CERTIFIED PENNSYLVANIA EVALUATOR EXAM (CPE UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

CERTIFIED PENNSYLVANIA EVALUATOR EXAM (CPE
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS

Question:
1. Assessor
Answer:
Any person responsible for the valuation of real property for ad valorum taxation purposes

Question:
2. Duties and Responsibilities of an Assessor
Answer:
Discovering, Listing, Valuing

Question:
3. Clean & Green - Act 319
Answer:
Has two values, Value in Use and Value in Exchange

Question:
4. An Assessor is accountable to whom?
Answer:
Himself, taxpayers and all taxing authorities

Question:
5. In order for an assessor to accomplish the task of discovering property, the assessor needs what?
Answer:
An adequate mapping system ( GIS) showing every parcel of land.

Question:
6. Last day to submit an appeal
Answer:
September 1

Question:
7. All appeals must be heard and decided by what date?
Answer:
October 31st

Question:
8. Last day to apply for the Homestead/Farmstead Exclusion
Answer:
March 1st

,Question:
9. Last day to apply for the Clean and Green program for the next tax year
Answer:
June 1st

Question:
10. Date that public notice must be given that tax rolls are open for public inspection
Answer:
July 1st

Question:
11. STEB must certify to all assessment Office their CLR's by which date?
Answer:
July 1st

Question:
12. All notice of appeal decisions must be mailed
Answer:
November 15th

Question:
13. Assessors Certification Date
Answer:
November 15th

Question:
14. Levels of appeal process
Answer:
1. County Board of Assessment Appeals, 2. Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, 3.Commonwealth
Court of Pennsylvania, 4.Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Question:
15. Assessors are charged with the responsibility of administering what?
Answer:
A uniform and equitable assessment system

Question:
16. March 17th 1987
Answer:
The Assessors Certification Act required that all persons responsible for the valuation of real property for
ad valorem taxation purposes be certified to do so by he State Tax Equalization Board. Has three years
from the start of employment to become certified

Question:
17. March 17, 1992

, Answer:
The responsibility to certify assessors shifted from the State Tax Equalization Board to the State Board of
Certified Real Estate Appraisers.

Question:
18. State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers
Answer:
The state board certification body

Question:
19. To be certified by the State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers, the assessor must:
Answer:
1. Possess a high school diploma, or its equivalent, or two years of assessing experience
2. Shall be at least 18 years of age
3. Shall be a resident of this Commonwealth for at least six months
4. Successfully completed a minimum of 90 hours of the basic course of study of the International
Association of Assessing Officers (IAO) or the Assessors Association of Pennsylvania (AAP)
5. This act does not apply to counties of the First Class (Philadelphia Counties)

Question:
20. How often must an assessor recertify?
Answer:
Every two years. June 30 Odd number years (license runs out) July 1 odd number of years (starts a new
license year) Example: July 1, 2009 to June 20, 2011

Question:
21. To become re-certified the assessor must accumulate how many hours of continuing professional
education credits?
Answer:
28 hours
7 hours must be on USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice) 2 hours must be on
Assessor's Certification Act (Act 28 of 1992)
The State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers approves the courses or activities necessary to comply
with the re-certification requirements

Question:
22. ASB
Answer:
Appraisal Standards Board

Question:
23. An appraiser must perform assignments with what?
Answer:
Impartiality, Objectivity and Independence, without accommodation of personal interest

Question:
24. How long must an appraiser retain his/her workfile?