LEED AP BD+C PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
what are the 8 LEED AP BD+C adaptations? - ANS-New Construction and Major
Renovations
Core and Shell Development
Schools
Retail
Data Centers
Warehouses and Dist. Centers
Hoslitality
Healthcare
what are the 8 LEED AP BD+C adaptations? - ANS-New Construction and Major
Renovations
Core and Shell Development
Schools
Retail
Data Centers
Warehouses and Dist. Centers
Hospitality
Healthcare
,required LEED strategies are called ____ and optional LEED strategies are called ____ -
ANS-prereauisites; credits
what are the LEED certification levels - ANS-LEED certified, LEED silver, LEED gold,
LEED platinum
how many points are need for each LEED cert level? - ANS-Cert: 40-49 points
Silver: 50-59 points
Gold: 60-79 points
Platinum: 80+ points
which certification feature is unique to LEED BD+C: Core and Shell? - ANS-Core and
Shell projects can be precertified
list the 7 LEED impact categories - ANS-1. Reverse contribution to global climate
change
2. Enhance individual human health and well-being
3. Protect and restore water resources
4. Protect, enhance, and restore biodiversity and ecosystem services
5. Promote sustainable and regenerative material resource cycles
6. Build a greener economy
7. Enhance social equity, environmental justice, and community quality of life
what are the 4 general LEED certification steps - ANS-1. Register project
2. Prepare application
3. Submit application
4. Receive certification
what are the 11 steps of the LEED Work plan? - ANS-1. Initiate discovery phase
2. Select LEED rating system
,3. Check minimum program requirements
4. Establish project goals
5. Define LEED project scope
6. Develop LEED scorecard
7. Continue discovery phase
8. Continue iterative process
9. Assign roles and responsibilities
10. Develop consistent documentation
11. Perform quality assurance review and submit for certification
for LEED BD+C projects, the construction phase review needs to be submitted no later
than ____________ after the project is substantially completed - ANS-2 years
the ____________ was established to help project teams with multiple rating system
choices decide on a rating system and is based on the percentage of a project's gross
floor area that is appropriate for a particular rating system - ANS-40/60 rule
list the 3 minimum program requirements (MPRs) - ANS-1. Must be in a permanent
location on existint land
2. Must use reasonable LEED boundaries
3. Must comply with project size requirements
the project ____________ process is designed to allow project teams to obtain technical
guidance on how LEED requirements, including MPRs, prereqs, and credits, pertain to
their projects - ANS-credit interpretation ruling (CIR)
The LEED project boundary may not include land that is owned by a party other than
that which owns the LEED project unless the following is true: - ANS-The land owned
by another owner is associated with and supports normal building operations for the
LEED project building
what are the 3 phases of the integrative process? - ANS-1. Discovery Phase
2. Implentation Phase (design and construction)
, 3. Occupancy, operations, and performance feedback phase
what are the 5 steps to the iterative process? - ANS-1. Conduct research and collect
data within the scope of work
2. Analyze the data
3. Share data analyses with team members at grouo workshops
4. Receive feedback to identify synergies, wastes, and other opportunities for savings
and efficiency across all of the disciplines
5. Create/refine design
what is the intent of IP prerequisite Integrative Project Planning and Design - ANS-to
maximize opportunities for integrated, cost-effective adoption of green design and
construction strategies, emphasozing human health as a fundamental evaluative
criterion for building design, construction, and operational strategies
IP Prerequisite Integrative Project Planning and Design applies to which rating system
adaptation? - ANS-Healthcare
the 4 activites that a project team must complete in order to achieve IP Prerequisite
Integrative Project Planning and Design include: - ANS-1. determine preliminary rating
goals as a result of design charette
2. prepare an OPR document and a health mission statement that addresses the values
of the triple bottom line
3. assemble an integrated project team. include as many design and const.
professionals who are involved on the project
4. conduct a minimum 4-hr integrative design charette with all members of the
integrated proj. team. (as early as practical. preferred before SD)
there must be a minimum of ______ project team professionals in addition to the
owner's rep to meet the requirements of IP Prerequisite Integrative Project Planning
and Design - ANS-4
what is the intent of IP credit Integrative Process - ANS-to support high-performance,
cost effective project outcomes through an early analysis of the interrelationships
among systems
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
what are the 8 LEED AP BD+C adaptations? - ANS-New Construction and Major
Renovations
Core and Shell Development
Schools
Retail
Data Centers
Warehouses and Dist. Centers
Hoslitality
Healthcare
what are the 8 LEED AP BD+C adaptations? - ANS-New Construction and Major
Renovations
Core and Shell Development
Schools
Retail
Data Centers
Warehouses and Dist. Centers
Hospitality
Healthcare
,required LEED strategies are called ____ and optional LEED strategies are called ____ -
ANS-prereauisites; credits
what are the LEED certification levels - ANS-LEED certified, LEED silver, LEED gold,
LEED platinum
how many points are need for each LEED cert level? - ANS-Cert: 40-49 points
Silver: 50-59 points
Gold: 60-79 points
Platinum: 80+ points
which certification feature is unique to LEED BD+C: Core and Shell? - ANS-Core and
Shell projects can be precertified
list the 7 LEED impact categories - ANS-1. Reverse contribution to global climate
change
2. Enhance individual human health and well-being
3. Protect and restore water resources
4. Protect, enhance, and restore biodiversity and ecosystem services
5. Promote sustainable and regenerative material resource cycles
6. Build a greener economy
7. Enhance social equity, environmental justice, and community quality of life
what are the 4 general LEED certification steps - ANS-1. Register project
2. Prepare application
3. Submit application
4. Receive certification
what are the 11 steps of the LEED Work plan? - ANS-1. Initiate discovery phase
2. Select LEED rating system
,3. Check minimum program requirements
4. Establish project goals
5. Define LEED project scope
6. Develop LEED scorecard
7. Continue discovery phase
8. Continue iterative process
9. Assign roles and responsibilities
10. Develop consistent documentation
11. Perform quality assurance review and submit for certification
for LEED BD+C projects, the construction phase review needs to be submitted no later
than ____________ after the project is substantially completed - ANS-2 years
the ____________ was established to help project teams with multiple rating system
choices decide on a rating system and is based on the percentage of a project's gross
floor area that is appropriate for a particular rating system - ANS-40/60 rule
list the 3 minimum program requirements (MPRs) - ANS-1. Must be in a permanent
location on existint land
2. Must use reasonable LEED boundaries
3. Must comply with project size requirements
the project ____________ process is designed to allow project teams to obtain technical
guidance on how LEED requirements, including MPRs, prereqs, and credits, pertain to
their projects - ANS-credit interpretation ruling (CIR)
The LEED project boundary may not include land that is owned by a party other than
that which owns the LEED project unless the following is true: - ANS-The land owned
by another owner is associated with and supports normal building operations for the
LEED project building
what are the 3 phases of the integrative process? - ANS-1. Discovery Phase
2. Implentation Phase (design and construction)
, 3. Occupancy, operations, and performance feedback phase
what are the 5 steps to the iterative process? - ANS-1. Conduct research and collect
data within the scope of work
2. Analyze the data
3. Share data analyses with team members at grouo workshops
4. Receive feedback to identify synergies, wastes, and other opportunities for savings
and efficiency across all of the disciplines
5. Create/refine design
what is the intent of IP prerequisite Integrative Project Planning and Design - ANS-to
maximize opportunities for integrated, cost-effective adoption of green design and
construction strategies, emphasozing human health as a fundamental evaluative
criterion for building design, construction, and operational strategies
IP Prerequisite Integrative Project Planning and Design applies to which rating system
adaptation? - ANS-Healthcare
the 4 activites that a project team must complete in order to achieve IP Prerequisite
Integrative Project Planning and Design include: - ANS-1. determine preliminary rating
goals as a result of design charette
2. prepare an OPR document and a health mission statement that addresses the values
of the triple bottom line
3. assemble an integrated project team. include as many design and const.
professionals who are involved on the project
4. conduct a minimum 4-hr integrative design charette with all members of the
integrated proj. team. (as early as practical. preferred before SD)
there must be a minimum of ______ project team professionals in addition to the
owner's rep to meet the requirements of IP Prerequisite Integrative Project Planning
and Design - ANS-4
what is the intent of IP credit Integrative Process - ANS-to support high-performance,
cost effective project outcomes through an early analysis of the interrelationships
among systems
