Authentic PECB ISO-14001-Lead-Auditor Exam Dumps

Question No: 1

MultipleChoice

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?

Options

AABC should not ask permission from the certification body to carry out the audit to XYZ.

BABC should request to see a copy of the last certification body audit report from XYZ.

CABC should invite, as an observer, an auditor of the certification body when it carries out the audit to XYZ.

DABC should inform the certification body that it is planning to audit XYZ.

Question No: 2

MultipleChoice

An oil organisation has a natural gas treatment plant on land crossed by several small rivers. On one particular day, after heavy rainfall for 48 hours, some of those rivers burst their banks and flooded the water treatment facilities of the plant. The oil-contaminated water reached some scarcely populated areas nearby.

Soon after, an internal audit was carried out to particularly analyse this event that was considered a nonconformity. There were no records of such heavy rainfall in the past 200 years.

Which three of the following actions are 'corrections'?

Options

AOffer loans to the persons affected to build new houses far from the plant

BRevise the existing emergency plan

CClean up the houses of the persons affected

DClean up the affected land

EBuild up some additional protection to the water treatment plant

FRelocate the water treatment plant to lower ground

GReinforce the riverbanks with cement

HSend the contaminated land for processing

Question No: 3

MultipleChoice

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.

Options

AOffer to compensate employees for possible health implications.

BMonitor VOC emissions to ensure compliance with legal requirements.

CGive an explanation to the authority of what went wrong.

DInvestigate changing the cleaning process to use chemicals with lower VOC content.

EAsk to settle the court case by negotiation with the authority.

FAdvise the authority that timely corrective action will be taken.

GAdvise the authority that the faulty equipment will be maintained more often.

HConduct an internal enquiry to establish who is to blame.

Question No: 4

MultipleChoice

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?

Options

AControl of the processes

BEnvironmental policy

CImprovement

DNonconformities

EManagement review

FMonitoring performance

Question No: 5

MultipleChoice

You work for a certification body. In two months, you will have to lead an audit of a pharmaceutical organisation, ABC, that manufactures vaccines to combat a pandemic. When planning the audit team, you select one of the certification body auditors who is professionally qualified in Biochemistry and Pharmacy. However, she is not fully aware of all legal applicable requirements.

You recommend the certification body hire a compliance expert to assist the audit team. In which two clauses of ISO 14001:2015 would you consider that auditors may need the help of the expert?

Options

A5.2 Environmental Policy

B7.1 Resources

C5.1 Leadership

D4.2 Understanding needs and expectations of interested parties

E9.2 Internal audits

F9.1.2 Compliance obligations

Question No: 6

MultipleChoice

Which two of the following options are an advantage of using a sampling plan for the audit?

Options

AReduces the audit duration

BImplements the audit plan efficiently

CGives confidence in the audit results

DOverrules the auditor's instincts

EUse of the plan for consecutive audits

FPrevents conflict within the audit team

Question No: 7

MultipleChoice

In the case of ISO 14001 EMS audits that follow the recommendations of ISO 19011, which two of the following statements are true?

Options

AInternal auditors can audit their own work.

BThe audit plan should consider the effect of the audit activities on the auditee's processes.

CAn audit on an external provider may also be referred to as a third-party audit.

DThe frequency of internal audits is determined based on the results' environmental importance of the processes concerned.

ESecond-party audits are conducted by certification body auditors with experience in evaluating legal compliance.

FEMS auditors do not need to evaluate the organisation's capability to respond to and recover from disruptive incidents.

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