No. 0122 ISO 14001 Environmental management

Q1: Do all companies have to follow ISO 14001? Select the ONE correct answer.
A: No

Q2: Is it true that a company having ISO 14001 certification must have a documented environmental policy?
A: Yes

Q3: ISO 14001 uses the term ‘life-cycle’. What does this mean? Select the ONE best answer.
A: All the stages of a product or service from getting the raw materials to their final disposal.

Q4: What is the best strategy for dealing with pollution? Select the ONE best answer.
A: Prevention

Q5: What do the initials ‘ISO’ stand for?
A: International Organization for Standardization

Q6: What is ISO 14001? Select the ONE best answer.
A: An international standard for environmental management.

Q7: In the cycle of continuous improvement used in ISO14001, what does ‘PDCA’ represent?
A: Plan, Do, Check and Act

Q8: ISO 14001 uses the term ‘compliance obligations’. What does this mean? Select the ONE best answer.
A: Legal requirements that an organization has to comply with and other requirements that an organization has to, or chooses to, comply with.

Q9: What does ISO 14001 include in the term ‘the environment’? Select the ONE best answer.
A:

Q10: Carbon di-oxide will be produced by burning hydrocarbon based fuels. What is the main environmental problem that this causes? Select the ONE best answer.
A: Greenhouse effect (global warming).

Q11: If engine room bilge water cannot be processed through an oily water separator, what should be done with it? Select ANY answers that you think apply.
A: It should be discharged to a shore reception facility.

Q12: In sulphur emission control areas, we must burn low sulphur fuels. What is the reason for this? Select the ONE best answer.
A: To reduce the production of oxides of sulphur, which cause acid rain.

Q13: Inside a special area, and if more than 12 nautical miles from land and en-route, what types of garbage can be discharged overboard? Select ANY answers that you think apply
A: Ground food waste

Q14: Where can we dispose of plastic?
A: At a shore reception facility only.

Q15: Outside a special area, and if more than 12 nautical miles from land and en-route, what types of garbage can be discharged overboard? Select ANY answers that you think apply
A: Food water, either ground or not ground.