Exam: Manager of Environmental Management System according to ISO 14001:2015

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What is the purpose of forms?

Standardization and detailed determination of the method of recording specific information
Documentation the activities
Description the procedure for performing repetitive activities
Identification of the person / position responsible for the record

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How often the management system procedures should be updated?

Once a month
Weekly
Continuously when changes need to be made
If necessary – making at least 3 changes

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For what purpose are corrective actions taken?

Finding and punishing the guilty
Removing non-compliance and punishing the guilty
Removing nonconformities and preventing from appearing them in the future
None of the above

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Preventive actions:

Are not required by the standard
Can be taken
Such a concept does not exist
Is a system to eliminate any cause(s) that would create a potential hazard or undesirable situation.

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Staff competences. Select the correct sentence.

Providing appropriate competencies is not required
Competencies should be supervised and managed
It is not allowed to document competences
Competences are an individual matter of employees

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Is it required to establish rules for creating, updating and distributing of documents and records?

It is not
It is required to establish rules but only for documents
It is required to establish rules for documents and records
It is required to establish rules but only for records

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What is action to eliminate the cause of a nonconformity and to prevent its recurrence

Preventive action
Corrective action
Correction
None of the above

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Deming’s PDCA cycle is as follows:

Plan – Do – Check – Act
Program – Design – Control – Adjust
Check – Report – Plan – Act
Plan – Develop – Communicate – Audit

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Identification and traceability. Select correct answers.

Traceability is the supervision of a products (or services) throughout the product delivery process
Traceability is the ability to check whether a given product is made of a given raw material
Identification and traceability mean the same thing
Identification is the ability to check whether a given product has been manufactured in a given organization

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Processes. Select the correct sentences.

The end of the first process is always the beginning of the second process in the organization
A process is a sequence of structured actions aimed at achieving a goal
Procedure is a description of the process
One process can be described only by one procedure

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Who is responsible for providing resources in the organization?

Supplier
Producer
Customer
Top management

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What is continuous improvement?

It is systematic and standardized improvement of the quality parameters of processes, projects or services, regardless of the client's requirements
It is about achieving the goals set for processes, projects or services
It is about maintaining the goals set for processes, projects or services
It's about achieving the set goals for processes, projects or services with an acceptable deviation of 1%

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What is process?

It is a sequence of activities that do not lead to the achievement of the goal
It is a logical sequence of activities that lead to the achievement of the goal
It is a sequence of activities that will be destabilized in the event of distortion of information passing between the processors (people or machines)
Is a documented sequence of activities that we carry out in the organization

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What are records?

This is documented information that confirms the performance of activities in the process
This is documented information that confirms the arrangements with the client
These are guidelines that inform participants in an organization on how to execute the processes
None of the above

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Who can approve documents in an organization?

Any Director
Only the CEO
Only the head of the quality system
The decision-maker indicated in the procedure defining the rules for document management

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What does it mean to be competent?

I know more or less the procedures, I will read them when I need them
I know the procedures from the theoretical side
I know there are procedures and I will read them when I need them
I know the procedures that concern me and I can apply them in practice without reaching to them

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Can the lack of competences generate nonconformities?

Yes
No
We make mistakes if we don't know the procedures
Not knowing the procedures does not affect the result of the work

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Should competencies be supervised and managed?

No
Yes
Competences are an individual matter of employees
Providing appropriate competencies is not required

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What should be understood as the environment?

Only nature that surrounds us with the exclusion of society
Only animate and inanimate nature that surrounds us
Animate and inanimate nature that surrounds us and society
Only society

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Where does human impact on the environment end?

Na granicy atmosfery
At the edge of the moon's orbit
Where technology and people cannot reach
Human beeing affects the entire universe

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In the system, we are obliged to define the context of the organization. This action is based on:

determining all parties (people, organizations) that affect the company
determining the interests of the parties (people, organizations), i.e. what I want from the company and defining the factors threatening the company
identifying the people who are a threat to the environment
identifying organizations that pose a threat to the environment

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What statements do we need to make in our environmental policy?

The way our company intends to optimize its environmental impact
The way we're going to get rid of pollution from the company
Number of employee training courses on environmental requirements
Environmental objectives that we want to achieve

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What is a procedure in an environmental management system?

It is a description of an ongoing process or process that we want to establish
It is a process without the need to create a description of it
Graphical or written specification of the manner of performing tasks in the process
Specifying the tasks in the process grafically (the standard does not allow for the use of descriptions)

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Do we need to define the scope of the environmental management system?

Yes
No
Yes, but only in terms of kind of business
Yes, but only in terms of location

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What are the tasks of the top management in the environmental management system?

Top management must take responsibility for the effectiveness of the system
Top management must ensure the implementation of environmental policy and objectives
Top management does not have to ensure the integration of system requirements with business processes
Top management must ensure the availability of resources necessary for the operation of the system

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Does manager have to be appointed in the environmental management system?

Yes
No
No, but the responsibility for maintaining the system must be alocated
Responsibility for maintaining the system may be assigned to one person

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Do we have to identify risks in the environmental management system?

Yes
No
Yes, and we should also identify the chances
Yes, the risks are to be related to environmental aspects

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What should we consider when identifying environmental aspects?

Identification of aspects relates to the past activities of companies
Identification of aspects concerns the current and future activities of companies
Normal working conditions must be taken into account
It is necessary to take into account exceptional situations such as startups, failures, etc.

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What impact can the company have on the environment?

Negative (negative aspects)
Positive (positive aspects)
Neutral (neutral aspects)
None of the above

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Do we have to identify the legal requirements that are imposed on us?

Yes
No
Yes, but we don't have to do it thoroughly because the rules are very complicated
No, but we need to hire a law firm

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Do we need to take any action after identifying the risk?

Yes, we need to develop plans to prevent risks from occurring
Yes, we need to make plans to prepare us for risks
The standard requires only identifying the risks
Risk identification is a formal activity. There' s no need to do anything else

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How should the environmental objectives be formulated?

The objectives must arise from the adopted environmental policy
The objectives must comply with the adopted environmental policy
The objectives must be relevant and measurable
Setting objectives is formality, we don't need to do anything else

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What is necessary to do in the scope of plans of achieving environmental goals?

We must develop plans to achieve the goals
We must appoint people responsible for the implementation of the plans
We must allocate adequate resources (budget) to implement the plans
Plans are not needed

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Does management need to undertake awareness-raising activities for staff and suppliers?

Yes, these activities suppose to give practical effects in the form of achieving environmental goals
There is no need to do that
Staff must have a practical knowledge of how the environment is affected
Suppliers do not need to be trained

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What is operational control and what is its role?

It is a set of tools used for continuous process supervision
It is a set of tools used to constantly supervise the degree of achievement of environmental goals
We do not use such a solution in the system
It is a set of technical tools for continuous production supervision

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What is an operating criteria and what is its role?

This is an acceptable value for process related parameters
This is the criteria that ensures achieving the environmental goal
This is the criteria which fulfillment ensures the achievement of the business goal
The above statements are false

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Do we have to define procedures to prepare us for emergency?

Yes
No
This is not required by the standard, but we can do it
This is not required by the standard, but we can do it to get a better assessment

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What is the purpose of an environmental management system audit?

Identifying areas for improvement
Determining whether environmental objectives are met
Indication of people who will be punished
Establishing the degree of compliance the system documentation with the requirements of ISO 14001

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What the organization have to do in terms of legal requirements?

Identify the legal acts related to the environment
Periodically check if there are no changes to the legislation that affects it
Refer paragraphs of legal acts to significant environmental aspects
Hire a law firm

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When can corrective actions be taken in the environmental management system?

Only after the audit
After each reporting of non-compliance
After reporting by customer or supplier a negative activity of the organization (e.g. through a complaint or remark to the way the organization operates)
Only after inspection by the Environmental Protection Inspectorate

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Assess the presented situation: “The company” uses machine oils. Used oils are stored in sealed, unmarked containers standing on the ground outside the production hall. By law, used oils are hazardous substances that must be labeled and prevented from leaking into the environment.

This is a critical nonconformity because the standard's requirements have not been met
This is a minor nonconformity, because the containers for used oils were tightly closed
This is not a nonconformity. It's observation
Too little information has been provided to indicate the nature of the nonconformity.

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Assess the presented situation: According to the maintenance procedure in the “Company”, the operator of the post-production wastewater treatment process should replace carbon filtr used to filtration every other week. However, he does not do it. Asked why, he explains that he has never done it since he has been working here (5 years), and he knows nothing about the procedure.

The training of personnel, whose work can have a significant impact on the environment, has been neglected
Access to the document was not provided at the place of use
A person without appropriate qualifications was hired
This proves the lack of supervision over the documentation – the employee does not know that procedure exist

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Assess the presented situation: Records of internal calibration of measuring devices used to study the environmental impact of the organization are made by hand, with a pencil in a notebook located at the measuring station.

The requirement of securing records against destruction has not been met
The requirement of ensuring the legibility of records has not been met
The requirements of handling of records has not been met
Too little information has been provided to indicate the nature of the nonconformity.

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Assess the situation: The “Company” has a register of environmental aspects, with significant aspects marked, but it is not explained how it was determined which aspects were significant. When asked about this, the employee replied that he did not know how it was determined, as he had already received a completed table from an environmental protection specialist.

The register of environmental aspects is properly prepared, the requirement of the standard is met
The way of identifying significant environmental aspects has not been specified
Subjectively, it was established which of the aspects are significant, the requirement of the standard is met
Staff wasn't trained

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Assess the situation: “The company” transfers the municipal waste it generates to the company “Trash”, which deals with its transport and storage. The “company” has a contract for this, but the employees are not able to answer whether “Trash” has the permits required by law for the transport and storage of waste.

The "company" does not have to check whether the "Trash" has the required permits – no nonconformity
The "company" should check whether the "Trash" has the required permits – there is a nonconformity
The signed contract for the transfer of waste releases the "Company" from liability for waste
None of the above