4.3 Health and safety auditing

An audit differs from an inspection because an audit examines:

• 1 Only individual workers
• 2 The management system as a whole
• 3 Only physical conditions
• 4 Only machinery

An advantage of an external audit is:

• 1 Objectivity
• 2 Easy scheduling
• 3 Lowest cost
• 4 Detailed knowledge of the organisation

Which is one of the audit stages?

• 1 Disciplinary action
• 2 Pre-audit preparation
• 3 Delay
• 4 Delegation

An audit is described in ISO 45001 as a process that is:

• 1 Only for new equipment
• 2 Carried out only by the manager of the area
• 3 Systematic, independent and documented
• 4 Informal and verbal

Which of these best describes an inspection?

• 1 A policy review
• 2 An investigation of a death
• 3 A review of the management system as a whole
• 4 A look at physical conditions, narrower than an audit

A benefit of an internal audit is that it:

• 1 Is cheap and uses people who know the organisation
• 2 Is always fully independent
• 3 Never finds problems
• 4 Requires no time

A limitation of an internal audit is that it:

• 1 Costs more than an external audit always
• 2 Cannot be documented
• 3 May lack independence
• 4 Is not allowed by ISO 45001

A limitation of an external audit is that:

• 1 It brings no fresh ideas
• 2 It costs more and the auditors know the organisation less well
• 3 It is not objective
• 4 It is not allowed

Which of these is a type of audit?

• 1 A weather audit
• 2 A system audit
• 3 A hotel audit
• 4 A sports audit

The first stage of an audit is to:

• 1 Notify the audit and set a timetable
• 2 Write the report
• 3 Issue the fines
• 4 Close the meeting

Which is the last stage of the audit process listed in the syllabus?

• 1 Notifying the audit
• 2 Preparing the team
• 3 Gathering information
• 4 Completing an audit report

Audits give an organisation:

• 1 Immunity from prosecution
• 2 Automatic certification
• 3 No further work
• 4 Assurance and organisational learning

Why is an audit team required to be competent?

• 1 To make the audit shorter
• 2 To hide faults
• 3 To avoid a report
• 4 To judge fairly how far criteria are met

The difference between an audit and an inspection is that an audit:

• 1 Is never documented
• 2 Is always done by a worker
• 3 Examines the management system as a whole
• 4 Looks at a single guard

A supplier's customer visits to check the supplier's health and safety system against a standard. This is an example of:

• 1 An external audit
• 2 A risk assessment
• 3 An inspection of a single machine
• 4 Reactive monitoring