LEED Green Associate Exam Prep
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The LEED Green Associate Exam
This is a 100-question exam that you will take on a computer at a Prometric center. The LEED GA exam assesses your knowledge of general green building principles and best practices. The LEED AP ID+C exam will test you on the best practices for the design and construction of commercial space inside a green building. The Green Associate exam tests general green-building knowledge. It is a closed-book professional credential exam.
Free LEED Green Associate Resources
There are three types of questions that you will encounter in the LEED GA exam. They are:
- Recall – these questions require memorization of key LEED v4 terms, especially terms relating to the operation and maintenance of green buildings
- Application – these questions ask the candidate to solve a problem in a scenario-based format
- Analysis – these questions offer the candidates a complex scenario with multiple components, and assess the candidate’s ability to understand the relationships between the components and the synergies between different solutions
LEED Green Associate Knowledge Domains
As with all LEED credential exams, content is drawn from knowledge domains, which reflect the rating systems’ credit categories and what you need to know. Here’s the breakdown for the LEED Green Associate exam:
- LEED Process (16 questions)
- Integrative Strategies (8 questions)
- Location and Transportation (7 questions)
- Sustainable Sites (7 questions)
- Water Efficiency (9 questions)
- Energy and Atmosphere (10 questions)
- Materials and Resources (9 questions)
- Indoor Environmental Quality (8 questions)
- Project Surroundings and Public Outreach (11 questions)
(There are 15 beta questions in each exam that are not scored, bringing the question total to 100.)
