Deck 5: Materials

Question 1

The life cycle in the selection of sustainable materials considers all of the following environmental impacts except:

A)Transportation
B)Manufacturing
C)Recycling
D)Extraction

Answer 1

Recycling

Question 2

What is the percentage of all virgin wood that is extracted to be used for the construction of buildings?

A)20%
B)25%
C)30%
D)35%

Answer 2

25%

Question 3

The life cycle assessment, or LCA, assesses the raw material through the process which includes:

A)selection, extraction, manufacturing and disposal
B)extraction, manufacturing, disposal and recycling
C)extraction, manufacturing, transportation and disposal
D)selection, manufacturing, transportation and disposal

Answer 3

extraction, manufacturing, transportation and disposal

Question 4

When selecting green electronic equipment, the following factors should be primary considerations except:

A)uses less energy
B)made with recyclable and recycled materials
C)ease to upgrade, fix and recycle
D)5 year minimum warranty

Question 5

Scientists today estimate that plastic could take ___ years or longer to decompose in landfill:

A)200
B)300
C)400
D)500

Question 6

Potential negative environmental impacts of material selection include all of the following except:

A)air pollution
B)water pollution
C)destruction of native habitats
D)depletion of renewable resources

Question 7

All of the following are characteristics of green materials except:

A)energy conservation
B)reduced maintenance
C)improved occupant health
D)less design flexibility

Question 8

In a sustainable purchasing policy, all of the following may be found on the checklist except:

A)use locally manufactured materials
B)use >80% recycled content
C)low or no-VOC
D)discard excess material waste after use

Question 9

The main goal of a good waste management plan for a green building is to:

A)reduce the amount of waste and toxins
B)increase the amount of recycled waste
C)reuse building materials
D)use renewable materials

Question 10

A primary strategy in waste management is for a green building project is to size the building appropriately. This means:

A)the bigger the better
B)less is more
C)less is less
D)the smaller the better

Question 11

Strategies for complying with the green materials and resources category include all of the following except:

A)rather than new construction, perform major renovation
B)outline the three Rs in a policy
C)consider advanced wood framing techniques
D)discard landscaping waste

Question 12

Sustainable certified wood ensures the end users that the product:

A)is a renewable material
B)contains no formaldehyde
C)is EPA approved quality
D)comes from good forestry management

Question 13

Examples of construction and demolition debris include all of the following except:

A)roof shingles
B)landscape rocks
C)mechanical systems
D)steel columns

Question 14

The primary waste management approach for deconstruction of existing structures is:

A)reuse of buildings and materials
B)reuse of recycled materials
C)recycling all demolished materials
D)recycling all waste packaging

Question 15

A Construction Waste Management Plan is a plan that diverts construction debris from landfills through all of the following methods except:

A)recycling
B)reducing
C)salvaging
D)reusing

Question 16

For LEED, regional materials originate within ___ miles of the project site:

A)250
B)500
C)750
D)1,000

Question 17

Regionally sourced materials takes into account of the amount of a building's material that have gone through all of the following processes except:

A)extraction
B)processing
C)manufacturing
D)disposal

Question 18

Sustained-yield forestry ensures that forests are maintained in perpetuity with a high-level annual or regular period output, through the balance between ___ and ___:

A)ecosystem, natural capital
B)supply, demand
C)quantity, quality
D)increment, cutting

Question 19

Structural wood beams and posts were recovered from existing buildings and reused on a project. This wood is considered to be:

A)recycled
B)salvaged
C)reused
D)certified

Question 20

Reused materials in LEED projects are expressed as a percentage of the total materials ___ for the building:

A)weight
B)emission content
C)cost
D)recycled content

Question 21

The difference between salvaged and reused material is that salvaged materials are incorporated into ___ buildings, thereby extending the lifetime of materials that would otherwise be discarded:

A)new
B)existing
C)renovated
D)interior

Question 22

LEED defines rapidly renewable materials to take __ years or less to grow or raise:

A)6
B)8
C)10
D)12

Question 23

The rapidly renewable materials credit in LEED is the amount of a building's agricultural products that are quickly grown or raised and can be harvested in a sustainable fashion, expressed as a percentage of the ______:

A)green materials use
B)total materials cost
C)total materials weight
D)total renewable materials cost

Question 24

Waste diversion is the amount of waste disposed of through methods other than incineration or in landfills, expressed in ___:

A)pounds
B)liters
C)tons
D)cubic yards

Question 25

Pre-consumer recycled content was formerly known as:

A)post-consumer recycled content
B)post-industrial content
C)pre-industrial content
D)recycled content

Question 26

A concrete product has been manufactured to include old unsold music cassette tapes for a new surface material to be used on a project. This is considered to be:

A)post-consumer recycled content
B)post-industrial content
C)pre-industrial content
D)pre-consumer recycled content

Question 27

Examples of post-consumer recycled content include all of the following except:

A)damaged furniture
B)plastic bottles
C)newspapers
D)planar shavings

Question 28

The difference between post-consumer recycled content and pre-consumer recycled content is that post-consumer products uses materials that:

A)can no longer be used for its intended purpose
B)are collected by municipal recycling agencies
C)have post-industrial content
D)is recycled from manufacturing waste

Question 29

For LEED, recycled content is typically expressed as a percentage of the total material ___:

A)waste
B)cost
C)volume
D)life-cycle

Question 30

According to the EPA, what percentage of solid waste is currently recycled in the United States?

A)15%
B)32%
C)45%
D)62%

Question 31

Assessments and measurements for the Materials and Resources category in LEED take into consideration of all of the following except:

A)sustainable forestry
B)waste diversion
C)construction management policy
D)regional materials

Question 32

What is the primary negative atmospheric byproduct produced by incineration of waste ?

A)carbon dioxide
B)carbon monoxide
C)volatile organic compounds
D)methane

Question 33

EPA suggests that by improving recycling rates by only 3% could save more than 5 million metric tons of ___ equivalent:

A)carbon dioxide
B)carbon monoxide
C)volatile organic compounds
D)methane

Question 34

A carbon offset is a financial instrument aimed at reduction in ___.

A)carbon dioxide
B)greenhouse gas emissions
C)carbon dioxide-equivalent
D)methane

Question 35

A construction purchasing policy should outline all of the following items except:

A)goals
B)thresholds
C)procedures
D)specifications

Question 36

Examples of rapidly renewable materials include all of the following except:

A)bamboo
B)agrifiber
C)linoleum
D)vinyl composite tile

Question 37

When specifying green interiors, one indication of validating safety in the material selection is to ensure that the product is certified to meet ___ standards:

A)ATHENA
B)BEES
C)Green Seal
D)MERV

Question 38

Cork is the outer bark of the cork tree and is typically harvested every nine years from the Mediterranean region. Cork is considered to be:

A)rapidly renewable material
B)regional material
C)salvaged material
D)recycled content material

Question 39

Strategies to promote sustainable purchasing during operations include the all of the following except:

A)implement a construction purchasing policy
B)select green materials
C)select high-efficiency interiors
D)select green electronic equipment

Question 40

EPEAT is an online tool to help purchasers select and assess the sustainability of what type of products?

A)electronic equipment
B)interiors
C)materials
D)life-cycle impacts

Question 41

FSC is an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world's ___:

A)finishes
B)forests
C)formaldehyde
D)fibers

Question 42

0 (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) is a tool used to assess:

A)life-cycle impacts
B)toxic chemical impacts
C)cost impacts
D)building impacts

Question 43

A kitchen appliance has been stated to use 25% less energy than required by federal standards. This product has been labeled as:

A)TCO Certification
B)ENERGY STAR
C)Green Seal
D)Green Guard

Question 44

VOCs stands for:

A)volatile organic compounds
B)variable organic compounds
C)vagile organic compounds
D)volable organic compounds