RHFAC LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Features of Rating Survey - ✔✔Specific attributes impacting accessibility within
elements
✔✔Certification Levels Determination - ✔✔Earned points vs. maximum points for
certification level
✔✔Preliminary Activities - ✔✔Steps before rating like collecting site info and scheduling
visits
✔✔Site Information - ✔✔Details about the site and its users provided by clients
✔✔Essential Tools for Kit - ✔✔Tools like tape measures and digital levels for
assessments
✔✔Protocols for On-Site Visits - ✔✔Ensuring access to all spaces and understanding
primary users
✔✔Relevant Measurements for Visits - ✔✔Using the survey as a guide, taking notes,
and photos
✔✔Completing & Submitting a Rating - ✔✔Organizing notes, completing the survey,
and validating results
✔✔Drawings for Pre-Construction Rating - ✔✔Requests include plans, elevations,
sections, and schedules
✔✔Inclusion (RHFAC) - ✔✔Facilities open to all, regardless of limitations
✔✔Accessible vs. Universal Design - ✔✔Legislated compliance vs. holistic usability
approach
✔✔Seven Principles of Universal Design - ✔✔Equitable use, flexibility, simple use,
perceptible info, error tolerance, low effort, size/space
✔✔Eight Goals of Universal Design - ✔✔Clear sightlines, comfortable reach,
adaptability, and assistive device space
✔✔Body fit - ✔✔Design accommodating a wide range of body sizes and abilities
✔✔Comfort - ✔✔Design ensuring comfort for various body sizes and abilities
, ✔✔Awareness - ✔✔Design ensuring easy perception of critical information
✔✔Understanding - ✔✔Intuitive and clear methods of operation and use
✔✔Wellness - ✔✔Design contributing to health promotion and hazard protection
✔✔Social integration - ✔✔Design treating all groups with dignity and respect
✔✔Personalization - ✔✔Design offering choice and expression of preferences
✔✔Contextual appropriateness - ✔✔Design respecting cultural values and social
context
✔✔ RHFAC Certification - ✔✔Rating system measuring site accessibility and promoting
Universal Design principles
✔✔Built Environment - ✔✔Man-made spaces for human activity, including buildings,
parks, and infrastructure
✔✔Meaningful Access - ✔✔Practical access beyond building code minimum,
considering diverse disabilities
✔✔Disability Statistics in Canada - ✔✔22% of Canadians have disabilities; common
ones include pain, mobility, and flexibility issues
✔✔Medical Model of Disability - ✔✔Views disability as an individual's impairment,
expecting adaptation to fit societal norms
✔✔Social Model of Disability - ✔✔Focuses on societal barriers, advocating for societal
change to remove obstacles
✔✔Types of Disabilities - ✔✔Categories include seeing, hearing, mobility, flexibility,
pain, learning, developmental, mental health, memory, dexterity
✔✔Accessibility - ✔✔Enables independent use of facilities by individuals with disabilities
✔✔Universal Design - ✔✔Approach creating user-centric, cost-effective spaces for
diverse populations
✔✔RHFAC Rating System - ✔✔Methodology to evaluate site accessibility and assign
certification levels
✔✔Site Construction Documents - ✔✔Materials detailing construction plans, key
features, and symbols
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Features of Rating Survey - ✔✔Specific attributes impacting accessibility within
elements
✔✔Certification Levels Determination - ✔✔Earned points vs. maximum points for
certification level
✔✔Preliminary Activities - ✔✔Steps before rating like collecting site info and scheduling
visits
✔✔Site Information - ✔✔Details about the site and its users provided by clients
✔✔Essential Tools for Kit - ✔✔Tools like tape measures and digital levels for
assessments
✔✔Protocols for On-Site Visits - ✔✔Ensuring access to all spaces and understanding
primary users
✔✔Relevant Measurements for Visits - ✔✔Using the survey as a guide, taking notes,
and photos
✔✔Completing & Submitting a Rating - ✔✔Organizing notes, completing the survey,
and validating results
✔✔Drawings for Pre-Construction Rating - ✔✔Requests include plans, elevations,
sections, and schedules
✔✔Inclusion (RHFAC) - ✔✔Facilities open to all, regardless of limitations
✔✔Accessible vs. Universal Design - ✔✔Legislated compliance vs. holistic usability
approach
✔✔Seven Principles of Universal Design - ✔✔Equitable use, flexibility, simple use,
perceptible info, error tolerance, low effort, size/space
✔✔Eight Goals of Universal Design - ✔✔Clear sightlines, comfortable reach,
adaptability, and assistive device space
✔✔Body fit - ✔✔Design accommodating a wide range of body sizes and abilities
✔✔Comfort - ✔✔Design ensuring comfort for various body sizes and abilities
, ✔✔Awareness - ✔✔Design ensuring easy perception of critical information
✔✔Understanding - ✔✔Intuitive and clear methods of operation and use
✔✔Wellness - ✔✔Design contributing to health promotion and hazard protection
✔✔Social integration - ✔✔Design treating all groups with dignity and respect
✔✔Personalization - ✔✔Design offering choice and expression of preferences
✔✔Contextual appropriateness - ✔✔Design respecting cultural values and social
context
✔✔ RHFAC Certification - ✔✔Rating system measuring site accessibility and promoting
Universal Design principles
✔✔Built Environment - ✔✔Man-made spaces for human activity, including buildings,
parks, and infrastructure
✔✔Meaningful Access - ✔✔Practical access beyond building code minimum,
considering diverse disabilities
✔✔Disability Statistics in Canada - ✔✔22% of Canadians have disabilities; common
ones include pain, mobility, and flexibility issues
✔✔Medical Model of Disability - ✔✔Views disability as an individual's impairment,
expecting adaptation to fit societal norms
✔✔Social Model of Disability - ✔✔Focuses on societal barriers, advocating for societal
change to remove obstacles
✔✔Types of Disabilities - ✔✔Categories include seeing, hearing, mobility, flexibility,
pain, learning, developmental, mental health, memory, dexterity
✔✔Accessibility - ✔✔Enables independent use of facilities by individuals with disabilities
✔✔Universal Design - ✔✔Approach creating user-centric, cost-effective spaces for
diverse populations
✔✔RHFAC Rating System - ✔✔Methodology to evaluate site accessibility and assign
certification levels
✔✔Site Construction Documents - ✔✔Materials detailing construction plans, key
features, and symbols
