HSCO 508 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM STUDY
GUIDE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● The intent of the Functional Performance Criteria is to:
Answer: Define outcome-based provisions or requirements for providing
ICT access to users with broadly defined types of disabilities.
●● Which of the following is NOT an example of public-facing content?
Answer: .
Training videos posted on an agency's intranet (accessible only by
agency employees).
●● What is the purpose of WCAG 2.0?
Answer: To provide a single, shared technical standard for Web content
accessibility.`
●● According to the Revised Section 508 Standards, public-facing
content is required to conform to the following technical accessibility
requirements:
Answer: d.WCAG 2.0 Level A and Level AA Success Criteria.
,●● For the purpose of applying accessibility requirements, the Revised
Section 508 Standards address electronic content in the following
categories:
Answer: Public facing and agency official communications.
●● According to the Revised Section 508 Standards, emails between
federal employees that are neither agency official communications nor
public facing are required to conform to the following accessibility
requirements:
Answer: None of these
●● The WCAG 2.0 Success Criteria are categorized according to three
"levels of conformance," which include...
Answer: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA.
●● Electronic content includes:
Answer: Electronic information and data as well as the encoding that
defines its structure, presentation, and interactions.
●● Which type of content DOES NOT need to conform to the WCAG
2.0 Level A and Level AA Success Criteria?
Answer: A Skype messaging and screen-sharing session between two
federal employees.
,●● Which statement best describes the disabilities impacted by
nonconformance with SC 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative
(Prerecorded) and SC 1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded)?
Answer: Without Vision or With Limited Vision; With Limited
Language, Cognitive, and Learning Abilities
●● Which example meets the requirement of providing live captions?
Answer: The United States Marine Band provides Communication
Access Real-time Translation (CART) captioning of their real-time Web
performance. The CART service captures lyrics and dialog and identifies
non-vocal music by title, movement, composer, and any information that
will help the user comprehend the nature of the audio.
●● The creation of live captions applies to what type of technologies?
Answer: laptops and desktop computers
●● Which statement best describes Success Criteria 1.2.1 Audio-Only
and Video-Only (Prerecorded)'s principle and intent?
Answer: Perceivable, to ensure equivalent alternatives are provided for
prerecorded audio-only and prerecorded video-only content.
●● Which example meets the requirement of providing captions for
prerecorded media?
Answer: A YouTube video provides synchronized closed captions for
viewing.
, ●● What is the accessibility principle and intent of Success Criteria
1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) and 1.2.5
Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded)?
Answer: Perceivable, to provide people without vision, or with limited
vision, or with limited language, cognitive, and learning abilities access
to visual information contained within synchronized media
presentations.
●● Which disabilities are impacted by nonconformance with SC 1.2.1
Audio-only and Video-only?
Answer: Without Hearing or With Limited Hearing; Without Vision or
With Limited Vision; With Limited Language, Cognitive, and Learning
Abilities
●● The audio-only of a speech by the Secretary is going to be posted to
DHS.gov. It is not identified as a media equivalent for text. Which of the
following could be posted with the prerecorded audio-only content to
ensure it meets Success Criteria 1.2.1 Audio-Only and Video-Only
(Prerecorded)?
Answer: An equivalent transcript that includes all spoken words,
identification of different speakers (if applicable), and a description of
any relevant sounds.
●● When is it permissible not to use synchronized captions for
synchronized media files?
GUIDE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● The intent of the Functional Performance Criteria is to:
Answer: Define outcome-based provisions or requirements for providing
ICT access to users with broadly defined types of disabilities.
●● Which of the following is NOT an example of public-facing content?
Answer: .
Training videos posted on an agency's intranet (accessible only by
agency employees).
●● What is the purpose of WCAG 2.0?
Answer: To provide a single, shared technical standard for Web content
accessibility.`
●● According to the Revised Section 508 Standards, public-facing
content is required to conform to the following technical accessibility
requirements:
Answer: d.WCAG 2.0 Level A and Level AA Success Criteria.
,●● For the purpose of applying accessibility requirements, the Revised
Section 508 Standards address electronic content in the following
categories:
Answer: Public facing and agency official communications.
●● According to the Revised Section 508 Standards, emails between
federal employees that are neither agency official communications nor
public facing are required to conform to the following accessibility
requirements:
Answer: None of these
●● The WCAG 2.0 Success Criteria are categorized according to three
"levels of conformance," which include...
Answer: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA.
●● Electronic content includes:
Answer: Electronic information and data as well as the encoding that
defines its structure, presentation, and interactions.
●● Which type of content DOES NOT need to conform to the WCAG
2.0 Level A and Level AA Success Criteria?
Answer: A Skype messaging and screen-sharing session between two
federal employees.
,●● Which statement best describes the disabilities impacted by
nonconformance with SC 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative
(Prerecorded) and SC 1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded)?
Answer: Without Vision or With Limited Vision; With Limited
Language, Cognitive, and Learning Abilities
●● Which example meets the requirement of providing live captions?
Answer: The United States Marine Band provides Communication
Access Real-time Translation (CART) captioning of their real-time Web
performance. The CART service captures lyrics and dialog and identifies
non-vocal music by title, movement, composer, and any information that
will help the user comprehend the nature of the audio.
●● The creation of live captions applies to what type of technologies?
Answer: laptops and desktop computers
●● Which statement best describes Success Criteria 1.2.1 Audio-Only
and Video-Only (Prerecorded)'s principle and intent?
Answer: Perceivable, to ensure equivalent alternatives are provided for
prerecorded audio-only and prerecorded video-only content.
●● Which example meets the requirement of providing captions for
prerecorded media?
Answer: A YouTube video provides synchronized closed captions for
viewing.
, ●● What is the accessibility principle and intent of Success Criteria
1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) and 1.2.5
Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded)?
Answer: Perceivable, to provide people without vision, or with limited
vision, or with limited language, cognitive, and learning abilities access
to visual information contained within synchronized media
presentations.
●● Which disabilities are impacted by nonconformance with SC 1.2.1
Audio-only and Video-only?
Answer: Without Hearing or With Limited Hearing; Without Vision or
With Limited Vision; With Limited Language, Cognitive, and Learning
Abilities
●● The audio-only of a speech by the Secretary is going to be posted to
DHS.gov. It is not identified as a media equivalent for text. Which of the
following could be posted with the prerecorded audio-only content to
ensure it meets Success Criteria 1.2.1 Audio-Only and Video-Only
(Prerecorded)?
Answer: An equivalent transcript that includes all spoken words,
identification of different speakers (if applicable), and a description of
any relevant sounds.
●● When is it permissible not to use synchronized captions for
synchronized media files?
