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EDPNA EXAM NEWEST VERSION 400 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT WELL ELABORATED ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
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.
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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
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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.
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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?
EDPNA EXAM NEWEST VERSION 400 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT WELL ELABORATED ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
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.
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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
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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.
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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?
