EDPNA Complete Exam Study Questions
with Verified Results Already Graded A+
(Approved Study Guide)
1. What is the EDPNA program? - ANSWER The Eligible for Direct Payment
Non-Attorney (EDPNA) program allows qualified non-attorneys to represent
Social Security claimants and receive direct payment of fees from the SSA.
2. What is the purpose of the SSA Non-Attorney Representative (EDPNA)
Program Page? - ANSWER It provides information on eligibility
requirements, exam announcements, instructions, and an overview of direct
payment authority.
3. What is POMS? - ANSWER The Program Operations Manual System
(POMS) is the SSA's primary policy manual used for internal guidance and
as a major open-book reference during the exam.
4. General definition of disability under Title I and Title XVI - ANSWER an
inability to engage in any SGA by reason of any medical determinable
physical or mental impairment which can expected to result in death or
which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous pd. of not less
than 12 mo.
5. Labor market info. sources- 20 CFR 404.1566 - ANSWER DOT (Dept. of
Labor), County Business Patterns and Census reports (Bureau of the
Census), Occupational Analyses- state employment agencies, Occupational
Outlook Handbook (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
,6. Exertional Activities - ANSWER Lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling,
standing, walking, sitting
7. Obesity as an MDI - ANSWER SSR 19-2 p
8. CDR Regulations - ANSWER 20 CFR 404.1594, 416.994, 416.994 a, The
ALJ must determine whether the evidence shows medical improvement in
the individual's condition from the most recent favorable decision
(comparison point decision) to the DDS cessation, reviews may be 6 months
to 7 years after the favorable decision, is the medical improvement related to
the individual's ability to work/have the functional limitations decreased? Is
the individual considered disabled under the basic definition of disability?
9. non-exertional activities include - ANSWER postural (stooping and
climbing), manipulative activities (reaching, handling), vision,
communicative (hearing and speaking), environmental factors (tolerance of
temp extremes or dusty environments)
10.Age 18 redeterminations - ANSWER Uses the same sequential eval process
as initial claims, but no step 1
11.Good cause reasons for missing the request for review - ANSWER
seriously ill, death or serious illness in the family, accident such as a fire,
claimant did not receive the notice
12.Medical Vocational Guidelines (Grid Rules) - ANSWER Found in
Appendix 2 of Subpart P of 404, ALJ cannot rely on the VE's testimony if it
conflicts with SSA's rules, Takes administrative notice of unskilled jobs in
the national economy- 200 sedentary unskilled, 1400 light unskilled, and
900 medium unskilled occupations, In order to do the full range of unskilled
, work, the claimant must be able to do all or substantially all occupations at
an exertional level required of the work
13.When an individual has exertional or non-exertional limitations that affect
the claimant's ability to do the full range of work that administratively noted
in a table - ANSWER The ALJ must use the rules as a framework for
decision making, VE evidence may be obtained
14.Younger person - ANSWER under age 50
15.closely approaching advanced age - ANSWER 50-54
16.person of advanced age - ANSWER 55 or older
17.sedentary work - ANSWER Claimant must be able to sit for approximately
6 hours in an 8 hr. workday on a sustained basis, standing or walking for no
more than 2 hours of an 8 hr. workday, involves lifting no more than 10 lbs.
and occasionally lifting or carrying objects such as docket files, ledgers, or
small tools
18.Social Security Disability Insurance SSDI Citation - ANSWER CFR 20
Section 404
19.Step 1 of the Sequential Evaluation Process - ANSWER Is the client
engaging in SGA? SGA is work that involves 1) doing significant physical
or mental activities 2) it is usually done for pay or profit, whether or not
profit is realized. SGA for 2023 is $1470 for non-blind individuals,
statutorily blind is $2460
, 20.Self employed individuals are engaging in SGA when - ANSWER they
perform significant services in a business, work comparable to unimpaired
individuals, and or work which is worth the prescribed monthly SGA
amount
21.CFR's regarding the Sequential Evaluation Process - ANSWER 20 CFR
404.1520(a) and 416.920 (a). If it is determined that that a claimant is not
disabled at any step, the analysis stops.
22.Step 2 of the Sequential Evaluation Process - ANSWER Does the claimant
have a medical determinable impairment and if so, is it severe (it
significantly limits one or more basic work activities required to do most
jobs). Work activities include standing, walking, lifting, seeing, pulling,
pushing, reaching, carrying, handling, and speaking. Can also include mental
functions such as understanding, carrying out or remembering simple
instructions, using judgement, responding appropriately to c-workers and
supervisors, dealing with changes in a routine work setting
23.Step 3 of the Sequential Evaluation Process - ANSWER Does the claimant
have an impairment that meets or medically equals a listing in Listing of
Impairments? Found in Title 20, Chp. 3, Appendix 1, Subpart P of Part 404.
Must meet the duration requirement (has lasted or is expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than 1 year). The listings describe medically
determinable impairments and associated findings that are severe enough to
prevent an adult from doing any gainful activity, regardless of his or her age,
education and work experience. If the claimant does have at least 1 severe
impairment that does not meet or equal a listing, the ALJ must assess the
claimant's RFC which is the most the claimant can do on a regular and
continuing basis despite his or her impairment(s), even those impairments
that are not severe.
with Verified Results Already Graded A+
(Approved Study Guide)
1. What is the EDPNA program? - ANSWER The Eligible for Direct Payment
Non-Attorney (EDPNA) program allows qualified non-attorneys to represent
Social Security claimants and receive direct payment of fees from the SSA.
2. What is the purpose of the SSA Non-Attorney Representative (EDPNA)
Program Page? - ANSWER It provides information on eligibility
requirements, exam announcements, instructions, and an overview of direct
payment authority.
3. What is POMS? - ANSWER The Program Operations Manual System
(POMS) is the SSA's primary policy manual used for internal guidance and
as a major open-book reference during the exam.
4. General definition of disability under Title I and Title XVI - ANSWER an
inability to engage in any SGA by reason of any medical determinable
physical or mental impairment which can expected to result in death or
which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous pd. of not less
than 12 mo.
5. Labor market info. sources- 20 CFR 404.1566 - ANSWER DOT (Dept. of
Labor), County Business Patterns and Census reports (Bureau of the
Census), Occupational Analyses- state employment agencies, Occupational
Outlook Handbook (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
,6. Exertional Activities - ANSWER Lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling,
standing, walking, sitting
7. Obesity as an MDI - ANSWER SSR 19-2 p
8. CDR Regulations - ANSWER 20 CFR 404.1594, 416.994, 416.994 a, The
ALJ must determine whether the evidence shows medical improvement in
the individual's condition from the most recent favorable decision
(comparison point decision) to the DDS cessation, reviews may be 6 months
to 7 years after the favorable decision, is the medical improvement related to
the individual's ability to work/have the functional limitations decreased? Is
the individual considered disabled under the basic definition of disability?
9. non-exertional activities include - ANSWER postural (stooping and
climbing), manipulative activities (reaching, handling), vision,
communicative (hearing and speaking), environmental factors (tolerance of
temp extremes or dusty environments)
10.Age 18 redeterminations - ANSWER Uses the same sequential eval process
as initial claims, but no step 1
11.Good cause reasons for missing the request for review - ANSWER
seriously ill, death or serious illness in the family, accident such as a fire,
claimant did not receive the notice
12.Medical Vocational Guidelines (Grid Rules) - ANSWER Found in
Appendix 2 of Subpart P of 404, ALJ cannot rely on the VE's testimony if it
conflicts with SSA's rules, Takes administrative notice of unskilled jobs in
the national economy- 200 sedentary unskilled, 1400 light unskilled, and
900 medium unskilled occupations, In order to do the full range of unskilled
, work, the claimant must be able to do all or substantially all occupations at
an exertional level required of the work
13.When an individual has exertional or non-exertional limitations that affect
the claimant's ability to do the full range of work that administratively noted
in a table - ANSWER The ALJ must use the rules as a framework for
decision making, VE evidence may be obtained
14.Younger person - ANSWER under age 50
15.closely approaching advanced age - ANSWER 50-54
16.person of advanced age - ANSWER 55 or older
17.sedentary work - ANSWER Claimant must be able to sit for approximately
6 hours in an 8 hr. workday on a sustained basis, standing or walking for no
more than 2 hours of an 8 hr. workday, involves lifting no more than 10 lbs.
and occasionally lifting or carrying objects such as docket files, ledgers, or
small tools
18.Social Security Disability Insurance SSDI Citation - ANSWER CFR 20
Section 404
19.Step 1 of the Sequential Evaluation Process - ANSWER Is the client
engaging in SGA? SGA is work that involves 1) doing significant physical
or mental activities 2) it is usually done for pay or profit, whether or not
profit is realized. SGA for 2023 is $1470 for non-blind individuals,
statutorily blind is $2460
, 20.Self employed individuals are engaging in SGA when - ANSWER they
perform significant services in a business, work comparable to unimpaired
individuals, and or work which is worth the prescribed monthly SGA
amount
21.CFR's regarding the Sequential Evaluation Process - ANSWER 20 CFR
404.1520(a) and 416.920 (a). If it is determined that that a claimant is not
disabled at any step, the analysis stops.
22.Step 2 of the Sequential Evaluation Process - ANSWER Does the claimant
have a medical determinable impairment and if so, is it severe (it
significantly limits one or more basic work activities required to do most
jobs). Work activities include standing, walking, lifting, seeing, pulling,
pushing, reaching, carrying, handling, and speaking. Can also include mental
functions such as understanding, carrying out or remembering simple
instructions, using judgement, responding appropriately to c-workers and
supervisors, dealing with changes in a routine work setting
23.Step 3 of the Sequential Evaluation Process - ANSWER Does the claimant
have an impairment that meets or medically equals a listing in Listing of
Impairments? Found in Title 20, Chp. 3, Appendix 1, Subpart P of Part 404.
Must meet the duration requirement (has lasted or is expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than 1 year). The listings describe medically
determinable impairments and associated findings that are severe enough to
prevent an adult from doing any gainful activity, regardless of his or her age,
education and work experience. If the claimant does have at least 1 severe
impairment that does not meet or equal a listing, the ALJ must assess the
claimant's RFC which is the most the claimant can do on a regular and
continuing basis despite his or her impairment(s), even those impairments
that are not severe.
