policy document displayed in the reception area.
" This organisation is committed to providing electric cables to customers ' requirements, in accordance with environmental regulations for their manufacture, use and disposal. The organisation will strive to increase the environmental awareness of its personnel, suppliers, subcontractors and interested parties. Continual environmental EMS improvement is a permanent objective of the organisation. This policy shall be communicated to all employees with the opportunity for them to seek clarification where required. Where required, the policy shall be communicated to all interested parties. " Referring to the above policy statement, select three options for which the organisation is meeting ISO 14001 requirements.
" This organisation is committed to providing electric cables to customers ' requirements, in accordance with environmental regulations for their manufacture, use and disposal. The organisation will strive to increase the environmental awareness of its personnel, suppliers, subcontractors and interested parties. Continual environmental EMS improvement is a permanent objective of the organisation. This policy shall be communicated to all employees with the opportunity for them to seek clarification where required. Where required, the policy shall be communicated to all interested parties. " Referring to the above policy statement, select three options for which the organisation is meeting ISO 14001 requirements.
Question 2
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.
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.
Question 3
A group of 22 Italian restaurants in downtown San Francisco (US) established an EMS following the requirements of ISO 14001. You are performing an internal audit before the fourth certification cycle. The audit plan included an audit of the General Manager (GM) as the last interview before the closing meeting.
During the interview with the GM, you audit clause 10.3 (Continual improvement). The dialogue is as follows.
You: Could you please tell me how did you improve the EMS to enhance environmental performance (Clause
10.3)?
GM: One way to improve the EMS is to improve one or several of its processes. We decided to improve the water-consuming processes in all our branches. We use water in many of our processes (e.g. to wash our kitchens, our cutlery, plates, and glasses, to keep our floors clean). The idea was to review these processes in detail to reduce the amount of water used per customer. Each of the 22 branches sent us their results, we analysed the data and found out that the average water consumption per customer was reduced by 13%; therefore, we improved our environmental performance. We are happy about that.
You: What about the results in each branch?
GM: Have a look at this table:
Analysing this table, what would be your decision related to raising nonconformities to clause 10.3? Select two.
During the interview with the GM, you audit clause 10.3 (Continual improvement). The dialogue is as follows.
You: Could you please tell me how did you improve the EMS to enhance environmental performance (Clause
10.3)?
GM: One way to improve the EMS is to improve one or several of its processes. We decided to improve the water-consuming processes in all our branches. We use water in many of our processes (e.g. to wash our kitchens, our cutlery, plates, and glasses, to keep our floors clean). The idea was to review these processes in detail to reduce the amount of water used per customer. Each of the 22 branches sent us their results, we analysed the data and found out that the average water consumption per customer was reduced by 13%; therefore, we improved our environmental performance. We are happy about that.
You: What about the results in each branch?
GM: Have a look at this table:
Analysing this table, what would be your decision related to raising nonconformities to clause 10.3? Select two.
Question 4
A chemical organisation has a plant at which they have to clean several vessels 4-5 times per day, and during the process, they release for 5-10 minutes some water vapor with a strong acid smell.
You are the audit team leader and are auditing the plant, as part of a second-stage initial certification audit.
When auditing the environmental aspects register, you see that the emission of that acid vapor has not been evaluated as a significant aspect. You raise a nonconformity.
At the closing meeting, only two people are present: the Health & Safety supervisor and a sales analyst, neither of whom has participated in the audit.
You: Good evening, could you please inform the managers that we are ready to start with the closing meeting?
H & S Supervisor: Good evening. We are sorry to inform you that the Sales Manager was involved in a serious car accident, and the General Manager and the Environmental Manager have had to leave urgently to attend the emergency.
Sales Analyst: They have asked us to listen to what you need to say and to sign whatever we need to sign.
However, the Environmental Manager said that he will not accept the nonconformity related to the acid smell and requests you not to include it in the audit report. Here is a note in which he explains why.
Which one of the following would be your preferred response to the final comment made by the Sales Analyst?
You are the audit team leader and are auditing the plant, as part of a second-stage initial certification audit.
When auditing the environmental aspects register, you see that the emission of that acid vapor has not been evaluated as a significant aspect. You raise a nonconformity.
At the closing meeting, only two people are present: the Health & Safety supervisor and a sales analyst, neither of whom has participated in the audit.
You: Good evening, could you please inform the managers that we are ready to start with the closing meeting?
H & S Supervisor: Good evening. We are sorry to inform you that the Sales Manager was involved in a serious car accident, and the General Manager and the Environmental Manager have had to leave urgently to attend the emergency.
Sales Analyst: They have asked us to listen to what you need to say and to sign whatever we need to sign.
However, the Environmental Manager said that he will not accept the nonconformity related to the acid smell and requests you not to include it in the audit report. Here is a note in which he explains why.
Which one of the following would be your preferred response to the final comment made by the Sales Analyst?
Question 5
In the case of ISO 14001 EMS audits that follow the recommendations of ISO 19011, which two of the following statements are true?