APSE CESP Certified Employment Support Professional Online Training
APSE CESP Online Training
The questions for CESP were last updated at Nov 19,2024.
- Exam Code: CESP
- Exam Name: Certified Employment Support Professional
- Certification Provider: APSE
- Latest update: Nov 19,2024
You are assisting a 30-year-old woman in an interview during which she indicates having a traumatic brain injury. The employer asks about the nature of this disability.
Which of the following is your MOST appropriate response?
- A . Focus on the individual’s strengths, talents, and capabilities to complete the job tasks.
- B . Excuse yourself from the interview, as the employer may not be a good match for this individual.
- C . Tell the employer that this question violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
- D . Disclose disability information.
Which of the following expectations is reasonable to ask from an individual’s residential staff in support of the individual’s employment?
- A . ensuring the individual is making friends at work
- B . calling the employer to discuss issues the employee is having at work
- C . reviewing skills learned at work and practicing tasks that might be difficult to perform
- D . supporting the individual in maintaining a clean work uniform
You are working with a 29-year-old man who has a mental illness. He works as a janitor in a church in the mornings for 30 hours a week. The employer notices that he has recently started having difficulty staying on task and seems drowsy at work after 2 years of working there.
What factor is LEAST likely to be causing his current difficulties at work?
- A . His medication
- B . His work hours
- C . His sleeping pattern/schedule
- D . His general health/mental illness
You are presenting your employment services to the local Chamber of Commerce in order to make business contacts and connections for future job development meetings.
Which of the following information should NOT be included in your presentation?
- A . Definitions/explanations of the disabilities of the job seekers you represent
- B . Consumer base and buying power of people with disabilities
- C . Benefits of hiring the individuals you represent
- D . Tax incentives or other value-added benefits for businesses
Which of the following is an example of People First Language?
- A . He is disabled.
- B . She is brain damaged.
- C . She is confined to a wheelchair.
- D . He is a person with autism.
The BEST time to start transition planning is:
- A . when the student has chosen a vocation
- B . after the student graduates from high school
- C . as early as possible (prior to high school)
- D . during the second semester of the student’s last year of high school
For people with a psychiatric disability, MOST workplace accommodations cost the employer:
- A . At least $1000
- B . Slightly less than $500
- C . $500 to $1000
- D . $0-$100
Which of the following is the LEAST effective way for a family to support a job seeker in obtaining competitive employment?
- A . Providing the employment support professional with information about her job history
- B . Providing the employment support professional with pertinent information about her disability
- C . Attending job interviews and new employer orientation sessions to learn more about the job and hiring procedures
- D . Assisting her to identify her interests and vocational strengths
An employment support professional is representing a job-seeker to a potential employer. The employer says, "This girl seems pretty disabled. Are you sure she can do the job?"
Which of the following is the BEST initial response?
- A . "There may be tasks she cannot do, so now seems like a good time to talk about accommodations."
- B . "I understand. Our job matching’ process is designed to connect candidates who can do the job."
- C . "Oh. I’m sure she can do the job. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be here, "ve known her for years."
- D . "I agree with you. We will look for a job elsewhere."
An employment support professional is working with Carl, a 25-year-old man with an intellectual disability, who rode the city bus once and got lost. Since then, his parents will not allow him to ride the city bus and do not want him riding with strangers on specialized transportation service which provides door-to-door service. His current transportation does not provide rides to work. Carl is his own guardian and wants to receive city bus training but does not want to upset his parents.
What is the BEST advocacy for Carl to receive bus training?
- A . Inform Carl’s parents that he is gelling city bus training because he requested it and is his own guardian
- B . Explain to Carl’s parents how city bus training is provided and ensure that Carl knows what to do if he were to become lost.
- C . Assist Carl to meet with his team and his parents to discuss city bus training, then plan and prepare for the city bus training.
- D . Provide city bus training to Carl without his parents’ knowledge and ask Carl not to tell them until he is successfully trained.