Discuss US Green Building Council LEED-Green-Associate Exam Topic 1 Question 24

A project has 16 employees working for four hours per day, 20 employees working six hours per day, and 10 employees working eight hours per day. What is the Full Time Equivalent (FTE) occupancy of the project?

A28

B33

C33

D46

Suggested Answer: A

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34 comments · newest first

Veronika 10 months ago

Are we sure about that? Feels too low.

Freeman 10 months ago

Totally agree, 33 seems right!

Regenia 11 months ago

Wait, how do we get to 33? Sounds off.

Carole 11 months ago

Definitely 33, I did the calculations!

Shannon 11 months ago

I think it's 33 FTE.

Whitney 11 months ago

I think the answer might be 33, but I can't recall how I got that. Did we divide total hours by 8 or 40?

Lucina 11 months ago

I feel like I might be mixing up the calculations for part-time and full-time employees. Is it just a matter of adding them all together?

Lemuel 12 months ago

I remember a similar question where we had to calculate FTEs, and I think we just summed up the total hours worked and divided by the full-time hours.

Glendora 12 months ago

I think we need to convert all the hours to a standard full-time basis, but I'm not sure if it's 40 hours a week or something else.

Svetlana 12 months ago

Ah, I see. And the standard full-time hours are typically 40 per week, right? So we'd divide the total hours by 40 to get the FTE occupancy.

Dorinda 1 year ago

I think so. Let me try to break this down. 16 employees x 4 hours = 64 hours. 20 employees x 6 hours = 120 hours. 10 employees x 8 hours = 80 hours. That's a total of 264 hours.

Rosenda 1 year ago

Okay, got it. 264 hours / 40 hours per week = 6.6 FTE. So the answer is C, 33.

Reita 1 year ago

Okay, let's think this through step-by-step. We have 16 employees working 4 hours, 20 employees working 6 hours, and 10 employees working 8 hours. We need to find the total FTE occupancy.

Corrina 1 year ago

I think option B is correct because we definitely use the 'params' object to access parameters from the job configuration, right?

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Colette 1 year ago

This question is like a math puzzle straight out of a calculus textbook. But hey, I'm not afraid of a little number crunching! Let's see, if I add up all the hours and divide by 8, the answer is... D) 46. Nailed it!

Thurman 1 year ago

Alright, time to put on my thinking cap. Okay, so we've got 16 employees working 4 hours, 20 employees working 6 hours, and 10 employees working 8 hours. Hmm, let me crunch the numbers... Ah, I see, the answer is D) 46. Now, where's the coffee break?

Barb 1 year ago

Whoa, this one's a doozy! I'm going to start by converting all the hours to the same unit, like hours per day. Then I'll add them up and divide by 8 to get the FTE. Let's see, where did I put my trusty calculator... Ah, here we go! D) 46, got it!

Lorita 1 year ago

↳ replying to Barb

Actually, I calculated it and got D) 46.

Chaya 1 year ago

↳ replying to Barb

No, I believe it's C) 33.

Wilson 1 year ago

↳ replying to Barb

I think the answer is A) 28.

Ailene 1 year ago

Okay, let's break this down. 16 employees, 4 hours each... that's 64 hours. Then 20 employees, 6 hours each... that's 120 hours. And finally, 10 employees, 8 hours each... that's 80 hours. Add them all up and you get 264 hours. Divide by 8 hours per FTE, and... yep, the answer is D) 46.

Loreta 1 year ago

↳ replying to Ailene

Great job on the calculation!

Dexter 1 year ago

↳ replying to Ailene

I agree, the answer is D) 46.

Iola 1 year ago

↳ replying to Ailene

That makes sense, thanks for breaking it down.

Julene 1 year ago

Hmm, let's see... 16 employees x 4 hours + 20 employees x 6 hours + 10 employees x 8 hours. Gotta do the math here, but I think the answer is D) 46. Time to dust off my calculator!

Chantay 1 year ago

↳ replying to Julene

Okay, let's re-calculate together to make sure we get the right answer.

Teresita 1 year ago

↳ replying to Julene

Let me double-check my math. It might be C) 33 after all.

Elmer 1 year ago

↳ replying to Julene

Are you sure? I calculated it to be C) 33.

Azzie 1 year ago

↳ replying to Julene

I think the answer is D) 46.

Lindsey 2 years ago

I'm not sure, but I think the answer might be C) 33 as well. Let's calculate it together to be sure.

Sharen 2 years ago

I agree with Huey, because we need to calculate the total hours worked by all employees and divide by the standard full-time hours.

Huey 2 years ago

I think the answer is B) 33.

US Green Building Council LEED-Green-Associate Exam - Topic 1 Question 24 Discussion