RST 230 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔who HAS to comply with ADA (NO EXCEPTIONS)? - ✔✔government at federal,
local, and state levels
✔✔(ADA) Title I: Employment - ✔✔*any employer of 25 or more people* is prohibited
from discrimination against an individual with a disability in advertising, recruiting, hiring,
training, promotion, or discharge, *if the person is otherwise qualified for the job*
Must provide "reasonable accommodations"Must provide "reasonable accommodations"
Unless undue burden would resultUnless undue burden would result
✔✔how are reasonable and unreasonable accommodations decided? - ✔✔- by a jury
- based on the budget
- how many people would benefit
- how many ppl could potentially get hurt from this: hurt means how much would it cost
like would you have to lay ppl off
- how costly is it
✔✔example of a reasonable accommodation - ✔✔you work at a Fortune 500 company
with hundreds of employees and lots of cash and you ask for a handrail to be installed
because you have a mobility injury and are worried about falling
✔✔example of an unreasonable accommodation - ✔✔you work at a small company with
26 employees on the third floor and you ask them to build an elevator because you can't
take the stairs
✔✔are you allowed to ask a potential employee if they have a disability? - ✔✔no BUT
you can ask if they are able to preform duties that are essential to the job
✔✔what tasks are essential? - ✔✔things you NEED to be able to do in the job
description
, ✔✔example of an essential task - ✔✔you are a person who has to make calls and
market things so you need to be able to communicate
✔✔what tasks are non-essential? - ✔✔things that you do NOT need in order to do your
job sucessfully
✔✔example of a non-essential task - ✔✔you are a person who works on a computer all
day at a giant company so you do not need to be able to communicate
✔✔(ADA) Title II: Government Service - ✔✔- Any unit of state or local government, or
any extension or instrument thereof, is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of
disability in the provision of state or local gov services against an individual who, *with
or without a reasonable accommodation*, meets essential eligibility requirements for
receipt of that service
- state and local gov services that are broadly interpreted to include every program,
service, and activity of such an entity
**NO reasonable or unreasonable accommodations
**NO undue burden
✔✔ADA Title II B: Public Transit - ✔✔State and local governments that operate *public
transit systems* may not discriminate on the basis of disability in the provision of these
services
✔✔under Title II B what does public transit include? - ✔✔fixed route systems, demand
responsive systems, para-transit systems, and rapid rail systems
✔✔under (ADA) Title II B transit authorities must provide what? - ✔✔*comparable
transportation services to people with disabilities who cannot use fixed route bus
services, UNLESS an *undue burden* would result
✔✔(ADA) Title III: Public Accommodations - ✔✔*public accommodations* may not
discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities from participating in, or
benefiting from, full and equal enjoyment of the *services, goods, facilities, and
advantages* provided by that entity
✔✔under (ADA) Title III what are public accomodations? - ✔✔private establishment that
provides goods, services, or facilities
✔✔under (ADA) Title III what services must be provided to individual with disabilities
unless an undue burden would result? - ✔✔auxiliary aids and services
✔✔what does the ADA encourage? - ✔✔changes that are "readily available"
SET A+
✔✔who HAS to comply with ADA (NO EXCEPTIONS)? - ✔✔government at federal,
local, and state levels
✔✔(ADA) Title I: Employment - ✔✔*any employer of 25 or more people* is prohibited
from discrimination against an individual with a disability in advertising, recruiting, hiring,
training, promotion, or discharge, *if the person is otherwise qualified for the job*
Must provide "reasonable accommodations"Must provide "reasonable accommodations"
Unless undue burden would resultUnless undue burden would result
✔✔how are reasonable and unreasonable accommodations decided? - ✔✔- by a jury
- based on the budget
- how many people would benefit
- how many ppl could potentially get hurt from this: hurt means how much would it cost
like would you have to lay ppl off
- how costly is it
✔✔example of a reasonable accommodation - ✔✔you work at a Fortune 500 company
with hundreds of employees and lots of cash and you ask for a handrail to be installed
because you have a mobility injury and are worried about falling
✔✔example of an unreasonable accommodation - ✔✔you work at a small company with
26 employees on the third floor and you ask them to build an elevator because you can't
take the stairs
✔✔are you allowed to ask a potential employee if they have a disability? - ✔✔no BUT
you can ask if they are able to preform duties that are essential to the job
✔✔what tasks are essential? - ✔✔things you NEED to be able to do in the job
description
, ✔✔example of an essential task - ✔✔you are a person who has to make calls and
market things so you need to be able to communicate
✔✔what tasks are non-essential? - ✔✔things that you do NOT need in order to do your
job sucessfully
✔✔example of a non-essential task - ✔✔you are a person who works on a computer all
day at a giant company so you do not need to be able to communicate
✔✔(ADA) Title II: Government Service - ✔✔- Any unit of state or local government, or
any extension or instrument thereof, is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of
disability in the provision of state or local gov services against an individual who, *with
or without a reasonable accommodation*, meets essential eligibility requirements for
receipt of that service
- state and local gov services that are broadly interpreted to include every program,
service, and activity of such an entity
**NO reasonable or unreasonable accommodations
**NO undue burden
✔✔ADA Title II B: Public Transit - ✔✔State and local governments that operate *public
transit systems* may not discriminate on the basis of disability in the provision of these
services
✔✔under Title II B what does public transit include? - ✔✔fixed route systems, demand
responsive systems, para-transit systems, and rapid rail systems
✔✔under (ADA) Title II B transit authorities must provide what? - ✔✔*comparable
transportation services to people with disabilities who cannot use fixed route bus
services, UNLESS an *undue burden* would result
✔✔(ADA) Title III: Public Accommodations - ✔✔*public accommodations* may not
discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities from participating in, or
benefiting from, full and equal enjoyment of the *services, goods, facilities, and
advantages* provided by that entity
✔✔under (ADA) Title III what are public accomodations? - ✔✔private establishment that
provides goods, services, or facilities
✔✔under (ADA) Title III what services must be provided to individual with disabilities
unless an undue burden would result? - ✔✔auxiliary aids and services
✔✔what does the ADA encourage? - ✔✔changes that are "readily available"
