LEED Green Associate Practice Test
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
- Which of the following are strategies that help a project team design
for flexibility? Choose 3 - CORRECT ANSWERS
Demountable partitions; Modular casework; Moveable
furniture
A large home builder is developing a new neighborhood with 200
homes. What strategies would help the builder save on material costs
and conserve materials? (Choose 3) - CORRECT ANSWERS
Structural insulated panels; Reducing hallways; Advanced
framing
A project team for a school project is designing classrooms that will
improve the learning experience. Which of the following building
components meet this goal while maintaining preferable life-cycle
impacts? Choose 1 - CORRECT ANSWERS Reused acoustic
tiles
When reviewing products in the integrative design, which of the
following are preferable material attributes that should be considered?
(Choose 2) - CORRECT ANSWERS Supporting the local
economy; Durability
For new construction projects, which of the following tools enable the
project team to understand the environmental impact of a building
over its entire life? - CORRECT ANSWERS Cradle-to grave
life cycle analysis (LCA); ENERGY STAR rating
,How can projects reduce sending waste to a landfill? (Choose 2) -
CORRECT ANSWERS Reuse materials; Recycle materials
A tenant is reviewing cabinets for an office kitchen. One option is
wheatboard cabinets sourced from different areas and compressed
together with glue. A second option is solid oak cabinets extracted and
manufactured locally. How can the environmental attributes of the
products be compared? Choose 1 - CORRECT ANSWERS By
a life-cycle assessment
Which of the following is one of the most toxic and common sources
of indoor air pollution in an existing building? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Mercury
The project owner of an office park wants to make sure that once a
tenant leaves, the tenant space can be quickly and easily renovated.
How would the project team meet this goal? - CORRECT ANSWERS
By designing for flexibility
Which of the following are the environmental benefits of reusing a
building? (Choose 2) - CORRECT ANSWERS Reduces
demands on virgin resources; Makes landfills last longer
Which of the following are effective ways to lessen the overall
environmental consequences of an interior space over its lifetime?
(Choose 2) - CORRECT ANSWERS Selecting refurbished
furniture; Installing demountable interior nonstructural walls
,For solid waste management, which of the following ranks the highest
by the EPA to reduce waste? - CORRECT ANSWERS Source
reduction
In an existing office building, how can the project team determine if
there are additional opportunities for increasing the amount of waste
diverted from ongoing operations? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Conduct a waste-stream audit
A wood product is environmentally preferable if it has which of the
following attributes? - CORRECT ANSWERS Wood that is
sustainably grown and harvested
A laboratory project requires a lot of special-use equipment and
systems to keep the areas inside sterile. What would a sub-contractor
need to safely handle a product during installation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS A Material safety data sheet (MSDS)
For what purpose would a project team do a life-cycle assessment? -
CORRECT ANSWERS To understand the trade-offs of
material selection and energy performance
How can an architect make sure that the general contractor
understands what products to include in a project? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Include the products in the specifications
A construction waste management plan should address what items? -
CORRECT ANSWERS A target diversion rate and what
materials should be diverted from the waste stream
, When selecting windows for a building project, along with
performance and adaptability, what else should the project team
consider? - CORRECT ANSWERS Embodied energy of the
windows
What is greenwashing? - CORRECT ANSWERS Advertising a
product or policy to be more environmentally friendly than it really is
What do the credits in the Materials and Resources (MR) category
focus on? - CORRECT ANSWERS Minimizing the embodied
impacts associated with the entire life-cycle of building materials
A project has construction debris that is non-recyclable waste. Which
of the following actions can the project team take with the waste that
will help the project with construction waste management? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Waste-to-energy
An environmental product declaration (EPD) for LEED must conform
to which of the following standards? - CORRECT ANSWERS
ISO
Which of the following is NOT a strategy to reduce construction
waste? - CORRECT ANSWERS Sell unused materials
In which of the following ways would a project use environmental
product declarations (EPDs)? - CORRECT ANSWERS To help
the project team understand a product's sustainable qualities
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
- Which of the following are strategies that help a project team design
for flexibility? Choose 3 - CORRECT ANSWERS
Demountable partitions; Modular casework; Moveable
furniture
A large home builder is developing a new neighborhood with 200
homes. What strategies would help the builder save on material costs
and conserve materials? (Choose 3) - CORRECT ANSWERS
Structural insulated panels; Reducing hallways; Advanced
framing
A project team for a school project is designing classrooms that will
improve the learning experience. Which of the following building
components meet this goal while maintaining preferable life-cycle
impacts? Choose 1 - CORRECT ANSWERS Reused acoustic
tiles
When reviewing products in the integrative design, which of the
following are preferable material attributes that should be considered?
(Choose 2) - CORRECT ANSWERS Supporting the local
economy; Durability
For new construction projects, which of the following tools enable the
project team to understand the environmental impact of a building
over its entire life? - CORRECT ANSWERS Cradle-to grave
life cycle analysis (LCA); ENERGY STAR rating
,How can projects reduce sending waste to a landfill? (Choose 2) -
CORRECT ANSWERS Reuse materials; Recycle materials
A tenant is reviewing cabinets for an office kitchen. One option is
wheatboard cabinets sourced from different areas and compressed
together with glue. A second option is solid oak cabinets extracted and
manufactured locally. How can the environmental attributes of the
products be compared? Choose 1 - CORRECT ANSWERS By
a life-cycle assessment
Which of the following is one of the most toxic and common sources
of indoor air pollution in an existing building? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Mercury
The project owner of an office park wants to make sure that once a
tenant leaves, the tenant space can be quickly and easily renovated.
How would the project team meet this goal? - CORRECT ANSWERS
By designing for flexibility
Which of the following are the environmental benefits of reusing a
building? (Choose 2) - CORRECT ANSWERS Reduces
demands on virgin resources; Makes landfills last longer
Which of the following are effective ways to lessen the overall
environmental consequences of an interior space over its lifetime?
(Choose 2) - CORRECT ANSWERS Selecting refurbished
furniture; Installing demountable interior nonstructural walls
,For solid waste management, which of the following ranks the highest
by the EPA to reduce waste? - CORRECT ANSWERS Source
reduction
In an existing office building, how can the project team determine if
there are additional opportunities for increasing the amount of waste
diverted from ongoing operations? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Conduct a waste-stream audit
A wood product is environmentally preferable if it has which of the
following attributes? - CORRECT ANSWERS Wood that is
sustainably grown and harvested
A laboratory project requires a lot of special-use equipment and
systems to keep the areas inside sterile. What would a sub-contractor
need to safely handle a product during installation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS A Material safety data sheet (MSDS)
For what purpose would a project team do a life-cycle assessment? -
CORRECT ANSWERS To understand the trade-offs of
material selection and energy performance
How can an architect make sure that the general contractor
understands what products to include in a project? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Include the products in the specifications
A construction waste management plan should address what items? -
CORRECT ANSWERS A target diversion rate and what
materials should be diverted from the waste stream
, When selecting windows for a building project, along with
performance and adaptability, what else should the project team
consider? - CORRECT ANSWERS Embodied energy of the
windows
What is greenwashing? - CORRECT ANSWERS Advertising a
product or policy to be more environmentally friendly than it really is
What do the credits in the Materials and Resources (MR) category
focus on? - CORRECT ANSWERS Minimizing the embodied
impacts associated with the entire life-cycle of building materials
A project has construction debris that is non-recyclable waste. Which
of the following actions can the project team take with the waste that
will help the project with construction waste management? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Waste-to-energy
An environmental product declaration (EPD) for LEED must conform
to which of the following standards? - CORRECT ANSWERS
ISO
Which of the following is NOT a strategy to reduce construction
waste? - CORRECT ANSWERS Sell unused materials
In which of the following ways would a project use environmental
product declarations (EPDs)? - CORRECT ANSWERS To help
the project team understand a product's sustainable qualities
