Environmental Management 5

Which of the following environmental management and assessment tools would you use to look at the impact of a

product throughout the supply chain?

• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

• Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

• Environmental Audit

Within which section of ISO 14001:2015 is an Initial Environmental Review (IER) required to be conducted?

• Planning

• Support and Operation

• It is not a requirement

• All sections

If evaluating the feasibility of a noncomplex, low cost investment, which of the following would be the most

appropriate?

• Simple payback periods

• Team survey

• Life cycle cost analysis

• None of the above

Identify the environmental aspect associated with the use of company vehicles:

• Poor use of time

• Climate Change

• Emissions to air

• Noise nuisance

Identify the environmental impact(s) associated with the use of natural gas in a combustion process:

• Contribution to climate change

• Nuisance

• Water pollution

• All of the above

A national park visitor centre decides to reduce electricity consumption from lighting. Select the most cost effective solution to achieve this goal.

• Implement a switch off scheme

• Change lighting to energy efficient alternatives

• Reduce amount of lighting where practicable

• Fit motion detectors in corridors

The type of data collected through a questionnaire asking members of the public to rank their perceptions of access to essential healthcare using a scoring system of 1 to 5, would result in which of the following types of data?

• Quantitative

• Subjective

• Qualitative

• Normalised

Identify the SMART objective from the list below.

• Ensure that all departments complete a risk assessment

• Ensure that staff are more environmentally aware

• Develop a plan to improve community engagement

• Ensure that all staff attend a sustainability briefing by quarter 4 this year

Select the stakeholder group that would have the most interest in the ethics of the organisation, and the responsible business practices that are being undertaken.

• Employees

• Regulators

• Customers

• Suppliers

Identify the most effective form of collaboration that a developer could undertake to reduce the impacts of the construction of a housing estate on the local community?

• Consultation

• Information provision

• Engagement

• All options are equally effective