CERTIFIED PENNSYLVANIA
EVALUATOR (CPE) PRACTICE
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Pre Fabricated Concrete.
Answer: Fire resistant material
◍ How often must you be recertified?.
Answer: 2 Years
◍ How many hours of continuing ed must you receive to be recertified?.
Answer: 28 Hours
◍ Act 28 of 1992.
Answer: The act that certified assessors
◍ How many hours are mandated?.
Answer: 9 Hours
◍ 90.
Answer: Minimum number of class hours to sit for CPE Test
◍ Discovery, List , Value.
Answer: Assessment function involves what three things
◍ Philadelphia (First-Class County).
Answer: Certification requirements impact every county, except for this one.
◍ When does a recertification cycle start?.
Answer: July 1st of every odd numbered year
◍ Break down the mandated hours..
, Answer: 7 hours USPAP and 2 Hours of Act 28
◍ Foundation.
Answer: In what part of a plan do you find footers?
◍ What does USPAP stand for?.
Answer: Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice
◍ Foundation.
Answer: In what part of a plan do you find sub-flooring?
◍ R Value.
Answer: What you use to measure insulation heat loss
◍ What is the correct title for the certification body that oversees
assessors/CPE's?.
Answer: State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers
◍ By what department of the state is the state board of certified real estate
appraisers governed by?.
Answer: Department of State
◍ Odd Year (every two years).
Answer: What year is the recertification cycle and how often must you
recertify?
◍ Maximum Productivity.
Answer: What is the last step in finding highest and best use?
◍ Who does the Department of State oversee?.
Answer: State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers
◍ Reconciliation.
Answer: What is the last step after all three approaches to value?
◍ What is Act 28 of 1992 known as?.
Answer: Assessors Certification Act
◍ 30 days.
Answer: How many days do you have to file an appeal to common pleas
, court after board's decision?
◍ What does USPAP stand for?.
Answer: Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practices
◍ What is the correct title of the certification body that overseas
assessors/CPE's?.
Answer: State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers.
◍ By what department of the state is the state board of certified real estate
appraisers?.
Answer: - Department of State.
◍ Cosmetic Appeal.
Answer: What does façade of commercial building do to value?
◍ Mortgagor.
Answer: Person who takes out mortgage
◍ Mortgagee.
Answer: Bank that is lending.
◍ What is Act 28 of 1992 known as?.
Answer: Assessors certification act.
◍ What year was the Assessors Certification Act signed into law?.
Answer: - 1992
◍ Scarcity, Utility, Desirability.
Answer: What three things do you need to have value?
◍ An appraiser must keep their work file for how long?.
Answer: 5 years from its preparation or 2 years after final disposition of any
final judicial proceeding. WHICHEVER HAPPENS LAST.
◍ 1/2 mile.
Answer: If you have 160 acres squared, what is the distance of the sides?
◍ growth, stability, decline, rehabilitation.
Answer: life cycle of a neighborhood
EVALUATOR (CPE) PRACTICE
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Pre Fabricated Concrete.
Answer: Fire resistant material
◍ How often must you be recertified?.
Answer: 2 Years
◍ How many hours of continuing ed must you receive to be recertified?.
Answer: 28 Hours
◍ Act 28 of 1992.
Answer: The act that certified assessors
◍ How many hours are mandated?.
Answer: 9 Hours
◍ 90.
Answer: Minimum number of class hours to sit for CPE Test
◍ Discovery, List , Value.
Answer: Assessment function involves what three things
◍ Philadelphia (First-Class County).
Answer: Certification requirements impact every county, except for this one.
◍ When does a recertification cycle start?.
Answer: July 1st of every odd numbered year
◍ Break down the mandated hours..
, Answer: 7 hours USPAP and 2 Hours of Act 28
◍ Foundation.
Answer: In what part of a plan do you find footers?
◍ What does USPAP stand for?.
Answer: Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice
◍ Foundation.
Answer: In what part of a plan do you find sub-flooring?
◍ R Value.
Answer: What you use to measure insulation heat loss
◍ What is the correct title for the certification body that oversees
assessors/CPE's?.
Answer: State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers
◍ By what department of the state is the state board of certified real estate
appraisers governed by?.
Answer: Department of State
◍ Odd Year (every two years).
Answer: What year is the recertification cycle and how often must you
recertify?
◍ Maximum Productivity.
Answer: What is the last step in finding highest and best use?
◍ Who does the Department of State oversee?.
Answer: State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers
◍ Reconciliation.
Answer: What is the last step after all three approaches to value?
◍ What is Act 28 of 1992 known as?.
Answer: Assessors Certification Act
◍ 30 days.
Answer: How many days do you have to file an appeal to common pleas
, court after board's decision?
◍ What does USPAP stand for?.
Answer: Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practices
◍ What is the correct title of the certification body that overseas
assessors/CPE's?.
Answer: State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers.
◍ By what department of the state is the state board of certified real estate
appraisers?.
Answer: - Department of State.
◍ Cosmetic Appeal.
Answer: What does façade of commercial building do to value?
◍ Mortgagor.
Answer: Person who takes out mortgage
◍ Mortgagee.
Answer: Bank that is lending.
◍ What is Act 28 of 1992 known as?.
Answer: Assessors certification act.
◍ What year was the Assessors Certification Act signed into law?.
Answer: - 1992
◍ Scarcity, Utility, Desirability.
Answer: What three things do you need to have value?
◍ An appraiser must keep their work file for how long?.
Answer: 5 years from its preparation or 2 years after final disposition of any
final judicial proceeding. WHICHEVER HAPPENS LAST.
◍ 1/2 mile.
Answer: If you have 160 acres squared, what is the distance of the sides?
◍ growth, stability, decline, rehabilitation.
Answer: life cycle of a neighborhood
