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Get ready to pass the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Damage Appraiser License exam on your first try. Our guide features the latest exam structure, key subject breakdowns, and sample actual questions to test your knowledge of PA regulations, appraisal methods, and collision estimating.

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PA MOTOR VEHICLE DAMAGE APPRAISERS
LICENSE EXAM LATEST WITH ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS|100%
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True or False: Each appraiser, while engaged in
appraisal duties, must carry his/her appraiser's license
& display it to an owner of the vehicle or shop upon
request: - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ true


What are the number of business days you have per Act
361 to inspect vehicle? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ 6


How many days after an inspection should a total loss
be offered to the owner? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ 5


Aftermarket parts can only be used when? - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ The parts are listed and coded in the estimate


What is aftermarket and why is it considered
aftermarket? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ "nonoriginal

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equipment manufacturer (non-OEM) replacement part,
either new or used, for any of the nonmechanical parts
that generally constitute the exterior of the motor
vehicle, including inner and outer panels."
a) Generic version - made by vendor for manufacturer.
Vendor also makes generic version of same part. New
part - never used. A/M


What is the duty of the claimant after the loss? -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ Provide a date, time and facts of
the loss


True or False: Appraisals should always be signed by
the appraiser? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ True


What is betterment? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ The act or
process of improving something. When a part is used on
a car that makes the car more valuable than it was prior
to the loss.


Which would be an example of an additional interest to
the policy? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Lienholder

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Which is not a peril in reference to auto insurance? -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ Wind/hail is not a peril (fire, theft
and collision are perils) ( Another exam has collision as
the answer?)


What is a peril? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Something that
may cause injury, harm or loss. (on another exam
answer- Damage to another person, damage to another
vehicle & cause of loss )


An appraiser's license shall expire annually at midnight
on this day? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ June 30


Who determines the amount of damage to the vehicle? -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ Appraiser


What does an adjuster do - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ "A
natural person in this Commonwealth who makes
appraisals of motor vehicle physical damage."


How old do you have to be to get your PA appraiser's
license - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ 18 years old

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If your appraiser's license is expired more than 60 days,
what do you have to do - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Re-take
test


Which one of the following components is NOT
considered part of the vehicle's front end?
a) Grille
b) Fenders
c) Floor Pan
d) Hood - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ c) floor pan


Which one of the following answer choices lists the three
components that make up the front end sheet metal of
an auto?
a) Grille, hood and fenders
b) Grille, hood and headlamps
c) Fender skirt, fender outer panel and strut tower
d) Moldings, ornamentation and grille - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ a) Grille, hood and fenders


Which one of the following answer choices lists the two
components that are part of a hood's lock assembly?
a) Release cable and support rod

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Publisher: 2018 ISBN: 9781728764757 Edition: Unknown

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