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

Answer

Explanation:
Under Option 1: Whole-Building Energy Simulation part of the Minimum Energy Performance prerequisite, the percent improvement in the baseline building performance must be established without considering the on-site renewable energy sources (such as PV panels for this question). However, on-site renewable energy sources can be counted toward energy savings under the Optimize Energy Performance credit.
Installing a canopy covered by PV panels will also contribute to the Heat Island Reduction credit because providing shade with structures covered by energy generation systems is one of the “nonroof” strategies under that credit.
Since installing PV panels will result in producing on-site renewable energy, this will also contribute to the Renewable Energy Production credit.
However, installing PV panels will not contribute to the 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.

Answer

Explanation:
If any partial work occurs during the flush-out in any space (such as installing furnishings), the flush-out process must be restarted from the beginning for that space.

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

Answer

Explanation:
Under the Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Strategies credit, for “interior cross-contamination,” projects should exhaust spaces that may contain hazardous materials or chemicals, to create negative pressure with respect to the adjacent spaces when the doors to the room are closed. These types of spaces should also contain self-closing doors and a deck-to-deck partition or a hard-lid ceiling. Some examples of spaces that may contain hazardous materials or chemicals would be garages, laundry areas, or copying and printing rooms.
Installing permanent entryway systems at least 10 feet (3 meters) long in the primary direction of travel at the regularly used exterior entrances would be an “entryway systems” strategy.
Designing the building to minimize and control the entry of pollutants into the building would be an “exterior contamination prevention” strategy.

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

Answer

Explanation:
Path 3 of the Rainwater Management credit is only for zero-lot-line projects in urban areas with a minimum density of a 1.5 floor-to-area ratio. (Zero-lot-line projects are types of projects in which the buildings are built on the entire lot.)
For this question, since the project should have a minimum density of a 1.5 floor-to-area ratio, the total square feet of the building should be 15,000 square feet at a minimum.

1.5 FAR = 15,000 square feet / 10,000 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

Answer

Explanation:
Option 2: Prescriptive Compliance: ASHRAE 50% Advanced Energy Design Guide is for projects that do not contain unique designs and systems beyond simple improvements to the MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) systems. Office buildings of less than 100,000 square feet (9,290 square meters), retail buildings between 20,000 and 100,000 square feet (1,860–9,290 square meters), school buildings of any size, and hospitals larger than 100,000 square feet (9,290 square meters) are eligible to pursue this option.

LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Certification Practice Test

LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Certification Practice Test

FREE LEED AP BD+C Questions and Answers