Sustainability Test Latest Update Review Questions

CSWA-SD (Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate - Sustainable Design) Sustainability Test (Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Review Questions & Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)

Question:

Terms/Phrases Synonymous w/ "Sustainable Design"

Answer:

-Sustainable Engineering

-Environmentally Sustainable Design

-Eco-Design

-Green Design

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Question:

The Many Faces of Sustainable Design

Answer:

-Design for Disassembly

-Design for the Environment

-Product Stewardship

-Cradle to Cradle

-BioMimicry

-Green Chemistry

-Green Marketing

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Question:

Design for Disassembly

Answer:

-1/7 of the Many Faces of Sustainable Design, a.k.a DfD for short.

-A design approach that enables the easy recovery of parts, components, & materials from products at the end of their life.

-Recycling & Reuse are noble intentions, but if a product can't be disassembled cleanly & effectively, they're impossible, or at least cost prohibitive to achieve.

Question:

Design for the Environment

Answer:

-1/7 of the Many Faces of Sustainable Design.

-The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency created the DfE program in 1992 to decrease pollution & the human & environmental risks that it entails.

-EPA recognizes consumer & industrial & institutional products deemed to be safer for human health & the environment through an evaluation & product labeling program.

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