EDPNA PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND 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
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
