CPACC Exam Preparation:
Accessibility Standards and Laws fully
solved
Describe the characteristics of civil rights laws - correct answer ✔✔ - Emphasize equal rights for
people with disabilities
- Often make it illegal to discriminate against people with disabilities under certain defined
conditions like employment, access to buildings
- Some of these laws include technical standards
- The Americans with Disabilities Act is an example
Describe the characteristics of procurement laws - correct answer ✔✔ - Require that
accessibility be taken into account when making a purchase or contracting for services
- For example, if there are 3 potential products and only 2 meet accessibility standards, only
those 2 should be considered for purchase
- The most prominent procurement laws apply only to government entities (e.g. Section 508 of
the Rehabilitation Act in US and EN 301549 in the EU)
The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (VCAA) and the Air Carrier Access
Act (ACAA) are examples of what category of laws? - correct answer ✔✔ Industry-specific
,When & where was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted? - correct answer ✔✔
Adopted by the UN in December 1948 in Paris, France
Who commissioned the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and when? - correct answer ✔✔
Commissioned in 1946 by the Commission on Human Rights, led by committee chair Eleanor
Roosevelt
How many articles are included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? - correct answer
✔✔ 30
How many member states are there currently in the UN, having agreed to abide by the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights? - correct answer ✔✔ 192
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
1. Everyone is born ______________ - correct answer ✔✔ free and equal
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
2. Everyone is entitled to ____________________________ - correct answer ✔✔ the rights
listed in the document
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
3. Everyone has the right to a life, ___________________ - correct answer ✔✔ freedom and
safety
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
, 4. ______________________ to enslave anyone - correct answer ✔✔ No one has the right
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
5. No one has the right to __________ or abuse anyone - correct answer ✔✔ torture
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
6. Everyone has rights no matter ____________ he or she is - correct answer ✔✔ where
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
7. The law is _____________________ and everyone is equal before the law - correct answer
✔✔ the same for everyone
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
8. Everyone's rights are protected by _________ - correct answer ✔✔ the law
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
9. No one has the right to _____________________________ without good reason or exile
anyone from his or her country - correct answer ✔✔ place anyone in prison
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
Accessibility Standards and Laws fully
solved
Describe the characteristics of civil rights laws - correct answer ✔✔ - Emphasize equal rights for
people with disabilities
- Often make it illegal to discriminate against people with disabilities under certain defined
conditions like employment, access to buildings
- Some of these laws include technical standards
- The Americans with Disabilities Act is an example
Describe the characteristics of procurement laws - correct answer ✔✔ - Require that
accessibility be taken into account when making a purchase or contracting for services
- For example, if there are 3 potential products and only 2 meet accessibility standards, only
those 2 should be considered for purchase
- The most prominent procurement laws apply only to government entities (e.g. Section 508 of
the Rehabilitation Act in US and EN 301549 in the EU)
The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (VCAA) and the Air Carrier Access
Act (ACAA) are examples of what category of laws? - correct answer ✔✔ Industry-specific
,When & where was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted? - correct answer ✔✔
Adopted by the UN in December 1948 in Paris, France
Who commissioned the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and when? - correct answer ✔✔
Commissioned in 1946 by the Commission on Human Rights, led by committee chair Eleanor
Roosevelt
How many articles are included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? - correct answer
✔✔ 30
How many member states are there currently in the UN, having agreed to abide by the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights? - correct answer ✔✔ 192
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
1. Everyone is born ______________ - correct answer ✔✔ free and equal
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
2. Everyone is entitled to ____________________________ - correct answer ✔✔ the rights
listed in the document
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
3. Everyone has the right to a life, ___________________ - correct answer ✔✔ freedom and
safety
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
, 4. ______________________ to enslave anyone - correct answer ✔✔ No one has the right
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
5. No one has the right to __________ or abuse anyone - correct answer ✔✔ torture
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
6. Everyone has rights no matter ____________ he or she is - correct answer ✔✔ where
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
7. The law is _____________________ and everyone is equal before the law - correct answer
✔✔ the same for everyone
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
8. Everyone's rights are protected by _________ - correct answer ✔✔ the law
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
9. No one has the right to _____________________________ without good reason or exile
anyone from his or her country - correct answer ✔✔ place anyone in prison
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
