Free PECB ISO-14001-Lead-Auditor Practice Test & Real Exam Questions

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?

The following four statements relate to planning to respond to emergencies. Each statement is divided into two parts. Match the first part to the corresponding second part of each statement:

You must prepare an audit plan for a second-party audit of ABC's ISO 14001 environmental management system, an organisation that offers firefighting equipment to the Indian market. ABC's head office is in New Delhi; the manufacture of firefighting equipment is outsourced to organisation FIREF, located in Bangladesh.
The outsourced activities include design, production, logistics, and procurement. There are six ABC employees in the New Delhi head office and none in FIREF's Bangladesh plant.
What documented information required by ISO 14001:2015 would you need to review during the audit of ABC's EMS with reference to outsourced processes? Select two.

As an audit team member, you are auditing XM, an organisation that processes animal leather products. This is a second-party audit from a potential XM customer.
At the Environmental Manager ' s (EM) office, the dialogue is as follows:
You: Could you please tell me what action XM has implemented to address the requirement of improving environmental performance?
EM: Yes, we had two significant impacts: odour (affecting the population nearby) and pollutants (contaminating the river). In the last management review, we decided to tackle these issues. We introduced cold storage techniques to prevent odour emission and lower the pollutant load in our wastewater stream. We were quite successful in reducing the impact; we are particularly happy to see the level of contaminants in the water discharge quite low now. Before, we were very close to the maximum value accepted by the law. We improved our environmental performance considerably. Do you want to see the data?
You: No thanks, it ' s OK. I noticed that you had an increase in energy consumption. This is a deterioration of XM ' s environmental performance.
EM: Yes, that ' s correct; this is due to the cold storage facilities we had to install, an unintended consequence that we are monitoring on a regular basis to ensure that it does not exceed planned levels.
How would you respond? Select one.

During discussions with the individual(s) managing the audit programme of a certification body, the EMS Manager of the client organisation asks that only one auditor be used for the audit duration to save on travel expenses.
Which combination of the following responses should the individual(s) managing the audit programme make?
Select two.

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

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 large chemical organisation, CrackerPRO, has a plant located in a rural area surrounded by livestock farms.
When cleaning several vessels 4-5 times per day, it releases water vapor with a strong acidic smell lasting for
10 minutes each time.
You are conducting a second-stage initial certification audit at the plant. When auditing the processes of assessing impacts and identifying environmental aspects with the Environmental Supervisor, you find that the emission of that acidic vapor has not been evaluated as a significant aspect. During further auditing, you learn that neighbouring farmers have made repeated complaints in the last 6 months about the acid smells and reported an increase in animals becoming sick as a result.
The Environmental Supervisor states that the farmers are looking for financial compensation from the company which their lawyers are resisting. She insists that no legal requirements have been broken and that all complaints have been rejected.
You raise a nonconformity against ISO 14001. Based on the scenario, select one of the options which would constitute an acceptable nonconformity.

You are conducting a Stage 2 certification audit of Herbaluxe, a pharmaceutical organisation manufacturing vitamins and other healthcare medicines. In a separate area at the centre of their large site, a supplier produces oxygen that is piped directly into the manufacturing processes of Herbaluxe. 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 of this arrangement for Herbaluxe and are told that they are not significant, since the supplier provides its own services for water, sewage, waste, and energy. The EMS Manager tried unsuccessfully to communicate with the supplier, who is located inside the Herbaluxe site and outside the scope of the EMS.
You raise a non-conformance against clause 6.1.2 of ISO 14001:
" Herbaluxe 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 Herbaluxe would permit you to close out the nonconformity?

A multi-level shopping centre is open every day to the public from 09:00-21:00 hours. During an external audit of the centre to ISO 14001, you establish that there are 40 vending machines that are permanently switched on. Thirty of them do not sell perishable foodstuffs. You also note that there are eight escalators in the complex that run constantly during public access. When asked about environmental performance improvement objectives, the Centre Manager says that there are plans to increase the natural daylight by installing more skylights thus saving on lighting costs, but the estimated budget for this has not yet been approved by the board.
You: I note that energy consumption is a significant environmental aspect in the centre. How do you mitigate the impacts of this?
EMS Manager: We try to reduce our energy costs by negotiating a better deal from the energy company. We are considering changing to one that only supplies electricity from renewable sources.
You: What steps have you taken to reduce overall consumption?
EMS Manager: We conducted awareness training for staff. For example, turning off lights in staff areas not being used.
You: I see that the escalators account for the highest usage of energy. Are there any objectives to try and reduce this?
EMS Manager: No, it would be too costly to change them.
You: How do you measure electricity consumption?
EMS Manager: We have meters installed in each floor of the centre. We take readings every hour and we plot the consumption graph for every staff shift.
You continue the interview and find that energy consumption has increased steadily over the past five years.
Select the two statements that are true.