ARGUS CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS
Task Pane provides a number of shortcuts and convenient functions, which include: -
Answers- Getting Started, ARGUS Alerts, ARGUS Valuation - DCF Wizard, and Shared
Workspace
Getting Started (Task Pane) - 4 - Answers- Create new files, open recent files, connect
to ARGUS website, and access a shared workplace online
ARGUS Alerts - Answers- Login to the ARGUS website to receive instant alerts, news,
and other information
Property Library - Answers- Window allows you to view a list of property files in the
active directory when other ARGUS Valuation - DCF property files are open.
Toolbar (on the Property Library window) - Answers- Allows you to navigate to
directories and to perform actions on one or multiple ARGUS files without opening the
files themselves
Items of Property Library Toolbar (5) - Answers- Email a file to someone, report on a
batch of ARGUS files, create a portfolio, compare two or more files, add selected files to
the Tenant Registry
When creating a ARGUS file it is best to start with... - Answers- the Property
Description
Inputs of Property Description - Answers- Basic property information - timing area
measures, and inflation
What is the first window to appear when creating a new file? - Answers- Property
Description window
Where is the password button found? - Answers- Property Description window
Property Type can or cannot be changed once selected? - Answers- CANNOT!
Property Timing tab is found where? - Answers- Property Description window
Property Timing tab includes: - Answers- Analysis start date, Reporting Start Date, and
# of years to Report or End Date
Analysis Start Date - Answers- Sets the date at which ARGUS Valuation - DCF
calculations will occur. For example, month 6 is relative to the analysis start date (not
Reporting Start Date)
, All entries that begin with a "relative" start date will be relative to which date? -
Answers- Analysis Start Date
Reporting Start Date - Answers- - Sets the date at which reports will begin
- Does not alter the timing of base calculations in the program
Reporting Start Date must fall (where) relative to the Analysis Start Date - Answers- on
or after the Analysis Start Date
Analysis of up to (xx) years may be conducted - Answers- 40
If the analysis begins midyear... - Answers- ARGUS will calculate a stub year with the
partial year in the first year
Default unit of Area Measures is? - Answers- Square Feet
When entering a inflation percentage that is less than 1%, it must be in what form? -
Answers- decimal
Percentages of inflation may be entered as... - Answers- positive or negative whole
numbers, or a decimal
If an inflation field is left empty... - Answers- it will default to the General Inflation Rate
Why is inflation in year 1 never available? - Answers- Because it does not occur until
the beginning of the 2nd year
Inflation input into Year 2 will apply to which years numbers? - Answers- Year 1
When entering the Property Size, enter the (blank) area - Answers- net rentable
Default inflation is? - Answers- 0% unless changed
The main screen that displays once a file has been created or opened - Answers-
Executive Dashboard
Executive Dashboard - Answers- Basic summary of all the Year 1 information in an
ARGUS Valuation - DCF file
In the Executive Dashboard, where are the links to the input screens found? - Answers-
Icons on the tool bar as well as the links in grey type
The Globe and Magnifying Glass icon - Answers- Is a link to view the property in
Google Maps
Task Pane provides a number of shortcuts and convenient functions, which include: -
Answers- Getting Started, ARGUS Alerts, ARGUS Valuation - DCF Wizard, and Shared
Workspace
Getting Started (Task Pane) - 4 - Answers- Create new files, open recent files, connect
to ARGUS website, and access a shared workplace online
ARGUS Alerts - Answers- Login to the ARGUS website to receive instant alerts, news,
and other information
Property Library - Answers- Window allows you to view a list of property files in the
active directory when other ARGUS Valuation - DCF property files are open.
Toolbar (on the Property Library window) - Answers- Allows you to navigate to
directories and to perform actions on one or multiple ARGUS files without opening the
files themselves
Items of Property Library Toolbar (5) - Answers- Email a file to someone, report on a
batch of ARGUS files, create a portfolio, compare two or more files, add selected files to
the Tenant Registry
When creating a ARGUS file it is best to start with... - Answers- the Property
Description
Inputs of Property Description - Answers- Basic property information - timing area
measures, and inflation
What is the first window to appear when creating a new file? - Answers- Property
Description window
Where is the password button found? - Answers- Property Description window
Property Type can or cannot be changed once selected? - Answers- CANNOT!
Property Timing tab is found where? - Answers- Property Description window
Property Timing tab includes: - Answers- Analysis start date, Reporting Start Date, and
# of years to Report or End Date
Analysis Start Date - Answers- Sets the date at which ARGUS Valuation - DCF
calculations will occur. For example, month 6 is relative to the analysis start date (not
Reporting Start Date)
, All entries that begin with a "relative" start date will be relative to which date? -
Answers- Analysis Start Date
Reporting Start Date - Answers- - Sets the date at which reports will begin
- Does not alter the timing of base calculations in the program
Reporting Start Date must fall (where) relative to the Analysis Start Date - Answers- on
or after the Analysis Start Date
Analysis of up to (xx) years may be conducted - Answers- 40
If the analysis begins midyear... - Answers- ARGUS will calculate a stub year with the
partial year in the first year
Default unit of Area Measures is? - Answers- Square Feet
When entering a inflation percentage that is less than 1%, it must be in what form? -
Answers- decimal
Percentages of inflation may be entered as... - Answers- positive or negative whole
numbers, or a decimal
If an inflation field is left empty... - Answers- it will default to the General Inflation Rate
Why is inflation in year 1 never available? - Answers- Because it does not occur until
the beginning of the 2nd year
Inflation input into Year 2 will apply to which years numbers? - Answers- Year 1
When entering the Property Size, enter the (blank) area - Answers- net rentable
Default inflation is? - Answers- 0% unless changed
The main screen that displays once a file has been created or opened - Answers-
Executive Dashboard
Executive Dashboard - Answers- Basic summary of all the Year 1 information in an
ARGUS Valuation - DCF file
In the Executive Dashboard, where are the links to the input screens found? - Answers-
Icons on the tool bar as well as the links in grey type
The Globe and Magnifying Glass icon - Answers- Is a link to view the property in
Google Maps
