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1. The objective of an appraisal is to: a. establish the highest possible price that a property can sell for. b. establish the most probable price that would be paid for a property under competitive market conditions. c. establish the market value for a property's land without any structures (such as a house). d. establish the market value for a property if the property is put to its highest and best use. 2. The subject property of an appraisal has only two bedrooms, but one of the comparables used in the appraisal has three bedrooms. If the adjustment for a third bedroom is $5,000, the adjustment would be: a. a $5,000 increase to the comparable's selling price. b. a $5,000 decrease to the comparable's selling price. c. a $5,000 increase to the subject's selling price. d. a 55,000 decrease to the subject's selling price. 3. The appraised value of a property usually represents the: a. actual value of the property. b. actual selling price of the property. c. actual opinion of an appraiser. d. actual replacement value of the property. 4. When calculating taxes, the difference between the acquisition cost and selling price of a house is called: a. ordinary income, b. amortization. c. capital gain. d. deferred income. 5. Which of the following would NOT result in an increase in housing demand? a. Population growth b. Employment growth c. Higher interest rates d. Higher houschold income 6. Which of the following techniques is NOT associated with the income approach to valuation? a. Capitalization rate b. Discounted present value c. Factor discounting rates d. Gross income multiplier 7. Regarding the value of a property, an appraisal: a. calculates value. b. confirms value. c. estimates value. d. determines value. 8. A comparable property has a feature that is superior to the subject property. What adjustment would be made in the sales comparison approach to value? a. Value of the feature would be subtracted from the sales price of the comparable property b. Value of the feature would be added to the sales price of the comparable property c. Value of the feature would be subtracted from the value of the subject property d. Value of the feature would be added to the value of the subject property 9. Which of the following is TRUE concerning the capitalization rate? a. It is an IRR. b. It explicitly considers projected future income and changes in property value over time. c. It expresses relationships between income and property value at a specific point in time. d. It is the rate of retum that investors expect to eam on all capital invested. 10. The principle that an informed purchaser would not spend more for a piece of real estate than the cost to purchase the land and the cost to construct a structure provides the rationale for which of these valuation methods? a. Sales comparison approach b. Income approach c. Cost approach d. Direct capitalization approach