Free PECB ISO-14001-Lead-Auditor Exam Dumps Questions & Answers

During a Stage 1 audit, the EMS Manager asks that the audit includes coverage of a new storage site on the other side of town that they have taken over since the application was made.
Which two of the following actions should the auditor take?

• A.  Advise the EMS Manager that the audit scope has been set and the audit will need to proceed as planned.
• B.  Advise the EMS Manager that an extension of the scope is possible but will have to go through established procedures.
• C.  Inform the auditee that the Stage 2 will be changed to include the new site.
• D.  Advise the EMS Manager that, within the existing scope, the new site can be included without any problem.
• E.  Suggest that the EMS Manager cancels the audit contract and reapplies for the new situation.
• F.  Determine whether the EMS Management System covers the new site and, if so, proceed with the audit.

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'?

• A.  Offer loans to the persons affected to build new houses far from the plant
• B.  Send the contaminated land for processing
• C.  Revise the existing emergency plan
• D.  Clean up the affected land
• E.  Relocate the water treatment plant to lower ground
• F.  Build up some additional protection to the water treatment plant
• G.  Reinforce the riverbanks with cement
• H.  Clean up the houses of the persons affected

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.
After gathering more evidence, you note down findings against several clauses of ISO 14001. Determine which three of the findings stated are non-conformities.

• A.  The EMS Manager had some problems communicating with the supplier by mobile phone as an interested party. No other methods of communication were employed. (Clause 7.4.3)
• B.  The Environmental Manager did not visit the oxygen supplier. (Clause 7.4.3)
• C.  The aspects related to the use of heavy goods trucks was not identified. (Clause 6.1.2)
• D.  The contractor's environmental policy is not consistent with the organisation's policy (Clause 5.2)
• E.  Evidence was found to indicate that the needs of some interested parties had not been considered by the organisation. A neighbour's interests had not been identified. (Clause 4.2.b)
• F.  Documentation of environmental impacts was missing for the supplier of oxygen. (Clause 6.1.2)
• G.  The organisation has failed to include in the EMS scope the activities, products and services associated with suppliers and contractors performing their activities in its own site. (Clause 4.3)
• H.  The internal audit programme does not include processes for control of subcontractor transport movements. The audit programme does not cover the full environmental management system. (Clause
  9.2.2)

ABC is a large lubricant oils manufacturer located in country A. Due to tax exemption and other economic issues, they decided to move the whole plant to a neighbouring country B. They moved every single piece of the plant (equipment, systems); the new plant has the same layout, the same dimensions, the same suppliers of raw materials and the same customers. Even more, most personnel accepted to move to country B.
They operate a third-party certified EMS; the certificate was transferred to the new plant after a half-day audit from the certification body. You are auditing ABC's EMS in the new location, representing ABC's largest customer. When interviewing the Environmental Manager (EM), you ask:
You: Can I see the plan you developed to keep under control the impact of the EMS due to the change of site?
EM: We listed all elements and processes of the EMS that might need to be changed and selected those that we considered needed a careful review and probably a revision.
Below you will find that list; select six that you consider will need to be revised.

• A.  Personnel competence
• B.  ABC's Environmental policy
• C.  Process for assessing risks
• D.  Legal requirements
• E.  Roles and their responsibilities
• F.  Environmental conditions
• G.  Maintenance of infrastructure
• H.  Emergencies from external conditions
• I.  External issues related to the context of the organisation
• J.  Requirements ABC chooses to comply with
• K.  Significant environmental aspects

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 non-conformities options that the auditor could raise to ISO 14001.

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