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LEED BD+C Test -4 (1)
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Which type of project would require the project team to conduct a whole-buildinglife-cycle assessment for MR Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction?
A) A school listed in the National Register of Historic Places
B) A new Core and Shell project
C) An 80-year old existing building
D) An abandoned warehouse in a high-priority area - CORRECT ANSWER-A new
Core and Shell project
The project team for an office building is considering a composting program. Which
statement is true regarding the IN Credit Innovation for a composting program?
A) Composting 100% of a project's organic waste can earn the project exemplary
performance.
B) IN Credit Innovation can only be earned if all occupants of the building are
allowed to participate in the program.
C) LEED would reject IN Credit Innovation submission for a composting program
unless it was a Regional Priority.
D) A LEED AP would be required to design a composting-management plan in order
to meet the IN credit requirements.
E) If Project ABC earns IN Credit Innovation for implementing a composting
program, then Project XYZ will also earn the credit. - CORRECT ANSWER-IN Credit
Innovation can only be earned if all occupants of the building are allowed to
participate in the program.
When installing artificial lighting, which light source will approximate natural light?
,A) Direct-only overhead lighting
B) Task lighting
C) A light source with a ratio of average ceiling illuminance to work surface
illuminance that does not exceed 1:10
D) A light source with a color-rendering index above 80 - CORRECT ANSWER-A
light source with a color-rendering index above 80
A project team has selected a mixed-mode ventilation strategy for a new school
project. To meet the minimum air flows for the project, the team will need to identify
all EXCEPT which information for all rooms and spaces?
A) The occupancy category
B) The net occupiable space
C) The design occupancy
D) Ventilation zones
E) Ventilation strategies
F) The baseline occupancy rate - CORRECT ANSWER-The baseline occupancy
rate
A building planned for a previously developed site has a zero-lot-line and a single flat
roof. The project has a FAR of 1.7. Given that the project will earn LT Credit
Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses what additional credits could be earned by
installing an intensive vegetated roof?
(Choose 3)
A) SS Credit Open Space
,B) WE Credit Outdoor Water Use Reduction
C) SS Credit Site Development-Protect or Restore Habitat
D) EQ Credit Quality Views
E) SS Credit Heat Island Reduction - CORRECT ANSWER-SS Credit Open Space
SS Credit Site Development-Protect or Restore Habitat
SS Credit Heat Island Reduction
A project moved beyond the design phase before a green-building consultant was
asked to join the project team. The building owner wants to hear about design
strategies that can have minimal impact on the project budget. The design consultant
suggests using light-colored pervious paving in lieu of a black asphalt parking lot.
This design strategy would assist in all of the following credits EXCEPT:
A) SS Credit Open Space
B) SS Credit Heat Island Reduction
C) EA Credit Optimize Energy Performance
D) SS Credit Rainwater Management - CORRECT ANSWER-SS Credit Open Space
If the performance option is chosen for EA Prerequisite Minimum Energy
Performance, the modeling data can be used to inform decisions in all of the
following EXCEPT which credit?
A) EQ Prerequisite Minimum Indoor Air Quality Performance
, B) WE Prerequisite Indoor Water Use Reduction
C) EA Credit Demand Response
D) EA Credit Renewable Energy Production
E) EA Prerequisite Fundamental Refrigerant Management - CORRECT
ANSWER-EA Prerequisite Fundamental Refrigerant Management
Which strategy is the most effective for reducing overall heat island effect while
additionally supporting the achievement of other LEED credits?
A) Covering non-roof and roof surfaces with a three year aged solar reflectance
value of at least 0.28
B) Placing parking underground
C) Planting with native plants
D) Limiting the amount of hardscapes on the site and increasing the landscaping
area - CORRECT ANSWER-Limiting the amount of hardscapes on the site and
increasing the landscaping area
A project team is setting the schedule to conduct air-quality testing for EQ Credit IAQ
Assessment. Under what circumstances must the tests occur?
A) After the building has been occupied
B) At any time as long as the ventilation system has increased ventilation by at least
30%
C) During normal occupied hours and while operating at a minimum outdoor airflow
rate
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