Test Your Knowledge of the Americans with Disabilities Act!

Welcome to the "Test Your Knowledge of the Americans with Disabilities Act" Quiz! In order to be entered for the drawing for a $10 Starbucks gift card with a score of 70% or better, please provide your first and last name.

Title I of the ADA focuses on employment, and it is designed to help people with disabilities access the same employment opportunities and benefits available to people without disabilities. In addition to other entities, this applies to private employers with ____ or more employees.

Under the ADA, if an individual is qualified to perform essential job functions except for limitations caused by a disability, an employer must consider whether they can modify or adjust a job or the work environment that will enable an applicant or employee with a disability to participate in the application process or to perform essential job functions. This is known as a(n):

If an action to accommodate an employee or applicant with a disability would require significant difficulty or expense when considered in light of factors such as an employer's size, financial resources, and the nature and structure of its operation, it is considered an:

In Title II, the ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability by programs, services, and activities operated by state and local governments, which are called public entities.

A public entity must ensure that individuals with disabilities are not excluded from services, programs, and activities because existing buildings are inaccessible. This standard is known as "program accessibility." All new buildings constructed by a state or local government must be accessible, and it also applies to facilities of a public entity that existed on:

In Title III, the ADA also prohibits places of public accommodation from discriminating against individuals with disabilities. All of the following are examples of public accommodations except:

Title IV of the ADA requires telephone and internet companies to provide a nationwide system of interstate and intrastate telecommunications relay services that allow individuals with hearing and speech disabilities to communicate over the telephone. It also requires closed captioning of federally funded public service announcements.

Under the ADA, employment discrimination against individuals with disabilities is prohibited. An individual is considered to have a disability if s/he has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a "__________________."

Under the ADA, some of the various impairments that are considered disabilities protected from employment discrimination include: deafness, blindness, intellectual disability, partially or completely missing limbs, mobility impairments, autism, cerebral palsy, diabetes, epilepsy, HIV infection, muscular dystrophy, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and schizophrenia. All of the following are also considered protected disabilities except:

Under Title V of the ADA, one provision is that retaliation, intimidation, coercion, threats, or interference with people who seek to exercise their rights is prohibited. However, it does not protect people without disabilities if they do things like advocate or testify on behalf of individuals with disabilities.