Today's Free LEED AP BD+C V4 Exam Prep Questions

Free USGBC LEED AP Exam Questions - Monday

Please note, this questions are just references for you to prepare LEED AP Exam. The best way to preparing the LEED exam is for you to go through study guide or references that is available at www.usgbc.org. 

Question 1

All of the following are ways a LEED project team could protect and restore a habitat except: 

• A. Using non-native plants and increasing the use of impervious hardscape
• B. Designating areas as protected habitats
• C. Developing a conservation management program
• D. Putting protected land areas into a land trust

Answer is (A)

* You are able to check the answers by highlighting it. 

Explanation:

A LEED project team could protect and restore a habitat by designating areas as protected habitats, developing a conservation management program, and putting protected land areas into a land trust. Project teams should also use native plants and decrease the use of impervious hardscapes, rather than the opposite.

Question 2

By selecting a project site within easy walking distance of an existing transportation network, a LEED project team is using which strategy to address transportation in design and planning?: 

• A. Promote alternative-fuel vehicles
• B. Locate near public transit
• C. Offer incentives
• D. Limit parking

Answer is (B)

* You are able to check the answers by highlighting it. 

Explanation:

By selecting a project site within easy walking distance of an existing transportation network, a LEED project team is using the strategy to locate near public transit. This provides more and easier opportunities for occupants to use mass transportation, thereby reducing their environmental footprints.

Question 3

What is an example of free energy?: 

• A. Electricity
• B. Natural gas
• C. Coal
• D. Ventilation

Answer is (D)

* You are able to check the answers by highlighting it. 

Explanation:

Free energy includes natural ventilation, daylight, and solar energy. Coal, natural gas, and electricity are not examples of free energy because they are considered utilities and require a charge. 

Today's Free LEED BD+C V4 Exam Prep Questions

Free USGBC LEED BD+C V4 Exam preparation Questions

I started to posting 3 LEED related questions few past days. The purpose is to practice myself for the LEED exam and it also helps me to memorizing questions and answers while I write. I hope this LEED exam questions also helps others who preparing for the LEED exam. 

Question 1

During the planning process proper exterior lighting direction and intensity will help protect:  (Choose 2)

• A. The development of wildlife
• B. Task lighting usage
• C. Process loads
• D. The developers wallet

Answer is (A) and (D)

Question 2

Development constraints on a project for site selection include: (Choose 2)

• A. Prime farmland
• B. Priority designations
• C. Brownfield 
• D. Species and habitat

Answer is (A) and (D)

Question 3

The boundaries that are focused on in the LEED v4 system include: (Choose 3)

• A. Project boundary
• B. LEED boundary
• C. Property boundary
• D. District boundary 

Answer is (A) and (C)

Steps to get you the USGBC LEED Certificate: What is LEED and how you get to certification from LEED

What is LEED and how to get you LEED credentials 

http://www.usgbc.org/

So why is so important to Know LEED? 

When we are going through the job requirements from the various architecture firms, the "LEED" become one of the requirements for bigger architecture firms. So what is LEED and why it is so important? 

Few years back,  I was preparing  myself to get one of these credentials from USGBC LEED. I ended up not getting one because I was hired in architecture firm and never had chance to look back. The firm that I worked, they did various projects small to big but never did  green building projects. Which means they do not require to be "LEED" employees to work. However, it is getting more important to be "LEED" credentials as many of architectural firm getting projects that requires to be green  or "LEED" certified. 

So what is USGBC and LEED? 

The USGBC founded in 1993 by current CEO Rick Fedrizzi, Mike Italiano, and David Gottfried. The purpose of this membership based non-profit organization that promotes sustainability in buildings design, construction, and operation. LEED is green building rating systems and its annual Greenbuild International Conference and Expo. 

• USGBC stands for: The U.S. Green Building Council 
• LEED stands for: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design 

According to USGBC, the LEED is:

The LEED plaque on a building is a mark of quality and achievement in green building.

Leaders across the globe have made LEED the most widely used green building rating system in the world with 1.85 million square feet of construction space certifying every day. LEED certification provides independent verification of a building or neighborhood’s green features, allowing for the design, construction, operations and maintenance of resource-efficient, high-performing, healthy, cost-effective buildings. LEED is the triple bottom line in action, benefiting people, planet and profit. 

WHY LEED?

LEED certification means healthier, more productive places, reduced stress on the environment by encouraging energy and resource-efficient buildings, and savings from increased building value, higher lease rates and decreased utility costs. In fact, 88 of the Fortune 100 companies are already using LEED.

 

http://www.usgbc.org/

The LEED have 4 rating systems (Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum) and it will be awarded to the projects based on the number of points achieved. 

Time to get yourLEED Credentials

http://www.usgbc.org/

There are 3 main categories in LEED Credentials. one is LEED Green Associate, LEED AP, and LEED Fellow.  

• LEED Green Associate: Demonstrates a solid and current foundation in green building principles and practices.
• LEED AP: Affirms advanced knowledge in green building and expertise in a particular LEED rating system. The LEED AP is available with a variety of specialties for professionals to demonstrate proficiency in certain building types.
• LEED Fellow: A peer-nominated designation awarded to highly accomplished individuals with ten or more years of professional green building experience.

Fees: 

• LEED Green Associate: $200 ($100 for students, $250 for non-members)
• LEED AP: Full exam: $400 ($550 for non-members) Specialty only: $250 ($350 for non-members)
• 5 Specialty from the following or you can take full exam
• LEED AP BD+C: LEED AP Building Design + Construction 
• LEED AP O+M: LEED AP Operations + Maintenance 
• LEED AP ID+C: LEED AP Interior Design + Construction 
• LEED AP ND: LEED AP Neighborhood Development
• LEED AP HOMES

You can get study resources and more information about the USGBC LEED at their website.

http://www.usgbc.org/