WGU D002 FINAL TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● True or False
Prior to the mid-1970s, education for students with disabilities was a
privilege and not a right..
Answer: True
(Not until after EAHCA children with disabilities given right to FAPE)
●● When the IEP team considers how much time the student with
disabilities will spend with students who do not have disabilities, they
are focusing on______..
Answer: The least restrictive environment.
●● IDEA states that all students with exceptionalities are entitled to
___..
Answer: A free and public education (FAPE).
●● This is an amendment to include all devices to disabled infants and
young children. This amendment also covers individuals transitioning
from high school to college..
Answer: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990 (IDEA)
,●● This mandate defines protected individuals as otherwise qualified.
This mandate also requires that reasonable accommodations be made..
Answer: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
●● This mandate extends protections and accommodations to associated
individuals..
Answer: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
●● Which 13 Disabilities are included as one of the federally defined
categories covered under the provisions outlined in IDEA?.
Answer: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Emotional Disturbance
Hearing impairments
Deafness
Speech or language impairments
Traumatic brain injury
Visual impairment including blindness
Specific learning disability
Other health impairment
Intellectual disability
Deaf-blindness
Orthopedic impairment
,Multiple disabilities
●● Are the following disabilities covered under IDEA?
Eating disorders
Post-Traumatic stress disorder
Seizure disorder.
Answer: They are not covered under IDEA
●● What is PL 94-142?.
Answer: Also known as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act
(EAHCA), this law is one of the most important legislative pieces for
special education acting as the Bill of Rights for students with
disabilities.
●● Section 504.
Answer: Part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, this act is known as a
civil rights bill. This act ensures that every student with a disability is
given the same rights, access, and protections as students without
disabilities.
●● What is the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Answer: This law extends civil rights protections to individuals of any
age with a disability so that they are allowed to access both private and
, public sectors for services. It states that discrimination or exclusion is
inappropriate and illegal.
●● True or False
All students who qualify for services under Section 504 also qualify for
services under the Individuals with Disabilities Act..
Answer: False
Students cannot qualify for services under both.
●● Components of IDEA.
Answer: Provides additional funding to states for eligible students.
Covers only students with an educational need.
●● Components of Section 504.
Answer: Does not require the formal, detailed plans that are part of an
Individualized Education Program.
Contains explicit language protecting individuals with disabilities from
harassment or retaliation based on their disability.
Has no age restriction.
●● What are the 3 components of the definition of disability that the
ADA and Section 504 protect for individuals?.
Answer: -Have a physics or mental impairment that substantially limits
one or more major life activities
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● True or False
Prior to the mid-1970s, education for students with disabilities was a
privilege and not a right..
Answer: True
(Not until after EAHCA children with disabilities given right to FAPE)
●● When the IEP team considers how much time the student with
disabilities will spend with students who do not have disabilities, they
are focusing on______..
Answer: The least restrictive environment.
●● IDEA states that all students with exceptionalities are entitled to
___..
Answer: A free and public education (FAPE).
●● This is an amendment to include all devices to disabled infants and
young children. This amendment also covers individuals transitioning
from high school to college..
Answer: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990 (IDEA)
,●● This mandate defines protected individuals as otherwise qualified.
This mandate also requires that reasonable accommodations be made..
Answer: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
●● This mandate extends protections and accommodations to associated
individuals..
Answer: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
●● Which 13 Disabilities are included as one of the federally defined
categories covered under the provisions outlined in IDEA?.
Answer: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Emotional Disturbance
Hearing impairments
Deafness
Speech or language impairments
Traumatic brain injury
Visual impairment including blindness
Specific learning disability
Other health impairment
Intellectual disability
Deaf-blindness
Orthopedic impairment
,Multiple disabilities
●● Are the following disabilities covered under IDEA?
Eating disorders
Post-Traumatic stress disorder
Seizure disorder.
Answer: They are not covered under IDEA
●● What is PL 94-142?.
Answer: Also known as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act
(EAHCA), this law is one of the most important legislative pieces for
special education acting as the Bill of Rights for students with
disabilities.
●● Section 504.
Answer: Part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, this act is known as a
civil rights bill. This act ensures that every student with a disability is
given the same rights, access, and protections as students without
disabilities.
●● What is the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Answer: This law extends civil rights protections to individuals of any
age with a disability so that they are allowed to access both private and
, public sectors for services. It states that discrimination or exclusion is
inappropriate and illegal.
●● True or False
All students who qualify for services under Section 504 also qualify for
services under the Individuals with Disabilities Act..
Answer: False
Students cannot qualify for services under both.
●● Components of IDEA.
Answer: Provides additional funding to states for eligible students.
Covers only students with an educational need.
●● Components of Section 504.
Answer: Does not require the formal, detailed plans that are part of an
Individualized Education Program.
Contains explicit language protecting individuals with disabilities from
harassment or retaliation based on their disability.
Has no age restriction.
●● What are the 3 components of the definition of disability that the
ADA and Section 504 protect for individuals?.
Answer: -Have a physics or mental impairment that substantially limits
one or more major life activities
