CM 1070 MIDTERM EXAMS UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Building reuse and incorporation of salvaged building materials can greatly reduce
the embodied carbon of ____, according to The Urgency of Embodied Carbon article.
A. Heating system upgrades
B. Remodeling
C. Construction
D. Transportation - ✔✔Construction
✔✔Structural systems are the most significant source of embodied carbon, but ____ are
also significant as stated in The Urgency of Embodied Carbon article. - ✔✔Enclosures
✔✔T/F Green building rating systems provide a way to help the construction market
improve in terms of meeting green project goals. - ✔✔True
✔✔T/FGreen Globes requires expertise and formal training to apply the rating system
effectively to a project. - ✔✔False
✔✔The Duke Energy Center building has a green roof with the following advantages
except:
A. increased CO2
B. mitigation of storm water
C. reduced heating and cooling loads
D. reduced heat island effect - ✔✔increased CO2
✔✔Products with longer service lives and lower maintenance costs will typically have
____________ life-cycle cost.
A. higher
B. lower
C. same
D. significant - ✔✔Lower
, ✔✔T/F A product's emissions, including solid waste, liquid waste, and air pollution, are
tracked in a life-cycle assessment. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following statements is true.
Select one:
A. Ecological Footprint analysis is a variant on Life-Cycle assessment.
B. Life-Cycle Assessment and Ecological Footprint analysis are the same thing.
C. Life-Cycle Assessment is a variant on Ecological Footprint analysis.
D. Life-Cycle Assessment and Ecological Footprint analysis are only for measuring the
sustainability of materials. - ✔✔Ecological Footprint analysis is a variant on Life-Cycle
assessment.
✔✔Counting Carbon: Understanding Carbon Footprints of Buildings Precombustion
emissions of common fossil fuels are, in relation to combustion emissions:
A. less than 1%
B. 5% to 20%
C. 2% to 4%
D. over 20% - ✔✔5% to 20%
✔✔Counting Carbon: Understanding Carbon Footprints of BuildingsFrom most carbon-
intensive to least carbon-intensive, the rank of common fossil fuels is:
A. fuel oil, natural gas, coal
B. coal, fuel oil, natural gas
C. natural gas, coal, fuel oil
D. coal, natural gas, fuel oil - ✔✔coal, fuel oil, natural gas
✔✔Replacing some cement with supplemental cementitious materials (SCMs) like ____
or ____ is a go-to way for project teams to reduce the embodied carbon of the concrete
in their projects as described in The Urgency of Embodied Carbon article.
A. Dense cardboard; crushed glass
B. Fly ash; blast-furnace slag
C. Glue; clay
D. Dry sawdust; shredded newspaper - ✔✔Fly ash; blast-furnace slag
✔✔The Urgency of Embodied Carbon states that the biggest Environmental Product
Declaration (EPD) drawback is that laypeople are not in a good position to compare
results. You definitely can't compare steel to concrete, for example, and it's a tricky
business even to compare ____.
a. One concrete mix to another
B. Trees to hovels
C. One monkey to another
D. Bananas to oranges
Feedback - ✔✔One concrete mix to another
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Building reuse and incorporation of salvaged building materials can greatly reduce
the embodied carbon of ____, according to The Urgency of Embodied Carbon article.
A. Heating system upgrades
B. Remodeling
C. Construction
D. Transportation - ✔✔Construction
✔✔Structural systems are the most significant source of embodied carbon, but ____ are
also significant as stated in The Urgency of Embodied Carbon article. - ✔✔Enclosures
✔✔T/F Green building rating systems provide a way to help the construction market
improve in terms of meeting green project goals. - ✔✔True
✔✔T/FGreen Globes requires expertise and formal training to apply the rating system
effectively to a project. - ✔✔False
✔✔The Duke Energy Center building has a green roof with the following advantages
except:
A. increased CO2
B. mitigation of storm water
C. reduced heating and cooling loads
D. reduced heat island effect - ✔✔increased CO2
✔✔Products with longer service lives and lower maintenance costs will typically have
____________ life-cycle cost.
A. higher
B. lower
C. same
D. significant - ✔✔Lower
, ✔✔T/F A product's emissions, including solid waste, liquid waste, and air pollution, are
tracked in a life-cycle assessment. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following statements is true.
Select one:
A. Ecological Footprint analysis is a variant on Life-Cycle assessment.
B. Life-Cycle Assessment and Ecological Footprint analysis are the same thing.
C. Life-Cycle Assessment is a variant on Ecological Footprint analysis.
D. Life-Cycle Assessment and Ecological Footprint analysis are only for measuring the
sustainability of materials. - ✔✔Ecological Footprint analysis is a variant on Life-Cycle
assessment.
✔✔Counting Carbon: Understanding Carbon Footprints of Buildings Precombustion
emissions of common fossil fuels are, in relation to combustion emissions:
A. less than 1%
B. 5% to 20%
C. 2% to 4%
D. over 20% - ✔✔5% to 20%
✔✔Counting Carbon: Understanding Carbon Footprints of BuildingsFrom most carbon-
intensive to least carbon-intensive, the rank of common fossil fuels is:
A. fuel oil, natural gas, coal
B. coal, fuel oil, natural gas
C. natural gas, coal, fuel oil
D. coal, natural gas, fuel oil - ✔✔coal, fuel oil, natural gas
✔✔Replacing some cement with supplemental cementitious materials (SCMs) like ____
or ____ is a go-to way for project teams to reduce the embodied carbon of the concrete
in their projects as described in The Urgency of Embodied Carbon article.
A. Dense cardboard; crushed glass
B. Fly ash; blast-furnace slag
C. Glue; clay
D. Dry sawdust; shredded newspaper - ✔✔Fly ash; blast-furnace slag
✔✔The Urgency of Embodied Carbon states that the biggest Environmental Product
Declaration (EPD) drawback is that laypeople are not in a good position to compare
results. You definitely can't compare steel to concrete, for example, and it's a tricky
business even to compare ____.
a. One concrete mix to another
B. Trees to hovels
C. One monkey to another
D. Bananas to oranges
Feedback - ✔✔One concrete mix to another
