LEED GA Practice Exam 1, 2, 3
& 4 2026 Exam Questions and
Correct Answers | New Update
What LEED rating system focuses on the where, what and how to build
green at a community scale? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔LEED for Neighborhood
Development
What is the LEED standard for Indoor Air Quality - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔62.1
How many points must a LEED Gold project earn? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔60-79
How many points must a LEED Silver project earn? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔50-59
,What is the lowest level of LEED Certification - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Certified
How many levels are there of LEED Certification? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Four
Levels
Who manages the LEED Certification process? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔GBCI
Who developed the LEED Impact Categories? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Open System
What is an intense workshop designed to produce specific deliverables
called - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Set Goals
Which of these is the result of toilets and urinals? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Blackwater
,Which of these fixtures use gallons per minute (gpm) to measure water
consumption? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Indoor flow Fixtures
Using drought-tolerant native or adapted plants along with rocks, bark
mulch, and other landscape elements is called - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔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? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Heat Island Effect
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 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Heat Island Effect
Which of these is a major concept in the integrative process that is integral
to green building and sustainability? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Systems thinking
The "Prius Effect" is an example of a(n) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔negative
feedback loop
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, Which of these describes the integrative process approach to designing a
LEED project? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Accounting for the interactions among all
buildings and site systems
Which of these is an important tool in the iterative process? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Charrette
Which of these treaties banned the production of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
refrigerants and is phasing out
hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) refrigerants? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The
Montreal Protocol
What refrigerant can be used by a LEED product? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC)
ASHRAE Standard 189.1 can be as an alternate path to compliance to
what building code? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔IGCC
The ASHRAE Standard 52 determines what for air filters? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Which of these purchases would meet the requirement for being obtained
locally for LEED Material and
& 4 2026 Exam Questions and
Correct Answers | New Update
What LEED rating system focuses on the where, what and how to build
green at a community scale? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔LEED for Neighborhood
Development
What is the LEED standard for Indoor Air Quality - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔62.1
How many points must a LEED Gold project earn? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔60-79
How many points must a LEED Silver project earn? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔50-59
,What is the lowest level of LEED Certification - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Certified
How many levels are there of LEED Certification? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Four
Levels
Who manages the LEED Certification process? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔GBCI
Who developed the LEED Impact Categories? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Open System
What is an intense workshop designed to produce specific deliverables
called - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Set Goals
Which of these is the result of toilets and urinals? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Blackwater
,Which of these fixtures use gallons per minute (gpm) to measure water
consumption? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Indoor flow Fixtures
Using drought-tolerant native or adapted plants along with rocks, bark
mulch, and other landscape elements is called - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔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? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Heat Island Effect
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 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Heat Island Effect
Which of these is a major concept in the integrative process that is integral
to green building and sustainability? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Systems thinking
The "Prius Effect" is an example of a(n) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔negative
feedback loop
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Which of these describes the integrative process approach to designing a
LEED project? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Accounting for the interactions among all
buildings and site systems
Which of these is an important tool in the iterative process? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Charrette
Which of these treaties banned the production of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
refrigerants and is phasing out
hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) refrigerants? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The
Montreal Protocol
What refrigerant can be used by a LEED product? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC)
ASHRAE Standard 189.1 can be as an alternate path to compliance to
what building code? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔IGCC
The ASHRAE Standard 52 determines what for air filters? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Which of these purchases would meet the requirement for being obtained
locally for LEED Material and
