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1. 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.
2. 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
andevaluates 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.
3. 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 no
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.
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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. 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. 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 subsequen
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
6. 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
whichclaimant either had UWA(s) or earnings below SGA.
e. All of the above: e. All the above
7. 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 pe
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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
additionalreduction 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.
8. 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
repre- sentative payee.
d. require the sister to come into the local Social Security office to receive
theclaimant'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.
9. Into which education category does a person who obtained a 7th grade
through 11th grade level of formal education generally fall?
1. 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.
2. 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
andevaluates 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.
3. 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 no
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.
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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. 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. 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 subsequen
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
6. 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
whichclaimant either had UWA(s) or earnings below SGA.
e. All of the above: e. All the above
7. 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 pe
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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
additionalreduction 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.
8. 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
repre- sentative payee.
d. require the sister to come into the local Social Security office to receive
theclaimant'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.
9. Into which education category does a person who obtained a 7th grade
through 11th grade level of formal education generally fall?
