PECB ISO-14001-Lead-Auditor Exam : PECB Certified EMS ISO 14001 Lead Auditor Exam

Which two of the following do not participate in a second-party audit to ISO 14001?

• A. A certification body auditor
• B. An auditor from a customer
• C. An auditor certified by an auditor certification body
• D. An auditor from an accreditation body
• E. An auditor trained in the CQI and IRCA scheme
• F. An auditor employed by an external consultancy organisation

XM, a chain of 25 petrol stations, established an EMS following the requirements of ISO 14001, which was third-party certified 10 years ago. You are performing an internal audit before the fourth certification cycle.
During the audit to the EMS Manager (EM), the following dialogue takes place:
You: Could you please give me some details on the inspection of underground tanks in each station?
EM: It ' s very simple. There is a regulation that requires an annual leak inspection.
You: Who performs these inspections?
EM: I personally contract the inspectors and submit the results to the local authority. These are the certificates submitted last year.
You: I see only 22 certificates. There are three missing.
EM: The tanks of those three stations will be removed next year and replaced by new ones. I phoned the local authority and they told me that I do not need to send any report of the tanks that will be changed.
Which one of the following would be your next question?

• A. Can I see the plan for the installation of the new tanks?
• B. Have you planned any final disposal of the tanks to be removed?
• C. Can I see the contract XM signed with the inspector?
• D. Did you ask the local authority to send a written confirmation of their decision?

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.

• A. The centre staff are responsible for energy consumption in the staff areas.
• B. The organisation should take action to address its energy consumption.
• C. The vending machines are switched on permanently.
• D. The escalators are switched on permanently.
• E. The organisation ' s energy supplier sources renewable energy.
• F. The Centre Manager is trained in energy awareness.

A key audit process is the way auditors gather information and determine the findings ' characteristics. Put the actions in the correct order to complete this process.

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?

• A. 4.2 Understanding needs and expectations of interested parties
• B. 9.1.2 Compliance obligations
• C. 5.1 Leadership
• D. 9.2 Internal audits
• E. 7.1 Resources
• F. 5.2 Environmental Policy