CM 1070 CORRECT TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which one of the following is an option for terminating the lifecycle of a facility?
A. Demolition
B. All of these options
C. Deconstruction
D. Disposal
Feedback - ✔✔All of these
✔✔Orienting a building with windows on the north and south can save ____________
% in heating and cooling costs over the life-cycle of the building.
A. 50 - 70
B. 10 - 20
C. 90 - 100
D. 30 - 40 - ✔✔30-40
✔✔Which of the following is the largest energy consumer?
a. Industrial
b. Land
c. Transportation
d. buildings - ✔✔Buildings
✔✔Improving the image of buildings would be considered a social benefit.
Select one:
True
False - ✔✔False
✔✔Sustainable construction is referred to as all of the following except:
Select one:
a. Feasible building
b. High-performance building
,c. Green building
d. Environmentally friendly building - ✔✔Feasible Building
✔✔To create, expand, and shape markets for green product and services leads
to________________ - ✔✔Economic benefits
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an Economic benefit for sustainable construction.
a. Reducing operating cost
b. Reducing the civil infrastructure costs
c. Creating new business opportunities
d. Improving the image of the building - ✔✔Creating new business opportunities
✔✔What three main benefits that result from sustainable design and construction?
a. Economic, Political, Global
b. Environmental, Economic, Social
c. Social, Environmental, Global
d. Political, Environmental, Global - ✔✔Environmental, Economic, Social
✔✔The use of sustainable technologies and practices creates new employment
opportunities.
True
False - ✔✔True
✔✔There is no need for the construction industry to consider implementing the concept
of sustainability or sustainable development.
true
false - ✔✔False
✔✔Sustainable design and construction tactics can result in significant social benefit to
both facility stakeholders and society at large.
true
false - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an environmental selling point for sustainable
construction?
Improved overall quality of life
b. Reduced waste streams
c. Improved air and water quality
d. Reduced global warming - ✔✔Improved overall quality of life
✔✔To enhance occupant comfort and health leads to - ✔✔Social benefits
✔✔To improve air and water quality & Reduce global warming leads to -
✔✔Environmental benefits
, ✔✔To improve overall quality of life is not an environmental selling point for sustainable
construction.
T/F - ✔✔True
✔✔Manufacturing of building materials is considered - ✔✔Embodied of embedded
✔✔Operation of the building is ___________ energy. - ✔✔Operational
✔✔Transport of the materials from production plants to building sites is ___________
energy. - ✔✔grey
✔✔Construction of the building is _________ energy. - ✔✔Induced
✔✔T/F Pollutant levels indoor are often higher than pollutant levels outdoor. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following uses the least amount of energy:
Using a water heater
b. Cooking
c. Using a space heater
d. Lighting
Feedback - ✔✔Cooking
✔✔Which of the following choices are best practices in sustainable construction?
a. Eliminating toxins
b. Use of recyclable resources
c. Reducing resource consumption
d. All of these choices - ✔✔All of these
✔✔T/F The benefits of sustainable design and construction offer the potential to change
the way in which we as humans face the challenges of the next decade. - ✔✔True
✔✔T/FOne half of global greenhouse emissions can be attributed to buildings. -
✔✔False
✔✔Energy in the building sector is consumed during all of the following except:
a. Construction of buildings
b. Recycling of building parts
c. Manufacturing of building materials
d. Demolition of the building
e. Scheduling the time of use - ✔✔Scheduling the time of use
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which one of the following is an option for terminating the lifecycle of a facility?
A. Demolition
B. All of these options
C. Deconstruction
D. Disposal
Feedback - ✔✔All of these
✔✔Orienting a building with windows on the north and south can save ____________
% in heating and cooling costs over the life-cycle of the building.
A. 50 - 70
B. 10 - 20
C. 90 - 100
D. 30 - 40 - ✔✔30-40
✔✔Which of the following is the largest energy consumer?
a. Industrial
b. Land
c. Transportation
d. buildings - ✔✔Buildings
✔✔Improving the image of buildings would be considered a social benefit.
Select one:
True
False - ✔✔False
✔✔Sustainable construction is referred to as all of the following except:
Select one:
a. Feasible building
b. High-performance building
,c. Green building
d. Environmentally friendly building - ✔✔Feasible Building
✔✔To create, expand, and shape markets for green product and services leads
to________________ - ✔✔Economic benefits
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an Economic benefit for sustainable construction.
a. Reducing operating cost
b. Reducing the civil infrastructure costs
c. Creating new business opportunities
d. Improving the image of the building - ✔✔Creating new business opportunities
✔✔What three main benefits that result from sustainable design and construction?
a. Economic, Political, Global
b. Environmental, Economic, Social
c. Social, Environmental, Global
d. Political, Environmental, Global - ✔✔Environmental, Economic, Social
✔✔The use of sustainable technologies and practices creates new employment
opportunities.
True
False - ✔✔True
✔✔There is no need for the construction industry to consider implementing the concept
of sustainability or sustainable development.
true
false - ✔✔False
✔✔Sustainable design and construction tactics can result in significant social benefit to
both facility stakeholders and society at large.
true
false - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an environmental selling point for sustainable
construction?
Improved overall quality of life
b. Reduced waste streams
c. Improved air and water quality
d. Reduced global warming - ✔✔Improved overall quality of life
✔✔To enhance occupant comfort and health leads to - ✔✔Social benefits
✔✔To improve air and water quality & Reduce global warming leads to -
✔✔Environmental benefits
, ✔✔To improve overall quality of life is not an environmental selling point for sustainable
construction.
T/F - ✔✔True
✔✔Manufacturing of building materials is considered - ✔✔Embodied of embedded
✔✔Operation of the building is ___________ energy. - ✔✔Operational
✔✔Transport of the materials from production plants to building sites is ___________
energy. - ✔✔grey
✔✔Construction of the building is _________ energy. - ✔✔Induced
✔✔T/F Pollutant levels indoor are often higher than pollutant levels outdoor. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following uses the least amount of energy:
Using a water heater
b. Cooking
c. Using a space heater
d. Lighting
Feedback - ✔✔Cooking
✔✔Which of the following choices are best practices in sustainable construction?
a. Eliminating toxins
b. Use of recyclable resources
c. Reducing resource consumption
d. All of these choices - ✔✔All of these
✔✔T/F The benefits of sustainable design and construction offer the potential to change
the way in which we as humans face the challenges of the next decade. - ✔✔True
✔✔T/FOne half of global greenhouse emissions can be attributed to buildings. -
✔✔False
✔✔Energy in the building sector is consumed during all of the following except:
a. Construction of buildings
b. Recycling of building parts
c. Manufacturing of building materials
d. Demolition of the building
e. Scheduling the time of use - ✔✔Scheduling the time of use
