CVE ADA & Legal Compliance 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Under Title I of the ADA, which entity is required to provide reasonable accommodations?
- Federal government agencies only
- Covered employers with 15 or more employees (Correct answer)
- All businesses regardless of size
- Only state and local governments
Correct answer: Covered employers with 15 or more employees
Title I of the ADA requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.
Question 2: A vocational evaluator is assessing a client who uses a wheelchair. The evaluation facility lacks an accessible restroom. This situation most directly violates which ADA title?
- Title I – Employment
- Title II – Public Services
- Title III – Public Accommodations (Correct answer)
- Title IV – Telecommunications
Correct answer: Title III – Public Accommodations
Title III requires places of public accommodation, including evaluation facilities open to the public, to be accessible to people with disabilities.
Question 3: The concept of 'interactive process' under the ADA refers to:
- A standardized testing protocol for evaluating functional capacity
- A good-faith dialogue between employer and employee to identify effective accommodations (Correct answer)
- The formal grievance procedure for ADA complaints
- A federally mandated step-by-step accommodation checklist
Correct answer: A good-faith dialogue between employer and employee to identify effective accommodations
The interactive process is a cooperative dialogue between an employer and employee to explore possible reasonable accommodations.
Question 4: Which of the following best describes 'undue hardship' in the context of the ADA?
- Any accommodation costing more than $500
- An action requiring significant difficulty or expense given the employer's resources (Correct answer)
- Any modification that changes the essential functions of a job
- A hardship experienced by coworkers due to an accommodation
Correct answer: An action requiring significant difficulty or expense given the employer's resources
Undue hardship refers to an action that is unduly costly, extensive, substantial, or disruptive given the employer's size and financial resources.
Question 5: Under the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA), the definition of 'disability' was broadened primarily to:
- Eliminate the need for medical documentation
- Expand coverage by rejecting Supreme Court decisions that had narrowed the ADA's scope (Correct answer)
- Require employers to hire a quota of individuals with disabilities
- Limit disability claims to physical impairments only
Correct answer: Expand coverage by rejecting Supreme Court decisions that had narrowed the ADA's scope
The ADAAA overturned Supreme Court rulings in Sutton and Toyota Motor Manufacturing that had narrowed the ADA's coverage.
Question 6: In vocational evaluation, which standard is used to determine whether a person is 'qualified' under the ADA?
- The person can perform all job functions without any accommodation
- The person meets the required education, experience, or skills and can perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation (Correct answer)
- The person has a disability recognized in the DSM-5
- The person was previously employed in a similar role
Correct answer: The person meets the required education, experience, or skills and can perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation
A qualified individual must meet the job's prerequisites and be able to perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
Question 7: The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504, differs from the ADA Title I primarily in that Section 504 applies to:
- Private employers with more than 25 employees
- Programs and entities receiving federal financial assistance (Correct answer)
- All public and private employers regardless of size
- Only educational institutions at the K-12 level
Correct answer: Programs and entities receiving federal financial assistance
Section 504 prohibits disability discrimination in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.
CVE ADA & Legal Compliance 2
Under Title I of the ADA, which entity is required to provide reasonable accommodations?