EMT Practice Test

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Question1: A building owner is considering the installation of a solar thermal panel on the roof of the building. The initial cost of the system is higher than a conventional natural gas system. Which of the following is true to make the renewable energy option economically feasible?

Question2: For Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Construction Indoor Air Quality Management Plan, which of the following items is required for credit compliance?

Question3: The Solar Reflectance Index (SRI) includes the measure of a material's

Question4: What credit rewards customers who change their normal consumption patterns in response to the varying price of energy over time?

Question5: Which of the following project team members should be integrated early into the design phase to assist with earning the Materials and Resources Prerequisite, Construction and Demolition Waste Management Planning?

Question6: Every location in the U.S. identifies how many regional credits?

Question7: According to the Integrative Process Credit, Integrative Process, the goal-setting workshop should identify

Question8: Which of the following transit modes is considered to be walkable if it is within 1/2 mile (0.8 km) of the functional entry of a project?

Question9: Which one of the following represents quality transit service as defined in Location and Transportation Credit, Access to Quality Transit?

Question10: When measuring sound pressure levels in a classroom to determine compliance with the HVAC background noise requirements of LEED Building Design and Construction: Schools, Indoor Environmental Quality Prerequisite, Minimum Acoustic Performance, what testing conditions are appropriate for the classroom?

Question11: Which principal areas must the LEED AP focus on to attain the Integrative Process Credit, Integrative Process?

Question12: For Energy and Atmosphere Credit, Advanced Energy Metering, what is the minimum amount of time that the metering system should store data?

Question13: Which system is eligible for the Energy and Atmosphere Credit, Renewable Energy Production?

Question14: A LEED Building Design and Construction project includes an outdoor stage for theatrical performances. In pursuit of Sustainable Sites Credit, Light Pollution Reduction the engineer has specified an LED fixture to illuminate actors on the stage while limiting light pollution. Which of the following suggestions should the LEED AP give to the project owner?

Question15: A request to change the lighting fixtures in a conference room is made by a tenant. Which of the following credit scorecard changes will be directly and indirectly impacted by the change in lighting fixtures?

Question16: The use of lead, mercury, copper and cadmium should be limited because they all

Question17: A facility manager cleaning highly reflective paving material is

Question18: Which of the following are control measures recommended by the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning National Contractors Association (SMACNA) for the Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Construction Indoor Air Quality Management Plan?

Question19: The owner has stated a desire to provide a variety of non-automobile commuting options for the future occupants.
What credits should the LEED AP suggest to meet this goal?

Question20: The LEED project has a main entrance and two service entrances in an alley behind the building. Which entrances need non-smoking signage and at what maximum distance from the door(s) can the non-smoking signage be posted?

Question21: A school project is located in a basin. Snow melts in the spring on the nearby mountains which replenishes the local water supply. The nearby highways are sometimes closed during the winter due to the winter storm.
What is the top priority the project team should focus on?

Question22: Which of the following characteristics are a requirement of a compliant water meter?

Question23: For a task chair purchased for a healthcare facility, which portion of the product contributes toward Materials and Resources Credit, Furniture and Medical Furnishings?

Question24: Which of the following is true regarding LEED Pilot Credits?

Question25: In the Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Low-Emitting Materials, what types of products need to be evaluated for both Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) content of the material and VOC emissions of the material?

Question26: A newly constructed school has installed solar thermal systems and wind turbines on site. To achieve the maximum number of Energy and Atmosphere points, which team members must be included?

Question27: A new Science Education Center is pursuing LEED certification. Which of the following strategies could be submitted to earn an Innovation in Design credit?

Question28: According to the Integrative Process Credit, Integrative Process, the goal-setting workshop should identify

Question29: Qualifying spaces for the Sustainable Sites Credit, Places of Respite must

Question30: For Location and Transportation Credit, Access to Quality Transit, a project team preparing timetables and service-level documentation must ensure the materials include

Question31: A LEED Building Design and Construction: New Construction office building's HVAC system includes hot water from a central utility plant. The central utility plant is owned and operated by a management company.
The office pays a flat fee for hot water, included as part of the lease. The management company does not meter or invoice for actual hot water consumption. For the project to meet the requirements for Energy and Atmosphere Prerequisite, Building-Level Energy Metering, an energy meter must be installed for

Question32: Which of the following is the location of CO2 sensors in naturally ventilated spaces to comply with the Indoor Environmental Quality Prerequisite, Minimum Indoor Air Quality Performance?

Question33: Which of the following items must have safe collection, storage, and disposal for Materials and Resources Prerequisite, Storage and Collection of Recyclables?

Question34: For schools intended for grades eight and below (or ages 14 and below), which of the following scenarios would demonstrate compliance with Location and Transportation Credit, Access to Quality Transit, Schools, Option 2. Pedestrian Access?

Question35: A LEED AP submitted a Preliminary Design and Construction review and has received a review comment and technical advice on Materials and Resources Prerequisite, Construction and Demolition Waste Management Planning. Which of the following actions should the LEED AP do if the project continues to pursue LEED certification?

Question36: What aspects of each space should the LEED consultant consider to identify the regularly occupied spaces on a project to ensure that floor area values are utilized consistently across credits?

Question37: During the early stages of a LEED for Schools project, the team was able to reduce the number of lighting fixtures in classrooms by 25% because the project team selected paint color whose light reflectance value was
75% instead of the initially proposed 64% value. This strategy is an example of applying which of the following credits to the project?

Question38: For a bicycle network to demonstrate compliance with Location and Transportation Credit, Bicycle Facilities, the bicycle network must connect to

Question39: Where must a building's no-smoking signage be posted?

Question40: A project attempting to meet the preferred parking requirements for Location and Transportation Credit, Green Vehicles may provide what incentive to meet the requirements and highlight the project sustainable vehicle strategy?

Question41: In the energy modeling of a building envelope, which of the following U-values should be considered as an assembly U-value?

Question42: Which rating system is being used if all of the credits below have been submitted towards certification?
- Location and Transportation Credit, Reduced Parking Footprint
- Energy and Atmosphere Credit, Fundamental Refrigerant Management
- Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Acoustic Performance
- Materials and Resources Credit, Persistent, Bio accumulative, and Toxic (PBT) Source Reduction - Lead, Cadmium, and Copper

Question43: A construction manager is looking for a project management tool that offers energy management strategies, benchmarking software tools for buildings, and product procurement guidelines. Which of the following is recognized by U.S. Green Building Council to assist them?

Question44: Short-term bicycle storage in Location and Transportation Credit, Bicycle Facilities must be within 100 ft. (30 m) walking distance of any:

Question45: What is a viable strategy for optimizing open space under Sustainable Sites Credit, Open Space? U

Question46: What are the Storage and Collection of Recyclables requirements for only Retail projects under the Materials and Resources Prerequisite?

Question47: Which federal agency designates Federal Renewal Community sites, which can be considered High Priority Sites for project development?

Question48: The material cost for a project is $100,000. What is the minimum material value needed to achieve Materials and Resources Credit, Building Disclosure and Optimization, Sourcing of Raw Materials, Option 2.
Leadership Extraction
Practices?

Question49: Green Infrastructure (GI) and Low-Impact Development (LID) rainwater management strategies improve upon the conventional approach for rainwater management by

Question50: A project in a cold climate does not want a highly reflective roof because they want the heat absorption. How can this project comply with Sustainable Sites Credit, Heat Island Reduction?

Question51: When attempting Regional Priority Credit, what must be provided in LEED Online?

Question52: A commercial new construction project consists of mixed space usage. When deciding which LEED rating system to use, the LEED AP should follow which of the following rules?

Question53: When planning a water-efficient landscape design, the designer should consider including

Question54: A project team has installed a rainwater harvesting system on site. In which of the following could this system be recognized?

Question55: What is the basis of energy consumption in determining the percentage of green power or carbon offsets?

Question56: A comprehensive rainwater management plan may include design elements such as

Question57: To achieve the Sustainable Sites Credit, Light Pollution Reduction, Option 1. BUG Rating Method, projects must demonstrate

Question58: When preparing the Sustainable Sites Prerequisite, Construction Activity Pollution Prevention, the Construction General Permit must contain which of the following?

Question59: When calculating the reverberation time of a room, which of the following pieces of information is least relevant?

Question60: A decorative overhead light fixture is specified for a project that costs $1,500 USD and uses recycled water bottles as part of the diffuser shade. The shades are 10% of the overall weight of the fixture and are 50% post- consumer recycled content. Assuming no other portions of the fixture meet sustainability criteria, what would the contributing value of the fixture be?

Question61: The owner of a large multi-building property is seeking LEED certification. In determining the LEED project boundaries the LEED AP may include non-contiguous parcels of land if

Question62: Showers are addressed under which prerequisites and/or credits within LEED Building Design and Construction?

Question63: The design team has specified products to achieve Materials and Resources Credit: Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials, Option 2. Leadership Extraction Practices for the project. At the end of the construction, it was discovered that the transporter who shipped a portion of the wood did not have chain-of-custody (CoC) certification. The design team should do which of the following?

Question64: Which of the following project types is required to consider the perimeter floor area instead of the regularly occupied floor area under the Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Daylight calculations?

Question65: Sustainable Sites Credit, Site Assessment requires evaluation of

Question66: Which of the following strategies can be used to reduce the internal load of a building?

Question67: When considering the Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Thermal Comfort, what is the minimum percentage of building occupants that must have individual comfort controls?

Question68: A commercial office building with a footprint of 70,000 ft2 (6 503.2 m2) has an overall site area of 200,000 ft2 (18 580.6 m2). The project design includes 15,000 ft2 (1 393.5 m2) of pedestrian oriented hardscape and
18,000 ft2 (1 672.3 m2) of vegetated open space. Which of the following is necessary to satisfy the requirement for the outdoor space to be physically accessible when calculating the Sustainable Sites Credit, Open Space?

Question69: The scope of analysis in Materials and Resources Credit, Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction, Option 4.
Whole-Building Life-Cycle Assessment is a

Question70: What are the requirements of commercial projects for long-term bicycle storage under Location and Transportation, Bicycle Facilities - Bicycle Storage and Shower Rooms?

Question71: When a project team sustainably develops a project site, the design should

Question72: An office project has the following items in its break room kitchen: a kitchen sink, a residential-style dishwasher, and a coffee machine. How would these items be addressed in Water Efficiency Prerequisite, Indoor Water Use Reduction?

Question73: Building Product Disclosure and Optimization is based on market

Question74: When working on a renovation project, asbestos containing materials have been found on the perimeter walls.
When calculating the percentage of building being reused under the Materials and Resources Credit, Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction, the materials remediated will be

Question75: Which group of chemicals emitted by some building materials is linked to asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cancer?

Question76: A tenant of a new office building will require 100 workstations per floor. Each floor will have two bathroom facilities and one conference room. How many lighting control devices with at least three lighting levels per floor are required to comply with Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Interior Lighting, Option 1. Lighting Control?

Question77: What is the first step to earn the Water Efficiency Credit, Cooling Tower Water Use?

Question78: Which of the following statements are true for Erosion and Sedimentation Control (ESC) plan prerequisite compliance?

Question79: Which of the following Sustainable Sites credits are eligible to be used as a campus approach?

Question80: A mixed-use development is located 1/2 mi. (0.80 km) from a future commuter rail line station. Which of the following pieces of information is needed when determining whether the rail line station can contribute to Location and Transportation Credit, Access to Quality Transit?

Question81: A design team is pursuing Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Indoor Air Quality Assessment. The building is 1,000 ft2 (93 m2) and has a 10 ft. (3 m) ceiling height. In order to earn the credit, what is the required volume of supply air for the entire building flush-out?

Question82: The Required Breathing Zone Outdoor Airflow Vbz for a new banking facility is 0.120 CFM/ft2 (0.6 L/s/m2).
If the team decides to attempt Increased Ventilation under Option 2 in the Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Strategies, what is the minimum Design Zone Outdoor Airflow?

Question83: When the project occupancy is not known, which method is recommended?

Question84: Which of these is a method to assess the regional context of a building's design for sustainability?

Question85: The maximum number of points for Water Efficiency Credit, Cooling Tower Water Use can be obtained by

Question86: Which of the following statements is correct when defining the project boundary?

Question87: Which of the following strategies is allowed under Energy Atmosphere Credit, Renewable Energy Production, and will help a project achieve Energy Atmosphere Credit, Optimize Energy Performance?

Question88: Which of the following should be analyzed when pursuing an Integrative Design Process focusing on Energy- Related Systems?

Question89: A building owner in an arid climate is trying to design an outdoor lunch area for the tenants. Which landscaping strategy is important to employ in order to reduce water demand?

Question90: Which rating system is appropriate for a new mixed-use building with 300,000 ft2 (27 871 m2) of residential units, 150,000 ft2 (13 935 m2) hotel and 50,000 ft2 (4 645 m2) of retail space?

Question91: Discussing the project goals to help identify the credits and options that the team should attempt is an example of

Question92: The intent of the Sustainable Sites Prerequisite, Construction Activity Pollution Prevention is to £

Question93: Which of the following would be most useful to a school project that is attempting to pursue Water Efficiency Credit, Indoor Water Use Reduction?

Question94: A design team pursuing LEED for a new office building project calculated that with the water fixtures specified for the project, a 24% water reduction can be achieved compared to the LEED baseline. What does this mean to the team in terms of pursuing LEED?

Question95: What is the definition of the evapotranspiration rate?

Question96: A project is designed to remodel an existing warehouse into multi-family housing. The exterior facade of the warehouse will remain, but 40% of the interior will be demolished and replaced for interior new construction.
New materials will be used for the new construction. To achieve points in the Materials and Resources Credit, Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction, which credit path option would apply?

Question97: What is the minimum number of members of the integrated project team for the Integrative Process Prerequisite, Integrative Project Planning and Design?

Question98: A project's massing and site orientation can have a direct impact on which of the following prerequisites?

Question99: Smoking is prohibited inside LEED-certified buildings in order to eliminate the health risks associated with environmental tobacco smoke. Which building type is exempt from this requirement?

Question100: A project team is attempting Location and Transportation Credit: High Priority Site and selects Option 1:
Historic District. To demonstrate that the project is located in an infill site, the project team must confirm that:

Question101: Which individual occupant lighting control meets the requirements of Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Interior Lighting?

Question102: Which of the following strategies can be used to decrease the envelope load of a building?

Question103: An owner has requested that the project team redesign a large office building. As part of the redesign, the owner would like to move the main entrance to the opposite side of the building. Achievement of which credit may be affected by the move?

Question104: For Energy and Atmosphere Credit, Advanced Energy Metering, what is the minimum percentage requirement for metering any individual energy end uses?

Question105: In order to comply with Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Strategies, Option 2.Additional Enhanced IAQ Strategies

Question106: U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)'s vision for using LEED internationally includes

Question107: A project's total site area is 240,000 ft2 (22 297 m2) and the building footprint is 40,000 ft2 (3 716 m2). How much outdoor space and vegetated space must it provide to earn Sustainable Sites Credit, Open Space?

Question108: Which of the following criteria does a project need to implement in order to qualify for Sustainable Sites Credit: Site Development - Protect or Restore Habitat, Option 1?

Question109: In order to achieve Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Quality Views the project team increased the window-to-wall ratio. Which prerequisite was impacted by this action?

Question110: The results of a building energy model show that a building will consume 2,200,435 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year (building is served solely by electricity). The building owner wants to achieve Energy and Atmosphere Credit, Green Power and Carbon Offsets. What is the minimum amount of green energy required to be purchased on an annual basis?

Question111: Which of the following strategies would be considered an acceptable minor improvement within the wetland buffer for Location and Transportation Credit, Sensitive Land Protection?

Question112: What is the maximum number of points a project pursuing LEED for New Construction can achieve under Location and Transportation Credit, Access to Quality Transit?

Question113: A Healthcare Project is constructing a new building adjacent to an existing LEED Certified hospital facility.
The new building's location is on the same hospital campus as the certified facility. The entire hospital campus was analyzed with an Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) as part of the certified facility's project scope. The new building project needs to complete a new Phase I ESA if

Question114: Which of the following project types is required to consider the perimeter floor area instead of the regularly occupied floor area under the Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Daylight calculations?

Question115: A Photovoltaic (PV) system was installed on a 35,000 ft2 (3 252 m2) project. What actions need to take place in order to meet compliance for Energy and Atmosphere Prerequisite, Fundamental Commissioning (Cx) and Verification?

Question116: A LEED AP is evaluating whether Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Acoustic Performance is feasible for a LEED AP Building Design and Construction: Healthcare project. Which of the following groups of documents would best inform this decision?

Question117: Several Materials and Resources credits give a bonus location valuation factor, which allows products extracted, manufactured and produced within 100 mi. (161 km) of the project to take double valuation in credit calculations. The intent of this bonus is

Question118: The required minimum scope of analysis for a product-specific declaration that contributes toward Materials and Resources Credit, Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Environmental Product Declarations, Option 1. Environmental Product Declaration is

Question119: Water Efficiency Prerequisite, Outdoor Water Use Reduction, Option 2. Reduced Irrigation, requires that a project's landscape water requirement be reduced by what percentage from the calculated baseline for the project site's peak watering month?

Question120: A topographic assessment of a project site located 150 ft. (45 m) from a water body was conducted. The results of the slope analysis show that the site is generally sloping 6% to 8% to the northwest over most of the site, with some steep slopes located at the eastern edge of the property, which may impact the runoff volume.
Which one of the following LEED credits or prerequisites will be affected by these results?

Question121: 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?

Question122: A project design team for an elementary school project is attempting to achieve Innovation Credit, Innovation, Option 1. Innovation. Which of the following strategies would qualify?

Question123: What requirement must be met when creating a Demand Response Program that satisfies Energy and Atmosphere Credit, Demand Response?

Question124: What is a benefit of including the public in a charrette for a new school before the pre-design phase?

Question125: What is the sequence of the process for LEED certification?

Question126: 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?

Question127: The project team wants to modify the design of an office building copy room to minimize the risk of airborne contamination to the surrounding space. The design includes a separate exhaust, but due to design constraints the partition walls of the room cannot run deck-to-deck. What can the team do to achieve Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Strategies?

Question128: Which of the following documents detail the ideas, concepts, and criteria determined to be important to the success of a building?

Question129: Under the Building Design and Construction rating systems, projects can opt for a review process that helps teams determine if the project is on track to achieve LEED certification at its preferred level. This process is referred to as

Question130: Which of the following actions should be taken to ensure that project team members understand and prioritize the selection of materials compliant with the Materials and Resources Credit: Building Product Disclosure and Optimization?

Question131: A project team develops a site plan for a school project with an athletic field and a playground with real grass.
In order to qualify for the Water Efficiency Prerequisite, Outdoor Water Use Reduction, the landscape area calculations:

Question132: A project has a potable water source as well as two alternative water sources. Which of the following statements is applicable for a project using two alternative water sources?

Question133: Which of the following methods is the referenced standard for demonstrating compliance with Indoor Environmental Quality Prerequisite, Minimum Indoor Air Quality Performance?

Question134: Which of the following is required to earn Energy and Atmosphere Credit, Renewable Energy Production if using a Solar Photovoltaic System?