TTU FERPA – TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY FERPA TRAINING, STUDY
GUIDE & COMPLIANCE REVIEW 2026/2027
Faculty, staff, temporary employees, part-time employees, teaching assistants, graduate assistants, and
student assistants must have a University business justification (need to know) and successfully complete
FERPA Training prior to obtaining access top student records. - ✔✔True
Is releasing directory information pertaining to a student's address or major field of study acceptable
under FERPA? - ✔✔It depends
Are email addresses considered Directory Information at Texas Tech University? - ✔✔No
At the university level, FERPA states that parents: - ✔✔none of the above
Education Records include only those records contained in a student's permanent file. - ✔✔false
FERPA rights cease after a student has graduated from Texas Tech University - ✔✔false
An advisor does not have to allow a student to inspect and review his or her personal notes about the
student that are held in a file in the advisor's desk drawer? - ✔✔true
If a document containing information about a student is marked confidential, then the student does not
have the right to review it. - ✔✔false
Which of the following items would be considered an education record?
Student Class Schedules
Disciplinary Records
Grades
All of the Above - ✔✔All of the above
You receive a call from someone identifying himself as a student, asking about his grades. Can you
provide him with the requested information? - ✔✔no
Using the institutional student R number, Tom Faculty has posted the grades of all the students in his
class on the wall outside his office. This is a violation of FERPA - ✔✔true
Students must be given the opportunity to inspect and review their education records within 10 days of
a request. - ✔✔false
An engineering firm is requesting a list of all College of Engineering students who are in the top 10% of
the senior class. The university should provide this student data to the requestor. - ✔✔false
A university newspaper journalist has the right to obtain detailed disciplinary records information
involving students who are enrolled at the institution. - ✔✔false
GUIDE & COMPLIANCE REVIEW 2026/2027
Faculty, staff, temporary employees, part-time employees, teaching assistants, graduate assistants, and
student assistants must have a University business justification (need to know) and successfully complete
FERPA Training prior to obtaining access top student records. - ✔✔True
Is releasing directory information pertaining to a student's address or major field of study acceptable
under FERPA? - ✔✔It depends
Are email addresses considered Directory Information at Texas Tech University? - ✔✔No
At the university level, FERPA states that parents: - ✔✔none of the above
Education Records include only those records contained in a student's permanent file. - ✔✔false
FERPA rights cease after a student has graduated from Texas Tech University - ✔✔false
An advisor does not have to allow a student to inspect and review his or her personal notes about the
student that are held in a file in the advisor's desk drawer? - ✔✔true
If a document containing information about a student is marked confidential, then the student does not
have the right to review it. - ✔✔false
Which of the following items would be considered an education record?
Student Class Schedules
Disciplinary Records
Grades
All of the Above - ✔✔All of the above
You receive a call from someone identifying himself as a student, asking about his grades. Can you
provide him with the requested information? - ✔✔no
Using the institutional student R number, Tom Faculty has posted the grades of all the students in his
class on the wall outside his office. This is a violation of FERPA - ✔✔true
Students must be given the opportunity to inspect and review their education records within 10 days of
a request. - ✔✔false
An engineering firm is requesting a list of all College of Engineering students who are in the top 10% of
the senior class. The university should provide this student data to the requestor. - ✔✔false
A university newspaper journalist has the right to obtain detailed disciplinary records information
involving students who are enrolled at the institution. - ✔✔false
