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Quiz about ISO

Reference : www.iso.org

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2. Why is it not called

IOFS?!

ISO is derived from the Greek word :

ISOS; meaning EQUAL.

Whatever country, whatever languagethe short form of the organization’s

name is always ISO.

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3. When was ISO

established?

23rd February, 1947.

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4. Where is ISO’s office

located?

Geneva, Switzerland.

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5. Who are the members of

ISO?

National Standards Institutes / Bodies.

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6. How many members does

ISO have, currently?

163.

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7. What are the categories

of ISO members?

Member body.

Correspondent members.

Subscriber members.

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8. How many members are

allowed from each country?

One per country.

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9. Which of the members

have voting rights?

The member bodies-the full time

members.

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10. How many votes does

each member body have?

One! (democratic; each member

country has one vote, irrespective of

region, size, et. al..).

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11. Examples of ISO

standards?

Signs and Symbols.

ISBN – International Standard Book

Number. Freight containers.

Credit card specification.

Nuts and bolts!

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12. How many standards have

been developed by ISO, since

1947? 18,000 + …. 

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13. When did ISO start

developing management

system standards? 1980-formation of TC 176, for

developing Quality System standards.

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14. When were the Quality

System standards first issued?

1987.

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15. What were these Quality

System standards called?

ISO 9000 series!

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16. Why the number 9000

was chosen?

Next available round number, at that

time! For easy recall, since this was

expected to be a widely usedstandard.

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17. Examples of other

management system standards

published by ISO? Environmental Management : ISO

14000 series; ISO 14001:1996, 2004.

ISO 22000 : FSMS : Food SafetyManagement System.

ISO 27001 : ISMS : Information

Security Management System. …. 

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18. How many standards are

there in the ISO 9000 series?

Three.

Namely : ISO 9001:2008, ISO 9000:2005

and ISO 9004:2009.

 Alongwith other related standards, they

comprise the ISO 9000 family of standards

(listed in the Bibliography as the end of the

ISO 9001:2008 standard). e.g. ISO 19011:2002, Guidelines for

auditing QMS and / or EMS.

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19. After how many years every

ISO standard is subject to a

review? Five.

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20. Does ISO itself issue the

ISO 9001 certificates?

No!

ISO is a voluntary, NGO which publishesstandards.

Third-party certification auditing bodiesoperate, across the globe, under variousnational accreditation schemes; there is anInternational Accreditation forum-which is abody comprising such national accreditation

councils. ISO participates in ISO, through its CASCO-

Committee on Conformity Assessment.