PRACTICE EXAM EDPNA – COURSE WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

To be disability insured for Title II Disability benefits an individual must, a. Be a citizen who is a legal residence of the US. b. Have worked 5 out of the last 10 years and paid into the system. c. Be over the age of 18 and no longer a dependent. d. Have a disability that has lasted for a year or longer or will end in death. e. All of the above b. Have worked 5 out of the last 10 years and paid into the system. At the fourth step of the sequential evaluation process, if a claimant has the residual functional capacity to perform his/her past relevant work, then, a. The adjudicator continues to step 5 of the sequential evaluation process and evaluates other work. b. A finding of not disabled is made, and the analysis stops here. c. Additional information must be obtained to provide a complete evaluation of claimant's abilities. d. A vocational expert is consulted to provide further evaluation of the claim before a decision is rendered. b. A finding of not disabled is made, and the analysis stops here. A new client contacts you on 5/16/21 about assisting him in filing an appeal. His initial denial notice is date‐stamped 3/1/21, but he indicates that he did not receive the notice until 4/4/21. He kept the envelope in which the notice was mailed, and the postage date was 3/31/21. You: a. advise him that, unfortunately, he must start over, as the appeal must be filed within 60 days of the date of the notice b. advise him that he can file an appeal, but he must include a statement requesting good cause for late filing, as the appeal is outside the 60‐day time frame following the date of the notice c. assist him in filing an immediate appeal, requesting that the appeal be considered timely filed since he can prove he did not receive the notice within five days of its date‐stamp. d. tell him he must file the appeal in person at his local Social Security office, as that is the only way to ensure that the appeal will be accepted as timely filed. c. assist him in filing an immediate appeal, requesting that the appeal be considered timely filed since he can prove he did not receive the notice within five days of its date‐stamp. 4. An individual is applying for Title II Disability benefits with a 1/1/2013 onset date, who earned 4 quarters of coverage each year in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, would have the following date last insured for benefits, a. December 31, 2017 b. September 30, 2015 c. December 31, 2016 d. September 30, 2014 a. December 31, 2017 5 full consecutive months will be served as a waiting period on Title II claims during which time you were disabled. Once you have served a 5‐month waiting period on a claim, no 5 month waiting period is required on a subsequent allowed claim as long as that subsequent claim is filed within how many years of the month you again became disabled? a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6 c. 5 The following information is used in determining the claimant's alleged onset of disability for the purposes of their disability claim, a. The date they last worked due to their medical condition. b. The date their disability prevented them from earning SGA. c. The date their medical records reflect a severe impairment which interferes with their ability to earn SGA. d. The date which begins a 30‐day break from earning above SGA after which claimant either had UWA(s) or earnings below SGA. e. All of the above e. All the above A homeless 30‐year‐old claimant moves in with his mother and then files an application for SSI disability benefits. His mother, who receives a $4,000.00 per month pension, is allowing him to live with her for free, and paying for his food. The claimant will: a. have his benefit reduced by one‐third, as he receives in‐kind support. b. be ineligible for benefits, as his mother's income will be deemed to him. c. have his benefit reduced by one‐third for in‐kind support, plus an additional reduction as a percentage of his mother's unearned income, deemed to him. d. none of the above. a. have his benefit reduced by one‐third, as he receives in‐kind support. A claimant with severe mental impairments is awarded disability benefits but is deemed incapable of managing his own funds. His sister is appointed as his representative payee, and Social Security has requested that she provide documentation of how she is spending the claimant's money on his behalf. The sister has failed to respond, and another relative has anonymously advised Social Security that she has a "drinking problem." SSA will likely: a. immediately appoint someone else as the representative payee, to protect the claimant's access to his own benefits. b. send the claimant's sister a letter informing her that failure to respond to their requests could result in criminal charges. c. ignore the anonymous tip, as it is insufficient grounds to remove a representative payee. d. require the sister to come into the local Social Security office to receive the claimant's monthly benefit check, so that a determination of her accounting and fitness to continue as the claimant's representative payee can be made. d. require the sister to come into the local Social Security office to receive the claimant's monthly benefit check, so that a determination of her accounting and fitness to continue as the claimant's representative payee can be made. Into which education category does a person who obtained a 7th grade through 11th grade level of formal education generally fall? Limited education High school education and above (Incorrect. High school and above education require formal schooling at a 12th grade level or above, or a GED) Marginal education (Incorrect. Marginal education includes schooling at a 6th grade level or less) Illiteracy (Incorrect. Illiteracy includes only people who cannot read or write a simple message, even though they may be able to sign their name) Limited education A client comes to you asking for representation for their Title II claim for benefits due to chronic heart failure. In reviewing the claimant's medical records, you see that recent medical evidence shows your client has diastolic failure with left ventricular posterior wall plus septal thickness of 2.7 cm and an enlarged left atrium of 4.3 cm with normal elevated ejection fraction during periods of stability. The record also shows that your client has experienced three episodes of acute congestive heart failure within the last year.Does your client's chronic heart failure meet a Listing? No, because chronic heart failure is not considered in the Listings. Yes, because their impairment meets either subsection A or B of the appropriate Listing. No, because their impairment does not meet or medically equal the requirements for both subsections A and B of the appropriate Listing. Yes, because their impairment meets subsections A, B, and C of the appropriate Listing. No, because their impairment does not meet or medically equal the requirements for both subsections A and B of the appropriate Listing. What is NOT true about the basic definition of disability? a. Has the ability to do any substantial gainful activity. b. Expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months or end in death. c. Must have a severe impairment that makes you unable to do your past relevant work. d. Inability to do any substantial gainful activity. a. Has the ability to do any substantial gainful activity. What is true about unskilled work? a. The work needs little or no judgment to do simple duties. b. The work can be learned on the job in a short period of time. c. A person does not gain work skills by doing unskilled jobs. d. All of the above. d. All of the above. Which statement is true about disabled widows' benefits? a. The deceased must have been fully insured at the time of their death. (404.335 (a)) b. The relationship to the insured lasted for more than 5 months immediately before the insured died. c. You are eligible if you are at least 60 years old and less than 50 and do not have a disability. d. Your disability started no later than 8 years after the insured died. a. The deceased must have been fully insured at the time of their death. (404.335 (a))