Basel II requires a backtest at a 99% confidence level of a bank's internal value at risk (VaR) model (IMA). Assume the bank's ten-day 99% VaR is $1 million (minimum of 99% is hard-wired per Basel). The null hypothesis is: the VaR model is accurate. Out of 1,000 observations, 25 exceptions are observed (we saw the actual loss exceed the VaR 25 out of 1000 observations).