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Practice-based Research: Operationalizing Landscape Performance Quiz

Thank you for attending the Landscape Architecture Foundation's webinar "Practice-Based Research: Operationalizing Landscape Performance".

In order to receive Professional Development Hours (PDHs) through the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LA CES), please complete the following 10-question quiz. Attendees scoring 75% or higher will receive 1.0 PDH.

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1. Why is landscape performance important?

a) To show the contribution that landscape makes toward achieving sustainability objectives

b) To demonstrate the value of landscape in terms that decision-makers understand

c) To provide a feedback loop as to whether design projects function as planned/predicted

d) All of the above

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2. Baseline conditions are synonymous with:

a) Existing conditions

b) Benchmarks

c) Sustainable impacts

d) Post-occupancy evaluations

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3. Baseline conditions are best measured at what stage of the project?

a) At the beginning of the project before construction begins

b) In the middle

c) Post-occupancy

d) At each phase of the design process

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4. Bioclimatic data that can be collected on a project site using the Kestrel 4000 includes:

a) Temperature

b) Relative humidity

c) Wind speed

d) All of the above

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5. What makes the Living Building Challenge different from LEED?

a) There are net zero water and energy goals

b) It includes health and equity benefits

c) Certification is based on actual rather than modeled performance

d) All of the above

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6. What is a lesson learned from the use of SmithGroupJJR's WaterScore?

a) Decreasing pervious surface helps

b) Projects must include water reuse: building/mechanical systems or irrigation

c) Meeting LEED produces a good WaterScore

d) Site soil types do not matter

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7. Tysons Corner stormwater goals require:

a) Utilization of Low Impact Development (LID) for streets

b) Attaining LEED credit for stormwater quality/quantity

c) Retaining the first inch of rainfall on site

d) All of the Above

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8. Canal Park's stormwater capture and reuse strategies are implemented at the:

a) Installation scale

b) Park scale

c) Block scale

d) Neighborhood scale

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9. At a minimum, how many SITES Prerequisites or Credits must be monitored to achieve SITES Credit 9.1?

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

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10. SITES Credit 9.1 requires the applicant to "...communicate the [monitoring] results to improve the body of knowledge on long-term site sustainability". Which of the following satisfies this requirement?

a) Discipline-wide professional magazine

b) National/International Conference

c) National/International Public Database

d) All of the above