RESNA Assistive Technology Professional
ATP CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE EXAM 2026
/ 2027
Impairment - correct answers--Any loss or abnormality of psychological, physical or
anatomical structure or function.
Dysarthia - correct answers--Motor speech disorder. Difficult in pronouncing words.
mouth muscles are weak or do not move. may also have respiratory problems. found in
stroke and cancer patients.
APRAXIA - correct answers--Oral motor muscles lose function, unable to speak with
meaningful utterances
DISORDER OF MOTOR PLANNING
LOSS OF LEARNED PURPOSEFUL MOVEMENTS
APHASIA - correct answers--LANGUAGE DISORDER
UNABLE TO FORMULATE SPEACH
,CAN BE CONGENITAL OR AQUIRED (stroke, TBI, CVA)
MS - correct answers--Multiple Sclerosis
DISORDER OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. ( GETS WORSE IN WARM
WEATHER)
TROUBLE IN VISION, WALKING, STIFF AND TIGHT MUSCLES.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - correct answers--An inflammatory disease of the central
nervous system characterized by 2 or more lesions separated in time and space
Relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) - correct answers--Most common type of MS
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - correct answers--FEDERAL FUNDED ASSISTANCE TO
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TO APPLY REASONABLE ACCOMODATION IN THE LEAST
RESTRICTIVE ENVIROMENT.
ADA - correct answers--Americans with Disabilities Act
When was ADA passed? - correct answers--1990
Assistive Technology Act - correct answers--law that facilitates increased accessibility
through technology
Assistive Technology Act - correct answers--Under this law, funds cannot be used for
direct payment for an AT device for an individual with a disability
Tech Act state level activities - correct answers--State finance systems
Device reutilization programs
Device loan programs
Device demonstrations
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 - correct answers--Created workforce investment
boards & one-stop service delivery, which would provide access to training
WIOA - correct answers--Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
WIOA - correct answers--Improves services to individuals with disabilities
15% state VR funding for transition services
Increase competitive integrated employment
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - correct answers--added people with disabilities to the list of
Americans protected from discrimination
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (TWIIA) - correct answers--Strives
to make it easier for person with disability to work; removes disincentive to work by
, allowing maintenance of MCR/MCD benefits; establishes community-based vocational
assist. programs.
Workers Compensation - correct answers--Workers give up their right to sue employers
directly in exchange for assured benefits
Workers Compensation - correct answers--A system of statutes enacted by each state
that provides medical, lost time and permanent disability benefits for employees hurt in
the scope of their employment
Workers Compensation - correct answers--
disability - correct answers--when impairment leads to inability to perform activity.
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1998 - correct answers--PROMOTES AWARENESS
OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES. SEEKS TO PROVIDES ASSISTIVE
TECHNOLOGY TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, SO THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN
EDUCATION, WORK & DAILY ACTIVITIES.
COMPONENTS OF CENTRAL PROCESSING - correct answers--PERCEPTION,
MOTOR CONTROL, COGNITION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION
fixed deformities - correct answers--AFFECT SKELETAL ALIGNMENT
Requires seating that accommodates
Force - correct answers--ANYTHING THAT ACTS ON A BODY TO CHANGE ITS
RATE OF ACCELERATION
WHAT ARE THREE TYPES OF FORCE - correct answers--TENSION - TWO FORCES
AWAY FROM OTHER.
COMPRESSION - TWO FORCES TOWARD EACH OTHER.
SHEARING - TWO FORCES SLIDING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
MUSCLE TONE - correct answers--RESISTANCE TO STRETCH JOINTS AND
MUSCLES
HIGH TONE: high tone muscles are rigid and tight
LOW TONE: muscles are mooshy and soft, flaccid.
STATIC EQUILIBRIUM - correct answers--WHEN A BODY IS AT REST AND ALL
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FORCES ARE BALANCED
DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM - correct answers--WHEN FORCES ARE BALANCED
AROUND THE BODY DURING MOVEMENT
TORQUE - correct answers--A FORCE THAT CAUSES ROTATION OF THE BODY
AROUND AN AXIS MOVEMENT
ATP CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE EXAM 2026
/ 2027
Impairment - correct answers--Any loss or abnormality of psychological, physical or
anatomical structure or function.
Dysarthia - correct answers--Motor speech disorder. Difficult in pronouncing words.
mouth muscles are weak or do not move. may also have respiratory problems. found in
stroke and cancer patients.
APRAXIA - correct answers--Oral motor muscles lose function, unable to speak with
meaningful utterances
DISORDER OF MOTOR PLANNING
LOSS OF LEARNED PURPOSEFUL MOVEMENTS
APHASIA - correct answers--LANGUAGE DISORDER
UNABLE TO FORMULATE SPEACH
,CAN BE CONGENITAL OR AQUIRED (stroke, TBI, CVA)
MS - correct answers--Multiple Sclerosis
DISORDER OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. ( GETS WORSE IN WARM
WEATHER)
TROUBLE IN VISION, WALKING, STIFF AND TIGHT MUSCLES.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - correct answers--An inflammatory disease of the central
nervous system characterized by 2 or more lesions separated in time and space
Relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) - correct answers--Most common type of MS
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - correct answers--FEDERAL FUNDED ASSISTANCE TO
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TO APPLY REASONABLE ACCOMODATION IN THE LEAST
RESTRICTIVE ENVIROMENT.
ADA - correct answers--Americans with Disabilities Act
When was ADA passed? - correct answers--1990
Assistive Technology Act - correct answers--law that facilitates increased accessibility
through technology
Assistive Technology Act - correct answers--Under this law, funds cannot be used for
direct payment for an AT device for an individual with a disability
Tech Act state level activities - correct answers--State finance systems
Device reutilization programs
Device loan programs
Device demonstrations
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 - correct answers--Created workforce investment
boards & one-stop service delivery, which would provide access to training
WIOA - correct answers--Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
WIOA - correct answers--Improves services to individuals with disabilities
15% state VR funding for transition services
Increase competitive integrated employment
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - correct answers--added people with disabilities to the list of
Americans protected from discrimination
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (TWIIA) - correct answers--Strives
to make it easier for person with disability to work; removes disincentive to work by
, allowing maintenance of MCR/MCD benefits; establishes community-based vocational
assist. programs.
Workers Compensation - correct answers--Workers give up their right to sue employers
directly in exchange for assured benefits
Workers Compensation - correct answers--A system of statutes enacted by each state
that provides medical, lost time and permanent disability benefits for employees hurt in
the scope of their employment
Workers Compensation - correct answers--
disability - correct answers--when impairment leads to inability to perform activity.
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1998 - correct answers--PROMOTES AWARENESS
OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES. SEEKS TO PROVIDES ASSISTIVE
TECHNOLOGY TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, SO THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN
EDUCATION, WORK & DAILY ACTIVITIES.
COMPONENTS OF CENTRAL PROCESSING - correct answers--PERCEPTION,
MOTOR CONTROL, COGNITION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION
fixed deformities - correct answers--AFFECT SKELETAL ALIGNMENT
Requires seating that accommodates
Force - correct answers--ANYTHING THAT ACTS ON A BODY TO CHANGE ITS
RATE OF ACCELERATION
WHAT ARE THREE TYPES OF FORCE - correct answers--TENSION - TWO FORCES
AWAY FROM OTHER.
COMPRESSION - TWO FORCES TOWARD EACH OTHER.
SHEARING - TWO FORCES SLIDING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
MUSCLE TONE - correct answers--RESISTANCE TO STRETCH JOINTS AND
MUSCLES
HIGH TONE: high tone muscles are rigid and tight
LOW TONE: muscles are mooshy and soft, flaccid.
STATIC EQUILIBRIUM - correct answers--WHEN A BODY IS AT REST AND ALL
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FORCES ARE BALANCED
DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM - correct answers--WHEN FORCES ARE BALANCED
AROUND THE BODY DURING MOVEMENT
TORQUE - correct answers--A FORCE THAT CAUSES ROTATION OF THE BODY
AROUND AN AXIS MOVEMENT
