Quiz 1 Flashcards
Helpful "virtual flashcards" to help prepare Langston-OKC students for their "Comprehensive Review".
Title 1 of the American with Disabilities Act applies to:
State and local governments
Vocational evaluations for workers’ compensation clients usually focus on:
Physical capabilities
Which would find more often in state workers’ compensation cases than in public sector vocational rehabilitation cases?
Lump Sum Settlements
Marvin is a construction worker who broke his neck in fall. He can move his wheelchair by puffing. What is his level of worker’s compensation disability?
Permanent Total Disability
Title I of the American with Disabilities Act applies to:
Private Employers
Each activity below can be defined as a “major life activity”, in Section 504 of the ADA except:
Hobbies Other answer choices: 1) Sleeping 2) caring for oneself 3) lifting and bending 4) communicating and working
“Qualified Individuals with a disability”, means:
An individual that satisfies prerequisite skills, experience, education and other job related requirements of the employement position who with or without reasonable accommodations can perform the essential functions of the job.
Physical disability includes:
Cosmetic Disfigurement. Other answer choices were “social standing”, “gender”, and “cultural background”
The family of a worker who died as a result of an industrial accident will receive death benefit through:
workers compensation
Which of the following is the most likely example of an unscheduled injury?
low back injury: other options were “amputated arm”, “amputated leg”, and “loss of eye”
What are scheduled disabilities?
Injuries for which there are predetermined benefits
Private sector vocational rehabilitation clients are more likely to have:
Prior work experience
Other options: developmental disabilities, history of incarceration, chronic psychiatric disorder
Personal injury litigation has more of ________ than worker’s compensation.
court costs
The American with Disabilities Act provides:
Legal redress to work/disability related discrimination
How many states within the U.S. have worker compensation law:
50
A physical disability that “substantially limits” means:
The individual is unable to perform or is significantly restricted in performing a major life activity.
The insurance companies obligation is:
paying for services to restore work potential
Marcia twisted her ankle while cleaning offices. She will be filing papers at a reduced wage for the next two weeks. What is her disability classification?
Temporary Partial Disability
According to the ADA, no covered entity shall discriminate against a qualified
Employee compensation
Which provision is found least often in worker compensation law.
Vocational rehabilitation
What was the problem before Workers’ Compensation Laws?
Inadequate court awards
Which best described the disability rating?
Determined by the loss of future employment opportunities.
Morgan is a warehouse worker who is expected to lose three weeks of employment because of a broken toe, a result of a work related injury. Morgan’s disability is classified as:
Temporary total disability
Which occupation is exempt from worker compensation?
Agriculture
Other options: federal employees, mine workers, longshoremen, or “all of these”
An individual with a disability can use:
federal, state, and local laws to achieve the best result for themselves.
If a state has a lesser statute than Section I ADA, the law that takes precedence is:
ADA Section I
Who is most likely to be covered by Workers’ Compensation Law?
Answer: Factory workers
Other options: Athletes, Farm Workers, and Domestic Employees
A Residual Functional Capacity (RFC) evaluation is performed by a:
Licensed Physician
By 1994, employers with more than ______ employees shall be in compliance with the ADA:
15
Which assessment tool provides evaluation in the areas of work simulated tasks?
ERGOS
A Motor-Grader weighing 8 tons requires the operator to sit and use foot pedals, push and pull hand levers. This work is _________ in physical demand:
Light
Other options: Very heavy, sedentary, and medium
Federal Rules if Evidence 702 and 703 (Match the descriptions)
Note: Most states have adopted similar language
Question 32 options
703- “A witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise. The opinion must be relevant to case. Court can provide latitude. Testimony does not have to based on first hand knowledge or observation.”
702- Based on facts or data are of a type reasonably relied upon by experts in the particular field in forming opinions or inferences
