RESNA ATP EXAM - Assistive Technology Terms 2025-2026 most recent version Comprehensive 150 questions and verified answers accurate solutions Already graded A+ Get it 100% correct
A.D.A - CORRECT ANSWER: AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT. PROHIBITS
DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT. REQUIRES PUBLIC
ACCOMMODATIONS.APPLIES TO BUSINESSES WITH 15 OR MORE EMPLOYEES.
Abasia - CORRECT ANSWER: Inability to walk
Abduct - CORRECT ANSWER: To move away from the body
Abduction - CORRECT ANSWER: Movement of an arm or a leg away from the axis of
the body
accommodation - CORRECT ANSWER: The act or process of adapting to change in the
physiologic or physiological environment to maintain homeostasis.
acetabulum, pl. acetabula - CORRECT ANSWER: The cup-shaped depression
containing the head of the femur, located at the juncture of the illium, ischium, and pubis.
Achilles tendon reflex - CORRECT ANSWER: Planter flexion of the foot resultingfrom contraction in response to a sharp tap on the gastrocnemius muscle at the back of the ankle. Absence of this reflex may occur in patients with diabetes melitus or peripheral neuropathy. Also called ankle reflex.
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Acoustic nerve - CORRECT ANSWER: Either of the pair of cranial nerves involved in hearing and in maintaining equilibrium. Each acoustic nerve is composed of the cochlear and vestibular nerves.
activity outputs - CORRECT ANSWER: communicating; moving from place to place;
manipulating objects for self-care, work, school, or recreation; performing cognitive activities. AT either replaces or augments these outputs
Acute Disease - CORRECT ANSWER: A disease of sudden onset that causes signs
and symptoms that are severe and of relatively short duration.
Acute Phase - CORRECT ANSWER: The period in the course of a disease when
symptoms are most pronounced.
Adduct - CORRECT ANSWER: To draw a limb towards the median axis of the body
Adduction - CORRECT ANSWER: Movement of a limb toward the median axis of the
body
Adipose - CORRECT ANSWER: Pertaining to fat or fatty tissue.
Affect memory - CORRECT ANSWER: The emotional element that accompanies recall
of a significant experience
Alopecia - CORRECT ANSWER: Total or partial hair loss resulting from such conditions as normal aging, endocrine or skin disorder, cancer chemotherapy, or drug reactions.
ALS - CORRECT ANSWER: AMYOTROPHIC LATERALS SLEROSIS.
MUSCLE WEAKNESS, IMPAIRMENT IN USE OF ARMS OR LEGS. PROGRESSIVE
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alterative keyboards for direct selection - CORRECT ANSWER: Touch Screens/Touch
Tablets, Tongue Touch Keypad Expanded keyboards
Alzheimer's disease - CORRECT ANSWER: A progressive degenerative brain disease
characterized by diffuse atrophy throughout the cerebral cortex, along with senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles.
Alzheimers Disease have most difficulty with - CORRECT ANSWER: Personal responce systems. Hard for them to learn and remember
Amnesia - CORRECT ANSWER: Memory loss resulting from such conditions as
hysteria, epilepsy, alcoholism, severe psychological trauma, and organic brain disease.
Anatomic position - CORRECT ANSWER: A body position in which the individual stands erect, facing forward, with arms hanging at the sides, palms forward, and feet slighty apart and pointing forward.
Anterior pelvic tilt - CORRECT ANSWER: best describe when rotation of the pelvis when sitting is increase in a lumbar lordosis
Anterior pelvic tilt - CORRECT ANSWER: rotation of the pelvis when sitting if there is an increase in lumbar lordosis
APHASIA - CORRECT ANSWER: LANGUAGE DISORDER. UNABLE TO FORMULATE
SPEACH. CAN BE CONGENITAL OR AQUIRED (stroke, TBI, CVA)
APRAXIA - CORRECT ANSWER: Oral motor muscles loose function, unable to speak
with meaningfull utterances. DISORDER OF MOTOR PLANNING. LOSS OF LEARNED PURPOSEFUL MOVEMENTS.
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