ISO14001 Transition Assessment

QMS office you report to (eg. Australia, Brazil)

When determining Internal and External issues, which of the following do not need to be a consideration?

Contractor Tasks

Non-relevant local organizations

Compliance obligations

Neighboring companies that are in direct competition

If the organization received external negative communication regarding their EMS, what should the organization do?

Monitor the problem until the next external compliance audit

Conduct an internal audit to determine whom in the organization did not meet their responsibilities with regard to policy

Provide a prompt and clear answer to the external communication provider

Create a procedure to eliminate the problem from happening again.

Engineering Controls would be considered:

Expensive and unnecessary for operational control

Only if the product is outsourced

To be ineffective means of achieving operational controls

Technology used to control processes and to prevent adverse results associated with operational controls

Management review must include progress of environmental objectives.

True

False

The organization retains authority and accountability to decide how it fulfils the requirements of this International Standard, including the level of detail and extent to which:

Process to avoid because of impact

It establishes one or more processes to have confidence that it is controlled, carried out as planned and achieve the desired results

It integrates environmental management system requirements into its various business processes

Both B & C

When setting the scope, the credibility of the EMS depends upon the choice of organizational:

Structure

Management

Control

Boundaries

What is the new definition for “corrective action”?

Action to prevent recurrence of a nonconformity

Action to eliminate the cause of a detected nonconformity

Action taken to rectify a nonconformity

Action to eliminate the cause of a nonconformity and to prevent recurrence

Environmental Condition is defined as ” “change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from an organization’s environmental aspects”

True

False

All but one of the following examples would demonstrate leadership and commitment by top management to the environmental management system.

Supporting other relevant management roles to demonstrate leadership as it applies to their areas of responsibility

Taking accountability for the effectiveness of the EMS

Ensuring the environmental policy and environmental objectives are compatible with the strategic direction and the context of the organizations

Delegating authority and accountability to line staff for all s of EMS

All terms that were defined in the previous revision of the standard are still used in the new version of the standard.

True

False

Top management need only provide good leadership and commitment in an organisation so others can be directed to be responsible and accountable

True

False

The actions planned to address environmental aspects may include:

Establishing environmental objectives

Incorporating controls into business processes

Using other management systems

All of the above

Management review must include complaints from customers about environmental issues.

True

False

Who is responsible to ensure that resources have the necessary support for effective ing and improvement of the environmental management system?

Environmental Compliance Manager

Management Representative

Top Management

Human Resource Manager

An organization is required to not only respond to actual emergency situations, but also to plan actions to prevent or mitigate adverse environmental impacts from causing emergency situations.

True

False

When equipment is used to measure environmental performance, it must be calibrated or, at least, checked as measuring correctly.

True

False

Does an internal audit of the entire EMS have to be conducted before certification can be recommended?

Yes

No, as long as there is an action plan to complete it within 12 months

No, as long as a majority of the EMS has been internally audited

The organization’s EMS shall include:

Documented information required by this International Standard

Documented information determined by the organization

Incoming request for information regarding products and services

Both A and B

Necessary actions based on improvement opportunities are required to achieve:

Outcomes

Results

Plans

Reductions

An organization must determine environmental aspects:

� They can control directly

Associated with outsourced processes

Services it provides for others

All of the above

Interested Parties include all the following except:

Customers

Suppliers

Investors

General Public

The scope of the EMS shall be:

Available to the public

Documented Information

All inclusive

Based on Compliance

What resources are needed to support the EMS?

Those determined by the organization that support establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving the organizations EMS

Those required by compliance issues

Those driven by interested parties

Degreed Environmental Professionals

When planning to achieve environmental objectives an organization must determine not only what will be done and who will be responsible, but also:

What resources are required and how to communicate the results

What resources are required, when it will be completed and how to communicate the results

With whom the results will be communicated and how often they will be collected

What resources are required, when it will be completed and how the results will be evaluated

How does the standard define “objective”?

Result to be achieved

Quantitative result

Based on verifiable evidence

Measurable end result

�Process to determine a value” is the definition of which of the following terms?

Recording

Valuation

Measurement

Monitoring

An organization’s environmental policy shall:

1) be maintained as documented information; 2)be communicated within the organization; 3)be available to interested parties

1) be published in local newspaper as public notice; 2)share on an need to know basis only; 3)share with top management

1)Achievable within one year; 2)defined to exclude significant aspects; 3)communicated internally to management only

1) Be limited to air and water issues; 2)get extensive input from the general public; 3)shared with internal and external interested parties

Documented information of external origin determined by the organization to be necessary for the planning and operation of the environmental management system shall be identified, as appropriate, and controlled.

True

False

Management review must include environmental non-conformance trends.

True

False

The organization shall maintain documented information of its risks and opportunities that need to be addressed.

True

False

The first step in emergency preparedness and response planning is:

Training of Emergency Response Personnel

Establishing evacuation routes and assembly points

Making a list of key personnel and aid agencies

Identifying potential risks and develop(ing) actions to prevent or mitigate adverse environmental impacts from emergency situations

When establishing an organization’s environmental policy, top management must include all but one of the following:

Protection of the environment, including prevention of pollution and the specific commitments relevant to the context of the organization

Commitment to fulfill its compliance obligations

Economic impacts

Ensure it is appropriate to the purpose and context of the organization, including the nature, scale and environmental impacts of its activities, products and services

A large quantity of waste oil is released to land resulting in soil contamination. The business responsible treats this incident as a nonconformity and decides to follow the ISO 14001 standard requirements. In what order should the business proceed?

A) Evaluate the need to eliminate the cause, b) React to control the release, c) Implement further actions, d) Make necessary changes to their EMS, e) Review effectiveness of the corrective actions

A) Make necessary changes to their EMS b) Evaluate the need to eliminate the cause, c) Review effectiveness of the corrective actions d) Implement further actions, e) React to control the release

A) Review effectiveness of the corrective actions b) Implement further actions c) Make necessary changes to their EMS d) React to control the release e) Evaluate the need to eliminate the cause

A) React to control the release, b) Evaluate the need to eliminate the cause, c) Implement further actions,d) Review effectiveness of the corrective actions, e) Make necessary changes to their EMS

To ensure that suppliers and contractors comply with the organization’s environmental requirements, the organization must define its environmental requirements for purchasing products and services and:

Communicate this information to suppliers and contractors

Require that suppliers and contractors provide their own environmental management system manual

Select the supplier or contractor based on the best price

Conduct audits at the supplier’s or contractor’s facility

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