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LEED GA Practice Exam 1, 2, 3 & 4
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What LEED rating system focuses on the where, what and how to
build green at a community scale?
Ans: LEED for Neighborhood Development
What is the LEED standard for Indoor Air Quality
Ans: 62.1
How many points must a LEED Gold project earn?
Ans: 60-79
How many points must a LEED Silver project earn?
Ans: 50-59
What is the lowest level of LEED Certification
Ans: Certified
How many levels are there of LEED Certification?
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Ans: Four Levels
Who manages the LEED Certification process?
Ans: GBCI
Who developed the LEED Impact Categories?
Ans: U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
What type of system is one that materials and resources are constantly
brought in from the outside, used in
some way, and then released outside the system in some form of
waste?
Ans: Open System
What is an intense workshop designed to produce specific deliverables
called
Ans: Charrette
A project is renovating an existing building and wants to use green
building strategies. What is the first step the design team should do?
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Ans: Set Goals
Which of these is the result of toilets and urinals?
Ans: Blackwater
Which of these fixtures use gallons per minute (gpm) to measure water
consumption?
Ans: Indoor flow Fixtures
Using drought-tolerant native or adapted plants along with rocks, bark
mulch, and other landscape elements is called
Ans: Xeriscaping
A project team has incorporated Rainwater Management strategies by
installing an open-grid parking lot and reducing the impervious
pavement surrounding the project site buildings. What other
environmental impact is reduced by this design?
Ans: Heat Island Effect
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The result of using flat, dark surfaces of roadways, parking lots, and
tarred rooftops that absorb and retain the sun's heat during the day
and are slow to radiate it at night is known as
Ans: Heat Island Effect
Which of these is a major concept in the integrative process that is
integral to green building and sustainability?
Ans: Systems thinking
The "Prius Effect" is an example of a(n)
Ans: negative feedback loop
Which of these describes the integrative process approach to designing
a LEED project?
Ans: Accounting for the interactions among all buildings and
site systems
Which of these is an important tool in the iterative process?
Ans: Charrette
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LEED GA Practice Exam 1, 2, 3 & 4
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
What LEED rating system focuses on the where, what and how to
build green at a community scale?
Ans: LEED for Neighborhood Development
What is the LEED standard for Indoor Air Quality
Ans: 62.1
How many points must a LEED Gold project earn?
Ans: 60-79
How many points must a LEED Silver project earn?
Ans: 50-59
What is the lowest level of LEED Certification
Ans: Certified
How many levels are there of LEED Certification?
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Ans: Four Levels
Who manages the LEED Certification process?
Ans: GBCI
Who developed the LEED Impact Categories?
Ans: U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
What type of system is one that materials and resources are constantly
brought in from the outside, used in
some way, and then released outside the system in some form of
waste?
Ans: Open System
What is an intense workshop designed to produce specific deliverables
called
Ans: Charrette
A project is renovating an existing building and wants to use green
building strategies. What is the first step the design team should do?
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Ans: Set Goals
Which of these is the result of toilets and urinals?
Ans: Blackwater
Which of these fixtures use gallons per minute (gpm) to measure water
consumption?
Ans: Indoor flow Fixtures
Using drought-tolerant native or adapted plants along with rocks, bark
mulch, and other landscape elements is called
Ans: Xeriscaping
A project team has incorporated Rainwater Management strategies by
installing an open-grid parking lot and reducing the impervious
pavement surrounding the project site buildings. What other
environmental impact is reduced by this design?
Ans: Heat Island Effect
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The result of using flat, dark surfaces of roadways, parking lots, and
tarred rooftops that absorb and retain the sun's heat during the day
and are slow to radiate it at night is known as
Ans: Heat Island Effect
Which of these is a major concept in the integrative process that is
integral to green building and sustainability?
Ans: Systems thinking
The "Prius Effect" is an example of a(n)
Ans: negative feedback loop
Which of these describes the integrative process approach to designing
a LEED project?
Ans: Accounting for the interactions among all buildings and
site systems
Which of these is an important tool in the iterative process?
Ans: Charrette
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