FERPA Ethics Exam Questions With Correct Answers

What does FERPA stand for? - Answer Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act What else is FERPA known as? - Answer Buckley Act/Amendment Why was FERPA created? - Answer To protect the rights of students and to insure the privacy & accuracy of educational records FERPA applies to all institutions that receive ______ from the Secretary of Education? - Answer Federal aid In which professional environments should PTs be very familiar with FERPA? - Answer School-settings and pediatrics T/F: Students who ARE or HAVE BEEN in attendance at a college are protected by the Buckley Act? - Answer True T/F: If you've applied, but not started school, you ARE covered under the Buckley Act? - Answer False T/F: Deceased students ARE NOT covered under the Buckley Act? - Answer True T/F: Alumni ARE covered by the Buckley Act? - Answer False Describe the primary rights of FERPA? - Answer Right to inspect and review, request an amendment, to consent to disclose personally identifiable information and right to file a complain with US DoE A university may not disclose personally identifiable info about students, nor permit inspection by _______, without prior consent by student? - Answer Third parties Define eligible student? - Answer Currently attending a U or has previously attended U FERPA applies to students attending any educational program, whether or not it's for ______? - Answer Credit Demographics, admission records, grades, class list/schedule and graded test papers are all examples of info in an ________? - Answer Educational record T/F: HANDWRITTEN NOTES are part of a student's record? - Answer True T/F: Videos CANNOT be included as part of a student's record? - Answer False The _______ is the place where information is stored? - Answer Storage medium T/F: All of the following ARE/CAN BE ways in which records are stored: document in an office, computer printout, class list, electronic form on computer screen? - Answer True Law enforcement or security records that are solely used for enforcement purposes and maintained by the law enforcement unit are not considered ________? - Answer Education records T/F: Records relating to individuals who are employed by the institution are NOT considered an education record? - Answer True T/F: Records from docs, psychs and other professionals are NOT considered part of an educational record? - Answer True T/F: Records that contain info gathered only after the person has left the institution (eg alumni) IS part of the educational record? - Answer False ______________ are people employed by the university in administrative, supervisory, academic research or support staff positions, including university police & health services staff? - Answer University official T/F: FERPA protects students from faculty and staff accessing educational records unless for legitimate educational purposes? - Answer True When in doubt, university employees should not release info from educational records without contacting the _______? - Answer Office of Registrar T/F: Grades can be posted or shared if they are done so by partial SSN? - Answer False Under what conditions can grades be posted? - Answer Under randomly assigned identifier Under FERPA guidelines, employees may not discuss grades of a student, or their __________ without their permission? - Answer Academic progress