SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
LEED GA: Green Associate
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. This concept is thought of as more sustainable. ex: plants grow in a field - produce oxygen - take in water - then die and decay which helps plants grow. these can be linked so one system uses the byproducts of another
Pedestrian Access
The average marginal cost is less than 2%. In addition. it reduces use - consumption - cost - & liability.
Building Density
Closed System
2. An accounting of all water volumes that enter and leave a space over a period of time
Submeter
Water Balance
Custodial Effectiveness Assessments
Portable water uses
3. The min' floor area for CI
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Underground Parking
Triple Bottom Line
250 square ft
4. The number of different types of space per acre in an area - think of a mixed-use development - which has both houses and offices
Diversity of Uses
Adaptive Plant
LEED Rating System
Thermal Comfort
5. An intense collaborative session where participants make a concerted effort to solve a problem or plan the design of something
Ozone (O3)
Charrette (shuh-ret)
Development Footprint
Feedback Loop
6. Similar to a bioswale - a depression with vegetation that filters and slows down rainwater to reduce peak discharge rates
Montreal Protocol
Carbon Neutrality
Raingarden
Environmental Sustainability
7. A project must: Comply w/ Environmental Laws - Be a Complete - Permanent bldg/space - Use a reasonable Site Boundary - Comply with min' Floor Area requirements - Comply with min' Occup' Rates - Commit to Sharing whole bldg energy & water Usage Data
Square Footage of a Building
Net-Zero Energy
Green Washing
To qualify for Minimum Program Requirements
8. Waste building materials - dredging materials - tree stumps - and rubble resulting from [first word] - remodeling - repair - and [second word] of homes - commercial buildings and other structures and pavements
Construction and Demolition Debris
Biomass
Carbon Footprint
Open System
9. Water that is of sufficiently high quality so that it can be consumed or utilized without risk of immediate of long term harm by humans or animals
Closed System
Soft Cost
Potable Water
Open System
10. A pond designed to hold a specific amount of water indefinitely
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Harvested Rainwater
Closed System
Wet Pond (retention pond)
11. Human made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity - ranging in scale from personal shelter and buildings to neighborhoods and cities
Built Environment
Open Space
Commissioning Report
Non-renewable Resource
12. The portion of the project site submitted for LEED certification. for multiple building developments - the LEED project boundary may be a portion of the development as determined by the project team
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
LEED Project Boundary
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
13. The comparison between a standard gage and the estimated in a building's design scenario. in LEED - the [first word] usually refers to the EPAct 1992 water flow and flush rates
% of total land are that does not allow moisture penetration
Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
Install submeters & Select local plants
Baseline v. Design
14. A review of consumables waste of a project. essentially - finding out what makes up the projects waste can help determine ways to increase recycling or reduce waste through other methods
Waste Stream Audit
Gallons per Minute
Greenfield
Irrigation Efficiency
15. A control system capable of monitoring environmental and system loads and adjusting HVAC operations accordingly in order to conserve energy while maintaining comfort (EPA)
Commissioning Report
Green Building
Energy Management System
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
16. Air and surface temperature differences between developed and underdeveloped areas
High Performance Green Building
Heat Islands
Biodiversity
LEED Category
17. Water that originates from precipitation that enters the stormwater system
Stormwater Runoff
Carbon Neutrality
Carbon Footprint
Drip Irrigation
18. Encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria (USGBC). there are multiple rating system
LEED Rating System
Building Envelope (building shell)
Emissivity (of a material)
Development Footprint
19. Green Bldg can reduce how much CO2 Emissions?
Commingled Recycling
Global Warming
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
33%-39%
20. Water that is not treated to drinking water standards and is not meant for human consumption
Positive Feedback Loop
Smart Growth
Non-Potable Water
Metering
21. The stewardship and use of forests and forest lands in a way - and at a rate - that maintains their biodiversity - productivity - regeneration capacity - vitality and their potential to fulfill - now and in the future - relevant ecological - economic
Reg a project w/ GBCI - pay applicable review fees - & submit doc.
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Light Pollution
Sustainable Forestry
22. Part of the LEED rating system - which specifies the environmental goal of each LEED credit
LEED Intent
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Environmentally Preferable Products
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)
23. Carrying away or displacement of solids (sediment - soil - rock - and other particles) usually by the agents of currents such as wind - water - or ice by downward or down-slope movement in response to gravity
Humidity - Air speed - and Tempt
Erosion
None.
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
24. Energy generated from natural resources - such as sunlight - wind - tides and geothermal heat - which are naturally replenished
Energy Star Rating
Commissioning
Renewable Energy
Biomass
25. A contractual benchmark that usually corresponds to the point at which a client could occupy a nearly completed space.
Outdoor Air
Substantial completion
LEED Technical Advisory Groups (TAG)
Drip Irrigation
26. An increase in the near surface temp of the earth. this has occurred in the distant past as the result of natural influences - but the term is most often used to refer to the warming predicted to occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse
Performance Monitoring
Drip Irrigation
Blackwater (Treatment and definitions vary)
Global Warming
27. Human thermal comfort is defined by ASHRAE as the state of mind that expresses satisfaction with the surrounding environment (ASHRAE Standard 55). maintaining thermal comfort for occupants of buildings or other enclosures is one of the important goal
Regional Material
Location & Linkages. Awareness & Education
Thermal Comfort
Photovoltaic Energy (PV)
28. Capable of being decomposed by natural agents - especially bacteria
Perviousness
Biodegradable
Impervious Surfaces
Graywater (Greywater)
29. What are the 3D sustainability often described as the triple bottom line or 3 legged stool?
Baseline Vs Design
Economic prosperity - environmental stewardship - & social responsibility.
Daylighting
Environmental Sustainability
30. Pollution of water generally results from multiple sources vs. just one source - examples are runoff from roads - drainage from buildings - seepage - runoff from farmland. pollution in a river may not be exactly pinpointed because most pollution is n
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Vehicle miles traveled
Green Cleaning
Life-cycle cost analysis
31. A natural resource that cannot be produced - re-grown - regenerated - or reused on a scale which can sustain its consumption rate. these resources often exist in a fixed amount - or are consumed much faster than nature can recreate them. fossil fuels
Non-renewable Resource
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
Built Environment
Gallons per Minute
32. An underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel - sand - silt or clay) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well. these are critically important in human habitation and agriculture. t
Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Aquifer
Floodplain
Environmental Sustainability
33. Web portal and site that allows teams to register a LEED project and to upload each section of the certification application
LEED Online
Substantial completion
Non-renewable Resource
Mostly environmental impacts & human benefits
34. When costs are established and contracts for construction services are signed.
Irrigation Efficiency
Negative Feedback Loop
Vehicle miles traveled
Construction Phases Bidding
35. During Construction Phases - ________________ is the actual construction - Commissioning take place near the end of construction - once the system have been installed and are operable. Includes Substantial Completion - Final Completion - Certificate
Construction Administration
Externality
Non-Potable Water
Salvaged Materials
36. Watering using above ground sprinkler heads
Adaptive Reuse
Conventional Irrigation
Flush-Out
Project owner - Architect - Engineers - Commissioning authority - General Contractor - Facilities staff - Building users.
37. The measurement method for defining Irrigation Efficiency
Energy Efficient
% of water delivered by irrigation equipment that is actually used for irrigation & not evaporate/blowaway/fall on hardscape
Baseline v. Design
Acid Rain
38. Method of land use regulation used by local governments in most developed countries. zoning may be use-based (regulating the uses to which land may be put) - or it may regulate building height - lot coverage - and similar characteristics - or some co
40%
Heat Island Effect
Zoning
Commissioning Plan
39. The use of environmentally friendly ingredients and chemicals for household - manufacturing and industrial cleaning. these techniques and products avoid the use of chemically reactive and toxic cleaning products which contain various toxic chemicals
Green Cleaning
Bypass otherwise required submittals
Submeter
Salvaged Materials
40. Long term maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations
Heat Islands
Energy Management System
Environmental Sustainability
Low Impact Development
41. A member based nonprofit organization whose mission is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed - built - and operated - enabling an environmentally and socially responsible - healthy and prosperous environment that improves the qu
Construction and Demolition Debris
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Volatile Organic Compound
LEED Intent
42. To reduce site lighting impact near forestland - the exterior lighting installed should...
LEED
LEED NC&MR
Reduce light transpass
The four LEED levels
43. In green building - location includes the natural context (climate - plants - wind - sun) the social context (cultural history - traditions - local regulations) - and an infrastructural context (roads - local materials - utilities - public transit)
Renewable Energy
Material Reuse
Location
LEED Online
44. If a bldg is designed to move at any point in its lifetime - what LEED certification is it eligible for?
Raingarden
Credit Interpretation Rulings (CIRs)
None.
Net-Zero Energy
45. Unit of measurement that describes a building's energy use relative to its size. it's calculated by taking the total energy consumed in one year in kBTUs and dividing it by total floorspace of the building. a low number signifies good energy performa
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Drip Irrigation
Flush-Out
Outdoor Air
46. Exterior surface of the building including all walls - windows - floor and roof. separates the building's inside from the outside
Schematic Design
Site Disturbance
Stormwater Runoff
Building Envelope (building shell)
47. Schematic Design - Design Development - and Construction Documents
Design
Rainwater Harvesting
Thermal Comfort
Street Grid Density
48. Air quality within buildings as it relates to the health and comfort of building occupants
Daylighting
Indoor Air Quality
Value Engineering
Green Washing
49. Part of the LEED rating system. projects earn points by meeting the requirements of optional credits in order to earn points towards certification
LEED Credit
ASHRAE (ash-ray)
Metering
Integrated Process
50. Any method of powering an engine that does not involve solely petroleum (e.g. electric car - petrol-electric hybrid - solar powered)
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Albedo
None.
Square Footage of a Building