SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Leed
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
certifications
,
leed
,
construction
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Systematic improvements in the performance of a market or market segment. For example - EPA's ENERGY STAR program has shifted the performance of homes - buildings - and appliances toward higher levels of energy efficiency by providing recognition and
LEED Credit Interpretation Request
Market Transformation
Rain Garden
Ventilation Rate
2. A comparison of a building system's performance with a standard - such as ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.
Performance Relative to Benchmark
Energy or Greenhouse Gas Emissions per Capita
Renewable Energy
Construction Wast Management Plan
3. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of liquid water from 60 to 61 degrees Fahrenheit. This standard measure of energy is used to describe the energy content of fuels and compare energy use.
Controllability of Systems
astewater
Floodplain
British Thermal Unit (Btu)
4. The amount of building materials returned to active use (in the same or a related capacity as their original use) - expressed as a percentage of the total materials cost of a building. The salvaged materials are incorporated into the new building - t
Reuse
Fossil Fuel
Wetland Vegetation
High-Performance Green Building
5. The precipitation of dilute solutions of strong mineral acids - formed by the mixing in the atmosphere of various industrial pollutants (primarily sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) with naturally occurring oxygen and water vapor.
LEED Intent
Acid Rain
Energy-Efficient Products and Systems
Diversity of Uses or Housing Types
6. Equipment - distribution systems - and terminals that provide the processes of heating - ventilating - or air-conditioning. (ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007)
HVAC Systems
Ecosystem
Carbon Footprint
Building Envelope
7. The percentage of material in a product that is recycled from the manufacturing waste stream (preconsumer waste) or the consumer waste stream (postconsumer waste) and used to make new materials. For LEED - recycled content is typically expressed as a
Recycled Content
Flush-Out
Prime Farmland
ENERGY STAR Rating
8. Plants that require saturated soils to survive or can tolerate prolonged wet soil conditions.
Wetland Vegetation
Carbon Dioxide Concentration
Off-Gassing
Fossil Fuel
9. Management of a forest to produce in perpetuity a high-level annual or regular periodic output - through a balance between increment and cutting. (Society of American Foresters)
Biodiversity
Acid Rain
Ecosystem
Sustained-Yield Forestry
10. The amount of water the design case conserves versus the baseline case. All LEED Water Efficiency credits use a baseline case against which the facility's design case is compared. The baseline case represents the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct 1992
Regenerative Design
Baseline Versus Design
Construction and Demolition Debris
Commissioning (Cx)
11. The variety of life in all forms - levels - and combinations - including ecosystem diversity - species diversity - and genetic diversity.
Commissioning Plan
Commissioning (Cx)
Alternative Fuel Vehicles
Biodiversity
12. A comparison of a building system's performance with a baseline that is equivalent to minimal compliance with an applicable energy code - such as ASHRAE Standard 90 or California's Title 24.
Pollutant
Performance Relative to Code
Energy or Greenhouse Gas Emissions per Capita
LEED Green Building Rating System
13. The installed lighting power per unit area.
Alternative Fuel Vehicles
Native and Adapted Plants
Building Envelope
Lighting Power Density
14. A measure of a building's energy performance compared with that of similar buildings - as determined by the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. A score of 50 represents average building performance.
ENERGY STAR Rating
Bioswale
Nonrenewable
Life-Cycle Assessment
15. The emission of volatile organic compounds from synthetic and natural products.
Sustainable Forestry
Off-Gassing
Ecosystem
Waste Diversion
16. A structure that uses water to absorb heat from air-conditioning systems and regulate air temperature in a facility.
Cooling Tower
Energy-Efficient Products and Systems
Ecosystem
British Thermal Unit (Btu)
17. Previously undeveloped land with soil suitable for cultivation. Avoiding development on prime farmland helps protect agricultural lands - which are needed for food production.
Prime Farmland
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Sustainable Forestry
Ambient Temperature
18. The process of verifying and documenting that a building and all of its systems and assemblies are planned - designed - installed - tested - operated - and maintained to meet the owner's project requirements.
Biodiversity
Commissioning (Cx)
Energy or Greenhouse Gas Emissions per Capita
Rapidly Renewable Materials and Products
19. An optional LEED Green Building Rating System component whose achievement results in the earning of points toward certification.
LEED Credit
astewater
Energy or Greenhouse Gas Emissions per Capita
Carbon Footprint
20. The amount of connection between a site and the surrounding community - measured by proximity of the site to homes - schools - parks - stores - restaurants - medical facilities - and other services and amenities.
Diversity of Uses or Housing Types
Energy or Greenhouse Gas Emissions per Capita
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Community Connectivity
21. The amount of water consumed by flush fixtures (water closets - or toilets - and urinals). The baseline flush rate for water closets is 1.6 gpf - and for urinals - 1.0 gpf (EPAct 1992)
Construction Wast Management Plan
Gallons per Flush (gpf)
Native and Adapted Plants
Commissioning Plan
22. An indicator of ventilation effectiveness inside buildings. CO2 concentrations greater than 530 parts per million (ppm) above outdoor conditions generally indicate inadequate ventilation. Absolute concentrations of greater than 800 to 1000 ppm genera
Bioswale
Alternative Fuel Vehicles
Carbon Dioxide Concentration
Performance Relative to Benchmark
23. A basic unit of nature that includes a community of organisms and their nonliving environment linked by biological - chemical and physical processes.
Energy Management System
Ecosystem
Nonrenewable
Floodplain
24. A combination of symptoms - experienced by occupants of a building - that appear to be linked to time spent in the building but cannot be traced to a specific cause. Complaints may be localized in a particular room or zone or be spread throughout the
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
ENERGY STAR Rating
Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
Graywater
25. Precipitation captured and used for indoor needs - irrigation - or both.
By-Product
Commissioning Report
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Harvested Rainwater
26. The operation of mechanical systems for a minimum of two weeks using 100 percent outside air at the end of construction and prior to building occupancy to ensure safe indoor air quality.
Pollutant
Flush-Out
Building Footprint
Building Density
27. Any substance introduced into the environment that harms the usefulness of a resource or the health of humans - animals - or ecosystems. (EPA) Air pollutants include emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) - sulfur dioxide (SO2) - nitrogen oxides (NOX) - m
HVAC Systems
Pre-Consumer Recycled Content
Commissioning Report
Pollutant
28. A process used to remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from a building by elevating the temperature in the fully furnished and ventilated building prior to human occupancy.
Particulates
Certified Wood
Building Footprint
Bake-Out
29. A document that outlines the organization - schedule - allocation of resources - and documentation requirements of the commissioning process.
Flush-Out
Commissioning Plan
Building Envelope
Diversity of Uses or Housing Types
30. Resources that are not depleted by use. Examples include energy from the sun - wind - and small (low-impact) hydropower - plus geothermal energy and wave and tidal systems. Ways to capture energy from the sun include photovoltaic - solar thermal - an
Renewable Energy
HVAC Systems
Floor-To-Area Ratio
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
31. Previously used or developed land that may be contaminated with hazardous waste or pollution. Once any environmental damage has been re-mediated - the land can be reused. Redevelopment on brownfields provides an important opportunity to restore degra
Commissioning Plan
Ambient Temperature
HVAC Systems
Brownfield
32. The controlled admission of natural light into a space - used to reduce or eliminate electric lighting.
Off-Gassing
Sustainable Forestry
Ambient Temperature
Daylighting
33. The nature of air inside the space that affects the health and well-being of building occupants. It is considered acceptable when there are no known contaminants at harmful concentrations and a substantial majority (80% or more) of the occupants do n
Diversity of Uses or Housing Types
Indoor Air Quality
Transportation Demand Management
Baseline Versus Design
34. The amount of waste disposed of other than through incineration or in landfills - expressed in tons. Examples of waste diversion include reuse and recycling.
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Waste Diversion
LEED Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
British Thermal Unit (Btu)
35. Wood that has been issued a certificate from an independent organization with developed standards of good forest management. This certificate verifies that wood products come from responsibly managed forests.
Irrigation Efficiency
Carbon Footprint
Certified Wood
Bioswale
36. Water from precipitation that flows over surfaces into sewer systems or receiving water bodies. All precipitation that leaves project site boundaries on the surface is considered stormwater runoff.
Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)
Stormwater Runoff
Commissioning Report
Prime Farmland
37. Not capable of being replaced; permanently depleted once used. Examples of nonrenewable energy sources are oil and natural gas; nonrenewable natural resources include metallic ores.
Life-Cycle Assessment
Nonrenewable
Xeriscaping
Salvaged Material
38. Solid particles or liquid droplets in the atmosphere. The chemical composition of particulates varies - depending on location and time of year. Sources include dust - emissions from industrial processes - combustion products from the burning of wood
Air Quality Standards
Biodegradable
Energy or Greenhouse Gas Emissions per Capita
Particulates
39. Management of forest resources to meet the long-term forest product needs of humans while maintaining the biodiversity of forested landscapes. The primary goal is to restore - enhance - and sustain a full range of forest values - including economic -
Sustainable Forestry
Photovoltaic (PV) Energy
By-Product
Controllability of Systems
40. The relationship between the total building floor area and the allowable land area the building can cover. In green building - the objective is to build up rather than out because a smaller footprint means less diruption of the existing or created la
Floor-To-Area Ratio
Nonrenewable
Energy Use Intensity
Certified Wood
41. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. (Brundtland Commission)
Stormwater Runoff
Sustainability
Contaminant
Building Envelope
42. The level of pollutants prescribed by regulations that is not to be exceeded during a given time in a defined area. (EPA)
Native and Adapted Plants
Building Footprint
Air Quality Standards
Diversity of Uses or Housing Types
43. A material - other than the principal product - generated as a consequence of an industrial process or as a breakdown product in a living system. (EPA)
Commissioning (Cx)
Off-Gassing
By-Product
Irrigation Efficiency
44. An analysis of the environmental aspects and potential impacts associated with a product - process - or service.
LEED Prerequisite
Life-Cycle Assessment
Brownfield
Foot Candle
45. Capable of decomposing under natural conditions. (EPA)
Biodegradable
Biomass
Cooling Tower
Energy Management System
46. American Society of Heating - Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
Commissioning Report
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
ASHRAE
Flush-Out
47. The absorption of heat by hardscapes - such as dark - nonreflective pavement and buildings - and its radiation to surrounding areas. Particularly in urban areas - other sources may include vehicle exhaust - air-conditioners - and street equipment; re
Alternative Fuel Vehicles
Particulates
Heat Island Effect
Off-Gassing
48. The percentage of the surface area of a paving material that is open and allows moisture to pass through the material and soak into the ground below.
High-Performance Green Building
Site Disturbance
Perviousness
Sustainable Forestry
49. The amount of air circulated through a space - measured in air changes per hour (the quantity of infiltration air in cubic feet per minute divided by the volume of the room). Proper ventilation rates - as prescribed by ASHRAE Standard 62 - ensure tha
Ventilation Rate
LEED Credit Interpretation Request
Energy or Greenhouse Gas Emissions per Capita
LEED Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
50. The temperature - humidity - and airflow ranges within which the majority of people are most comfortable - as determined by ASHRAE Standard 55-2004. Because people dress differently depending on the season - thermal comfort levels vary with the seaso
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Thermal Comfort
Measures of Energy Use
Blackwater