CM 1070 LATEST EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Rating categories for the CASBEE rating system - ✔✔B. Excellent (S), Very good
(A), Good (B+), Fairly poor , and poor (C)
✔✔Products with longer service lives and lower maintenance costs will typically have
____________ life-cycle cost. - ✔✔lower
✔✔A product's emissions, including solid waste, liquid waste, and air pollution, are
tracked in a life-cycle assessment. - ✔✔True
✔✔The phases of a construction material life cycle do NOT include:
Select one:
A. effect of use
B. use of material
C. downstream of use
D. upstream of use - ✔✔A
✔✔Counting Carbon: Understanding Carbon Footprints of Buildings.
At atmospheric pressure and ambient temperatures, the volume of one ton of carbon is
about the volume of: - ✔✔A house
✔✔Counting Carbon: Understanding Carbon Footprints of Buildings.
The term "precombustion emissions" refers to:
A. emissions released from natural systems prior to the human invention of fire
B. emissions a power plant releases as it is warming up
C. none of the above
D. emissions associated with extracting and refining a fuel - ✔✔D
, ✔✔In the Urgency of Embodied Carbon Article, the Gold Standard and most widely
accepted method for assessing embodied carbon is ____, but other tools can
supplement this as a first step.
A. Monkey tree analytics (MTA)
B. Whole-building life-cycle assessment (WBLCA)
C. Ordered embodied carbon (OEC)
D. Aerial carbon reduction assessment (ACRA) - ✔✔B
✔✔Thin brick on metal studs showed a ____ in embodied carbon from the baseline
building (thin brick with precast concrete) in a comparison of ten different wall systems
from The Urgency of Embodied Carbon article.
A. 45% reduction
B. 58% reduction
C. 10% reduction
D. 25% increase - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following is the first major cornerstone (or birth of) sustainability
movement?
a. Setting the first earth day
b. Publication of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
c. Organizing the World Conservation Strategy meeting
d. Organizing the first conference on Human Environment - ✔✔B
✔✔Misleading claims about the environmental benefits of a product, company, or other
entity are known as:
Select one:
a. brainwashing
b. greenwashing
c. envirowashing
d. whitewashing - ✔✔B
✔✔To choose a green product, which information would NOT help you to evaluate the
sustainability of that product?
a. Where are the raw materials from?
b. Are there any third-party backup certifications for green labels?
c. Are the ingredients natural?
d. Are there any comparable alternative products? - ✔✔C
✔✔Which one is NOT the fundamental components for sustainable development?
Select one:
a. economic growth
b. social equity
c. public safety
d. environmental protection - ✔✔C
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Rating categories for the CASBEE rating system - ✔✔B. Excellent (S), Very good
(A), Good (B+), Fairly poor , and poor (C)
✔✔Products with longer service lives and lower maintenance costs will typically have
____________ life-cycle cost. - ✔✔lower
✔✔A product's emissions, including solid waste, liquid waste, and air pollution, are
tracked in a life-cycle assessment. - ✔✔True
✔✔The phases of a construction material life cycle do NOT include:
Select one:
A. effect of use
B. use of material
C. downstream of use
D. upstream of use - ✔✔A
✔✔Counting Carbon: Understanding Carbon Footprints of Buildings.
At atmospheric pressure and ambient temperatures, the volume of one ton of carbon is
about the volume of: - ✔✔A house
✔✔Counting Carbon: Understanding Carbon Footprints of Buildings.
The term "precombustion emissions" refers to:
A. emissions released from natural systems prior to the human invention of fire
B. emissions a power plant releases as it is warming up
C. none of the above
D. emissions associated with extracting and refining a fuel - ✔✔D
, ✔✔In the Urgency of Embodied Carbon Article, the Gold Standard and most widely
accepted method for assessing embodied carbon is ____, but other tools can
supplement this as a first step.
A. Monkey tree analytics (MTA)
B. Whole-building life-cycle assessment (WBLCA)
C. Ordered embodied carbon (OEC)
D. Aerial carbon reduction assessment (ACRA) - ✔✔B
✔✔Thin brick on metal studs showed a ____ in embodied carbon from the baseline
building (thin brick with precast concrete) in a comparison of ten different wall systems
from The Urgency of Embodied Carbon article.
A. 45% reduction
B. 58% reduction
C. 10% reduction
D. 25% increase - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following is the first major cornerstone (or birth of) sustainability
movement?
a. Setting the first earth day
b. Publication of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
c. Organizing the World Conservation Strategy meeting
d. Organizing the first conference on Human Environment - ✔✔B
✔✔Misleading claims about the environmental benefits of a product, company, or other
entity are known as:
Select one:
a. brainwashing
b. greenwashing
c. envirowashing
d. whitewashing - ✔✔B
✔✔To choose a green product, which information would NOT help you to evaluate the
sustainability of that product?
a. Where are the raw materials from?
b. Are there any third-party backup certifications for green labels?
c. Are the ingredients natural?
d. Are there any comparable alternative products? - ✔✔C
✔✔Which one is NOT the fundamental components for sustainable development?
Select one:
a. economic growth
b. social equity
c. public safety
d. environmental protection - ✔✔C
