Free LEED AP Building Design + Construction Exam LEED-AP-BD-C Exam Practice Test

To assess the feasibility of earning Location and Transportation Credit, Reduced Parking Footprint, the project team should be familiar with what local government regulation?

• Design guidelines for orientation of parking garages along street frontages
• Minimum dimensions for on-street parking spaces required by the zoning code
• Building code standards for structured parking garages
• Minimum number of parking spaces required by the zoning code

A downtown office building is unable to construct dedicated parking for its occupants. However, the building developer has partnered with a parking garage to offer discounted parking for its occupants. If the discounted parking rate is $450 per month, how much must the rate be for green vehicles forthe building to receive one point for Location and Transportation Credit, Green Vehicles?

• $90
• $225
• $360
• $405

The intent of the Sustainable Sites Prerequisite, Construction Activity Pollution Prevention is to £

• control erosion, noxious odors and landfill waste
• control erosion, landfill waste and excessive noise
• control erosion, waterway sedimentation and airborne dust
• control erosion, waterway sedimentation and noxious odors

For a task chair purchased for a healthcare facility, which portion of the product contributes toward Materials and Resources Credit, Furniture and Medical Furnishings?

• Wheels, 4% of product by weight, that do not contain lead, mercury, cadmium or antimony
• Fabric, 5% of product by weight, with stain resistant treatment containing Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs)
• Metal base, 20% of product by weight, which do not contain heavy metals and is not plated with hexavalent chromium
• Plastic armrests, 30% of product by weight, with added antimicrobial treatment

The contractor has submitted waste hauling reports for review in order to achieve Materials and Resources Credit, Construction and Demolition Waste Management. Which of the following materials on the documentation contribute towards the credit?Excavated soilWood derived fuelItems sent to the local incineratorAlternate Daily Cover

Which of the following must be included in the Sustainable Sites Credit, Site Assessment?

• A targeted Brownfield remedy plan
• Historic preservation plan to include neighboring properties
• Proximity of vulnerable populations to major sources of air pollution
• The surrounding density within a 1/4 mi. (0.40 km) radius of the project boundary

Which of the following characteristics are a requirement of a compliant water meter?

• Must be digital
• Must be permanently installed
• Must transmit data to a remote location
• Must be capable of storing data for 36 months

A project team wants to educate the facility manager on the installed building systems to improve Indoor Environmental Quality. They want the facility manager to maintain the systems so that they will continue to function as intended. Which of the following should be provided to the facility manager?

• Vendor invoices for mechanical equipment
• Preventive maintenance plan for the building
• As-built drawings and copies of material submittals
• A copy of the credit documentation for the credits that were approved by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI)

A contractor is building a retirement community project. 30% of the building's product costs were derived from reused/salvaged materials or met recycled content criteria. Which of the following credits can the LEED AP submit towards certification?

• Materials and Resources Credit, Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials
• Materials and Resources Prerequisite, Construction and Demolition - Waste Management Planning
• Materials and Resources Credit, Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Material Ingredients
• Materials and Resources Credit, Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Environmental Product Declarations

A project team compares a life-cycle assessment (LCA) model to a baseline design to determine the reductions in six impact categories. One impact category exceeds the baseline by 7%. Which alternative analyses should the team run to check different impact measurements?

• Change the orientation of the design case building
• Optimize the slab depth of the design case building
• Decrease the gross floor area of the baseline building
• Increase the wall mass and types of windows in the baseline building