NACVA AVA Exam
NACVA Accredited Valuation Analyst Exam (Page 4 )

Updated On: 7-Feb-2026

In___________ cases, the valuation date itself is an issue to be resolved by the court. In such situations, the appraiser must be prepared to address the valuation as of several dates, sometimes without knowing which date the court determined to be relevant until after the judgment is rendered. Since the choice of valuation date in such cases is a legal matter.

  1. Litigated cases
  2. Estate tax cases
  3. Enterprise value identification cases
  4. Cooperatives

Answer(s): A



Valuation reports should contain a set of limiting conditions, and one of the typical limiting conditions is as follows:

  1. Legal and estate tax factors
  2. The valuation is valid only for the valuation date or dates specified herein. No other purpose is intended or should be inferred
  3. Litigation over business valuation is commonplace
  4. The purpose of the valuation encompasses the use to which the valuation exercise is expected to be put

Answer(s): B



“The amount at which property would change hands between a willing seller and a willing buyer, when neither is acting under compulsion and when both have reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts”. This definition is related to:

  1. Investment value
  2. Fair market value
  3. Litigation value
  4. Standard of value

Answer(s): B



“Market value is the most probable price which a property should bring in a completive and open market under all conditions requisite to fair sale the buyer and seller each acting prudently and knowledgeably, and assuming the price is not affected by undue stimulus.” Implicit in this definition is the consummation of a sale as of a specified date and the passing of title from seller to buyer under conditions/s whereby:

  1. Buyer and seller are typically motivated
  2. Both parties are well informed or well advised and acting in what they consider their best interests
  3. A reasonable time is allowed for exposure in the open market
  4. Differences in financing costs and tax status

Answer(s): A,B,C



Virtually, all businesses or interests in businesses may be appraised under some alternatives premises of value. Which of the following is not out of those premises?

  1. Value as a going concern
  2. Value as an assemblage of assets
  3. Value as an orderly disposition
  4. Value as a sudden liquidation

Answer(s): D



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