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Q1: To be disability insured for Title II Disability benefits an individual must,
A: b. Have worked 5 out of the last 10 years and paid into the system.
Q2: At the fourth step of the sequential evaluation process, if a claimant has the residual functional capacity
to perform his/her past relevant work, then,
A: b. A finding of not disabled is made, and the analysis stops here.
Q3: A new client contacts you on 5/16/21 about assisting him in filing an appeal. His initial denial notice is
date‐stamped 3/1/21, but he indicates that he did not receive the notice until 4/4/21. He kept the envelope in
which the notice was mailed, and the postage date was 3/31/21. You:
A: c. assist him in filing an immediate appeal, requesting that the appeal be considered timely filed since he can prove
he did not receive the notice within five days of its date‐ stamp.
Q4: 4. An individual is applying for Title II Disability benefits with a 1/1/2013 onset date, who earned 4
quarters of coverage each year in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, would have the following date last
insured for benefits,
A: a. December 31, 2017
Q5: 5 full consecutive months will be served as a waiting period on Title II claims during which time you were
disabled. Once you have served a 5‐month waiting period on a claim, no 5 month waiting period is required
on a subsequent allowed claim as long as that subsequent claim is filed within how many years of the month
you again became disabled?
A: c. 5
Q6: The following information is used in determining the claimant's alleged onset of disability for the
purposes of their disability claim,
A: e. All the above
, Q7: A homeless 30‐year‐old claimant moves in with his mother and then files an application for SSI disability
benefits. His mother, who receives a $4,000.00 per month pension, is allowing him to live with her for free,
and paying for his food. The claimant will: a. have his benefit reduced by one‐third, as he receives in‐kind
support. b. be ineligible for benefits, as his mother's income will be deemed to him. c. have his benefit
reduced by one‐third for in‐kind support, plus an additional reduction as a percentage of his mother's
unearned income, deemed to him. d. none of the above.
A: a. have his benefit reduced by one‐third, as he receives in‐kind support.
Q8: A claimant with severe mental impairments is awarded disability benefits but is deemed incapable of
managing his own funds. His sister is appointed as his representative payee, and Social Security has
requested that she provide documentation of how she is spending the claimant's money on his behalf. The
sister has failed to respond, and another relative has anonymously advised Social Security that she has a
"drinking problem." SSA will likely:
A: d. require the sister to come into the local Social Security office to receive the claimant's monthly benefit check, so
that a determination of her accounting and fitness to continue as the claimant's representative payee can be made.
Q9: Into which education category does a person who obtained a 7th grade through 11th grade level of
formal education generally fall?
A: Limited education
Q10: A client comes to you asking for representation for their Title II claim for benefits due to chronic heart
failure. In reviewing the claimant's medical records, you see that recent medical evidence shows your client
has diastolic failure with left ventricular posterior wall plus septal thickness of 2.7 cm and an enlarged left
atrium of 4.3 cm with normal elevated ejection fraction during periods of stability. The record also shows that
your client has experienced three episodes of acute congestive heart failure within the last year.Does your
client's chronic heart failure meet a Listing?
A: No, because their impairment does not meet or medically equal the requirements for both subsections A and B of the
appropriate Listing.
Q11: What is NOT true about the basic definition of disability?
A: a. Has the ability to do any substantial gainful activity.
Q12: What is true about unskilled work? a. The work needs little or no judgment to do simple duties. b. The
work can be learned on the job in a short period of time. c. A person does not gain work skills by doing
unskilled jobs. d. All of the above.
A: d. All of the above.
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Q1: To be disability insured for Title II Disability benefits an individual must,
A: b. Have worked 5 out of the last 10 years and paid into the system.
Q2: At the fourth step of the sequential evaluation process, if a claimant has the residual functional capacity
to perform his/her past relevant work, then,
A: b. A finding of not disabled is made, and the analysis stops here.
Q3: A new client contacts you on 5/16/21 about assisting him in filing an appeal. His initial denial notice is
date‐stamped 3/1/21, but he indicates that he did not receive the notice until 4/4/21. He kept the envelope in
which the notice was mailed, and the postage date was 3/31/21. You:
A: c. assist him in filing an immediate appeal, requesting that the appeal be considered timely filed since he can prove
he did not receive the notice within five days of its date‐ stamp.
Q4: 4. An individual is applying for Title II Disability benefits with a 1/1/2013 onset date, who earned 4
quarters of coverage each year in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, would have the following date last
insured for benefits,
A: a. December 31, 2017
Q5: 5 full consecutive months will be served as a waiting period on Title II claims during which time you were
disabled. Once you have served a 5‐month waiting period on a claim, no 5 month waiting period is required
on a subsequent allowed claim as long as that subsequent claim is filed within how many years of the month
you again became disabled?
A: c. 5
Q6: The following information is used in determining the claimant's alleged onset of disability for the
purposes of their disability claim,
A: e. All the above
, Q7: A homeless 30‐year‐old claimant moves in with his mother and then files an application for SSI disability
benefits. His mother, who receives a $4,000.00 per month pension, is allowing him to live with her for free,
and paying for his food. The claimant will: a. have his benefit reduced by one‐third, as he receives in‐kind
support. b. be ineligible for benefits, as his mother's income will be deemed to him. c. have his benefit
reduced by one‐third for in‐kind support, plus an additional reduction as a percentage of his mother's
unearned income, deemed to him. d. none of the above.
A: a. have his benefit reduced by one‐third, as he receives in‐kind support.
Q8: A claimant with severe mental impairments is awarded disability benefits but is deemed incapable of
managing his own funds. His sister is appointed as his representative payee, and Social Security has
requested that she provide documentation of how she is spending the claimant's money on his behalf. The
sister has failed to respond, and another relative has anonymously advised Social Security that she has a
"drinking problem." SSA will likely:
A: d. require the sister to come into the local Social Security office to receive the claimant's monthly benefit check, so
that a determination of her accounting and fitness to continue as the claimant's representative payee can be made.
Q9: Into which education category does a person who obtained a 7th grade through 11th grade level of
formal education generally fall?
A: Limited education
Q10: A client comes to you asking for representation for their Title II claim for benefits due to chronic heart
failure. In reviewing the claimant's medical records, you see that recent medical evidence shows your client
has diastolic failure with left ventricular posterior wall plus septal thickness of 2.7 cm and an enlarged left
atrium of 4.3 cm with normal elevated ejection fraction during periods of stability. The record also shows that
your client has experienced three episodes of acute congestive heart failure within the last year.Does your
client's chronic heart failure meet a Listing?
A: No, because their impairment does not meet or medically equal the requirements for both subsections A and B of the
appropriate Listing.
Q11: What is NOT true about the basic definition of disability?
A: a. Has the ability to do any substantial gainful activity.
Q12: What is true about unskilled work? a. The work needs little or no judgment to do simple duties. b. The
work can be learned on the job in a short period of time. c. A person does not gain work skills by doing
unskilled jobs. d. All of the above.
A: d. All of the above.
