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1) What statement is true regarding a facility manager?
  1. A facility manager that is a LEED AP could not earn a project an Innovation point
  2. A facility manager would be most involved in the ongoing operations and maintenance of a building
  3. A facility manager would not be part of an integrative project team
  4. The facility manager has sole responsibility for designing a building recycling plan
2) What site selection would promote walkability and reduce vehicle distance traveled?
  1. A site near a solar garden
  2. A site near mass transit
  3. A site near public parking
  4. A site with pedestrian access between diverse uses
3) What impact category most directly helps with the people aspect of the triple bottom line?
  1. Enhance social equity, environmental justice, and community quality of life
  2. Promote sustainable and regenerative material resources cycles
  3. Protect and restore water resources
  4. Protect, enhance, and restore biodiversity and ecosystem services
4) What unit of measurement is used for a lavatory faucet?
  1. Design efficiency
  2. Gallons / liters per flush
  3. Gallons / liters per minute
  4. Process water rate
5) What design strategy would promote biodiversity the most?
  1. Increasing open space and covering it with turf grass
  2. Installing a dry pond planted with invasive plants
  3. Installing a rock garden
  4. Planting a variety of indigenous plants
6) If a building owner selected a project site in an existing community with proximity to existing utility lines and street networks, in which of the following ways would it save on project costs?
  1. By increased availability of grid-source renewable energy
  2. By increased opportunities to participate in demand-response programs
  3. By reduced costs of electric transmission
  4. By reduced infrastructure costs
7) Which of the following actions are aided by completing a life-cycle assessment (LCA) of a building during the design process?(Choose 2)
  1. Decreasing the project costs
  2. Determining the materials that best fit the project over the building's life
  3. Reducing the amount of materials used
  4. Shortening the construction schedule
8) A LEED project is in the pre-design phase, and a previously developed site has already been selected. The team wants to protect or restore habitat. Which of the following strategies should they consider?
  1. Implementing a construction activity pollution plan
  2. Increasing the floor-to-area ratio of the building
  3. Restoring compacted soils and revegetating
  4. Using pervious paving materials for the parking area
9) What describes a project that has been certified to the base level?
  1. LEED Accredited
  2. LEED Certified
  3. LEED Certified certified
  4. LEED's Certified
10) An owner is questioning the additional costs of submetering of a mixed-use project's water systems. For what reason should the submeters be installed?
  1. Identifies disparities between how a project's water-based systems are designed to operate and how they actually perform
  2. LEED requires metering by subsystem of all energy and water based systems
  3. Submetering is a Minimum Program Requirement
  4. The integrative process does not work without submetering data
11) Which of the following is a type of graywater?
  1. Rainwater collected and held in a cistern
  2. Rainwater collected in a retention pond
  3. Wastewater from urinals
  4. Wastewater that has not come in contact with toilet waste or kitchen sinks
12) What environmental issue is associated with refrigerants used in HVAC&R systems?
  1. Groundwater contamination
  2. Increased CO2 indoors
  3. Increasing greenhouse gas emissions
  4. Soil contamination
13) Which LEED rating system has pre-certification?
  1. LEED BD+C: Core and Shell
  2. LEED BD+C: New Construction
  3. LEED BD+C: Schools
  4. LEED O+M: Existing Buildings
14) Which of the following is not an alternative LEED recommends for reducing stratospheric ozone depletion?
  1. Designing a building to use natural ventilation
  2. Selecting refrigerants that have a long atmospheric lifetimes
  3. Selecting refrigerants with lower Ozone Depltion Potential (ODP) and Global Warming Potential (GWP)
  4. Using natural refrigerants
15) A hamburger franchise is planning on building thirty new restaurants across the country in the next two years. Each restaurant is based on the same prototype. How should the multiple buildings be certified?
  1. As a LEED for Neighborhood Development project
  2. By registering each project individually with LEED Online
  3. Using the LEED Campus Program
  4. Using the LEED Volume Program
16) Which of the following is not a credit category for LEED for Neighborhood Development?
  1. Awareness and Education
  2. Green Infrastructure and Buildings
  3. Neighborhood Pattern and Design
  4. Smart Location and Linkage
17) Which of the following legally binding documents describe the quality of the materials to be used on the project?
  1. Cradle-to-Grave Analysis
  2. Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
  3. Health Product Declaration (HPD)
  4. Specifications
18) Some credits have an LPE option. What does LPE mean?
  1. That a LEED Accredited Professional is primarily responsible for the credit
  2. That a credit is a LEED Pilot credit
  3. That the credit has a Licensed Professional Exemption
  4. That the credit will pursue LEED Exemplary Performance
19) Which of the following reduce the energy use and waste associated with the demolition and construction of buildings?(Choose 3)
  1. Designing buildings with single-pane glazing for daylighting
  2. Incinerating construction waste from a demolition
  3. Preserving historic structures
  4. Restoring existing buildings
20) If a developer is planning on building a multi-family residential project what are the most important things the project team should consider?(Choose 2)
  1. Available LEED ND projects close by
  2. Local zoning
  3. Nearby LEED BD+C projects
  4. Proximity to waste haulers
21) What credit category rewards project teams for taking advantage of existing patterns of development and land density?
  1. Innovation
  2. Location and Transportation
  3. Regional Priority
  4. Sustainable Sites
22) What unit of measurement is used for toilets?
  1. FTE
  2. Gallons per flush (liters per flush)
  3. Gallons per minute (liters per minute)
  4. Wastewater efficiency
23) Which of the following impact categories is given the greatest weight in LEED?
  1. Build a Greener Economy
  2. Promote Sustainable and Regenerative Material Resources Cycles
  3. Protect and Restore Water Resources
  4. Protect, Enhance and Restore Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
24) A project team is trying to maximize the number of points they can achieve for their LEED project by identifying synergies. Which elements, when combined, would best achieve this goal?(Choose 3)
  1. CO2 sensors
  2. Daylight sensors
  3. Occupant lighting controls
  4. Operable windows
25) What statement is true regarding green building?
  1. Green design is a cost neutral add-on
  2. LEED buildings were increasingly common until construction costs rose 30% in the last two years
  3. LEED teams are achieving certification through widely diverse methods
  4. The construction of green buildings have no major significant cost difference to non-green buildings
26) Which of the following does LEED use as a standard means of reporting the environmental impacts of a product, such as global warming potential and greenhouse gas emissions?
  1. Carbon management tool
  2. Environmental Product Declarations
  3. Greenhouse Gas Inventory
  4. MSDS
27) Which of the following best describes systems thinking?
  1. A Sustainable plan for built environments that improve existing conditions.
  2. A formal review process of the design of a project based on its intended function in order to identify potential alternatives that reduce costs and improve performance.
  3. An approach to design and operations that brings team members together to work collaboratively on all of the project's systems, finding synergistic solutions that support greater levels of sustainability.
  4. An understanding of the built environment as a series of relationships in which all parts influence many other parts.
28) What is an environmental benefit of using graywater for irrigation?
  1. Drip irrigation can be used
  2. Increased irrigation efficiency
  3. Preserving aquifers
  4. Reduced heat islands
29) What is at the core of the integrative process?
  1. Collaborative team members
  2. Cost-based decision making
  3. Linear planning
  4. Working toward individual goals
30) What are examples of spaces that are typically unoccupied?(Choose 3)
  1. Data center floor area
  2. Gymnasium
  3. Inactive storage area in a warehouse
  4. Private office
31) Construction activity pollution prevention should address what environmental protection measures?(Choose 3)
  1. Fresh water consumption
  2. Greenhouse gas emissions
  3. Soil erosion
  4. Waterway sedimentation
32) Which of the following does green building help with creating?(Choose 2)
  1. Communities that are more vital to a healthy society
  2. Increased building operational costs
  3. Increased segregated land use
  4. Lower-impact built environments
33) What is FSC Certified wood?
  1. Composite wood that contains post-consumer recycled wood, usually from construction and demolition debris
  2. Composite wood that does not contain any urea formaldehyde
  3. Wood that has been procured from well managed forests
  4. Wood that has been sourced (extracted, manufactured, purchased) within 100 miles (160 km) of the project site
34) Using passive strategies such as daylighting is an example of which of the following:
  1. Energy performance management
  2. Increasing energy efficiency
  3. Reducing energy demand
  4. Renewable energy practice
35) Which of the following statements regarding LEED Interpretations is NOT true?
  1. LEED interpretations are an opportunity to contribute to LEED in a significant way.
  2. LEED interpretations are reviewed by LEED committees comprised of member-selected green building practitioners and USGBC staff.
  3. LEED interpretations are used to add new requirements to the LEED Rating System.
  4. LEED interpretations can be applied to multiple projects.
36) A United Nations study indicates that which of the following percentages of the ecosystem services that have been assessed worldwide are currently degraded or used unsustainably?
  1. 30%
  2. 40%
  3. 50%
  4. 60%
37) What is a benefit of selecting a project location surrounded by existing built density?
  1. Increased availability of rainwater
  2. More lenient zoning rules
  3. Protection of undeveloped land
  4. Reduction of heat islands
38) What intense workshop is used to establish green building goals across all aspects of the building design, drawing on the expertise of all participants?
  1. Charrette
  2. Facility manager meeting
  3. LEED roundtable
  4. Technical Advisory Group meeting
39) The process of green building begins with the idea of the project and continues until:
  1. The construction documents are prepared
  2. The project begins operating
  3. The project is reused or recycled
  4. The schematic design is completed
40) For a project to be LEED Platinum a minimum of how many points must be earned?
  1. 60
  2. 70
  3. 80
  4. 90
41) Which of the following strategies should a hospital project choose to extend the life of the building and conserve building resources as the surrounding population grows?
  1. Design rooms with modular systems
  2. Purchase additional land on which to construct additional buildings
  3. Select low-emitting materials
  4. Site the building in a dense area
42) The use of a brownfield site can enhance a community. What must occur for a brownfield site to be developed?
  1. The site must be located along existing roads
  2. The site must be located in a suburban area
  3. The site must be remediated
  4. The site must be revegetated
43) The built environment, including buildings and transportation systems, account for what percent of all greenhouse gas emissions?
  1. 1/2
  2. 1/3
  3. 1/4
  4. 2/3
44) A delivery of drywall arrived at a building site during a rain storm. Some of the drywall was exposed to the rain. What should the general contractor do with the material?
  1. Ask for replacement drywall from the seller
  2. Install it anyway
  3. Send it to the landfill
  4. Wait for it to dry out and then install it
45) Which of the following helps encourage building users to take alternative transportation?
  1. Including off-street parking spaces
  2. Limiting parking
  3. Reducing the number of bicycle spaces
  4. Using permeable paving for parking lots
46) Which greenhouse gas is produced in landfills as a result of solid waste disposal?
  1. CO2
  2. Methane
  3. NH3
  4. Radon
47) Which type of products would reduce the environmental effects of cleaning products?
  1. CRI
  2. Environmental Choice
  3. Green Label Plus
  4. Green-e
48) What process uses heat recovery to capture heat from the process of generating electricity and then turns the recovered heat into thermal energy that can be used to heat a building?
  1. Cogeneration
  2. Commissioning
  3. Evapotranspiration
  4. Tertiary treatment
49) Which of the following is NOT a strategy to reduce construction waste?
  1. Maximize the building footprint
  2. Recycle materials
  3. Sell unused materials
  4. Use salvaged materials
50) What type of plants should be used on a green roof to promote biodiversity?
  1. Monocultures
  2. Native plants
  3. Plants with high watering needs
  4. Tall plants that provide shade
51) Which of the following are mandatory for LEED certification?(Choose 2)
  1. Achieving all Regional Priority credits
  2. Earning at least 50 points
  3. Having a LEED AP on the project
  4. Meeting the Minimum Program Requirements
52) Which of the following project team members is responsible for verifying and documenting that a building and all of its systems and assemblies are planned, designed, installed, tested, operated, and maintained to meet the owner's project requirements?
  1. The LEED project reviewer
  2. The commissioning authority
  3. The mechanical engineer
  4. The project administrator
53) What factor impacts the cost of earning LEED-certification?
  1. Square footage of the building
  2. The number of Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) that will occupy the finished building
  3. The number of stories the building has
  4. The type of land the building was built on
54) One side of a building is oriented toward the afternoon sun. Which of the following can give occupants control over excessive brightness and glare?
  1. Adjustable window shades
  2. Individual task lighting
  3. Operable windows
  4. Thermal comfort controls
55) What are the benefits of reducing potable water use in buildings?(Choose 2)
  1. Decreased building operating costs
  2. Increased irrigation efficiency
  3. Reduced contamination of nearby water bodies
  4. Reduced drawdown of water from water bodies and aquifers
56) Which project layout would be the best for reducing demand for new materials?
  1. A dense, mixed-use neighborhood
  2. A multi-building office project with single-story buildings
  3. An outdoor shopping mall built on a greenfield
  4. Single-home residences in a suburban area
57) When conducting a confidential occupant survey to rate the lighting, acoustics, temperature, and cleanliness of a building, who is primarily responsible for reviewing the results and taking any corrective action?
  1. The architect(s)
  2. The building owner(s)
  3. The facility manager(s)
  4. The occupant(s)
58) What environmental issue occurs from runoff?
  1. Heat islands
  2. Increased municipal wastewater treatment costs
  3. Ozone depletion
  4. Sedimentation
59) A developer for an office project is considering a natural ventilation system. Which of the following will be the MOST important in determining if the system will be appropriate?
  1. Whether or not the system can be submetered
  2. Whether or not the system can connect to a building automation system
  3. Whether or not the system can provide enough fresh air
  4. Whether or not the system is quiet
60) Water that is used for dishwashing, clothes washing, and ice making is considered what type of water?
  1. Blackwater
  2. Process water
  3. Reclaimed water
  4. Recycled water
61) What impact category addresses reducing negative environmental impacts throughout the materials life-cycle?
  1. GHG Emissions Reduction from Materials and Water Embodied Energy Use
  2. Promote Sustainable and Regenerative Material Resources Cycles
  3. Protect, Enhance and Restore Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
  4. Reverse Contribution to Global Climate Change
62) 'To transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built, and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life' denotes which of the following:
  1. The purpose of LEED Online
  2. USGBC's 2013-2015 strategic plan
  3. USGBC's mission
  4. USGBC's vision
63) In which of the following instances would a project team need to use the ITE Transportation Planning Handbook?
  1. When calculating a project's parking capacity
  2. When determining if a bicycle network is adequate
  3. When locating existing rights-of-way when determining surrounding density
  4. When reviewing planned future public transportation routes
64) A project owner that chooses to use onsite renewable energy sources instead of oil, coal, and natural gas gets what economic benefit of the triple bottom line?
  1. Avoiding escalating market prices
  2. Contributing to national security vulnerability
  3. Decreasing destructive extraction processes
  4. Protection from uncertain supplies
65) Which of the following does not aid in the identification of sensitive habitats?
  1. ACEEE
  2. FEMA
  3. The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations
  4. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
66) What financial incentives can a municipality offer to a developer that proposes a green building? (Choose 3)
  1. Allowing a building to be have an increased height
  2. Increases in the allowable density
  3. Percentage increase in the floor area ratio
  4. Revolving loan funds
67) A data center is located in a remote, forested area. In which of the following ways could the project team reduce light pollution?
  1. By increasing the number of exterior lights
  2. By installing lights that shine upward
  3. By installing surfaces and lights that reduce glare
  4. By placing exterior lights close to the project boundary
68) What should be used during all project phases to verify the green building goals are being met?
  1. Commissioning plan
  2. LEED Project Checklist
  3. Materials checklist
  4. Sustainable purchasing policy
69) What does ASHRAE 55 specify?
  1. Commuting surveys
  2. Energy performance
  3. Indoor air quality
  4. Thermal comfort
70) The Green Label Plus certification is used for what material?
  1. Carpets
  2. Cleaning products
  3. Floors
  4. Wood
71) Indoor water use reductions require projections based on which of the following:
  1. Occupants' usage
  2. The cost of potable water
  3. The gross area of the building
  4. The number of fixtures installed
72) A project team developing a library on a greenfield site decides to reduce the project's parking footprint. Which of the following additional areas of the project could this also aid?
  1. Encouraging walkable design
  2. Increasing the project density
  3. Protecting sensitive land
  4. Restoring habitat
73) Regional priority credits are specific to:
  1. LEED credit category
  2. LEED project type (schools, healthcare, data centers, etc.)
  3. LEED rating system family (BD+C, ID+C, etc.)
  4. The state the project is located in
74) If a building owner enrolls in a demand response program, which of the following will happen?
  1. During off-peak times, the building's excess electricity may be sold back to the utility company.
  2. The building may have to decrease electricity use during peak times.
  3. The owner will have to purchase RECs equal to fifty percent of the building's yearly electricity use.
  4. The owner will have to purchase carbon dioxide equivalents equal to the annual grid-generated electricity.
75) Which of the following is a difference between Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) and a carbon offset?
  1. RECs are purchased
  2. RECs are tradable commodities
  3. RECs encourage the reduction of GHG emissions
  4. RECs must be purchased locally
76) Which of the following is effective at reducing potable water use indoors?
  1. Implementing cooling tower water management
  2. Installing fixtures that meet the EPAct 1992 standard
  3. Installing low-consumption flush fixtures and low-flow rate faucets
  4. Installing submeters
77) What variables measure a refrigerant's impact on the environment?(Choose 2)
  1. Global warming period
  2. Global warming potential
  3. Lifecycle potential
  4. Ozone depletion potential
78) During the integrative process a building owner decides to replace a low VOC ten-year carpet tile with a less expensive and higher VOC twelve-year carpet tile. Which of the following would be impacted by this change?
  1. Construction waste management
  2. Indoor air quality
  3. Material reuse
  4. Raw material sourcing
79) Which of the following can increase the heat island effect in urban areas?
  1. Hardscapes shaded by trees
  2. Large areas of turf grass
  3. Reduced air flow from tall buildings and narrow streets
  4. Underground parking
80) What is the purpose of having a LEED AP on a project?
  1. For building commissioning
  2. To serve as the project administrator
  3. To streamline the LEED process
  4. To submit all project data
81) By identifying synergies between systems during the integrative process, teams will save time and money in both the short and the long term while optimizing resource usage. Which of the following are also true of the integrative process?(Choose 2)
  1. The integrative process can avoid delays and costs resulting from design changes during the Construction Documents phase.
  2. The integrative process increases the amount of construction time for a project.
  3. The integrative process is based on an ISO standard.
  4. The integrative process reduces the need for change orders during construction.
82) The owner of a historic renovation project wants to achieve carbon neutrality. Which of the following design decision will help the project team achieve this?
  1. Participating in a demand response program
  2. Purchasing Renewable Energy Credits (RECs)
  3. Purchasing carbon offsets
  4. Using no more water than what falls on the site as precipitation
83) What does LEED accept as part of a building design to qualify as open space for projects in urban areas?
  1. Balconies
  2. Higher density buildings
  3. Shaded parking lots
  4. Vegetated (green) roofs
84) What process identifies the high-performance building systems that will save money over the life of a project?
  1. First costs
  2. Life-cycle assessment
  3. Life-cycle costing
  4. Value engineering
85) A project that reduces the amount of wastewater transported off site helps achieve which of the following?(Choose 2)
  1. A reduction in energy required to treat wastewater
  2. A reduction in the demand for potable water
  3. A reduction in the demand for wastewater treatment infrastructure
  4. A reduction in the need for graywater used on site
86) What is a negative environmental externality of locating a project in an area that does not have diverse uses or public transportation access, and is not densely developed?
  1. Availability of high-paying jobs
  2. Increased air pollution
  3. Increased development costs
  4. Increased tax base
87) A project team has decided to modify a low SRI roof design to include a vegetated roof to help with rainwater management. What other credit would this decision help with?
  1. Construction activity pollution prevention
  2. Heat island reduction
  3. Light pollution reduction
  4. On-site renewable energy
88) What is the term for the analysis of the environmental aspects and potential impacts associated with a product, process, or service?
  1. ASHRAE Level I audit
  2. Life-cycle assessment
  3. Life-cycle costing
  4. Triple bottom line accounting
89) What best defines the property area?
  1. Platted property line of the project defining land and water within it
  2. Portion of the project site submitted for LEED certification
  3. Total area within the legal property boundaries of the site; it encompasses all areas of the site, including constructed and non-constructed areas
  4. Total area within the platted property line not including any non-constructed areas
90) REACH Optimization would be used in which of the following credit categories?
  1. Energy and Atmosphere
  2. Indoor Environmental Quality
  3. Location and Transportation
  4. Materials and Resources
91) Which of the following preventive maintenance tasks would a facility manager routinely perform to maintain indoor air quality?(Choose 2)
  1. Calibrating sensors
  2. Conducting a flush-out
  3. Dusting all blinds with electrostatic cloths
  4. Replacing air filters
92) Which of the following use-type categories determine diverse uses?
  1. Civic and community facilities
  2. Food retail
  3. Restaurants
  4. Stores
93) What is an example of systems thinking?
  1. Commissioning of the exterior lights
  2. Considering how occupants will get to the project building
  3. Installation of a parking lot
  4. Reviewing the schedule for the timing of the HVAC system installation

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