CVE Disability & Rehabilitation Services 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A vocational evaluator is assessing a client with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Which cognitive domain is MOST commonly affected by TBI and should be prioritized in evaluation?
- Long-term semantic memory
- Executive functioning and processing speed (Correct answer)
- Crystallized intelligence
- Visual acuity
Correct answer: Executive functioning and processing speed
TBI most commonly impairs executive functioning, processing speed, attention, and working memory, which directly affect vocational performance.
Question 2: Under the Ticket to Work program, a Social Security beneficiary who assigns their ticket to an Employment Network (EN) receives which primary benefit?
- Immediate termination of disability benefits
- Protection from continuing disability reviews while making progress toward self-sufficiency (Correct answer)
- A guaranteed job placement within 90 days
- Free transportation to work
Correct answer: Protection from continuing disability reviews while making progress toward self-sufficiency
Ticket to Work protects beneficiaries from continuing disability reviews (CDRs) as long as they are making timely progress toward their employment goal.
Question 3: Which type of disability documentation is generally required to establish eligibility for state vocational rehabilitation services?
- A sworn affidavit from the applicant
- Medical, psychological, or other qualified professional records documenting a physical or mental impairment (Correct answer)
- A Social Security award letter only
- Employer documentation of a workplace injury
Correct answer: Medical, psychological, or other qualified professional records documenting a physical or mental impairment
State VR agencies require documentation from qualified professionals that verifies the presence of a physical or mental impairment affecting employment.
Question 4: The concept of 'supported employment' is best defined as:
- Employment in segregated sheltered workshops for individuals with severe disabilities
- Competitive integrated employment with ongoing support services for individuals with the most significant disabilities (Correct answer)
- Part-time work in government-funded programs
- Temporary employment while awaiting disability benefit decisions
Correct answer: Competitive integrated employment with ongoing support services for individuals with the most significant disabilities
Supported employment provides competitive integrated employment alongside ongoing supports (job coaches, natural supports) for individuals with the most significant disabilities.
Question 5: Which piece of legislation extended civil rights protections for individuals with disabilities to cover state and local government services and public accommodations?
- Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Correct answer)
- Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014
- Ticket to Work Act of 1999
Correct answer: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
The ADA of 1990 extended civil rights protections to state/local government (Title II) and public accommodations and commercial facilities (Title III).
Question 6: A client with a psychiatric disability reports difficulty maintaining employment due to symptoms of psychosis. Which work incentive allows Social Security recipients to test their ability to work without immediately losing benefits?
- Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) rule
- Trial Work Period (TWP) (Correct answer)
- Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS)
- Impairment Related Work Expenses (IRWE)
Correct answer: Trial Work Period (TWP)
The Trial Work Period allows SSDI beneficiaries to test their ability to work for up to 9 months without losing their disability benefits.
Question 7: In rehabilitation services, 'assistive technology' refers to:
- Medications used to manage disability symptoms
- Any item, device, or piece of equipment used to maintain or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities (Correct answer)
- Techniques used by rehabilitation counselors to motivate clients
- Software programs used by vocational evaluators
Correct answer: Any item, device, or piece of equipment used to maintain or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities
Assistive technology includes any device or system—low-tech or high-tech—that helps an individual with a disability perform tasks they might otherwise be unable to do.
CVE Disability & Rehabilitation Services 3
A vocational evaluator is assessing a client with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Which cognitive domain is MOST commonly affected by TBI and should be prioritized in evaluation?