EDPNA Exam 2026/2027 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
WITH STEP-BY-STEP ANSWERS
• Self employed individuals are engaging in SGA when . CORRECT ANSWER:
they perform significant services in a business, work comparable to unimpaired
individuals, and or work which is worth the prescribed monthly SGA amount
• CFR's regarding the Sequential Evaluation Process . CORRECT ANSWER: 20
CFR 404.1520(a) and 416.920 (a). If it is determined that that a claimant is not
disabled at any step, the analysis stops.
• Step 2 of the Sequential Evaluation Process . CORRECT ANSWER: Does the
claimant have a medical determinable impairment and if so, is it severe (it
significantly limits one or more basic work activities required to do most jobs).
Work activities include standing, walking, lifting, seeing, pulling, pushing,
reaching, carrying, handling, and speaking. Can also include mental functions such
as understanding, carrying out or remembering simple instructions, using
judgement, responding appropriately to c-workers and supervisors, dealing with
changes in a routine work setting
• Step 3 of the Sequential Evaluation Process . CORRECT ANSWER: Does the
claimant have an impairment that meets or medically equals a listing in Listing of
Impairments? Found in Title 20, Chp. 3, Appendix 1, Subpart P of Part 404. Must
meet the duration requirement (has lasted or is expected to last for a continuous
period of not less than 1 year). The listings describe medically determinable
impairments and associated findings that are severe enough to prevent an adult
from doing any gainful activity, regardless of his or her age, education and work
experience. If the claimant does have at least 1 severe impairment that does not
meet or equal a listing, the ALJ must assess the claimant's RFC which is the most
the claimant can do on a regular and continuing basis despite his or her
impairment(s), even those impairments that are not severe.
, • SSR 18-3P, CFR 416.930 . CORRECT ANSWER: Failure to Follow Prescribed
Treatment- Claimant's must follow prescribed treatment from their own medical
source if it is expected to restore one's ability to work, 9 exceptions
• Step 4 of the Sequential Evaluation Process . CORRECT ANSWER: Can the
claimant do past relevant work, either as the claimant actually performed it or as
the work is generally performed in the national economy, last 15 years, only
includes jobs that lasted long enough for the claimant to learn to do them, If work
was perfomed in another country, the issue will only be how the claimant actually
performed; not how it usually performed in another country, PRW does not have to
exist in significant numbers
• Step 5 of the Sequential Evaluation Process . CORRECT ANSWER: Can the
claimant do other work? The work must exist in significant numbers in the national
economy. The RFC, claimant's age, education, and past-relevant work experience
will be considered at this step, ALJ must refer to the Medical-Vocational
Guidelines in Appendix 2 of Subpart P of Part 404 of the regulations; has 3 tables,
If the claimant's characteristics do not match a grid rule, the rules in Appendix 2
should be used as a framework in decision making, VE's may testify regarding
• assessing RFC . CORRECT ANSWER: SSR 96-8p and 404.1545
• Ruling for considering evidence other that just medical . CORRECT ANSWER:
SSR 16-3P- will consider statements from the individual, medical sources, and any
other sources that have information about an individual's symptoms, law of The
Eleventh Circuit states that testimonial evidence must be considered
• Listing of Impairments . CORRECT ANSWER: Title 20, Chp. 3, Appendix 1 of
Subpart P of Section 404. Part A is for Adults and some children under 18 as
criteria is appropriate- Numbers 1-14, Part B has the the listings for children- 100-
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WITH STEP-BY-STEP ANSWERS
• Self employed individuals are engaging in SGA when . CORRECT ANSWER:
they perform significant services in a business, work comparable to unimpaired
individuals, and or work which is worth the prescribed monthly SGA amount
• CFR's regarding the Sequential Evaluation Process . CORRECT ANSWER: 20
CFR 404.1520(a) and 416.920 (a). If it is determined that that a claimant is not
disabled at any step, the analysis stops.
• Step 2 of the Sequential Evaluation Process . CORRECT ANSWER: Does the
claimant have a medical determinable impairment and if so, is it severe (it
significantly limits one or more basic work activities required to do most jobs).
Work activities include standing, walking, lifting, seeing, pulling, pushing,
reaching, carrying, handling, and speaking. Can also include mental functions such
as understanding, carrying out or remembering simple instructions, using
judgement, responding appropriately to c-workers and supervisors, dealing with
changes in a routine work setting
• Step 3 of the Sequential Evaluation Process . CORRECT ANSWER: Does the
claimant have an impairment that meets or medically equals a listing in Listing of
Impairments? Found in Title 20, Chp. 3, Appendix 1, Subpart P of Part 404. Must
meet the duration requirement (has lasted or is expected to last for a continuous
period of not less than 1 year). The listings describe medically determinable
impairments and associated findings that are severe enough to prevent an adult
from doing any gainful activity, regardless of his or her age, education and work
experience. If the claimant does have at least 1 severe impairment that does not
meet or equal a listing, the ALJ must assess the claimant's RFC which is the most
the claimant can do on a regular and continuing basis despite his or her
impairment(s), even those impairments that are not severe.
, • SSR 18-3P, CFR 416.930 . CORRECT ANSWER: Failure to Follow Prescribed
Treatment- Claimant's must follow prescribed treatment from their own medical
source if it is expected to restore one's ability to work, 9 exceptions
• Step 4 of the Sequential Evaluation Process . CORRECT ANSWER: Can the
claimant do past relevant work, either as the claimant actually performed it or as
the work is generally performed in the national economy, last 15 years, only
includes jobs that lasted long enough for the claimant to learn to do them, If work
was perfomed in another country, the issue will only be how the claimant actually
performed; not how it usually performed in another country, PRW does not have to
exist in significant numbers
• Step 5 of the Sequential Evaluation Process . CORRECT ANSWER: Can the
claimant do other work? The work must exist in significant numbers in the national
economy. The RFC, claimant's age, education, and past-relevant work experience
will be considered at this step, ALJ must refer to the Medical-Vocational
Guidelines in Appendix 2 of Subpart P of Part 404 of the regulations; has 3 tables,
If the claimant's characteristics do not match a grid rule, the rules in Appendix 2
should be used as a framework in decision making, VE's may testify regarding
• assessing RFC . CORRECT ANSWER: SSR 96-8p and 404.1545
• Ruling for considering evidence other that just medical . CORRECT ANSWER:
SSR 16-3P- will consider statements from the individual, medical sources, and any
other sources that have information about an individual's symptoms, law of The
Eleventh Circuit states that testimonial evidence must be considered
• Listing of Impairments . CORRECT ANSWER: Title 20, Chp. 3, Appendix 1 of
Subpart P of Section 404. Part A is for Adults and some children under 18 as
criteria is appropriate- Numbers 1-14, Part B has the the listings for children- 100-
114
