ARGUS LATEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED
A+
✔✔Present Value Tab allows us to enter in a separate discount rate for the leveraged
and un-leveraged resale rate - ✔✔True
✔✔Intelligent Renewals are used to specify that tenant leases be renewed using? -
✔✔1. Last Months Rent Rate
2. Contract Rate
3. Weighted Market Renewal Rate
4. Market Rent In A Different Market Leasing Profile
✔✔It is required to enter in a Property Name and Address for every property added
within a portfolio: - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔The Fixed Amount/Area Recovery Method is calculated as : - ✔✔The annual
amount/Area, based on tenant size that will be paid by the tenant each year.
✔✔Calculate the amount that is eligible for recovery when using Gross Ups:
Utilities Expense: $16,500
% Fixed: 35%
% Occupied: 82%
% Grossed Up: 90% - ✔✔(Utility Expense * % Fixed) + (Utility Expense * Variable % *
%Gross Up)
✔✔__________ is a solution for consolidating and reporting property, tenant, portfolio
and scenario info contained with in the ARGUS Date Warehouse. - ✔✔Portfolio Level
Reporting
✔✔Methods for Calculating General Vacancy: - ✔✔1. % of Potential Gross Revenue
2. % of Total Rental Revenue
3. % of Total Tenant Revenue
✔✔Enter the Property Resale info in the ________ tab - ✔✔Valuation
✔✔Enter any debt calculated outside of AE and the ___________ tab under the
Investment tab - ✔✔Other Debt
✔✔Leasing Commission Calculation: - ✔✔Base Rent + Step Rent - Free Rent
✔✔To change the Report Print Interval setting, click the _________ button: - ✔✔Report
Options
, ✔✔In the portfolio section of the File tab, existing properties within the portfolios are
displayed in the ______ pane - ✔✔Properties
✔✔Primary Use for XL4ADW - ✔✔1. Custom Queries of results data
2. Import of new models and data
3. Modify modeling data in AE (Round Trip)
4. Review modeling data in AE (Input Assumptions)
✔✔Calculate the amount that will appear as the Operating Expense on Year 1 of the
Cash Flow:
Utilities Expense: $16,500
% Fixed: 35%
% Occupied: 82%
% Grossed Up: 90% - ✔✔Step 1: Fixed Expense = Utility Expense * % Fixed
Step 2: Variable Expenses = (Utility Expense - Fixed Expense) * %Occupied
Step 3: Total Expenses = Fixed Expense + Variable Expense
✔✔Use the following assumptions to calculate the General Vacancy for the property in
Year 1 of the analysis if we are overriding Tenant 1 and a Percent of Potential Gross
Revenue is the method being applied. There is no Absorption & Turnover in Year 1:
General Vacancy Rate: 5%
Total Potential Gross Revenue: $87,632
Tenant 1 Rental: $42,330
Tenant 1 Override %: 0% - ✔✔(Total Potential Gross Revenue - Tenant 1 Rental) *
General Vacancy Rate
✔✔Within AE it is possible to copy items from Excel into AE: - ✔✔True
✔✔Assume a NOI of $946,250 , Cap Rate of 10.5%, and a 3% selling Costs. Capitalize
the NOI to determine the Net Sales Price: - ✔✔Step 1: Sale Price = NOI / Cap Rate
Step 2: Selling Cost = Sale Price * % selling costs
Step 3: Net Sales Price = Sale Price - Selling Cost
✔✔When calculating a market leasing profile with the upon expiration set to renewal AE
- ✔✔assumes 100% renewal
✔✔Gross Sale Price is calculated by taking NOI to capitalize and dividing it by the
__________ when using CAP NOI (12 months after sale) - ✔✔Cap Rate
✔✔Within the Investment tab, the _____ tab is used to calculate debt notes outside of
the AE system. - ✔✔Other debt
✔✔Sales amount that must be achieved prior to the payment of any percentage rate is:
- ✔✔Breakpoint
A+
✔✔Present Value Tab allows us to enter in a separate discount rate for the leveraged
and un-leveraged resale rate - ✔✔True
✔✔Intelligent Renewals are used to specify that tenant leases be renewed using? -
✔✔1. Last Months Rent Rate
2. Contract Rate
3. Weighted Market Renewal Rate
4. Market Rent In A Different Market Leasing Profile
✔✔It is required to enter in a Property Name and Address for every property added
within a portfolio: - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔The Fixed Amount/Area Recovery Method is calculated as : - ✔✔The annual
amount/Area, based on tenant size that will be paid by the tenant each year.
✔✔Calculate the amount that is eligible for recovery when using Gross Ups:
Utilities Expense: $16,500
% Fixed: 35%
% Occupied: 82%
% Grossed Up: 90% - ✔✔(Utility Expense * % Fixed) + (Utility Expense * Variable % *
%Gross Up)
✔✔__________ is a solution for consolidating and reporting property, tenant, portfolio
and scenario info contained with in the ARGUS Date Warehouse. - ✔✔Portfolio Level
Reporting
✔✔Methods for Calculating General Vacancy: - ✔✔1. % of Potential Gross Revenue
2. % of Total Rental Revenue
3. % of Total Tenant Revenue
✔✔Enter the Property Resale info in the ________ tab - ✔✔Valuation
✔✔Enter any debt calculated outside of AE and the ___________ tab under the
Investment tab - ✔✔Other Debt
✔✔Leasing Commission Calculation: - ✔✔Base Rent + Step Rent - Free Rent
✔✔To change the Report Print Interval setting, click the _________ button: - ✔✔Report
Options
, ✔✔In the portfolio section of the File tab, existing properties within the portfolios are
displayed in the ______ pane - ✔✔Properties
✔✔Primary Use for XL4ADW - ✔✔1. Custom Queries of results data
2. Import of new models and data
3. Modify modeling data in AE (Round Trip)
4. Review modeling data in AE (Input Assumptions)
✔✔Calculate the amount that will appear as the Operating Expense on Year 1 of the
Cash Flow:
Utilities Expense: $16,500
% Fixed: 35%
% Occupied: 82%
% Grossed Up: 90% - ✔✔Step 1: Fixed Expense = Utility Expense * % Fixed
Step 2: Variable Expenses = (Utility Expense - Fixed Expense) * %Occupied
Step 3: Total Expenses = Fixed Expense + Variable Expense
✔✔Use the following assumptions to calculate the General Vacancy for the property in
Year 1 of the analysis if we are overriding Tenant 1 and a Percent of Potential Gross
Revenue is the method being applied. There is no Absorption & Turnover in Year 1:
General Vacancy Rate: 5%
Total Potential Gross Revenue: $87,632
Tenant 1 Rental: $42,330
Tenant 1 Override %: 0% - ✔✔(Total Potential Gross Revenue - Tenant 1 Rental) *
General Vacancy Rate
✔✔Within AE it is possible to copy items from Excel into AE: - ✔✔True
✔✔Assume a NOI of $946,250 , Cap Rate of 10.5%, and a 3% selling Costs. Capitalize
the NOI to determine the Net Sales Price: - ✔✔Step 1: Sale Price = NOI / Cap Rate
Step 2: Selling Cost = Sale Price * % selling costs
Step 3: Net Sales Price = Sale Price - Selling Cost
✔✔When calculating a market leasing profile with the upon expiration set to renewal AE
- ✔✔assumes 100% renewal
✔✔Gross Sale Price is calculated by taking NOI to capitalize and dividing it by the
__________ when using CAP NOI (12 months after sale) - ✔✔Cap Rate
✔✔Within the Investment tab, the _____ tab is used to calculate debt notes outside of
the AE system. - ✔✔Other debt
✔✔Sales amount that must be achieved prior to the payment of any percentage rate is:
- ✔✔Breakpoint
