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Life Cycle Assessment & Life Cycle Costing – Quiz

October 2017

Please answer the following multiple‐choice questions. There is only 1 correct
answer for each problem.

1. A product’s purchase price typically includes which phase of a product’s life
cycle costs?
a. Development & Distribution
b. Use
c. Maintenance
d. End‐of‐life / Reuse

2. The input of plant nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorous into aquatic
environments can lead to many negative consequences. This is known as:
a. Acidification
b. Tropospheric Ozone
c. Eutrophication
d. Stratospheric Ozone

3. An advantage of net present value over simple payback calculations is:
a. It accounts for the time value of money
b. It is estimated on future cash flows
c. It is faster and easier to perform
d. It can deal with either even or uneven cash flows

4. Which of the following is an optional stage of Life Cycle Impact Assessment,
according to ISO
a. Characterization
b. Normalization
c. Selection
d. Classification

5. Which building life cycle stages typically account for the largest
environmental impacts:
a. Material extraction / manufacture & demolition
b. Transport & use
c. Use & maintenance
d. Material extraction / manufacture & use


6. A typical life cycle analysis performed by a product manufacturer, including
only their internal processes is called:
a. Gate to gate
b. Cradle to gate
c. Cradle to grave
d. Cradle to cradle

7. Which phase of Life Cycle Impact Assessment considers the impacts
associated with a reference activity or flow:
a. Weighting
b. Selection
c. Grouping
d. Normalization

8. Which of the following is an acceptable LCA impact category
a. Global warming potential
b. Stratospheric Ozone depletion
c. Eutrophication
d. All of the above

9. The main goal of the Life Cycle Inventory is:
a. To clearly define the study’s goal, scope, and audience
b. To quantify the energy, materials, and emissions into and out of the
system, using the functional unit
c. To calculate the environmental impacts of the system
d. To analyse potential sensitivities and find conclusions and
recommendations.

10. Two design scenarios use the same material type. Which change would not
result in a minimized life cycle impact.
a. Using less material
b. Using a local manufacturer.
c. Creating a design that allows for recyclability
d. All of the above would result in a minimized life cycle impact