Deck 6: Disability Policy and Law

Question 1

Under the current legal and regulatory framework for VR programs authorized under the Rehabilitation Act, which of the below would constitute a valid employment outcome:

A) Employment in a sheltered workshop
B) Unpaid family worker
C) Competitive job placement at a prevailing wage
D) All of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Under the new Rehabilitation Act Section 503 and VEVRAA regulations, an invitation to self-identify as having a disability must:

A) Be completely voluntary
B) Be protected with confidentiality measures
C) Be kept separate from other personnel records
D) Not be used for hiring, promotion, or termination decisions
E) All of the above

Answer 2

E

Question 3

According to the ADAAA definition of disability, "mitigating measures" may be considered in determining a condition "substantially limits a major life activity" in which of the following circumstances?

A) Never. Mitigating measures are no longer relevant to disability determinations
B) Whenever the use of a device or medication substantially impact of the employee's disability
C) Only with regard to the use of "ordinary" eye glasses and contact lenses as a corrective for visual impairment, but nowhere else

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following attributes indicate that a preoffer examination or inquiry may be a prohibited "medical" examination under the ADA?

A) It is administered by, or the results are interpreted by, a health care professional
B) It is given in a medical setting or uses medical equipment
C) It is designed to reveal an impairment to physical or mental health
D) It is invasive
E) It measures an applicant's physiological responses to performing work-related tasks
F) All of the above

Question 5

GINA prohibits discrimination on the basis of genetic information when it comes to which of the following aspects of employment, regardless of how the genetic information was obtained?

A) Hiring, firing, and promotion decisions
B) Pay and benefits
C) Job assignments and classifications
D) Training
E) All of the above