GBCI LEED Green
Associate Exam
,GBCI LEED Green Associate Exam
Question 1
Which technical focus most directly encompasses “Transportation demand management”?
A. Integrative Process Planning and Assessments
B. Benefits of LEED certification
C. Location and Transportation
D. LEED Process
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation:
Transportation demand management is an aspect of Location and Transportation. This choice
preserves the specific relationship between the responsibility and its technical focus. The other
choices identify separate focuses, rather than the direct category of the activity described.
Question 2
Which focus best brings together these responsibilities: “sound isolation” and “connection to the
natural environment”?
A. LEED Process
B. Benefits of LEED certification
C. Indoor Environmental Quality
D. Environmental concerns, refrigerant management, ozone depletion, and global warming
potential
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation:
Both responsibilities are part of Indoor Environmental Quality: sound isolation, and connection to
the natural environment. Their common technical focus is the reason this choice fits the pair. A
different focus would not preserve this specific grouping of responsibilities.
Question 3
An assessment of “Location and Transportation” compares “equitable development” with “parking
footprint reduction”. Which description retains the technical relationship being examined?
A. One responsibility within Heat island reduction strategies for non-roof and roof surfaces and one
within Materials and Resources.
B. Two distinct responsibilities within Location and Transportation.
C. One responsibility within Location and Transportation and one within Heat island reduction
strategies for non-roof and roof surfaces.
D. Two responsibilities belonging only to Materials and Resources.
Correct Answer: B
Full Explanation:
The two responsibilities, equitable development and parking footprint reduction, share the focus
Location and Transportation. They can be distinguished from one another while still belonging to
the same broader work area. Assigning either to a different focus does not retain the stated
relationship.
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Question 4
An assessment of “Sustainable Sites” compares “existing site characteristics” with “protection of
natural resource areas”. Which description retains the technical relationship being examined?
A. One responsibility within Sustainable Sites and one within Location and Transportation.
B. Two distinct responsibilities within Sustainable Sites.
C. One responsibility within Location and Transportation and one within Benefits of LEED
certification.
D. Two responsibilities belonging only to Energy and Atmosphere.
Correct Answer: B
Full Explanation:
The two responsibilities, existing site characteristics and protection of natural resource areas, share
the focus Sustainable Sites. They can be distinguished from one another while still belonging to the
same broader work area. Assigning either to a different focus does not retain the stated
relationship.
Question 5
Which focus best brings together these responsibilities: “community connectivity” and
“Transportation demand management, active transportation infrastructure, and alternative
transportation modes”?
A. Location and Transportation
B. Integrative Process Planning and Assessments
C. Benefits of LEED certification
D. LEED Process
Correct Answer: A
Full Explanation:
Both responsibilities are part of Location and Transportation: community connectivity, and
Transportation demand management, active transportation infrastructure, and alternative
transportation modes. Their common technical focus is the reason this choice fits the pair. A
different focus would not preserve this specific grouping of responsibilities.
Question 6
Which technical focus most directly encompasses “Core LEED impact areas including
decarbonization, ecological conservation and restoration, and quality of life”?
A. Integrative Process Planning and Assessments
B. Location and Transportation
C. Integrative project team roles and responsibilities
D. LEED Process
Correct Answer: D
Full Explanation:
Core LEED impact areas including decarbonization, ecological conservation and restoration, and
quality of life is an aspect of LEED Process. This choice preserves the specific relationship between
the responsibility and its technical focus. The other choices identify separate focuses, rather than
the direct category of the activity described.
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Question 7
Two teams compare their responsibilities. Team North covers “Surrounding density, diverse uses,
community connectivity, and equitable development” and “Water type definitions (potable,
graywater, blackwater, process water, and stormwater)”; Team South covers “Water type definitions
(potable, graywater, blackwater, process water, and stormwater)” and “Transportation demand
management, active transportation infrastructure, and alternative transportation modes”. Which
statement describes their overlap without overstating it?
A. They have no shared responsibility because their complete assignments differ.
B. They share one responsibility, and each team also has one distinct responsibility.
C. One team’s entire assignment is contained in the other team’s assignment.
D. They share all responsibilities, so either team can cover the entire combined assignment.
Correct Answer: B
Full Explanation:
The overlap is “Water type definitions (potable, graywater, blackwater, process water, and
stormwater)”. The responsibilities for “Surrounding density, diverse uses, community connectivity,
and equitable development” and “Transportation demand management, active transportation
infrastructure, and alternative transportation modes” are distinct in the assignments given. Sharing
one activity does not make the teams’ complete responsibilities identical or establish that either
assignment contains the other.
Question 8
Which technical focus most directly encompasses “third-party verification”?
A. Integrative Process Planning and Assessments
B. Location and Transportation
C. Integrative project team roles and responsibilities
D. LEED Process
Correct Answer: D
Full Explanation:
third-party verification is an aspect of LEED Process. This choice preserves the specific relationship
between the responsibility and its technical focus. The other choices identify separate focuses,
rather than the direct category of the activity described.
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Associate Exam
,GBCI LEED Green Associate Exam
Question 1
Which technical focus most directly encompasses “Transportation demand management”?
A. Integrative Process Planning and Assessments
B. Benefits of LEED certification
C. Location and Transportation
D. LEED Process
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation:
Transportation demand management is an aspect of Location and Transportation. This choice
preserves the specific relationship between the responsibility and its technical focus. The other
choices identify separate focuses, rather than the direct category of the activity described.
Question 2
Which focus best brings together these responsibilities: “sound isolation” and “connection to the
natural environment”?
A. LEED Process
B. Benefits of LEED certification
C. Indoor Environmental Quality
D. Environmental concerns, refrigerant management, ozone depletion, and global warming
potential
Correct Answer: C
Full Explanation:
Both responsibilities are part of Indoor Environmental Quality: sound isolation, and connection to
the natural environment. Their common technical focus is the reason this choice fits the pair. A
different focus would not preserve this specific grouping of responsibilities.
Question 3
An assessment of “Location and Transportation” compares “equitable development” with “parking
footprint reduction”. Which description retains the technical relationship being examined?
A. One responsibility within Heat island reduction strategies for non-roof and roof surfaces and one
within Materials and Resources.
B. Two distinct responsibilities within Location and Transportation.
C. One responsibility within Location and Transportation and one within Heat island reduction
strategies for non-roof and roof surfaces.
D. Two responsibilities belonging only to Materials and Resources.
Correct Answer: B
Full Explanation:
The two responsibilities, equitable development and parking footprint reduction, share the focus
Location and Transportation. They can be distinguished from one another while still belonging to
the same broader work area. Assigning either to a different focus does not retain the stated
relationship.
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Question 4
An assessment of “Sustainable Sites” compares “existing site characteristics” with “protection of
natural resource areas”. Which description retains the technical relationship being examined?
A. One responsibility within Sustainable Sites and one within Location and Transportation.
B. Two distinct responsibilities within Sustainable Sites.
C. One responsibility within Location and Transportation and one within Benefits of LEED
certification.
D. Two responsibilities belonging only to Energy and Atmosphere.
Correct Answer: B
Full Explanation:
The two responsibilities, existing site characteristics and protection of natural resource areas, share
the focus Sustainable Sites. They can be distinguished from one another while still belonging to the
same broader work area. Assigning either to a different focus does not retain the stated
relationship.
Question 5
Which focus best brings together these responsibilities: “community connectivity” and
“Transportation demand management, active transportation infrastructure, and alternative
transportation modes”?
A. Location and Transportation
B. Integrative Process Planning and Assessments
C. Benefits of LEED certification
D. LEED Process
Correct Answer: A
Full Explanation:
Both responsibilities are part of Location and Transportation: community connectivity, and
Transportation demand management, active transportation infrastructure, and alternative
transportation modes. Their common technical focus is the reason this choice fits the pair. A
different focus would not preserve this specific grouping of responsibilities.
Question 6
Which technical focus most directly encompasses “Core LEED impact areas including
decarbonization, ecological conservation and restoration, and quality of life”?
A. Integrative Process Planning and Assessments
B. Location and Transportation
C. Integrative project team roles and responsibilities
D. LEED Process
Correct Answer: D
Full Explanation:
Core LEED impact areas including decarbonization, ecological conservation and restoration, and
quality of life is an aspect of LEED Process. This choice preserves the specific relationship between
the responsibility and its technical focus. The other choices identify separate focuses, rather than
the direct category of the activity described.
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Question 7
Two teams compare their responsibilities. Team North covers “Surrounding density, diverse uses,
community connectivity, and equitable development” and “Water type definitions (potable,
graywater, blackwater, process water, and stormwater)”; Team South covers “Water type definitions
(potable, graywater, blackwater, process water, and stormwater)” and “Transportation demand
management, active transportation infrastructure, and alternative transportation modes”. Which
statement describes their overlap without overstating it?
A. They have no shared responsibility because their complete assignments differ.
B. They share one responsibility, and each team also has one distinct responsibility.
C. One team’s entire assignment is contained in the other team’s assignment.
D. They share all responsibilities, so either team can cover the entire combined assignment.
Correct Answer: B
Full Explanation:
The overlap is “Water type definitions (potable, graywater, blackwater, process water, and
stormwater)”. The responsibilities for “Surrounding density, diverse uses, community connectivity,
and equitable development” and “Transportation demand management, active transportation
infrastructure, and alternative transportation modes” are distinct in the assignments given. Sharing
one activity does not make the teams’ complete responsibilities identical or establish that either
assignment contains the other.
Question 8
Which technical focus most directly encompasses “third-party verification”?
A. Integrative Process Planning and Assessments
B. Location and Transportation
C. Integrative project team roles and responsibilities
D. LEED Process
Correct Answer: D
Full Explanation:
third-party verification is an aspect of LEED Process. This choice preserves the specific relationship
between the responsibility and its technical focus. The other choices identify separate focuses,
rather than the direct category of the activity described.
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