LEED GA PRACTICE EXAM 1, 2, 3 & 4
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED
AND UPDATED)
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? - ANS Four Levels
Who manages the LEED Certification process? - ANS GBCI
Who developed the LEED Impact Categories? - ANS U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
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,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? - 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
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
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, 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
Which of these treaties banned the production of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerants and is
phasing out
hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) refrigerants? - ANS The Montreal Protocol
What refrigerant can be used by a LEED product? - ANS Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC)
ASHRAE Standard 189.1 can be as an alternate path to compliance to what building code? -
ANS IGCC
The ASHRAE Standard 52 determines what for air filters? - ANS Minimum Efficiency Reporting
Value
Which of these purchases would meet the requirement for being obtained locally for LEED
Material and
Resources (MR) credits? - ANS Stone extracted and processed 80 miles away and purchased
within 75 miles from the project site
What is pre-consumer recycled material? - ANS Material diverted from the waste stream
during the manufacturing process and used for another
purpose
A non-profit organization is planning to rent three floors of an existing 15-story building. What
LEED rating
system would you recommend to the project team to follow? - ANS LEED ID+C: Commercial
Interiors
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED
AND UPDATED)
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? - ANS Four Levels
Who manages the LEED Certification process? - ANS GBCI
Who developed the LEED Impact Categories? - ANS U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,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? - 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
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
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, 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
Which of these treaties banned the production of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerants and is
phasing out
hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) refrigerants? - ANS The Montreal Protocol
What refrigerant can be used by a LEED product? - ANS Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC)
ASHRAE Standard 189.1 can be as an alternate path to compliance to what building code? -
ANS IGCC
The ASHRAE Standard 52 determines what for air filters? - ANS Minimum Efficiency Reporting
Value
Which of these purchases would meet the requirement for being obtained locally for LEED
Material and
Resources (MR) credits? - ANS Stone extracted and processed 80 miles away and purchased
within 75 miles from the project site
What is pre-consumer recycled material? - ANS Material diverted from the waste stream
during the manufacturing process and used for another
purpose
A non-profit organization is planning to rent three floors of an existing 15-story building. What
LEED rating
system would you recommend to the project team to follow? - ANS LEED ID+C: Commercial
Interiors
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
