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Question 1

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 nonconformities that the auditor could raise to ISO 14001.

A. 6.2.2 - Actions were not taken planned to achieve environmental objectives set by management.
B. 6.2.1 - New environmental objectives associated with the takeover should be set.
C. 7.4.3 - Management should communicate the impacts of the takeover on the EMS to the bidders.
D. 9.2.2 - Report IA202 contained a nonconformity (NC3) lacking in necessary detail.
E. 9.3 - A management review should be undertaken to determine the implications of the takeover on the EMS.
F. 7.1 - The top management failed to provide the resources needed to meet the objectives.
G. 7.4.2 - Staff were not made aware that environmental projects were being scaled back.
H. 10.2.a - Management failed to take corrective action to deal with the audit nonconformity.

Question 2

Which two of the following actions are the exclusive responsibility of an audit team leader during all stages of an initial certification audit?

A. Evaluating the process established by the auditee to identify significant environmental aspects
B. Defining the duration of the audit
C. Communicating with the auditee regarding the logistics for the audit
D. Sending the report to the accreditation body
E. Planning the audit
F. Granting certification to the organisation being audited

Question 3

A large 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 of 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 environmental objectives were 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 into four categories: paper, plastics, metals, and food. Before, we had only three, because plastic and paper were disposed of together. We developed an Action Plan to achieve this objective.
Which six of the questions would you ask related to the Action Plan?

A. Who was responsible for the completion of the plan?
B. How was progress of the plan being monitored?
C. Were actions integrated into the organisation's business processes?
D. How did you measure it?
E. Did you define any method for monitoring progress?
F. Is it consistent with the environmental policy?
G. Was it approved by the Director?
H. Did you estimate what resources would you need?

Question 4

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.
The dialogue was as follows:
You: Hi, good evening. I have seen well-developed environmental risk assessment processes. However, I did not find the identification of emergency situations included in the results of this process. The Environmental Manager could not provide me with an acceptable answer to this question.
GM: The EM joined us two 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. Results of the inspection of fire extinguishers
C. Reports of the management reviews
D. Shops that have tested the plan in the last 10 years
E. Reports of audits from the certification body
F. General competence records of all 10 supervisors
G. Records of the specific fire combat training of workers
H. Signage related to health and safety in each shop

Question 5

You have been nominated as audit team leader for the second recertification to ISO 14001 of ABC, a public transport organisation in a big city. The audit is planned to take place in two months.
The audit program manager asks you to review the answer provided by ABC to a nonconformity raised by another auditor during the last surveillance audit carried out eight months ago.
The nonconformity reads as follows:
*"ABC does not always communicate its relevant environmental requirements to external providers.
Evidence: A two-month contract signed with a new external provider of the maintenance for ABC's buses did not contain any relevant environmental requirements."* Which two would you consider to be the best corrective actions from ABC?

A. We revised the contract to add the relevant environmental requirements.
B. We asked the EMS to include this issue in the next internal audit.
C. We retrained procurement personnel on the ISO 14001 requirements.
D. We revised the procurement process.
E. We identified environmental aspects related to the external provider's activities.
F. We will discuss the issue during the next management review.

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