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Question 1Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

Which statement best describes the medical model of disability?

  1. Disability is a legal status determined solely by eligibility for government benefits.
  2. Disability is a cultural identity that should be celebrated rather than changed.
  3. Disability is a deficiency located in the individual that should be prevented, cured, or managed by health professionals. Correct answer.
  4. Disability results mainly from environmental barriers that society has failed to remove.

Explanation

The medical model frames disability as a problem within the person's body or mind, so the appropriate response is clinical treatment, rehabilitation, or cure. It places authority with health professionals and tends to overlook social and environmental factors.

Question 2Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

The social model of disability draws a distinction between which two ideas?

  1. Visible disabilities and hidden disabilities
  2. Congenital conditions and acquired conditions
  3. Acute illness and chronic illness
  4. Impairment and disability Correct answer.

Explanation

In the social model, impairment refers to a physical, sensory, or cognitive difference, while disability refers to the disadvantage created when society fails to accommodate that difference. The distinction shifts responsibility from the individual to the environment.

Question 3Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

A city installs tactile paving, audible pedestrian signals, and curb ramps at a busy intersection. Under the social model, this action primarily reduces disability by:

  1. documenting the prevalence of vision loss
  2. encouraging pedestrians to travel with companions
  3. treating the sensory impairments of pedestrians
  4. removing environmental barriers that exclude people Correct answer.

Explanation

The social model holds that disability arises when the built environment does not accommodate human variation. Physical modifications remove those barriers and enable independent participation, which is the model's core prescription.

Question 4Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is best characterized as which kind of framework?

  1. A purely medical taxonomy of diseases and diagnoses
  2. A funding formula for disability benefits
  3. A legal code specifying accessibility standards for buildings
  4. A biopsychosocial model integrating body functions, activities, participation, and environment Correct answer.

Explanation

The ICF, published by the World Health Organization, combines biological, individual, and social perspectives. It describes functioning across body functions and structures, activities, participation, and contextual factors including environment.

Question 5Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

Which concept from the social model refers to the unstated assumptions that treat non-disabled people as the default standard?

  1. Comorbidity
  2. Prevalence
  3. Prognosis
  4. Ableism Correct answer.

Explanation

Ableism describes systems of belief and practice that treat typical abilities as normal and superior, producing disadvantage for disabled people. It operates through defaults such as assuming walking, hearing, or speech as standard.

Question 6Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

A hiring manager assumes a candidate who uses a wheelchair cannot travel for client meetings and rejects the application without an interview. This is best described as:

  1. reasonable accommodation
  2. direct discrimination based on disability Correct answer.
  3. affirmative action
  4. universal design

Explanation

Rejecting a qualified applicant because of an assumption tied to disability is direct discrimination, since the decision is made on the basis of disability rather than demonstrated ability. Accommodation and universal design are proactive measures, not forms of exclusion.

Question 7Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

The slogan 'Nothing about us without us' is most closely associated with which principle in the disability community?

  1. Medicalization of disability policy
  2. Segregation of services by impairment type
  3. Participation and self-determination of disabled people in decisions affecting them Correct answer.
  4. Charitable paternalism

Explanation

The phrase expresses the demand that disabled people be directly involved in designing and governing policies and services that concern them. It rejects decisions made on their behalf by others without their participation.

Question 8Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

Which event is widely regarded as a pivotal action of the disability rights movement in the United States in the 1970s?

  1. The 504 sit-ins, in which activists occupied federal buildings to demand enforcement of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act Correct answer.
  2. The Montgomery bus boycott
  3. The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
  4. The Seneca Falls Convention

Explanation

In 1977 disability activists occupied federal offices, notably in San Francisco, to press for regulations implementing Section 504, which prohibited discrimination in federally funded programs. The action is a landmark in the movement's history.

Question 9Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 primarily prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in which areas?

  1. Employment, public services, public accommodations, and telecommunications Correct answer.
  2. Immigration and naturalization proceedings
  3. Criminal sentencing and parole decisions
  4. Income tax filing and audit procedures

Explanation

The ADA addresses discrimination across employment, state and local government services, places of public accommodation, and telecommunications. It is a civil rights statute rather than a benefits or criminal law provision.

Question 10Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is best described as:

  1. an international standards document for assistive technology vendors
  2. a voluntary set of clinical treatment guidelines
  3. a legally binding human rights treaty that states ratify Correct answer.
  4. a national building code

Explanation

The CRPD is a treaty adopted in 2006 that establishes the rights of disabled people and obliges ratifying states to implement them. It is legally binding for parties that ratify it, not a set of voluntary clinical guidelines.

Question 11Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

A university redesigns its course registration system so that screen readers, keyboard navigation, and voice control all work from the outset. This approach best illustrates:

  1. medical rehabilitation
  2. retrofitting after a complaint
  3. universal design Correct answer.
  4. segregated accommodation

Explanation

Universal design means creating products and environments usable by the widest range of people without later adaptation. Building accessibility into the original design, rather than adding it after a complaint, is the defining feature.

Question 12Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

Which of the following best captures the 'dignity of risk' concept in disability services?

  1. Risk assessments should determine which people are allowed to participate in community activities
  2. Risk should be eliminated entirely by staff decision-making
  3. People with disabilities have the right to take reasonable risks as part of exercising autonomy and living an ordinary life Correct answer.
  4. Families should always make decisions about risk on behalf of the person

Explanation

Dignity of risk holds that taking reasonable risks is part of autonomy, learning, and full participation, and that overprotection can itself be harmful. Support should enable informed choice rather than remove all risk or transfer decisions away from the person.

Question 13Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

In disability studies, 'inspiration porn' refers to:

  1. media that portrays disabled people as inspirational merely for living ordinary lives, serving the emotional needs of non-disabled audiences Correct answer.
  2. pornography that features only non-disabled performers
  3. clinical materials used in rehabilitation therapy
  4. fundraising campaigns that publish accurate outcome data

Explanation

The term, popularized by Stella Young, critiques portrayals that frame disabled people as inspiring simply for existing, which objectifies them and lowers expectations. Such framing centers non-disabled audiences rather than the person's own goals and achievements.

Question 14Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

Which phrase best describes the 'nothing about us without us' principle applied to research?

  1. Researchers should recruit only non-disabled participants
  2. Research findings should be withheld from participants
  3. Disabled people should be involved in designing, conducting, and governing research that concerns them Correct answer.
  4. Only clinicians should decide research priorities

Explanation

Applied to research, the principle calls for participatory approaches in which disabled people help set questions, design methods, and interpret findings. This shifts from research on disabled people to research with them.

Question 15Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

The term 'neurodiversity' is best understood as:

  1. a classification of acquired brain injuries
  2. a synonym for intellectual disability
  3. the idea that neurological differences such as autism and ADHD are natural variations in the human population Correct answer.
  4. a claim that neurological differences are diseases requiring cure

Explanation

Neurodiversity frames conditions such as autism, ADHD, and dyslexia as natural variation in brain function rather than deficits to be eliminated. The concept is associated with the neurodiversity movement's push for acceptance and accommodation.

Question 16Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

A worker with episodic migraine needs occasional schedule flexibility but no other adjustments. Which response best reflects the principle of individualized accommodation?

  1. Apply a single blanket policy used for every disabled employee
  2. Discuss the specific functional needs with the worker and agree on flexible scheduling Correct answer.
  3. Deny all adjustments because the condition is not visible
  4. Require the worker to transfer to a different role

Explanation

Accommodation is individualized because the barriers and effective solutions differ by person and context. An interactive discussion identifies the specific adjustment that removes the barrier while respecting the worker's role.

Question 17Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

Which statement best distinguishes 'impairment' from 'disability' in the social model?

  1. Impairment applies only to physical conditions, while disability applies only to sensory conditions
  2. Impairment is the underlying condition, while disability is the disadvantage produced by barriers Correct answer.
  3. Impairment is the socially created disadvantage, while disability is the underlying condition
  4. The two terms are exact synonyms in the social model

Explanation

The social model uses impairment for the biological or functional difference and disability for the disadvantage that arises from social and environmental barriers. This distinction is what allows the model to argue that removing barriers reduces disability.

Question 18Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

Which critique is most often raised against a strict social model of disability?

  1. It can understate the reality of bodily impairment and the need for medical care Correct answer.
  2. It denies that environments can be changed
  3. It overemphasizes the role of individual biology and pain
  4. It claims that disability does not exist

Explanation

Critics argue that a rigid social model can overlook the lived reality of impairment, pain, and health needs, sometimes treating any mention of biology as politically suspect. A biopsychosocial approach such as the ICF attempts to retain both dimensions.

Question 19Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

A government publishes a policy that funds only segregated workshops for disabled adults and does not consult disabled people's organizations. Which combination of principles is most directly violated?

  1. Prevalence and incidence
  2. Confidentiality and data minimization
  3. Inclusion and participation Correct answer.
  4. Prognosis and diagnosis

Explanation

Segregated employment funding conflicts with inclusion in mainstream settings, and the absence of consultation violates the participation principle. Together these reflect the demand that disabled people shape and share in ordinary community life.

Question 20Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

Which statement best explains why the disability community is often described as a minority group rather than a set of separate clinical categories?

  1. Because clinical categories have been abolished
  2. Because disabled people face shared social exclusion and have organized collectively for civil rights Correct answer.
  3. Because disability is always present from birth
  4. Because all disabled people share the same diagnosis

Explanation

The minority-group framing emphasizes common experiences of exclusion, stereotyping, and discrimination, and the collective political action that follows. It shifts attention from individual diagnoses to shared social position and rights.

Question 21Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

A museum offers a 'quiet hour' with reduced lighting and sound, dimmed screens, and a sensory map. This primarily reflects which approach?

  1. Segregation of disabled visitors from other patrons
  2. Medical treatment of visitors
  3. Environmental modification to reduce barriers for sensory and cognitive differences Correct answer.
  4. Charitable fundraising

Explanation

Adjusting the environment to accommodate sensory and cognitive differences is a social-model approach that removes barriers rather than changing the person. It allows participation alongside other visitors rather than separating them.

Question 22Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

Which of the following is the best example of 'internalized ableism'?

  1. An employer provides a flexible schedule
  2. A city removes a curb ramp during construction
  3. A law requires accessible voting machines
  4. A disabled employee believes they are less capable and should not apply for promotion Correct answer.

Explanation

Internalized ableism occurs when disabled people absorb negative societal assumptions about their own worth or capacity. It is distinguished from external barriers such as missing ramps or discriminatory policies.

Question 23Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

The 'capability approach' associated with Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum is relevant to disability policy because it:

  1. measures welfare only by income
  2. requires institutionalization for people with high support needs
  3. ranks people by medical severity
  4. focuses on what people are actually able to do and be, accounting for conversion factors such as impairment and environment Correct answer.

Explanation

The capability approach evaluates wellbeing by people's real opportunities to achieve valued functionings, recognizing that resources convert differently depending on impairment and environment. This makes it useful for justifying support and accessibility as matters of justice.

Question 24Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

Which pairing of model and typical policy response is most accurate?

  1. Medical model - removal of environmental barriers
  2. Human rights model - segregation by impairment type
  3. Charity model - provision of services motivated by pity rather than rights Correct answer.
  4. Social model - cure and rehabilitation of the individual

Explanation

The charity model frames disabled people as objects of pity and passive recipients of goodwill, so services are provided as benevolence rather than entitlement. Rights-based approaches instead ground services in equality and dignity.

Question 25Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

Under a rights-based approach, the primary justification for providing a sign language interpreter at a public event is that:

  1. it satisfies a marketing goal
  2. it reduces the event's insurance liability
  3. it is a charitable gesture toward attendees
  4. it enables equal access to information and participation, which is a matter of rights Correct answer.

Explanation

A rights-based approach treats access as an entitlement tied to equal participation, not as discretionary kindness. Providing interpretation removes a communication barrier so Deaf attendees can participate on equal terms.

Question 26Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

A city replaces a stepped entrance to its library with a level entrance and automatic doors. Under the social model, this change is best understood as:

  1. A removal of an environmental barrier that had disabled some visitors Correct answer.
  2. A charitable gesture that has no bearing on who is disabled
  3. A form of special treatment that creates unfair advantage
  4. A medical intervention aimed at the library building

Explanation

In the social model, disability results when an environment or practice excludes people with impairments, so removing a physical barrier directly reduces disability. The redesign changes the setting rather than the person, which is precisely the model's recommended strategy.

Question 27Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

In the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), disability is conceptualized as:

  1. A purely economic measure of lost productivity
  2. A fixed trait determined solely by a medical diagnosis
  3. A temporary state that ends once rehabilitation is complete
  4. An interaction between health conditions, body functions, activities, and environmental and personal factors Correct answer.

Explanation

The ICF is a biopsychosocial framework that treats functioning and disability as outcomes of the interaction between a health condition and contextual factors, including the environment. This makes it broader than a purely medical classification because the same impairment can produce very different levels of disability depending on context.

Question 28Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

Which statement best reflects the affirmation model of disability?

  1. Disability is inherently tragic and should be prevented wherever possible.
  2. Disability should be hidden from public view to protect the person's privacy.
  3. Disability is only a matter of individual coping and has no social dimension.
  4. Disability is a neutral or positive aspect of identity that can be a source of pride and community. Correct answer.

Explanation

The affirmation model, developed in disability studies, rejects the assumption that impairment is inherently negative and instead treats disability as a valued part of identity. It overlaps with the social model but goes further by asserting that disability can be a positive source of meaning and belonging.

Question 29Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

A national statistics office wants to count disabled people in a census. Which approach is most consistent with a social model perspective?

  1. Asking whether health conditions or impairments limit daily activities, and also asking about barriers people encounter Correct answer.
  2. Counting only people who receive disability benefits
  3. Counting only people with a documented medical diagnosis issued by a physician
  4. Excluding people whose impairments are episodic or invisible

Explanation

A social model approach measures both impairment and the barriers or activity limitations people experience in their environment, because disability is produced in the interaction. Diagnosis-only counts miss people who lack access to care, and benefit counts measure administrative eligibility rather than lived experience.

Question 30Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

Which concept describes the idea that disabled people should have the same freedom as others to take risks, including the risk of failure, rather than being overprotected?

  1. Reasonable accommodation
  2. Dignity of risk Correct answer.
  3. Universal design
  4. Least restrictive environment

Explanation

Dignity of risk holds that taking reasonable risks is part of a dignified life and that overprotection can itself be a form of exclusion. It is often invoked in services and support planning to counter paternalistic restrictions on choice.

Question 31Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

A service agency requires all residents to be in bed by 8 p.m. for staff convenience, regardless of individual preference. Which concept does this policy most directly violate?

  1. Accessible procurement rules
  2. Person-centered planning and choice Correct answer.
  3. Universal design principles
  4. Web content accessibility standards

Explanation

Person-centered approaches place the individual's preferences and goals at the center of support decisions rather than institutional routines. A blanket bedtime set for staff convenience overrides personal choice and is a classic example of congregate, system-centered practice.

Question 32Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

Which statement best explains the distinction between 'disability etiquette' and 'accessibility'?

  1. Etiquette applies only to workplace settings, while accessibility applies only to public buildings.
  2. Etiquette covers interpersonal conduct, while accessibility covers whether environments, communications, and services can be used by disabled people. Correct answer.
  3. Etiquette and accessibility are synonyms used interchangeably in disability policy.
  4. Etiquette is legally mandated, while accessibility is voluntary.

Explanation

Disability etiquette concerns how people interact, such as speaking directly to a person rather than to a companion, while accessibility concerns the design of environments, information, and services. Both matter, but they operate at different levels and neither substitutes for the other.

Question 33Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

A job applicant is asked at an interview to disclose all medical diagnoses before any offer is made. Under a rights-based framework such as the ADA, this practice is problematic primarily because:

  1. Employers may never ask any question about a candidate's ability to perform the job
  2. Disability-related inquiries before a conditional offer are restricted, and questions should focus on ability to perform essential functions with or without accommodation Correct answer.
  3. Medical information is unrelated to any employment decision in every case
  4. Only government employers are bound by disability nondiscrimination rules

Explanation

Rights-based employment law generally limits disability-related inquiries and medical examinations to the post-offer stage, and pre-offer questions must focus on the candidate's ability to perform essential job functions. Blanket demands for diagnoses before an offer intrude on privacy without a job-related justification.

Question 34Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

Which historical development is most associated with the shift from institutionalization toward community living for disabled people?

  1. The expansion of large state-run residential institutions
  2. The rise of the independent living movement led by disabled activists Correct answer.
  3. The invention of the modern wheelchair
  4. The adoption of standardized intelligence testing

Explanation

The independent living movement, led by disabled people themselves, pushed for consumer control, personal assistance, and the right to live in the community rather than in institutions. It reframed disability services around autonomy and self-determination rather than professional management.

Question 35Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

The principle of 'universal design' in disability policy is best described as:

  1. Designing for the average user and adding accommodations on request
  2. Providing separate accessible entrances so that disabled users do not mix with others
  3. Designing products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design Correct answer.
  4. Retrofitting buildings only after a complaint has been filed

Explanation

Universal design, articulated by Ron Mace and others, aims to create environments and products usable by the widest range of people from the outset. It reduces the need for individual accommodations by building flexibility into the original design.

Question 36Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

An employer argues that because a workplace is already 'accessible enough', no further adjustments are needed. Which analysis is most accurate under a reasonable accommodation framework?

  1. Accommodation is an ongoing, individualized process that may require adjustments even in generally accessible settings Correct answer.
  2. Accommodation obligations end once a building meets construction codes
  3. Accessibility is a one-time certification, so the employer's position is correct
  4. Accommodations are required only for employees with visible impairments

Explanation

Reasonable accommodation is an individualized and continuing process, because the barriers a particular person faces may not be addressed by general accessibility features. Building codes set a baseline but do not exhaust the duty to consider adjustments.

Question 37Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

Which statement best captures the 'social construction' of disability?

  1. Disability is identical in every society because impairment is biological
  2. Social construction means disability does not exist
  3. The meaning and consequences of impairment are shaped by cultural, economic, and institutional arrangements that vary across societies Correct answer.
  4. Disability is invented entirely by disabled people to gain benefits

Explanation

Social construction refers to the way societies assign meaning to bodily difference and structure participation accordingly, so the experience of disability varies with context. It does not deny that impairments exist; it denies that their social meaning is fixed by biology alone.

Question 38Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

A disabled employee is consistently passed over for promotion because managers assume she lacks leadership presence. This is best characterized as:

  1. A policy barrier created by a written eligibility rule
  2. A structural barrier built into the physical environment
  3. A communication barrier caused by inaccessible formats
  4. An attitudinal barrier in the form of bias and stereotyping Correct answer.

Explanation

Attitudinal barriers are negative assumptions, stereotypes, and low expectations held by others, and they can exclude people even when buildings and documents are accessible. The managers' assumption about leadership presence reflects bias rather than a physical, communication, or written-rule obstacle.

Question 39Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

Which critique of a purely social model is most commonly raised in disability studies?

  1. It denies that environments can ever be changed
  2. It places too much emphasis on medical cure as the only solution
  3. It argues that disability is entirely a matter of personal choice
  4. It ignores the lived reality of impairment, such as pain and fatigue, and can minimize the need for health care Correct answer.

Explanation

Critics argue that a strict social model can overlook the embodied experience of impairment, including pain, fatigue, and health needs, by attributing all disadvantage to social barriers. Later frameworks such as the biopsychosocial model attempt to integrate both impairment and environment.

Question 40Disabilities, Models of Disability, and the Disability Community

A government office uses the ICF framework to describe a client's situation. The client has a spinal cord injury, uses a wheelchair, and works in a building with no elevator to the second-floor office. In ICF terms, the absence of an elevator is best classified as which component?

  1. A body function impairment located in the client
  2. An environmental factor that creates a barrier Correct answer.
  3. A personal factor such as the client's coping style
  4. An activity limitation intrinsic to the client

Explanation

The ICF separates health conditions from contextual factors, and the physical environment is one of those contextual factors. A missing elevator is an environmental barrier that interacts with the person's condition to shape functioning and participation. The framework thereby avoids placing the whole problem inside the individual.

Question 41Accessibility and Universal Design

Which principle of universal design is illustrated by offering both a touchscreen kiosk and physical buttons for the same task?

  1. Low physical effort
  2. Flexibility in use Correct answer.
  3. Size and space for approach and use
  4. Equitable use

Explanation

Flexibility in use calls for accommodating a wide range of individual preferences and abilities, so providing more than one way to complete a task fits this principle. Equitable use concerns fairness of access rather than choice of method, and the other principles address effort and physical space.

Question 42Accessibility and Universal Design

In universal design terminology, what does the principle of 'tolerance for error' primarily require?

  1. Documenting every error a user makes
  2. Warning users before they begin a hazardous action
  3. Minimizing consequences of accidental or unintended actions Correct answer.
  4. Preventing users from making any choice at all

Explanation

Tolerance for error means designing so that hazards and the adverse consequences of accidental actions are minimized, for example through confirmation steps or undo. Warnings alone are related but insufficient, and the principle is not about logging errors or removing user choice.

Question 43Accessibility and Universal Design

A team designs a museum exhibit so that the same content is available as large-print text, audio, and tactile models. Which universal design principle does this best exemplify?

  1. Perceptible information Correct answer.
  2. Simple and intuitive use
  3. Durability
  4. Perceptible effort

Explanation

Perceptible information requires that essential information be communicated effectively regardless of sensory abilities, which redundant formats such as text, audio, and tactile versions achieve. Simple and intuitive use concerns ease of understanding rather than sensory redundancy.

Question 44Accessibility and Universal Design

Which statement best captures the relationship between accessibility and universal design?

  1. The two terms are interchangeable in all contexts
  2. Accessibility is a subset of universal design focused only on disability
  3. Universal design is a proactive design approach that supports accessibility for diverse users Correct answer.
  4. Universal design is a legal standard while accessibility is optional

Explanation

Universal design is a proactive philosophy of designing for the broadest range of users from the outset, and accessibility is a key outcome it supports. Accessibility is not merely a disability-only subset, and the terms are related but not identical.

Question 45Accessibility and Universal Design

Which outcome is a recognized benefit of designing products with accessibility in mind?

  1. Reduced need for user testing
  2. Guaranteed legal immunity from complaints
  3. Elimination of the need for captions
  4. Broader usability for people with temporary and situational limitations Correct answer.

Explanation

Accessible design often benefits people with temporary injuries and situational constraints, such as noisy environments, in addition to people with disabilities. It does not remove the need for testing, captions, or legal compliance efforts.

Question 46Accessibility and Universal Design

A building entrance has a level, step-free path from the sidewalk to the door. Which universal design principle does this most directly support?

  1. Equitable use
  2. Tolerance for error
  3. Perceptible information
  4. Low physical effort Correct answer.

Explanation

A step-free entrance reduces the physical exertion and strength needed to enter, aligning with low physical effort. Equitable use is broader, and tolerance for error and perceptible information concern mistakes and sensory communication respectively.

Question 47Accessibility and Universal Design

What does the social model of disability emphasize?

  1. That disability is entirely a matter of personal attitude
  2. That disability arises from barriers created by society and environment Correct answer.
  3. That disability should be measured only by clinical diagnosis
  4. That disability is primarily a medical condition to be treated

Explanation

The social model holds that people are disabled by barriers in society, such as inaccessible environments and attitudes, rather than by impairment alone. The medical model instead locates disability in the individual's condition.

Question 48Accessibility and Universal Design

Which practice best reflects the principle of 'simple and intuitive use' in interface design?

  1. Removing all feedback so the interface stays minimal
  2. Requiring users to memorize a unique command syntax
  3. Hiding navigation until a user requests help
  4. Using consistent, predictable layouts and plain language Correct answer.

Explanation

Simple and intuitive use means information and operation are easy to understand regardless of experience or language skills, achieved through consistency, predictability, and plain language. Removing feedback or hiding navigation increases cognitive burden.

Question 49Accessibility and Universal Design

A web team wants to apply the principle of flexibility in use. Which approach best demonstrates this?

  1. Requiring a specific browser to access content
  2. Limiting input to a single method for consistency
  3. Offering keyboard shortcuts alongside pointer-based controls Correct answer.
  4. Making the interface identical for every user

Explanation

Flexibility in use means providing multiple ways to interact so users can choose methods suited to their abilities, such as keyboard shortcuts in addition to pointer controls. A single fixed method reduces flexibility.

Question 50Accessibility and Universal Design

Which scenario best illustrates a situational limitation that accessible design can address?

  1. A Deaf user requesting a sign language interpreter
  2. A person with a chronic motor impairment using switch access
  3. A commuter watching a video on a noisy train who needs captions Correct answer.
  4. A user with a permanent visual impairment using a screen reader

Explanation

Situational limitations arise from the environment or context rather than a permanent condition, such as a noisy train where captions help. The other options describe permanent disabilities rather than situational constraints.