FREE LEED AP BD+C Questions and Answers

Question 1

A project team decided to install a garden canopy covered by photovoltaic (PV) panels. Which of the following prerequisites/credits will this decision make a positive contribution to? (Choose three.)

Accepted Answer

Optimize Energy Performance credit

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Minimum Energy Performance prerequisite

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Demand Response credit

Question 2

A project team pursuing the EQ credit Indoor Air Quality Assessment has completed the flush-out. However, per the owner’s request, the team has ordered some additional furnishings to be installed in one room after the flush-out. Which of the following actions should the project team take?

Accepted Answer

The flush-out must be restarted from the beginning for that room.

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There is no need to take any action since the flush-out can occur before installing some furnishings.

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The flush-out must be restarted from the beginning for the whole project.

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The project team should write a credit interpretation ruling and ask for clarification on this issue.

Question 3

A project team pursuing the EQ credit, Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Strategies is discussing strategies for complying with the “interior cross-contamination” requirements in the printing rooms. Which of the following strategies is an “interior cross-contamination” strategy under the mentioned credit?

Accepted Answer

Installing exhaust fans to spaces that may contain hazardous materials or chemicals

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Installing permanent entryway systems at least 10 feet (3 meters) long in the primary direction of travel at the regularly used exterior entrances

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Each ventilation system that supplies outdoor air to the occupied spaces should contain particle filters or air cleaning devices that have a MERV rating of 13 or higher, in accordance with ASHRAE 52.2-2007

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Designing the building to minimize and control the entry of pollutants into the building

Question 4

A LEED AP is making calculations to confirm that the project is eligible to pursue the Path 3: Zero-Lot-Line Projects Only—85th Percentile part of the SS credit Rainwater Management. If the total square feet of the whole lot of the building is 10,000 square feet, at a minimum, how much should the total square feet of the building be to be eligible for this path?

Accepted Answer

15,000 square feet

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10,000 square feet

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20,000 square feet

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30,000 square feet

Question 5

Which of the following projects cannot pursue Option 2: Prescriptive Compliance: ASHRAE 50% Advanced Energy Design Guide part of the Minimum Energy Performance prerequisite?

Accepted Answer

110,000-square-foot office project

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80,000-square-foot office project

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90,000-square-foot retail project

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120,000-square-foot school project

Question 6

Which of the following project types are required to consider the “perimeter floor area” instead of the “regularly occupied floor area” under the Daylight credit calculations?

Accepted Answer

Healthcare

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Retail

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Core and shell

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Major renovation

Question 7

Under Option 2: Lighting Quality part of the Interior Lighting credit, projects should choose four of the eight strategies defined under the credit. Which of the following is not one of them?

Accepted Answer

Providing individual lighting controls that enable occupants to adjust the lighting to suit their preferences

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Using light sources with a color rendering index (CRI) of 80 or higher for the entire project

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Using lighting fixtures with a luminance of less than 2,500 cd/m2 between 45 and 90 degrees from nadir in the regularly occupied spaces

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Using direct-only overhead lighting for 25% or less of the total connected lighting load for all regularly occupied spaces

Question 8

A LEED AP of an office-building project, working on the Access to Quality Transit credit, creates a table to evaluate the number of trips for different transit types. The project contains a bus station, a ferry terminal, and a light rail station within a half-mile (800-meter) walking distance of a building's functional entry. Which of the following statements would be true if none of the eligible transit types is providing weekend trips?

Accepted Answer

The project cannot earn the credit.

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The project can earn points if the total number of bus, ferry, and light rail trips exceeds the threshold set forth in the credit.

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The project can earn points if the total number of ferry and light rail trips exceeds the threshold set forth in the credit.

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The project can earn points only if the number of ferry trips exceeds the threshold set forth in the credit.

Question 9

A project owner decides to install a permanent steel structure to carry the national flag next to the building’s main entrance. The project team is in pursuit of the SS credit Light Pollution Reduction, and the owner wants the national flag to be illuminated at night. If the project is located inside an MLO3 zone, what should the LEED AP suggest about the national flag lighting?

Accepted Answer

Suggest nothing, as national flag lighting will already be exempt from the credit requirements

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Suggest including this lighting under the uplight calculations to confirm its compliance

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Suggest turning this lighting off from midnight to six in the morning for credit compliance

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Suggest choosing a luminaire with a low backlight rating

Question 10

LEED refers to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under which of the following prerequisites/credits? (Choose three.)

Accepted Answer

Sensitive Land Protection credit

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Environmental Site Assessment prerequisite

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Integrative Process credit