ADA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
56 million - Answer-# of people that report living with a disability
1 in 10 - Answer-Approximately ___ in ___ Americans have a disability
1 in 6; ND has a high geriatric pop. & majority jobs = farming and oil (top dangerous jobs). - Answer-
More than ___ in ___ North Dakotans have a disability. Why?
Prohibits discrimination concerning sale, rental, and financing of housing & protects people w/
disabilities & families with children (1988) - Answer-Fair Housing Act of 1968 (Civil Rights Act)
Facilities designed, built, altered, or leased w/ federal funds must be accessible to people with
disabilities - Answer-Architectural Barriers Act of 1968
First civil right statute for disabled persons - Answer-Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Requires all public schools to provide equal access to education for disabled children - Answer-
Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975
, Provide clear, comprehensive national mandate to eliminate discrimination against individuals with
disabilites - Answer-ADA purpose:
Americans with Disabilities Act; July 2, 1990 - Answer-ADA stands for & created in:
5; I - Employment, II - Public Services & Transportation, III - Public Accommodations, IV -
Telecommunications, V - Other Provisions - Answer-How many titles are included in the ADA?
II - Public Services & Transportation and III - Public Accommodations - Answer-Which ADA titles are
most important for PTs?
Person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life
activities (ex. self-care, speaking, hearing, seeing, breathing, etc.) - Answer-Definition: Individual with a
disability (ADA, Title I)
Making modifications at job site or workplace that enables persons w/ disabilities to easily perform a
specific job - Answer-Definition: Reasonable Accommodation (ADA, Title I)
modified work schedules, acquiring/modifying equip., providing qualified interpreters, appropriately
modifying exams/training, reassigning current employee to different position. - Answer-Examples of
Reasonable Accommodations:
An action necessary to provide a reasonable accommodation that would cause the employer/owner
significant difficulty/expense - Answer-Definition: Undue Hardship (ADA, Title I)
Person who has legitimate skill, experience, education or other requirements of an employment position
that he/she holds or seeks and who can perform the 'essential functions' of the position with or without
reasonable accomodation - Answer-Definition: Qualified Individual with a Disability (ADA, Title I)
56 million - Answer-# of people that report living with a disability
1 in 10 - Answer-Approximately ___ in ___ Americans have a disability
1 in 6; ND has a high geriatric pop. & majority jobs = farming and oil (top dangerous jobs). - Answer-
More than ___ in ___ North Dakotans have a disability. Why?
Prohibits discrimination concerning sale, rental, and financing of housing & protects people w/
disabilities & families with children (1988) - Answer-Fair Housing Act of 1968 (Civil Rights Act)
Facilities designed, built, altered, or leased w/ federal funds must be accessible to people with
disabilities - Answer-Architectural Barriers Act of 1968
First civil right statute for disabled persons - Answer-Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Requires all public schools to provide equal access to education for disabled children - Answer-
Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975
, Provide clear, comprehensive national mandate to eliminate discrimination against individuals with
disabilites - Answer-ADA purpose:
Americans with Disabilities Act; July 2, 1990 - Answer-ADA stands for & created in:
5; I - Employment, II - Public Services & Transportation, III - Public Accommodations, IV -
Telecommunications, V - Other Provisions - Answer-How many titles are included in the ADA?
II - Public Services & Transportation and III - Public Accommodations - Answer-Which ADA titles are
most important for PTs?
Person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life
activities (ex. self-care, speaking, hearing, seeing, breathing, etc.) - Answer-Definition: Individual with a
disability (ADA, Title I)
Making modifications at job site or workplace that enables persons w/ disabilities to easily perform a
specific job - Answer-Definition: Reasonable Accommodation (ADA, Title I)
modified work schedules, acquiring/modifying equip., providing qualified interpreters, appropriately
modifying exams/training, reassigning current employee to different position. - Answer-Examples of
Reasonable Accommodations:
An action necessary to provide a reasonable accommodation that would cause the employer/owner
significant difficulty/expense - Answer-Definition: Undue Hardship (ADA, Title I)
Person who has legitimate skill, experience, education or other requirements of an employment position
that he/she holds or seeks and who can perform the 'essential functions' of the position with or without
reasonable accomodation - Answer-Definition: Qualified Individual with a Disability (ADA, Title I)
