PECB ISO-14001-Lead-Auditor Question Answer
Which two of the following phrases would apply to "audit criteria"?
Management policy
Financial objectives
Nonconformity report
Audit conclusions
Auditor competence
ISO 14001 requirements
According to ISO 19011:2018 Clause 3.3 (Terms and definitions):
Audit criteria are defined as:
“Set of policies, procedures or requirements used as a reference against which objective evidence is compared.”
ISO 14001 requirements (F) and the organization's own management policy (A) are valid audit criteria.
Nonconformity report (C) and audit conclusions (D) are audit outputs, not criteria.
Financial objectives (B) and auditor competence (E) are not used as audit criteria.
TESTED 16 Aug 2025
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