12.4 Final Seven-Day Review

Use the Final Week to Reduce Preventable Errors

The final seven days are not the time to rebuild the entire course from the beginning. They are the time to reduce preventable errors. For the LEED Green Associate exam, preventable errors often come from imprecise logistics facts, v4/v5 transition confusion, unsupported scoring language, and weak scenario reading. A useful final-week plan cycles through official facts, domain maps, timed practice, and targeted remediation.

Start with a one-page fact sheet. Include credential body, delivery method, eligibility, format, time, scoring language, beta timing, retake rule, fees, and maintenance requirements. Keep the wording exact. The exam is delivered through a Prometric test center or Prometric ProProctor remote exam. There is no formal prerequisite, though GBCI recommends prior exposure to LEED and green building concepts. Candidates under 18 need parent or guardian consent. The exam has 100 multiple-choice questions, one correct answer per item. It is not open-book.

LEED v4 scoring uses a 125-200 score range, with 170 or higher passing. Do not convert that scaled score into a raw percentage of questions correct.

The transition facts deserve exact dates. The last day to register for the v4 exam was April 21, 2026. The last day to test for v4 was April 26, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET. The v5 beta became available April 28, 2026. The v5 beta data-collection phase runs April 28, 2026 through June 30, 2026, and the last day to opt into data-collection beta registration is June 25, 2026. The v5 beta testing-only phase is July 2026 through September 2026, subject to shift based on data-collection participation. The final v5 exam is expected October 2026.

Domain review should be comparative. v4 lists LEED Process as 16 of 85 scored questions, while v5 beta lists LEED Process as 17 questions. v4 lists Project Surroundings and Public Outreach as 11 of 85 scored questions, while the v5 beta domain list in the source brief does not list that as a separate domain. Energy and Atmosphere grows from 10 of 85 scored questions in v4 to 15 questions in the v5 beta list. These comparisons help you understand emphasis, but they should not become shortcuts. Any individual question still has to be read on its own terms.

Final practice should stay original and closed-book. Do not reproduce official examples into the review plan. Use fresh prompts that test the same reasoning skills: finding the domain anchor, applying a date, rejecting an unsupported pass-rate claim, or choosing the best first action. After each set, update only the notes that matter. A bloated notebook can create the illusion of work while hiding repeated miss types.

The day before the exam should be lighter. Confirm the appointment route or remote setup based on Prometric delivery. Review the fact sheet, especially scoring, timing, beta/final result expectations, and retake policy. Do not add new unsupported claims from informal sources. The final week is successful when the candidate enters the appointment with a clean memory of official facts and a practiced method for scenario decisions.