FLAD practice exam 1

Question 1

There are how many rating systems in LEED

Answer 1

Five

BD+C
O+M
ID+C
ND
Homes

Question 2

What are the impact categories

Answer 2

Reduce contributions to global climate change
Enhance human health and wellbeing
Protect and restore water resources
Protect biodiversity and ecosystem
Promote sustainability and regenerative resource cycles
Build a greener economy
Enhance social equity environmental justice and quality of life

Question 3

Integrative project tam members such as contractor, vendors, tradespeople, and other stakeholders, come together at what point in the design process to first discuss project

Answer 3

Before schematic design begins

Question 4

The mission of USGBC is

Answer 4

To transform the way buildings and communities are designed and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves quality o life

Question 5

Waste light from building sites the produce glarem is directed upward to the sky, or is directed off the site is

Answer 5

Light trespass

Question 6

Which of the following are green building rating systems
BREEM
REACH
Green Spheres
Green Globes

Answer 6

BREEM
Green Globes

Question 7

What 3 areas does the Sustainable Sites (SS) category cover

Answer 7

Site design and Management
Rainwater management
Heat Island Effect

Question 8

The Energy and Atmosphere (EA) category approaches energy from a holistic perspective, addressing which three goals (3)
Energy use reduction
Energy-efficient design strategies
Energy benchmark
Renewable energy sources
Building commissioning

Answer 8

Energy use reduction
Energy-efficient design strategies
Renewable energy sources

Question 9

The plan that outlines measures to minimize contamination in a building during construction and describes procedures to flush the building of contaminants prior to occupancy is called

Answer 9

Construction indoor air quality management plan

Question 10

ASHRAE 55-2010 is the standard for minimum level of

Answer 10

Thermal comfort

Question 11

The purpose of the regional priority credit is

Answer 11

Give the project team an incentive to achieve credits that are a regional priority

Question 12

The role of the Green Building Certificate Institute (GBCI) is to

Answer 12

Administer LEED certification

Question 13

Clerestory windows, light shelves, and reflective paint and materials all enhance what feature of LEED buildings

Answer 13

Daylighting

Question 14

LEED certification fees are based on

Answer 14

membership and square footage

Question 15

What is option 1 for EQ credit - Interior Lighting

Answer 15

Provide individual controls for at least 90% of occupants

Question 16

What are two examples of high-performance irrigation systems that channel water directly to the root system

Answer 16

Bubbler distribution systems
drip systems

Question 17

What LEED credit encourages early analysis of energy, site, and water systems to inform design is

Answer 17

Integrative process

Question 18

What impact category is water listed under

Answer 18

Protect and restore water resources

Question 19

If a project team decided that a drugstore would earn the LT-credit - LEED for Neighborhood Development Location, what other Location and Transportation (LT) credit would be easy to earn

Answer 19

The project would not be eligible for any other LT credits

Question 20

The best way to prevent indoor pollutants is to

Answer 20

Eliminate or control them at the source

Question 21

Precedent-setting rulings reviewed by USGBC on formal inquiries submitted by LEED project teams that can be applied to multiple projects are

Answer 21

LEED interpretations

Question 22

The location valuation factor in MR credit - Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Material Ingredients states that

Answer 22

Products extracted, manufactured, and purchased within 100 miles of the project are valued at 200% of their base contributing cost

Question 23

USGBC vision statement is

Answer 23

Buildings and communities will regenerate and sustain the health and vitality of all life within a generation

Question 24

The main considerations in the Sustainable Sites (SS) category of the BD+C rating system are

Answer 24

Choosing a building’s site and managing that site during construction

Question 25

Site not previously developed or graded that could support open space, habitat or natural hydrology are

Answer 25

Greenfields

Question 26

Building account for approximately how much energy use today

Answer 26

40%

Question 27

Green Seal and Environmental Choice are standards that should be met by what type of product

Answer 27

Green cleaning products

Question 28

Rather than focusing on specific environmental problems and how they can be reduced, as LEED 2009 did, the LEED v$ rating system asks the critical question of

Answer 28

what should a LEED project accomplish

Question 29

Two strategies that will lower demand for traditional sources of energy such as oil coal, and natural gas are

The generation of renewable energy on the project site
Joining the local utility’s demand reply program
Using Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Creating an energy portfolio that includes non-renewables, onsite renewable energy , green power, carbon offsets, and RECs
The purchase of green power

Answer 29

The generation of renewable energy on the project site
The purchase of green power

Question 30

The absorption of heat by hardscapes, such as dark, non-reflective pavements and building, and its radiation to surrounding areas is known as

Answer 30

Heat Island effect

Question 31

A landmark national effort to codify green building practices into adoptable, adaptable, enforceable green building codes has produced a green building code now available as an overlay to traditional building codes called the

Answer 31

International Green Construction Code (IGCC)

Question 32

The only Sustainable Site (SS) prerequisite in BD+C for New construction rating system is

Answer 32

Construction Activity Pollution Prevention

Question 33

Water pollution from diffuse land uses, rather than a single facility, and one of the biggest threats to surface water quality and aquatic ecosystems is called

Answer 33

nonpoint source pollution