CPACC Exam Preparation: Accessibility
Standards and Laws Questions and
Answers
Describe the characteristics of civil rights laws - Answers -- Emphasise equal rights for
people with disabilities
- Often make it illegal to discriminate against people with disabilities under certain
defined conditions like employment, access to buildings
- Some of these laws include technical standards
- The Americans with Disabilities Act is an example
Describe the characteristics of procurement laws - Answers -- Require that accessibility
be taken into account when making a purchase or contracting for services
- For example, if there are 3 potential products and only 2 meet accessibility standards,
only those 2 should be considered for purchase
- The most prominent procurement laws apply only to government entities (e.g. Section
508 of the Rehabilitation Act in US and EN 301549 in the EU)
The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (VCAA) and the Air
Carrier Access Act (ACAA) are examples of what category of laws? - Answers -
Industry-specific
When & where was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted? - Answers -
Adopted by the UN in December 1948 in Paris, France
Who commissioned the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and when? - Answers -
Commissioned in 1946 by the Commission on Human Rights, led by committee chair
Eleanor Roosevelt
How many articles are included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? -
Answers -30
How many member states are there currently in the UN, having agreed to abide by the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights? - Answers -192
, Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
1. Everyone is born ______________ - Answers -free and equal
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
2. Everyone is entitled to ____________________________ - Answers -the rights listed
in the document
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
3. Everyone has the right to a life, ___________________ - Answers -freedom and
safety
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
4. ______________________ to enslave anyone - Answers -No one has the right
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
5. No one has the right to __________ or abuse anyone - Answers -torture
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
6. Everyone has rights no matter ____________ he or she is - Answers -where
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
7. The law is _____________________ and everyone is equal before the law - Answers
-the same for everyone
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
8. Everyone's rights are protected by _________ - Answers -the law
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
9. No one has the right to _____________________________ without good reason or
exile anyone from his or her country - Answers -place anyone in prison
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
10. Everyone is entitled to a ____________________ trial by an independent party -
Answers -fair and public
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - fill in the gap:
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