Free LEED Green Associate Questions and Answers

Question 1

What does a LEED rating reflect?

Accepted Answer

How green a building is

Answer

Explanation:
LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is a system for rating how green a building is. Although LEED ratings can be affected by factors such as carbon footprints and how a building relates to the site, a LEED score takes many other elements of a building into account. A LEED rating can affect a building's value, but LEED scores do not reflect a building's cost.

Question 2

How can the proximity of a mass transit system to a building site affect a project?

Accepted Answer

Smaller parking areas will be required

Answer

Explanation:
LEED encourages building near existing infrastructure, including mass transit systems, to provide alternatives to driving, which is a more significant source of pollution and noise than most mass transit systems. A key benefit of proximity to mass transit is that it will decrease the amount of parking needed for

Question 3

Which phase of a construction schedule requires monitoring by a project team leader?

Accepted Answer

All phases

Answer

Explanation:
A construction schedule is a timeline that is created before the project and divides the project into stages which may include design, materials selection, construction/renovation, as well as other phases. A project team leader is responsible for overseeing a project from start to finish, thus a project team leader will monitor all phases of a project.

Question 4

Which of the following is not considered part of a building's footprint?

Accepted Answer

The parking lot

Answer

Explanation:
The development footprint of a project encompasses all buildings and all of the other created features of a site such as paths, roads, gardens, and parking lots. A building's footprint, however, is defined as the building itself (including the foundation of the building). This would also include all rooms inside a building such as the bathrooms or kitchens. So a parking lot is part of the development footprint, but not the building's footprint.

Question 5

Which of the following building sites is most likely to qualify for LEED certification?

Accepted Answer

A plot of land that has been developed already and is located two miles away from a federally protected wetland

Answer

Explanation:
LEED has specific standards for the type of building sites that are eligible for certification. Land that has not been previously developed will not qualify if it lies within 50 feet of a body of water that might support industrial activity, fish, or recreation activities, or if it lies beneath the 100-year flood level. Land within 100 feet of a federally-recognized wetland will also not qualify, but 2 miles away from a wetland would qualify as a certifiable building site as long as local ordinances consider it legal.

LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Certification Practice Test

LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Certification Practice Test

Free LEED Green Associate Questions and Answers