ID 3301 TEST 2 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED
Tools for evaluating a product's sustainability? Ans✓✓✓Life Cycle
Assessment Methodologies
Sustainable Minds
Eco-Scan
Ide-Mat
Green Benchmarking
Polardesign
MIPS Method
4 Phases of a Products Life Cycle Ans✓✓✓Material Acquisition
Production (making materials, producing, distributing)
Use (use, remanufacturing, refurbishing)
Disposal (recycling, waste treatment, landfill)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Ans✓✓✓Systematic set of procedures
for analysing the inputs and outputs of materials/energy and the
associated environmental impacts directly attributable to the functioning
of a product or service system throughout its life cycle
2 main components of LCA Ans✓✓✓inventory (LCI) and evaluation
(LCIA)
, functional unit Ans✓✓✓a predefined quantity of product or service
used as a means of comparing the environmental performance of
alternative like products and/or services
4 Stages of LCA Ans✓✓✓Planning
(Establish boundary)
Inventory Analysis/Quantification
Evaluation/Determination
Interpretation
5 Steps in Evaluation in LCA (3 mandatory, 2 optional)
Ans✓✓✓Selection
Classification
Characterization
Normalization
Weighting*
Selection Ans✓✓✓In LCA Evaluation; refers to the process of
identifying the relevant environmental impacts for a particular
assessment
Classification Ans✓✓✓In LCA Evaluation; the process of assigning
LCI results (outputs) to specific impact categories
ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED
Tools for evaluating a product's sustainability? Ans✓✓✓Life Cycle
Assessment Methodologies
Sustainable Minds
Eco-Scan
Ide-Mat
Green Benchmarking
Polardesign
MIPS Method
4 Phases of a Products Life Cycle Ans✓✓✓Material Acquisition
Production (making materials, producing, distributing)
Use (use, remanufacturing, refurbishing)
Disposal (recycling, waste treatment, landfill)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Ans✓✓✓Systematic set of procedures
for analysing the inputs and outputs of materials/energy and the
associated environmental impacts directly attributable to the functioning
of a product or service system throughout its life cycle
2 main components of LCA Ans✓✓✓inventory (LCI) and evaluation
(LCIA)
, functional unit Ans✓✓✓a predefined quantity of product or service
used as a means of comparing the environmental performance of
alternative like products and/or services
4 Stages of LCA Ans✓✓✓Planning
(Establish boundary)
Inventory Analysis/Quantification
Evaluation/Determination
Interpretation
5 Steps in Evaluation in LCA (3 mandatory, 2 optional)
Ans✓✓✓Selection
Classification
Characterization
Normalization
Weighting*
Selection Ans✓✓✓In LCA Evaluation; refers to the process of
identifying the relevant environmental impacts for a particular
assessment
Classification Ans✓✓✓In LCA Evaluation; the process of assigning
LCI results (outputs) to specific impact categories
