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1. Which description is an example of extended producer responsibility?
2. A project team for a retail project is conducting a waste stream study over a 24-hour period to track the waste generated. What does the project team need to identify for the audit as part of MR Prerequisite Storage and Collection of Recyclables?
3. A project team is conducting alternative analysis of a project design as part of a wholebuilding life-cycle assessment. One of the products the design team is considering is not in the LCA tool's data set. Which option does the project team have for the analysis?
4. A renovation project includes removing part of an old building, re-grading some of the site, and taking down some trees for a building expansion. What item must be included in the calculations for MR Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management Option 1 Diversion?
5. A product will count toward the achievement of MR Credit Building Disclosure and Optimization, Sourcing of Raw Material in all EXCEPT which of the following cases?
6. A project will include carpet tile and walk-off mats from one manufacturer, as well as ceramic tile and wood flooring from another manufacturer. All of the products have industry-wide (generic) EPDs. How many permanently installed products would this count toward MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - EPDs?
7. A Core and Shell project has tenant spaces that are unfinished. The project team may estimate the requirements for the recycling areas by any EXCEPT which way?
8. A project team is pursuing MR Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction Option 3 Building and Material Reuse. The surface areas of what elements need to be included in the reused elements table and calculations for documenting the credit?
9. A project includes FSC certified wood costing $150,000 and that was extracted, manufactured, and purchased 80 miles (128 km) from the project site. What value does the wood have toward MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials?
10. A project team is adding up the number of separate products used on a project to see if the project meets the 20-product minimum required for one of the Building Product Disclosure and Optimization credits. Which products would count as two separate products?
11. Which best practices ensure a project accurately calculates waste diversion for MR Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management? (Choose 3)
12. Which is a key strategy for project teams to earn multiple points and credits for the MR Credits for Building Product Disclosure and Optimization?
13. A developer selected a building with a historic designation for a project. The necessary building alterations for bringing the building up to code caused the building to lose its historic status. Which action should the project team consider for earning MR Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction?
14. A project team has purchased 7,500 SF (696 m2) of salvaged wood flooring from a barn at a cost of $22,500. How can the reused materials be applied toward LEED credits?
15. A contractor has bins on the site of a construction project for commingled waste. Which statement is true about the project's ability to earn MR Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management for diverting waste?
16. Which materials are included in a whole-building life-cycle assessment? (Choose 3)
17. A project team is reviewing material choices before deciding which products to include. The team located interior wall partitions made with recycled content that have been salvaged from another building. The partitions are available from a company located 50 miles (80 km) from the project site for the price of $20,000. What value do the partitions have toward MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials?
18.Which qualifying products must always be included in MR credits?(choose 3)
19. The architect and other project designers are reviewing material choices for a new office space. Which reused materials will NOT contribute to optimization of MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials?
20. Which action should be taken to ensure that project team members understand and prioritize the selection of materials compliant with the MR Credits for Building Disclosure and Optimization?
21. A project team believes they can generate less than 2.5 pounds of construction waste per square foot (12.2 kg/m2) by using source reduction strategies such as modular components and prefabricated wall assemblies for the project. What will the project team need to document for MR Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management Option 2 Reduction of Total Waste Material?
22. A project will renovate a building with historic designation into new office space. The surface area of the existing building structure and envelope is 100,000 SF. How much of the existing building will need to be reused to earn 5 points for MR Credit Building LifeCycle Impact Reduction?
23. A project team is reviewing a new insulation material that is Cradle to Cradle v3 Gold certified. If they use this product on the project what credits would it contribute to?
24. A major office renovation is attempting to reuse the building where possible. The following items have been maintained during the renovation: What percentage of the building qualifies Building and Material Reuse for MR Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction?
25. A project team is considering options for earning MR Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management Option 1 Diversion. The school is in a rural area with little waste infrastructure, and the project cannot meet the waste diversion requirements through reuse and recycling. Which strategy should be considered?
26. Which product would contribute to Option 2 Optimization of MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - EPDs if the product demonstrates a reduction in at least three impact categories?
27. Cabinetry that is low VOC and made with FSC Certified Wood would contribute to what credits?
28. When designing for flexibility, project teams should focus on the portions of the building typically subject to change, which include all of the following EXCEPT:
29. A tenant is moving into a new space and is planning for the future growth of the company. What project feature allows the space to be changed more easily to support growth?
30. A project has a cost of $21M. The cost of the optional products and materials (furniture and MEP) for the project is $500,000. Given this information, what is the default materials cost of the project?
31. What products would both contribute towards MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials, Option 2 Leadership Extraction Practices?
32. For MR Prerequisite Storage and Collection of Recyclables at least two of which three items must have safe collection, storage, and disposal?(choose3)
33. A project team is reviewing ceiling tiles that would contribute to material ingredient optimization. If all of the products have similar prices, which products would contribute the most to the criteria of 25% of the total of permanently installed materials for the credit?(choose 2)
34. A project team is deciding if the project will generate more than 2.5 pounds of construction waste per square foot (12.2 kg/m2). MR Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management Option 2 Reduction of Total Waste Material is appropriate if the project team is able to take which action?
35. A project team has identified enough qualifying products to meet MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials, Option 1 Raw Material Source and Extraction Reporting. What must be submitted for documentation of the credit?
36. A building contractor with limited space on the project site has one construction and waste-management bin that commingles concrete, wood, and drywall, as well as a separate bin for land-clearing debris. A waste hauler takes the dumpsters and separates the concrete, wood, and drywall off site for recycling. Given this information, which statement is true?
37. Source reduction includes all EXCEPT which strategy?
38. A Core and Shell project is reusing an existing building and tearing down the West wall to add an addition. The following items are being reused in the following amounts: What is the percent reuse for the project?Item Size (sf) Reused Area %Reused ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Foundation 10,000 10,000 100% Roof 10,000 10,000 100% Exterior North Wall (excluding windows) 10,000 8,500 85% Exterior South Wall (excluding windows) 10,000 9,500 95% Exterior East Wall (excluding windows) 10,000 9,500 95% Exterior West Wall (excluding windows) 10,000 0 0% Interior Structural Walls 5,000 500 10% Interior Non-Structural Walls 700 650 93% Asbestos ceiling tiles 1,000 0 0% What is the percent reuse for the project?
39. A developer has purchased a blighted 100,000 SF (9,290 m2) warehouse. Part of the roof and one of the exterior walls, totaling 30,000 SF (2,787 m2), are structurally unsound and must be demolished. The developer will maintain 60,000 SF (5,574 SF) of the surface area of the building. Which statement is true about the project team's ability to earn MR Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction?
40. For a building renovation the architect's plan indicates reuse of interior elements including wall partitions, flooring, doors, cabinets, and ceramic bathroom tile. If the total interior surface area is 30,000 SF, how many square feet must be reused to comply with MR Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction?
41. A project team member was not clear about the specifications for building materials, and a contractor substituted a product with disclosure documentation for a product without disclosure documentation. The replacement product has a GreenScreen v1.2 Benchmark. How should the product be treated as it applies to MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Material Ingredients?
42. Which design strategy carries the highest value by LEED in the Material and Resources category?
43. Which design strategy would NOT lead to higher recovery rates of recyclable materials?
44. An office is relocating to a new facility in another state. Any furniture and furnishings that are relocated to the new site can contribute as a reused material for MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials if these materials were purchased:
45. Which type of analysis will the project team conduct for a whole-building life-cycle assessment?
46. A project team is reviewing Type III EPDs for the impact reduction of different office chairs in the following categories: Global warming potential (greenhouse gases) Depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer Acidification of land and water sources Eutrophication Formation of tropospheric ozone Depletion of nonrenewable energy resources For product optimization, which factor must the chairs possess?
47. A general contractor is working on documenting the quantity of materials reuse for a project. If a salvaged material came from on-site, how will the contractor determine the replacement value of the material?
48. A construction waste-management plan must establish diversion goals, target at least how many materials to be diverted, and explain diversion plans for those materials?
49. A retail project is using waste-to-energy as a diversion strategy for MR Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management Option 1 Diversion. A LEED AP has submitted documentation that includes the MR Construction and Demolition Waste Management calculator, waste tracking totals and diverted waste amounts, and the waste material streams. What additional documentation is required?
50. A project team member is comparing an 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 would the team member run to check different impact measurements?(Choose 2)
51. For MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Environmental Product Declarations, the EPD must be consistent with ISO standards and be at least which assessment in scope?
52. A project team working a new construction project is attempting to divert construction waste from the landfill. Total construction waste is estimated to be 120 yards. What is the minimum material volume and diversion streams that need to be diverted to earn MR Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management Option 1 Diversion?
53. What documentation for MR Prerequisite Storage and Collection of Recyclables is specific to LEED BD+C: Retail?
54. A project team member is using an LCA tool to compare a baseline 2-story mixed-use retail building to a proposed model. The gross floor area, programmatic function, orientation, climate zone, and LCA scope match between the baseline and proposed model. What else must occur for the LCA assessment?
55. A chair has the following components, weight percentages, and sustainability criteria: Cotton fabric 5% certified by Rainforest Alliance Plastic seat 30% none Steel frame 65% 40% pre-consumer recycled content The chair cost $100 What is the total product value as it applies to Building Product Disclosure and Optimization credit?
56. All EXCEPT which documentation can be used to report the material ingredients of a product to at least 0.1% (1000 ppm)?
57. A project includes some salvaged wood flooring costing $50,000 and that was purchased 500 miles (804 km) from the project site. What value does the wood have toward MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials?
58. For a product to count toward the achievement of MR Credit Building Disclosure and Optimization, Sourcing of Raw Materials, all EXCEPT which statement regarding reporting must be true?
59. A building has an existing brick enclosure and steel structure. The drywall has been replaced for a new tenant. What layers are counted as reused portions?
60. A new construction major renovation project is working to convert an historic warehouse into a mixed-use retail and office building. The project is trying to divert as much construction waste as possible from landfills. The following is a construction waste management summary. How many points would the project earn for MR Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management? Waste Weight ---------------------------------------------- Excavated soil 50 tons Crushed concrete reused on site 25 tons Steel sent to a recycling center 1 ton Wood sent to a waste-to-energy facility 15 tons Mixed waste sent to a landfill 25 tons
61. Which type of project would require the project team to conduct a whole-building lifecycle assessment for MR Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction?
62. Why should a project team ensure proper storage locations and sizes for recyclable materials in the building floor plan during the initial design phase?
63. The project team for an elementary school is selecting paint to use in the classrooms. Each classroom will have an attached restroom. The classrooms will be painted with a beige, matte-finish paint made by ABC company. The restrooms will be painted with the same-color, semi-gloss paint made by XYZ company. If both products have EPDs, which statement is true about how the products will count toward MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - EPDs?
64. Because the requirements for selecting products that qualify for building product disclosure and optimization are not typical of all construction teams and suppliers, which actions should be taken to ensure products meet the credit requirements?(choose 2)
65. A project team for a healthcare facility is developing flexibility goals in anticipation of the future expansion of the building. The building may be expanded both up and out. Which overall strategies would help conserve future resources?(choose 3)
66. A project team is purchasing salvaged bricks from a local company that sourced the bricks from local buildings that are scheduled for demolition. The price of the bricks was $5,000. The delivery fee is $200 and the installation will cost $2,000. The owner received a 10% off discount by paying within 15 days. What should the project team use as the cost of the materials for Materials Reuse as it applies to MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials?
67. What minimum time period must a waste stream audit be conducted for a retail project?
68. Which type(s) of EPD is(/are) always created from a product category rule?
69. A project located in a rural area without a recycling program must take which action for MR Prerequisite Storage and Collection of Recyclables?
70. A project team is close to meeting the 25% threshold for building and material reuse for MR Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction. Which strategy would assist the project team earn the credit?
71. What product would contribute to both MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials, Option 2 Leadership Extraction Practices and MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Material Ingredients, Option 2 Material Ingredient Optimization?
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