Are you ready for certification?

What the quiz measures

Each question maps to a core requirement shared by ISO management system standards built on the Harmonized Structure: context of the organisation, leadership, planning, support, operation, performance evaluation and improvement.

Your answers are scored as ready, partly ready or not started. The result is a readiness percentage for the standard you picked, plus the clauses where evidence is usually missing.

How to read your score

The score is a guide, not an audit finding. As a rule of thumb:

• 80% or higher: you are likely ready for a Stage 1 audit. Focus on a full internal audit and a management review.
• 50–79%: the foundations are in place, but records, objectives or risk assessments usually need work before Stage 2.
• Below 50%: plan a structured implementation first. A detailed gap analysis will show you what to build.

What an auditor checks at Stage 1 and Stage 2

At Stage 1, the auditor reviews your documented information, scope, legal and customer requirements, and whether your internal audit and management review have been completed. Stage 2 checks that the system works in practice through interviews, site observation and records sampled across the certification period.

Audit durations are set under IAF MD 5, based on headcount and risk, so the scope you define directly affects how long the audit takes and how much it costs.

After the quiz

If your score shows gaps, use our free clause-by-clause gap analysis or talk to our UK team. UniCert is a UAF-accredited certification body, recognised internationally through the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement. As an independent certification body, we audit and certify but do not provide consultancy, which keeps every audit impartial.