RESNA ATP EXAM REVIEW – UPDATED
2024/2025 | 100% SCORE Q&A WITH EXPERT
SOLUTIONS (A+ GRADED)
Numeric Code - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅AAC coding technique in which a
number stands for a word, phrase, or sentence. Communicate quickly with fewer
keystrokes
Abbreviation Expansion - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅AAC device automatically
expands the abbreviation into the expanded word. abd = abduction
Coverage Vocabularies - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅provide basic
communication topics as well as concepts for people who cannot spell - words,
symbols, or pictures
Acceleration Vocabularies - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅intended to increase the
rate of communication for people who can spell - letter codes stand for words,
phrases, and sentences
Semantic Encoding - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅pictures/symbols/icons
represent words, phrases, and sentences. Icons have potential for multiple meanings
Predictive Selection - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Icon prediction feature used
with scanning
Predictive Scanning - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅predictive approach based on
the frequency with which certain letters follow others in English
Word Prediction and Word Completion - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅displays
words or phrases a user is typing based on what has already been typed
Fixed Predictive Devices - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅stored vocabulary that
never changes - very predictable and helps the user develop motor and cognitive
patterns that make retrieval faster
Adaptive Predictive Devices - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅change the order of
words keeping most frequently used words at the top of the list
Eye-Controlled Communication Systems - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅for people
with severe limb limitations but good eye and head control.
,Keyguard - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅cover made of plexiglass or plastic that
fits over a keyboard for people who have difficulty pressing the right key or who
produce extra movements as they move key to key
Automatic Scanning - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅device presents available
choices continuously. Users must be able to wait for selection and activate
accurately at the correct time
Step scanning - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅press switch to move from choice to
choice. Must active another switch or wait for acceptance time to elapse to choose.
Motor fatigue has potential to be high with this method
Inverse Scanning - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅User holds switch to scan,
releases to select
Instructions - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅ATPs should provide written
instructions for all equipment and make sure it is accessible to client, cognitively and
physically. Provide supplemental instructions if necessary
Motor Skills Training Program (3 stages) - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅1. Activate
switch and associate switch with result
2. Activate switch at a certain time consistently
3. Increase array that the user can consistently select in order to improve scanning
selection skills
HAAT - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Human Activity/Assistive Technology Model
Human
Activity
Assistive Technology
Context - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Operator using AT system properly?
Does the system allow user to meet goals for activity?
Does the system bridge the gap between the skills the consumer has and the skills
needed for the activity?
Does the system perform in the physical, social, and cultural environment?
Follow-up versus Follow-along - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Follow up =
activities that occur immediately after AT is installed
Follow-Along = activities that occur over a longer time span, often over a life-time
Scanning - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Most common type of INDIRECT
selection in which consumer uses a switch to select option when highlighted
Directed Scanning - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅user initiates scanning process
then selects option with a joystick or other switch. This is the fastest indirect
selection method
, Acceptance Time - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅the length of time a user pauses
at a choice during directed scanning
Coded Access - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅selection method in which the user
completes a sequence of movements as a code for each item in a selection set
Spatial Characteristics of a Control Interface - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅size,
shape, weight, number of targets, size of targets, and amount of space between
targets
Visual Perception - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅process of assigning meaning to
visual input
Environmental Interface - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅the part of the assistive
device that takes in information from the world (cameras and microphones are
examples)
Once an ATP has chosen a potential device... - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅...ideally the ATP will conduct a trial with the actual device
C3 SCI - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅movement in chin and neck - will likely have
ventillator
C4 SCI - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅movement in neck and shoulders - may be
able to use a shoulder, mouth, or chin as a control site
C5 SCI - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅movement in shoulders and can flex elbows
C6 SCI - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅movement in shoulders, can flex elbows,
extend wrists, and pronate forearms
C7 SCI - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅can move shoulders, elbows, and wrists.
LACKS GRASP
Dysarthria - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅disorder of motor speech control in CNS
or PNS. Characterized by weakness, slowness, and lack of coordination in the
muscles needed for speech
Apraxia - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Motor control limitation stemming from
CNS - the inability to make purposeful movements
Aphasia - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅language disorder in both in speaking and
understanding. stems from neuromuscular conditions such as CP, ALS, TBI, CVA
Evaluation for WC should include - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅range of motion,
strength, motor control, skin integrity, vision, perception, abilities (propulsion and
transfers)
2024/2025 | 100% SCORE Q&A WITH EXPERT
SOLUTIONS (A+ GRADED)
Numeric Code - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅AAC coding technique in which a
number stands for a word, phrase, or sentence. Communicate quickly with fewer
keystrokes
Abbreviation Expansion - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅AAC device automatically
expands the abbreviation into the expanded word. abd = abduction
Coverage Vocabularies - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅provide basic
communication topics as well as concepts for people who cannot spell - words,
symbols, or pictures
Acceleration Vocabularies - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅intended to increase the
rate of communication for people who can spell - letter codes stand for words,
phrases, and sentences
Semantic Encoding - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅pictures/symbols/icons
represent words, phrases, and sentences. Icons have potential for multiple meanings
Predictive Selection - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Icon prediction feature used
with scanning
Predictive Scanning - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅predictive approach based on
the frequency with which certain letters follow others in English
Word Prediction and Word Completion - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅displays
words or phrases a user is typing based on what has already been typed
Fixed Predictive Devices - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅stored vocabulary that
never changes - very predictable and helps the user develop motor and cognitive
patterns that make retrieval faster
Adaptive Predictive Devices - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅change the order of
words keeping most frequently used words at the top of the list
Eye-Controlled Communication Systems - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅for people
with severe limb limitations but good eye and head control.
,Keyguard - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅cover made of plexiglass or plastic that
fits over a keyboard for people who have difficulty pressing the right key or who
produce extra movements as they move key to key
Automatic Scanning - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅device presents available
choices continuously. Users must be able to wait for selection and activate
accurately at the correct time
Step scanning - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅press switch to move from choice to
choice. Must active another switch or wait for acceptance time to elapse to choose.
Motor fatigue has potential to be high with this method
Inverse Scanning - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅User holds switch to scan,
releases to select
Instructions - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅ATPs should provide written
instructions for all equipment and make sure it is accessible to client, cognitively and
physically. Provide supplemental instructions if necessary
Motor Skills Training Program (3 stages) - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅1. Activate
switch and associate switch with result
2. Activate switch at a certain time consistently
3. Increase array that the user can consistently select in order to improve scanning
selection skills
HAAT - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Human Activity/Assistive Technology Model
Human
Activity
Assistive Technology
Context - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Operator using AT system properly?
Does the system allow user to meet goals for activity?
Does the system bridge the gap between the skills the consumer has and the skills
needed for the activity?
Does the system perform in the physical, social, and cultural environment?
Follow-up versus Follow-along - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Follow up =
activities that occur immediately after AT is installed
Follow-Along = activities that occur over a longer time span, often over a life-time
Scanning - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Most common type of INDIRECT
selection in which consumer uses a switch to select option when highlighted
Directed Scanning - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅user initiates scanning process
then selects option with a joystick or other switch. This is the fastest indirect
selection method
, Acceptance Time - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅the length of time a user pauses
at a choice during directed scanning
Coded Access - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅selection method in which the user
completes a sequence of movements as a code for each item in a selection set
Spatial Characteristics of a Control Interface - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅size,
shape, weight, number of targets, size of targets, and amount of space between
targets
Visual Perception - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅process of assigning meaning to
visual input
Environmental Interface - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅the part of the assistive
device that takes in information from the world (cameras and microphones are
examples)
Once an ATP has chosen a potential device... - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅...ideally the ATP will conduct a trial with the actual device
C3 SCI - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅movement in chin and neck - will likely have
ventillator
C4 SCI - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅movement in neck and shoulders - may be
able to use a shoulder, mouth, or chin as a control site
C5 SCI - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅movement in shoulders and can flex elbows
C6 SCI - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅movement in shoulders, can flex elbows,
extend wrists, and pronate forearms
C7 SCI - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅can move shoulders, elbows, and wrists.
LACKS GRASP
Dysarthria - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅disorder of motor speech control in CNS
or PNS. Characterized by weakness, slowness, and lack of coordination in the
muscles needed for speech
Apraxia - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Motor control limitation stemming from
CNS - the inability to make purposeful movements
Aphasia - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅language disorder in both in speaking and
understanding. stems from neuromuscular conditions such as CP, ALS, TBI, CVA
Evaluation for WC should include - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅range of motion,
strength, motor control, skin integrity, vision, perception, abilities (propulsion and
transfers)
