Leed green associate pool d question

1. LEED Green Associate Pool D
Question 1:
A preliminary rating would NOT include what item?
A Conceptual design
B Targeted LEED certification level
C Credits that will be attempted
D Completed LEED Score Card
Question 2:
What systems will increase a building's energy use?
A Stormwater management
B Mechanical onsite wastewater treatment
C Increased ventilation for mechanical HVAC systems
D Acoustic performance
Question 4:
What types of land does LEED prefer project teams build on?
A Brownfields
B Floodplains
C Farmland
D Greenfields
Question 5:
What would qualify as preferred parking for LEED?
A Delivery truck parking
B Providing discounted parking passes for low-emitting and fuel efficient vehicles

2. C Visitor drop-off areas
D Bicycle parking
Question 6:
What statement is true about RECs?
A RECs may only be sold in locations approved by Green-e
B RECs are sold separately from electricity
C RECs can be sold back to an electricity provider through net-metering
D RECs are sold within a 500 mile radius of the project
Question 7:
What area is included in the building footprint?
A Area of the building structure
B Ponds
C Stone walkways
D Parking lots made with permeable concrete
Question 8:
What is true about a new building project that uses a Halon-based fire suppression system?
A The system must have a leakage rate of 5% or less annually for the project to earn LEED certification
B The project could not earn LEED Platinum
C The system must be installed to meet local fire codes
D The project would not meet the LEED Minimum Program Requirements
Question 9:
Why use commingled recycling?

3. A Materials are less likely to be contaminated
B Commingled recycling takes up less space
C Recycled materials can be sold for more money
D More kinds of materials can be recycled
Question 10:
Which statement is true regarding the LEED for Commercial Interiors rating system?
A A tenant's LEED project that occupies less than 10% of the building can earn LEED for Commercial
Interiors certification
B Projects with tenants that occupy the entire building are ineligible for LEED for Commercial Interiors
certification
C A project must occupy at least 1,000 square feet (93 square meters) of gross floor area to earn LEED
for Commercial Interiors certification
D LEED for Commercial Interiors certification can only be achieved if the building has already achieved
LEED for Core and Shell certification
Question 11:
What plan details the strategies to improve indoor air quality for a building's occupants?
A Air Quality Assessment Plan
B Indoor Air Quality Management Plan
C Indoor Air Management Best Practices
D Integrated Indoor Air Quality Management Plan
Question 12:
When purchasing RECs, what is the project purchasing?
A Positive environmental attributes of off-site renewable energy
B On-site renewable energy
C Carbon offsets
D Electricity

4. Question 13:
Which of the following materials can earn credit in the Materials & Resources category?
A Wood that has low life-cycle costs
B FSC Certified wood
C Wood that is sealed with low VOC sealants
D Wood that was transported via rail lines
Question 14:
What project design feature would decrease energy costs in a building?
A Cogeneration
B Purchasing materials with low VOC content
C Increased Ventilation with a mechanical system
D Installing equipment that uses more kBtu
Question 15:
What implies a direct impact on global warming?
A Ozone depleting potential
B Refrigerant charge
C Service life
D Global warming potential
Question 16:
What is at the core of the integrated process?
A Cost-based decision making
B Working toward individual goals

5. C Collaborative team members
D Linear planning
Question 17:
What community issues are of primary importance for the project team to research?
A Local incentives, policies, and regulations that promote green design
B Building codes
C Requirements for parking spaces
D Local voting records on city sales and other taxes
E Availability of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Question 18:
What type of building system might use halons?
A Irrigation
B Fire suppression
C Plumbing
D Electrical
Question 19:
What are the economic benefits of installing a vegetated roof?
A Lower cooling costs for HVAC
B Increased habitat for birds
C Lower investment cost compared to roof surfaces with high SRI
D Provides occupants a connection to the outdoors

6. Question 20:
Which of the following refrigerants are banned or are scheduled to be banned under the Montreal Protocol?
A CFCs
B Isopentane
C HCFCs
D HFCs
Question 21:
A project team achieved an 80% water use reduction for an office building. What is true about this achievement?
A The project team must verify that all flush fixtures in the office building are low-flow
B The project will earn a Regional Priority credit
C All of the flow and flush fixtures in the building must be WaterSense labeled in order for the project to
be eligible for LEED certification
D The project will earn an exemplary performance point under Innovation in Design
Question 22:
What major concepts are integral to green building and sustainability?
A Systems thinking
B Life cycle approach
C Integrated process
D Linear planning and design processes
E Open systems
Question 23:
Purchased power must meet which certification's standards to qualify as off-site renewable sources of energy for
LEED projects?
A Green-e

7. B Green Label
C Green Seal
D Green Label Plus
Question 24:
Which of the following actions/concepts may earn a project Innovation in Design (ID) credit for innovative
performance?
A Providing an educational program on the environmental and human health benefits of a green
building's practices
B Addressing a geographically specific environmental priority for an existing LEED credit
C Achieving the next incremental threshold of a credit's requirements
D Doubling a credit requirement's threshold of achievement
Question 25:
What does the Construction Carbon Calculator measure?
A Greenhouse gas emissions from a building's energy use during operations
B Fossil fuels consumed from material transport
C The embodied carbon implications of the construction process
D The carbon footprint of Full Time Equivalents (FTEs)
Question 26:
Each LEED 2009 Rating System has ___ Regional Priority credits specified by zip code and can earn ___ points for
the Regional Priority section.
A 6, 3
B 6, 5
C 6, 4
D 4, 4

8. Question 27:
What site and/or project characteristics would contribute to earning Maximize Open Space?
A Building on a previously developed site
B Building on a Greenfield site
C Creating a narrow 10 story building instead of a wider 5 story building
D Building next door to a park
Question 28:
What strategies can earn LEED credit for reducing heat islands?
A Provide occupants free offsite parking
B Use hardscape materials with high SRI
C Increase the amount of open space and plant it with native vegetation
D Provide shade with architectural devices that are covered with materials with high SRI
E Place parking spaces underground
Question 29:
Which of the following is a type of biofuel?
A Hydro
B Solar
C Wind
D Corn oil
Question 30:
What additional LEED certification would a project team likely pursue for an office building that has already earned
LEED Core & Shell if the offices will be leased out to tenants?

9. A LEED for New Construction
B LEED for Commercial Interiors
C LEED Core & Shell post-certification
D LEED for Homes
Question 31:
What provides a volume certification path to enable owners to integrate LEED across the board as a standard feature
of their design, construction and operations?
A LEED Volume Program
B Local green initiatives
C LEED Online
D LEED for Neighborhood Development
Question 32:
A new construction project must at a minimum use ___ less water than the building's water use baseline calculated
for Water Use Reduction.
A 50%
B 25%
C 20%
D 10%
Question 33:
What standard helps calculate a baseline building energy performance rating for LEED?
A Advanced Buildings Core Performance Guide
B ASHRAE 90.1-2007
C ASHRAE 62.1-2007

10. D ASHRAE Advanced Energy Design Guide
Question 34:
What types of energy sources generate the least air and water pollution?
A Oil
B Natural gas
C Wind
D Biofuel
E Coal
Question 35:
Collecting and using stormwater to replace the use of potable water in flush fixtures helps with what project areas?
A Reducing heat islands
B Reducing the development footprint
C Water use reduction
D Stormwater management
Question 36:
Which of the following are not required to be identified in writing to achieve an Innovation in Design (ID) credit for
innovative performance?
A The strategies used to meet the requirements
B The intent of the proposed credit
C The proposed requirements for compliance
D The regional variations for the credit
Question 37:
Which projects would not be eligible for LEED certification?

11. A An existing building project that reduces CFC-based refrigerants by 95% prior to submitting the LEED
application and will continue to use this CFC system for another 10 years
B An existing building project that phases out the use of CFC-based refrigerants no later than 5 years
after the project is completed
C A new building project that uses CFC-based refrigerants
D A new building project that uses no refrigerants
E A new building project that uses hydrocarbons (HCs) as refrigerants
Question 38:
What organization is responsible for qualifying sources of off-site renewable energy acceptable by LEED?
A EPA
B ASHRAE
C Center for Resource Solutions
D Green-e
Question 39:
What measurements does the baseline water case use?
A Flow and flush rates of all design case fixtures
B The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct 1992) flow and flush rates
C The amount of water metered for the entire project
D The amount of water metered for the building's indoor areas
Question 40:
What benefit to the environment does a project that uses Recycled Materials contribute?
A Reducing demand for virgin resources
B Supporting the use of local resources
C Reduced air and water pollution

12. D Reducing a project's soft costs
Question 41:
What is applicable to the ongoing operations and maintenance of a building?
A Passive design strategies
B Commissioning
C Sustainable purchasing policy
D Floor area ratio
Question 42:
Which of the following is effective at reducing potable water consumption indoors?
A Installing fixtures that meet the EPAct 1992 standard
B Implementing cooling tower water management
C Installing low-consumption flush fixtures and low-flow rate faucets
D Increasing potable water demand
Question 43:
What type of water is rainwater?
A Blackwater
B Potable water
C Non-potable water
D Graywater
Question 44:
What attribute should recycled materials have in order to take advantage of synergies with regional materials?

13. A Remanufactured regionally
B Low VOCs
C Lower life-cycle costs
D More durability
Question 45:
What information is needed to determine if a product will help with the heat island effect of a non-roof surface?
A Life cycle costs of the material
B Emissivity of material
C Run-off coefficients for the material
D SRI of the material
Question 46:
How is the LEED boundary defined for a single building development?
A The edge of the building footprint
B The edge of the development footprint
C The entire project scope - generally limited to the site boundary
D The portion of project site submitted for LEED certification
Question 47:
Compared to those for a conventional building, a green building project and construction budget will also include:
A Fees to review local laws and standards
B Life cycle costing
C Costs to implement erosion control plans
D Soft costs

14. Question 48:
Which of the following can increase the heat island effect in urban areas?
A Rooftops covered with a high SRI material
B Air-conditioners
C Street equipment
D Buildings that have passive ventilation
Question 49:
What are acceptable ways to reference a LEED Registered Project?
A Upon completion, XYZ Building will apply to become LEED certified
B XYZ Building is registered with the certification goal of LEED Platinum
C XYX Building is registered under the LEED Green Building Rating System
D XYZ Building is LEED Qualified
E XYZ Building is LEED Platinum registered
Question 50:
What is different about green building design compared to conventional design?
A Green building costs more
B Green building uses an integrated building design
C Green building does not have a bidding phase
D Green building has longer schedules
Question 51:
The recycling of construction and demolition debris helps with what issue?
A Reducing the amount of materials needed for a construction project

15. B Reducing CFCs leaked into the atmosphere
C Reducing demand for virgin resources
D Keeping hazardous materials out of landfills
Question 52:
If a mechanical engineer on a LEED project team needs guidance on whether a particular software package can be
used to measure energy efficiency, how should the engineer proceed?
A Submit a CIR to the LEED Steering Committee
B Submit a CIR to the project administrator
C Submit a CIR using LEED Online
D See if the credit is marked 'Anticipated' during the design phase review
Question 53:
Which items are considered pre-consumer recycled content?
A Magazine overruns
B Excavated soil
C Leftover drywall from a renovation
D Wooden pallets used by a shipping company
Question 54:
Developing nations banned chlorofluorocarbons under the:
A Kyoto Treaty
B EPA Clean Air Act
C Montreal Protocol
D Executive Order 95-231

16. Question 55:
How is ozone created?
A Emissions from factories
B Emissions from incinerators
C Sunlight-driven chemical reaction between molecules
D Transportation emissions
Question 56:
What area would not be considered previously developed?
A Wetland
B Abandoned urban parking lot
C Railroad yard
D Site of an old barn
Question 57:
The leakage rate is the speed at which an appliance loses refrigerant, measured between refrigerant charges or over
_____, whichever is shorter.
A 24 months
B 12 months
C 18 months
D 6 months
Question 58:
What does not meet LEED requirements for minimizing the negative impacts of refrigerants on the environment?
A Designing a building with natural ventilation

17. B Reducing the annual leakage rate of refrigerants to 10% or less
C Selecting refrigerants with zero or low ozone depletion potential (ODP) and minimal global warming
potential (GWP).
D Designing a building that does not use chemical refrigerants
Question 59:
Fertilized landscape plantings can create new sources of pollution in conventional development if what is not
controlled?
A Parking capacity
B Heat islands
C Project density
D Stormwater runoff
Question 60:
A 10 acre multi-building development has five buildings. How is the LEED boundary determined if each building will
be a separate LEED project?
A Each building has the boundary at the edge of a two-acre area
B The LEED boundary is at the perimeter of the ten-acre area
C The LEED boundary is at the edge of each building's footprint
D The project team determines the LEED boundary for each LEED project
Question 61:
A project team has excluded a section of land in order to meet the requirements of one of the LEED credits. What is
true about this action?
A This action is allowed if the gross floor area of the LEED project building is less than 2% of the gross
land area within the LEED project boundary
B This action would only be allowed under the LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
rating system
C Certain sections of land can be excluded from the site boundary if a responsible party submits a
licensed professional exemption form
D This action would not be allowed under any of the rating systems

18. Question 62:
The use of onsite treated wastewater can help with what credit areas?
A Onsite renewable energy
B Energy use reduction
C Stormwater runoff
D Water use reduction
Question 63
What term refers to a mandatory project characteristic, measurement, quality, value or function as identified within the
LEED rating system?
A Minimum Program Requirement
B Certification Requirement
C Credit
D Prerequisite
Question 64:
Section 608 of the EPA Clean Air Act established regulations that helped with what issue?
A CO2 levels inside buildings
B Humidity from heat islands
C Using and recycling ozone-depleting compounds
D Smog
Question 65:
Developments located within walking distance of basic services reduce:
A Sedimentation of nearby water bodies

19. B Water use
C Air pollution
D Greenhouse gas emissions
Question 66:
What unit of measurement is used for water closets?
A FTE
B Gallons per minute
C Wastewater efficiency
D Gallons per flush
Question 67:
Which of the following projects would not be eligible for LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
certification?
A A 12-month-old school building that has not earned any LEED certification
B A tenant-occupied building certified under LEED for Commercial Interiors
C A commercial building that doesn't have any tenants yet and is unoccupied
D An owner-occupied building certified under LEED for Commercial Interiors
Question 68:
Bonus points under the LEED rating systems are awarded when what occurs?
A Exemplary or innovative performance is achieved
B The project exceeds the Minimum Program Requirements
C Prerequisites and a certain number of credits are earned
D Two LEED APs work as principal participants on the project

20. Question 69:
How are the sections in the LEED Scorecard grouped?
A By cost
B By credit weight
C By environmental category
D Alphabetically
Question 70:
How can regional priority credits be earned?
A Using 100% native plants for the site's landscaping
B Addressing green measures or strategies that are more important to a climate or region
C Using materials that are located within 500 miles of the project site
D Developing an educational or training system that addresses local building issues
Question 71:
What area would not be considered previously developed?
A Unoccupied big-box retail store
B Cotton field
C Old, torn-down steel mill
D Parking lot grown over into a field
Question 72:
Which of the following is NOT an example of passive design?
A Using natural refrigerants
B Capturing sunlight for natural lighting (daylighting)

21. C Using wind for natural ventilation
D Orienting a building for optimal sun exposure
Question 73:
What information is needed to calculate the SRI of a material?
A Reflectance
B Thermal gradient
C Emissivity
D Thickness of the material
Question 74:
How is the quantity of locally harvested and manufactured materials used on a project calculated?
A By the number of board feet
B By the amount of leftovers diverted from landfills
C By the materials' average distance from the project site
D By the materials' proportion of cost
Question 75:
What is a feature of adaptive plants?
A They only bloom once a year
B They require more water than other plants
C They are invasive
D They are low maintenance
Question 76:
Rain gardens, vegetated rooftops, and permeable pavements are strategies to manage stormwater and contribute to:

22. A Increased water efficiency
B Low impact development
C Increased potable water
D More compact development
Question 77:
What is the purpose of the LEED Pilot Credit Library?
A To manage the LEED documentation process
B To provide extensions of existing rating systems to address specific types of spaces or requirements
for international projects
C Provide precedent-setting rulings reviewed by USGBC on formal inquiries submitted by LEED project
teams that can be applied to multiple projects.
D To allow credits to be refined through LEED project evaluations before they complete the balloting
process for introduction into LEED
Question 78:
What is FSC Certified wood?
A Composite wood that does not contain any urea formaldehyde
B Wood that has been procured from well managed forests
C Composite wood that contains post-consumer recycled wood, usually from construction and demolition
debris
D Wood that has been extracted and harvested within 500 miles of the project site
Question 79:
The process of life cycle assessment encompasses what stages of the building process?
A Operations
B Design
C Design and construction
D Planning

23. E All stages
Question 80:
The number of occupants in a building would be used for what calculations?
A Energy use intensity
B Building density
C Water use baseline
D Development density
Question 81:
What is lighting power density measured in?
A Number of luminaires per unit area
B Footcandles per floor area
C Installed lighting power per unit area
D The quantity of light trespass on adjacent sites, measured in watts
Question 82:
Which green building strategies help conserve natural resources?
A Choosing product materials with low VOCs
B Installing composting toilets
C Providing pedestrian access between a project building and basic services
D Removing asbestos tiles from an existing building
Question 83:
A project team has submitted registration information for a building that has a target rating of Gold. When can the
project team advertise that the project is LEED Gold?

24. A After substantial completion of the project
B Once the registration has been approved by GBCI
C After the preliminary review
D After the final application review is accepted and the project is awarded LEED Gold certification
E After the registration is submitted
Question 84:
What encourages recycling among building occupants?
A Installing can crushers and cardboard bailers
B The cost of waste haulers
C The size of the recycling area
D Accessibility and convenience to recycling bins
Question 85:
The baseline water use of a water closet is:
A 1.6 gpf
B 2.2 gpf
C 1.6 gpm
D 2.2 gpm
Question 86:
Reducing external light pollution will result in synergies between what LEED credit categories?
A Energy and Atmosphere
B Innovation in Design
C Sustainable Sites

25. D Indoor Environmental Quality
Question 87:
What statements are NOT true regarding the LEED certification process?
A Credit Interpretation Requests (CIRs) have a submission fee
B The Credit Interpretation Request (CIR) process is available to all rating systems except LEED for
Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
C The project administrator must be a LEED AP
D Appeals for credits can be filed for any of the LEED rating systems
Question 88:
The size of the parking lot for a project will be determined by:
A Local zoning
B Size of the property boundary
C Size of the LEED boundary
D Size of the project boundary
Question 89:
What is a LEED strategy to reduce single occupant automobile transportation to the project site?
A Build the project on a brownfield
B Locate the project in a suburban area
C Increase the building density
D Designate preferred parking spaces for car pools
Question 90:
What steps would be included in the pre-design phase of a green building project?
A Develop, test, and select green systems

26. B Develop a project schedule
C Review materials test data
D Review laws and standards
Question 91:
What project issues are addressed by guidelines from SMACNA?
A Refrigerant quantities
B Air quality issues from construction or renovation
C VOCs in materials
D Carpet durability
Question 92:
Which item can NOT contribute to Construction Waste Management?
A Wood given to a salvage hauler
B Recycling packaging material
C PCB removal
D Ground up brick used for drainage
Question 93:
What minimum floor area is needed for New Construction, Core and Shell, Schools, and Existing Buildings
Operations & Maintenance projects?
A 10,000 sq. ft.
B 1,000 sq. ft.
C There is no minimum
D 5,000 sq. ft.

27. Question 94:
Which of the following is a primary goal of the USGBC?
A Market transformation of the building industry
B To reduce the construction costs of a building
C To promote green products
D To reduce the construction schedule of projects
Question 95:
What is not an example of smart growth?
A Development of a site that is far from existing development and infrastructure
B Residential development on a previously developed site located near shops and schools
C Neighborhood design that has offices and shops within walking distance to public transportation
D Retail, office, and residential townhouses on the site of a former gas station
Question 96:
Where should a project team go for updates and errata for the LEED for New Construction rating system?
A usgbc.org
B LEED online
C GBCI.org
D LEED reference guides
Question 97:
A project located near which of the following would help earn Public Transportation Access credit?
A Public park
B Secure bicycle storage rack
C Bus stop

28. D 10 or more basic services
E Car pool parking lot
F Subway station
Question 98:
What is SRI?
A Measure of air quality
B Measure of VOC levels in paint
C Measure of an automobile's emissions
D Measure of a material's ability to reflect solar heat
Question 99:
What variables measure a refrigerant's impact on the environment?
A Global warming potential
B Global warming period
C Lifecycle potential
D Ozone depletion potential
E Greenhouse gas lifetime
Question 100:
What type of land is NOT considered previously developed?
A Farmland
B Site of an old drive-in theatre
C Graded site that has grown over with grass
D Tree mill