General
Methodology
Just Compensation
Principles
Terminology
100

What document adds appraisal requirements when federal funds are involved in any part of a project?

Uniform Act

100

In which partial acquisition methdology is compensation the sum of the value of the acquisition and net damages?

Summation/State Rule

100

Who determines just compensation?

The courts
100

What economic principle explains why buyers choose the lowest-priced option when similar goods are available? 

Substitution

100
What is the term that describes the ability to cross a property line?

Access

200

Which controlling document must appraisers follow if a matter is to be tried in federal court?

Yellow Book

200

In the summation method, what can benefits be offset against?

Damages only

200

What do the tests of Unity of Title, Use, and Contiguity determine?

Larger Parcel

200

What is the keystone in partial acquisition valuation and often highly contested?

Highest and Best Use

200

What term describes property with limited utility after an easement acquisition? 

Remnant

300

What is the result of net operating income divided by sale price or value?

Capitalization Rate

300

In the before-and-after method, what can be offset by specific benefits?

Both damages and the value of the acquisition

300

What is the generally accepted measure of just compensation for the loss of real property?

Market Value

300

Which principle requires the larger parcel to be valued as a whole rather than the sum of its parts?

Unit Rule

300

Which type of assignment condition does the Project Influence Rule usually fall under?

Hypothetical Condition

400

What term describes an increase in value due to the project?

Benefits

400

What is the compensation to an owner under the before-and-after method if the value after the acquisition is greater than the value before?

Zero

400

What is the term used to describe assigning the value of the whole among its parts?

Allocation

400

The income approach is predicated primarily upon which economic principle?

Anticipation

400

What term describes the remaining rights in an easement?

Residual

500
Itemization of major exterior attributes helps relocation agent with what calculation?

Carve-outs

500

What is the minimum number of highest and best use analyses in the valuation of a partial acquisition?

Two (Before and After)

500

What is the judicial principle requiring the owner be no worse off than before the acquisition?

Making the owner whole

500

What term refers to the ability of benfits to reduce compensation for the acquisition?

Benefit Offset/Offset Rule

500

Which type of easement benefits another tract of land and runs with the land?

Easement appurtenant