Location and Transportation
Which part of the development process would inform design decisions, such as locating community gardens in areas with fertile soils?
A. Site assessment
B. Energy modeling
C. Environmental site assessment
D. Construction activity pollution prevention
Site assessment
A health-conscious business owner wants to consider design selections that would encourage employee health. Which of the following strategies meet this goal?
A. Select a site that has existing infrastructure
B. Install preferred parking spots for green vehicles
C. Locate the project near public transportation
D. Site the project near a city's downtown area
Site the project near a city's downtown area
Success in LEED and green building design is best accomplished through an integrative design process that prioritizes which of the following:
A. Cost-effectiveness over both the short and long term
B. Each practitioner designing subassemblies and system components for the most benefit and the least cost
C. Rapid design schedules
D. Limiting the disciplines of the project team to those members who are available most frequently
Cost-effectiveness over both the short and long term
Which of the following are LEED impact categories?
A. Build a Greener Economy and Protect and Restore Water Resources
B. Reuse Dependence on Fossil Fuels and Create a Strong Sense of Place
C. Social Capital, Natural Capital, and Economic Capital
D. Natural Context, Infrastructural Context, and Social Context
Build a Greener Economy and Protect and Restore Water Resources
What LEED credit category encourages strategies that minimize the impact on ecosystems and water resources?
A. Sustainable Sites
B. Water Efficiency
C. Location and Transportation
D. Regional Priority
Sustainable Sites
What is a benefit of selecting a project location surrounded by existing built density?
A. Reduction of heat islands
B. Increased availability of rainwater
C. Protection of undeveloped land
D. More lenient zoning rules
Protection of undeveloped land
A developer is planning a mixed-use project that will include 1,000 single family homes, office space, retail, and townhouses. Which of the following neighborhood design strategies help promote community connectivity?
A. Street-grid patterns
B. Cul-de-sacs
C. Gated communities
D. Providing housing types for a wide range of incomes
Street-grid patterns
Which of the following is one of the tasks that integrative project team members complete together?
A. Select a target certification level
B. Applying for financing
C. Energy modeling
D. Identifying opportunities for synergy
Identifying opportunities for synergy
The LEED Green Building Rating System is all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Voluntary
B. Consensus-based
C. Market-driven
D. Privately funded
The LEED Green Building Rating System is all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Voluntary
B. Consensus-based
C. Market-driven
D. Privately funded
Which of the following is not a credit category for LEED for Neighborhood Development?
A. Smart Location and Linkage
B. Neighborhood Pattern and Design
C. Green Infrastructure and Buildings
D. Awareness and Education
Awareness and Education
A project owner is locating an office building on a greenfield near a wetland. The project team has goals of protecting sensitive ecosystems, reducing the heat-island effect, designing a healthy building, and reducing energy demand. Given these goals, where should the project team start?
A. By completing an early site assessment
B. By sourcing local materials
C. By determining if a demand response program is available from the local utility company
D. By finding out if the owner can lease a renewable energy system
By completing an early site assessment
What urban area is a best choice for a LEED project?
A. Areas without existing infrastructure
B. Areas with high development density
C. Areas with zero-lot-lines
D. Areas that have not been previously developed
Areas with high development density
What is NOT a principle that should be followed for a successful green building project?
A. Committing to green building early in the process
B. Looking at long term savings
C. Commitment to the process through the life of the project
D. Budgeting the planning and design costs separately from the operations costs
E. Multidisciplinary approach
Budgeting the planning and design costs separately from the operations costs
Which of the following helps reinforce the open consensus process of new LEED versions?
A. The balloting process with USGBC membership
B. The feedback projects receive from LEED credit reviewers
C. Government oversight
D. The addition of new LEED adaptations
The balloting process with USGBC membership
What impact category most directly helps with the people aspect of the triple bottom line?
A. Enhance social equity, environmental justice, and community quality of life
B. Protect and restore water resources
C. Promote sustainable and regenerative material resources cycles
D. Protect, enhance, and restore biodiversity and ecosystem services
Enhance social equity, environmental justice, and community quality of life
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?
A. 30%
B. 40%
C. 50%
D. 60%
60%
What factors related to location would NOT affect a project team's priorities?
A. The area only receives 12" (30 cm) of rainfall each year
B. Local zoning requires all buildings to be no more than four stories high
C. The community emphasizes sports and athletics for all ages
D. There are no banks nearby that provide construction loans
There are no banks nearby that provide construction loans
The process of green building begins with the idea of the project and continues until:
A. The schematic design is completed
B. The construction documents are prepared
C. The project is reused or recycled
D. The project begins operating
The project is reused or recycled
Exemplary performance and pilot credits are awarded in what LEED category?
A. Awareness and education
B. Innovation
C. Sustainable Sites
D. Core and Shell
Innovation
Which of the following impact categories is given the greatest weight in LEED?
A. Reverse Contribution to Global Climate Change
B. Enhance Individual Human Health and Well-Being
C. Protect and Restore Water Resources
D. Protect, Enhance and Restore Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
E. Promote Sustainable and Regenerative Material Resources Cycles
F. Build a Greener Economy
Reverse Contribution to Global Climate Change
Which of the following does a site assessment evaluate?
A. Existing structures and Surrounding density
B. Hydrology and Shading
C. Hydrology and Geology
D. Shading and Existing structures
E. Surrounding density and Existing structures
Hydrology and Geology
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?
A. By reduced infrastructure costs
B. By reduced costs of electric transmission
C. By increased availability of grid-source renewable energy
D. By increased opportunities to participate in demand-response programs
By reduced infrastructure costs
Which of the following are 2 of the 3 phases of a LEED integrative process?
A. Discovery and Occupancy
B. Discovery and Value Engineering
C. Value Engineering and Operations
D. Financing and Performance Feedback
E. Discovery and Engineering
Discovery and Occupancy
What are the basic types of LEED improvements that are updated through revisions on a regular development cycle?
A. Addenda and LEED reviewer comments
B. Adaptations and Credit interpretation requests
C. Next version of LEED rating system and LEED technical requests
D. Addenda and Next version of LEED rating system
E. Credit interpretation requests and LEED technical requests
Addenda and Next version of LEED rating system
Which of the following appropriately refers to LEED's system goals?
A. Impact Categories
B. Prerequisites
C. Credits
D. Prerequisites and Credits
Impact Categories