RESNA ATP EXAM - Assistive
Technology Terms
Impairment - correct answer Any loss or abnormality of psychological, physical or
anatomical structure or function.
Dysarthia - correct answer 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 answer Oral motor muscles lose function, unable to speak with
meaningful utterances
DISORDER OF MOTOR PLANNING
LOSS OF LEARNED PURPOSEFUL MOVEMENTS
APHASIA - correct answer LANGUAGE DISORDER
UNABLE TO FORMULATE SPEACH
CAN BE CONGENITAL OR AQUIRED (stroke, TBI, CVA)
MS - correct answer 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 answer An inflammatory disease of the central
nervous system characterized by 2 or more lesions separated in time and space
Relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) - correct answer Most common type of MS
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - correct answer FEDERAL FUNDED ASSISTANCE TO
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TO APPLY REASONABLE ACCOMODATION IN THE LEAST
RESTRICTIVE ENVIROMENT.
ADA - correct answer Americans with Disabilities Act
When was ADA passed? - correct answer 1990
Assistive Technology Act - correct answer law that facilitates increased accessibility
through technology
Assistive Technology Act - correct answer 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 answer State finance systems
,Device reutilization programs
Device loan programs
Device demonstrations
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 - correct answer Created workforce investment
boards & one-stop service delivery, which would provide access to training
WIOA - correct answer Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
WIOA - correct answer Improves services to individuals with disabilities
15% state VR funding for transition services
Increase competitive integrated employment
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - correct answer added people with disabilities to the list of
Americans protected from discrimination
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (TWIIA) - correct answer 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 answer Workers give up their right to sue employers
directly in exchange for assured benefits
Workers Compensation - correct answer 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 answer
disability - correct answer when impairment leads to inability to perform activity.
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1998 - correct answer 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 answer PERCEPTION,
MOTOR CONTROL, COGNITION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION
fixed deformities - correct answer AFFECT SKELETAL ALIGNMENT
Requires seating that accommodates
Force - correct answer ANYTHING THAT ACTS ON A BODY TO CHANGE ITS RATE
OF ACCELERATION
, WHAT ARE THREE TYPES OF FORCE - correct answer TENSION - TWO FORCES
AWAY FROM OTHER.
COMPRESSION - TWO FORCES TOWARD EACH OTHER.
SHEARING - TWO FORCES SLIDING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
MUSCLE TONE - correct answer 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 answer WHEN A BODY IS AT REST AND ALL
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FORCES ARE BALANCED
DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM - correct answer WHEN FORCES ARE BALANCED
AROUND THE BODY DURING MOVEMENT
TORQUE - correct answer A FORCE THAT CAUSES ROTATION OF THE BODY
AROUND AN AXIS MOVEMENT
NEWTONS LAW OF MOTION - correct answer 1ST - INERTIA - IS A BODY AT
REST UNITL ACTED BY AN EXTERNAL FORCE.
2ND - ACCELERATION WILL BE DIRECTLY PROPORTIONED TO ANY
UNBALANCED FORCE APPLIED.
3RD - For EVERY ACTION THERE IS AN OPPOSITE REACTION.
DYSPHAGIA & Aphagia - correct answer SWALLOWING IMPAIRMENT.
A GASTROINTESTINAL DYSFUNCTION. Dysphagia has many causes. Any condition
that weakens or damages the muscles and nerves used for swallowing may cause
dysphagia. For example, people with diseases of the nervous system, such as cerebral
palsy or Parkinson's disease, often have problems swallowing. Additionally, stroke or
head injury may affect the coordination of the swallowing muscles or limit sensation in
the mouth and throat. An infection or irritation can cause narrowing of the esophagus.
PIAGETS FOUR STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT - correct answer 1.
SENSORIMOTOR - BIRTH-2 YEARS
2. PREOPERATIONAL 2-7 YEARS
3.CONCRETE OPERATIONAL 7-11 YEARS.
4. FORMAL OPERATION 11-ADULT
STAGE BIRTH-2 YEARS - correct answer SENSORIMOTOR
CHILD ORGANIZES PHYSICAL ACTION SCHEMES FOR DEALING WITH
IMMEDIATE WORLD
STAGE 2-7 YEARS - correct answer PREOPERATIONAL
CHILD BEGINS TO USE SYMBOLS AND INTERNAL IMAGES; PROBLEM SOLVING
IS UNSYSTEMATIC AND ILLOGICAL.
Technology Terms
Impairment - correct answer Any loss or abnormality of psychological, physical or
anatomical structure or function.
Dysarthia - correct answer 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 answer Oral motor muscles lose function, unable to speak with
meaningful utterances
DISORDER OF MOTOR PLANNING
LOSS OF LEARNED PURPOSEFUL MOVEMENTS
APHASIA - correct answer LANGUAGE DISORDER
UNABLE TO FORMULATE SPEACH
CAN BE CONGENITAL OR AQUIRED (stroke, TBI, CVA)
MS - correct answer 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 answer An inflammatory disease of the central
nervous system characterized by 2 or more lesions separated in time and space
Relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) - correct answer Most common type of MS
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - correct answer FEDERAL FUNDED ASSISTANCE TO
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TO APPLY REASONABLE ACCOMODATION IN THE LEAST
RESTRICTIVE ENVIROMENT.
ADA - correct answer Americans with Disabilities Act
When was ADA passed? - correct answer 1990
Assistive Technology Act - correct answer law that facilitates increased accessibility
through technology
Assistive Technology Act - correct answer 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 answer State finance systems
,Device reutilization programs
Device loan programs
Device demonstrations
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 - correct answer Created workforce investment
boards & one-stop service delivery, which would provide access to training
WIOA - correct answer Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
WIOA - correct answer Improves services to individuals with disabilities
15% state VR funding for transition services
Increase competitive integrated employment
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - correct answer added people with disabilities to the list of
Americans protected from discrimination
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (TWIIA) - correct answer 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 answer Workers give up their right to sue employers
directly in exchange for assured benefits
Workers Compensation - correct answer 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 answer
disability - correct answer when impairment leads to inability to perform activity.
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1998 - correct answer 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 answer PERCEPTION,
MOTOR CONTROL, COGNITION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION
fixed deformities - correct answer AFFECT SKELETAL ALIGNMENT
Requires seating that accommodates
Force - correct answer ANYTHING THAT ACTS ON A BODY TO CHANGE ITS RATE
OF ACCELERATION
, WHAT ARE THREE TYPES OF FORCE - correct answer TENSION - TWO FORCES
AWAY FROM OTHER.
COMPRESSION - TWO FORCES TOWARD EACH OTHER.
SHEARING - TWO FORCES SLIDING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
MUSCLE TONE - correct answer 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 answer WHEN A BODY IS AT REST AND ALL
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FORCES ARE BALANCED
DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM - correct answer WHEN FORCES ARE BALANCED
AROUND THE BODY DURING MOVEMENT
TORQUE - correct answer A FORCE THAT CAUSES ROTATION OF THE BODY
AROUND AN AXIS MOVEMENT
NEWTONS LAW OF MOTION - correct answer 1ST - INERTIA - IS A BODY AT
REST UNITL ACTED BY AN EXTERNAL FORCE.
2ND - ACCELERATION WILL BE DIRECTLY PROPORTIONED TO ANY
UNBALANCED FORCE APPLIED.
3RD - For EVERY ACTION THERE IS AN OPPOSITE REACTION.
DYSPHAGIA & Aphagia - correct answer SWALLOWING IMPAIRMENT.
A GASTROINTESTINAL DYSFUNCTION. Dysphagia has many causes. Any condition
that weakens or damages the muscles and nerves used for swallowing may cause
dysphagia. For example, people with diseases of the nervous system, such as cerebral
palsy or Parkinson's disease, often have problems swallowing. Additionally, stroke or
head injury may affect the coordination of the swallowing muscles or limit sensation in
the mouth and throat. An infection or irritation can cause narrowing of the esophagus.
PIAGETS FOUR STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT - correct answer 1.
SENSORIMOTOR - BIRTH-2 YEARS
2. PREOPERATIONAL 2-7 YEARS
3.CONCRETE OPERATIONAL 7-11 YEARS.
4. FORMAL OPERATION 11-ADULT
STAGE BIRTH-2 YEARS - correct answer SENSORIMOTOR
CHILD ORGANIZES PHYSICAL ACTION SCHEMES FOR DEALING WITH
IMMEDIATE WORLD
STAGE 2-7 YEARS - correct answer PREOPERATIONAL
CHILD BEGINS TO USE SYMBOLS AND INTERNAL IMAGES; PROBLEM SOLVING
IS UNSYSTEMATIC AND ILLOGICAL.
