CMGT 380 – Green Building Practices and LEED Certification
Exam #2 - Use Scantron
1. In the Location and Transportation (LT) category, projects fulfilling the first credit, LEED for Neighborhood Development Location:
A. Are required to fulfill all the other credits In the category
B. Automatically get certified as LEED Neighborhood Developments
C. Are not eligible to earn other credits in the category
D. Get a reduced rate on their LEED certification
E. Are required to have one LEED AP on the project team
2. Select three of the following that are listed as sensitive sites In the Location and Transportation (LT) category that should not be built on:
A. Wetlands
B. Previously developed farmland
C. Prime farmland
D. Brownfields
E. Floodplains
3. If building occupants can take public transportation, ride bicycles, or walk to the building what environmental impact associated with commuting are they helping to reduce?
A. Greenhouse gas emissions
B. Carbon emissions
C. Loss of Greenfield’s
D. Loss of land due to increased need to develop more roads
4. How does the LEED rating system address project location and design? [Choose three]
A. Location
B. Transportation
C. Community
D. Neighborhood pattern and design
E. Existing infrastructure
5. What design approach can help to limit the amount of land covered by buildings, pavement, or infrastructure and make more efficient use of existing space?
A. Brownfield remediation
B. Infill
C. Sprawl
D. Urbanizing
6. What minimum score must a green vehicle achieve on the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) annual vehicle rating guide to qualify for LT Credit: Green Vehicles?
A. 40
B. 45
C. 55
D. 70
7. What strategy can help projects to promote alternatives to single-occupant car commuting and reduce the environmental impact due to parking?
A. Limit parking on the project site
B. Provide an alternative-fuel refueling station on the project site
C. Designate preferred spaces for fuel-efficient vehicles in the parking area
D. Build a parking structure that can accommodate 50% of the total building occupants
8. Which of these services cannot contribute to LT Credit: Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses?
A. Fire Station
B. Church
C. Mini Storage Facility
D. Recreation Center Swimming Pool
E. Bowling Alley
9. The Location and Transportation (LT) category rewards projects for decisions about building location in which of these design decisions? [Choose three]
A. Using a compact development approach
B. Providing connection to amenities
C. Providing open space
D. Having access to alternative transportation
E. Restoring the site with native and adaptive vegetation
10. Which of these strategies can help to promote bicycling to work?
A. Access to a nearby bike shop
B. Bike racks placed within ¼-mile of the building and public transit station
C. Provide all employees with a bike lock
D. Bicycling networks
11. What is considered a low target vehicle speed for bicyclists using public streets?
A. 30 mph
B. 15 mph
C. 25 mph
D. 10 mph
12. What must be included when determining the total vehicle parking capacity for a project? [Choose three]
A. New and existing surface parking spaces
B. Motorbike spaces
C. On-street (parallel or pull-in) parking spaces on public rights of way
D. New and existing garage or multilevel parking spaces
E. Any off-street parking spaces outside the project boundary that are available to the building’s users
13. How is preferred parking determined?
A. Preferred parking spaces have the shortest walking distance to the main entrance of the project, including spaces designated for people with disabilities.
B. Preferred parking spaces have the shortest walking distance to the main entrance of the project, exclusive of spaces designated for people with disabilities.
C. Preferred parking spaces have the shortest walking distance any functional entrance of the project, including spaces designated for people with disabilities.
D. Preferred parking spaces have the shortest walking distance any functional entrance of the project, exclusive of spaces designated for people with disabilities.
14. What type of LEED BD+C project is required to fulfill the Prerequisite: Integrative Project Planning and Design?
A. Hospitality
B. Retail
C. Healthcare
D. Schools
E. New Construction
15. What should be included in the LEED action plan for the prerequisite: Integrative Project Planning and Design? [Choose three]
A. Number of LEED professionals on the design team
B. LEED certification level to pursue
C. LEED credits to achieve
D. Prerequisites that the project will not be able to achieve
E. Team member responsibilities for meeting LEED requirements
16. Who should attend the preliminary LEED meeting for the prerequisite: Integrative Project Planning and Design?
A. Owner and a minimum of four key project team members
B. Owner and a maximum of four key project team members
C. Owner or owner’s representative and a maximum of four key project team members
D. Owner or owner’s representative and a minimum of four key project team members
17. For projects to achieve the credit: Integrative Process what systems must they analysis prior to the completion of the construction documents? [Choose two]
A. Fire Protection
B. Energy-Related
C. Domestic Hot Water
D. Water-Related
E. Building Envelope
18. What is a strategy project teams could use to help reduce the amount of electricity used by a building?
A. Limit the number of employees in the building at one time
B. Provide cell phone charging stations
C. Reduce demand from plug and process loads
D. Paint the interior walls and ceiling white
19. For the credit: Integrative Process in the discovery phase what type of energy modeling analysis must project teams complete?
A. Open box
B. Simple box
C. Whole building
D. Integrative
20. What type of equipment must be considered when estimating the total process water demand volume for a building? [Choose three]
A. Kitchen
B. Toilets
C. Cooling tower
D. Laundry
E. Irrigation
21. Which of these is found in significant quantity in rainwater runoff from roads, parking lots, and other hardscapes?
A. Sediments from soil
B. Chemicals
C. Petroleum
D. Fertilizer
E. Radon
22. Which LEED BD+C credit uses the BUG method?
A. SS Credit Site Development – Protect and Restore Habitat
B. EQ Credit Low-Emitting Materials
C. EQ Credit Daylight
D. SS Credit Light Pollution Reduction
23. LID is an abbreviation for which of these development methods used to minimize environmental impacts due to construction?
A. Low Impact Design
B. Light Industrial Design
C. Low Impact Development
D. Low Intensity Development
24. The LEED rating systems Sustainable Sites (SS) credit category addresses which of these project site design and maintenance topics? [Choose three]
A. Heat Island effect
B. Access to Quality Transit
C. Bicycle Facilities
D. Site Assessment
E. Rainwater Management
25. What type of project site landscaping method requires little or no irrigation?
A. Native and Adaptive
B. Intensive
C. Extensive
D. Xeriscaping
E. Integrated
26. What type of hardscape surface does not allow rainwater to infiltrate? [Choose two]
A. Open-grid paving used for a patio
B. Asphalt concrete parking lot
C. Stone walkway
D. Crushed stone with vegetation
E. Ground cover that uses nonnative vegetation
27. To prevent light pollution and earn SS Credit: Light Pollution Reduction what must be avoided? [Choose three]
A. Up-lighting
B. Path lighting
C. Glare
D. Trespass
28. What is the best strategy for reducing heat island and managing rainwater runoff?
A. Cistern
B. Vegetated roof
C. minimize site imperviousness
D. Wetlands
E. Mulch
29. To restore the solar reflectance of hardscape surfaces on a site what should building maintenance do?
A. Paint it white
B. Clean the surfaces with chemicals
C. Power wash the surface to decrease the SR value
D. Power wash the surface to increase the SR value
30. What can rainwater collected on-site be used for? [Choose three]
A. Landscape irrigation
B. Custodial uses
C. Swimming pools
D. Laundry
E. Toilet flushing
31. Which of these strategies can help improve a sites design for rainwater management? [Choose two]
A. Vegetated roof
B. Impervious surfaces
C. Low sloped roofs with gutters
D. Porous pavement
32. Which of these landscape features retain rainwater and slow the rate of runoff? [Choose two]
A. green roof
B. Impervious pavement
C. Bioswales
D. Rain gardens
33. What is the definition of Heat Island Effect?
A. The ratio of the radiation emitted by a surface to the radiation emitted by a black body at the same temperature
B. An decrease in air temperature in a developed area compared with an undeveloped area
C. A measure of a material’s ability to reject solar heat, as shown by a small temperature rise
D. An increase in air temperature in a developed area compared with an undeveloped area
34. Which of these are used to calculate the solar reflectivity index of a material? [Choose two]
A. Reflectivity
B. Heat gain
C. U-factor
D. Emissivity
E. Solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC)
35. Which of these should project teams install for surfaces in order to reduce the heat island effect?
A. Materials with a low SRI or a high SR
B. Materials with a low SRI or low SR
C. Materials with a high SRI or a low SR
D. Materials with a high SRI or a high SR
36. To achieve SS Credit: Heat Island Reduction what percentage of parking spaces must be under cover?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 75%
D. 100%
37. For SS Prerequisite: Construction Activity Pollution Prevention to reduce pollution from construction activities what must the plan control? [Choose three]
A. Airborne dust
B. Site disturbance within 40 feet of the project boundary
C. Soil erosion
D. Waterway sedimentation
E. Trees in place at the time of construction
38. What must the control plan for SS Prerequisite: Construction Activity Pollution Prevention conform to?
A. 2012 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Construction General Permit (CGP)
B. 2012 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Construction General Permit (CGP) or local equivalent
C. 2012 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Construction General Permit (CGP) or local equivalent, whichever is more stringent
D. Local code
39. SS Prerequisite: Environmental Site Assessment applies to which type of projects? [Choose two]
A. Healthcare
B. Hospitality
C. Retail
D. Core and Shell
E. Schools
40. If it is suspected that a school project site is contaminated what is the next step the project team must take?
A. Hire remediation experts
B. Contact the EPA for a site visit
C. Inform the owner
D. Conduct a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment
E. Remediate the site to meet local standards
41. When calculating the baseline water use for Water Use Reduction credits new construction projects should use what flow rate for public lavatories?
A. 2.5 gallons per minute
B. 2.2 gallons per minute
C. 1.0 gallon per minute
D. 0.5 gallon per minute
42. Water contaminated with human waste is considered:
A. Brownwater
B. Blackwater
C. Graywater
D. Potable water
43. Landscape designs that aim to eliminate the need for irrigation are called:
A. Xeriscape
B. Micro-irrigation
C. Drip irrigation
D. Evapotranspiration
44. Projects that achieve a projected water savings of at least ____ are eligible for an exemplary performance ID credit in addition to earning Water Efficiency Credit 3, Water Use Reduction.
A. 40%
B. 55%
C. 75%
D. 100%
45. To what standard must water from toilets and urinals be treated in order to be infiltrated back into the earth?
A. EPA Water Cleanliness Standards
B. Remove 85% solid particles
C. Local ordinance
D. State water cleanliness standards
E. Tertiary standards
46. What standard for fixture performance must be used to calculate the Baseline Case for Water Use Reduction credits?
A. SMACNA Guidelines
B. EPAct
C. WaterSense
D. ASHRAE Standard 90.1
47. A project designed for Arizona will include no irrigation for the landscaping. How many points would the project earn for this approach?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
48. Building occupants include which of the following?
A. Full-time staff and part-time staff
B. Full-time staff, part-time staff, students, and visitors
C. Full-time staff, part-time staff, students, visitors, volunteers, and customers
D. Full-time staff, part-time staff, transients, and residents
49. Which of the following are considered good approaches for capturing rainwater? [Choose two]
A. Cistern
B. Green Roof
C. Storm drains
D. Rain barrels
50. When calculating the Prerequisite Water Efficient Landscaping in the LEED for New Construction Rating system what contributes to potable water reduction? [Choose two]
A. Alternative sources of water
B. Plant Species Selection
C. Irrigation system efficiency
D. Plant Density
51. The project team is designing an office building to achieve 35% potable water savings. What information is needed to calculate the baseline that will be used to gage the projects total potable Water Use Reduction? [Choose three]
A. Daily uses
B. Annual rainwater
C. Flow rate of fixtures
D. Gray water use rates
E. Occupancy
52. Which of these concerns in the condenser water system for cooling towers are controlled by WE Credit Cooling Tower Water Use? [Choose three]
A. Temperature
B. Blowdown
C. Microbes
D. Corrosion
E. Scale
53. Which of the following are considered sources of potable water in LEED? [Choose two]
A. Irrigation wells
B. Captured rain water
C. Municipal water system
D. Municipally supplied reclaimed waste water
54. Which of these strategies is the most efficient for landscape irrigation practices?
A. Overhead sprinkler irrigation
B. Mulching
C. Drip or bubblers
D. Reduce turf grasses
55. What standard for high-efficiency fixtures specifies fixtures that use less water than those specified by the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 1992?