CSWA SUSTAINABILITY EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
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Touting the "green" aspects of existing products, processes, or
systems has become almost the standard in many industries.
Some companies' messages actually outstrip their reality, leading
to what is generally called: - ANSWER-"greenwashing."
myriad sustainability tools, techniques, global and local activities,
and corporate initiatives the product designer plays: - ANSWER-
key role
There is no such thing as a "sustainable" or "green" product, only
a more sustainable or greener one. - ANSWER-True
In fact, a green product is one that's never made -- the most
sustainable solution is to avoid making unnecessary items
altogether. - ANSWER-True
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The basic purpose of sustainable design: - ANSWER-Is to find
ways to reduce those impacts, and by doing so find a more
sustainable solution.
The only way to evaluate whether a design is more sustainable is
to see how its impacts compare with other options, such as an
alternative design, a previous version, a benchmark, or an impact
goal. - ANSWER-True
Use a "______" for product analysis - ANSWER-product unit
The appropriate technique for evaluating the environmental
impact of a design depends on the answers to the following three
questions: - ANSWER-What impacts do you care about?; What is
the scope of the assessment? and What types of metrics are
appropriate for your purposes?
greenhouse gas - ANSWER-(GHG)
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Five Categories of Impact - ANSWER-1. natural resource
depletion,
2. air impacts,
3. terrestrial & aquatic impacts,
4. climate effects
5. human health.
"Depletion" means - ANSWER-That those resources are no
longer available for further use in their highest-value forms.
A water "footprint" primarily refers to - ANSWER-The amount of
fresh water being used or consumed which then must be
processed back to its fresh state (water quality issues are covered
by other impact categories).
Water is the only resource - ANSWER-That is both renewable and
infinite.
Mineral deposits can't be - ANSWER-Renewed as once it's gone
it's gone.