ems ferpa quiz for ucr

This quiz is used to test your FERPA knowledge. Federal Law Main purpose is to protect the student Students have the right to: inspect and review education records; seek amendment of education records; consent to the disclosure of education records; obtain a copy of the school's FERPA policy and file a complaint with the FERPA office in Washington, D.C.

This quiz is required. Student employees may have access to SIS, provided that the job responsibilities require it. If you supervise a student employee it is your responsibility to insure that they understand FERPA and the importance of keeping student records confidential even if they do NOT have access to SIS but may have access to other student records maintained in your department. The Student Employee FERPA Statement of Understanding must be signed by both the student employee and the supervisor and returned to Enrollment Management Systems before SIS Access Requests will be processed. Student employees must also attend a FERPA training session before access will be granted.

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  1. You receive a call from a recruiting firm asking for the names and addresses of students with a GPA of 3.0 or better. They want to contact the students about exciting job opportunities. Should you give out this information?
  2. An individual walks into your office with a signed letter giving consent to release grades of a current student. Do you give this information to him/her?
  3. A person comes into your office and retrieves information about a student from your computer that you left unattended. Under FERPA, are you responsible?
  4. The FERPA rights of a student begin when:
  5. To be an "educational record," the information must be:
  6. Directory information contains all of the following EXCEPT the student's:
  7. Under FERPA, which of the following would NOT be acceptable:
  8. Under FERPA, which of the following is NOT an "education record"?
  9. At the college level, FERPA states that parents:
  10. At UCR, all subpoenas for academic records must be first routed through the Registrar's Office.
  11. It is permissible for a professor to post student grades on an office door if none of the student's social security number is used:
  12. An institution must release to anyone, upon request, any information identified as directory information by the institution.
  13. A faculty or staff member has the right to inspect education records of any student attending UCR without giving a reason.
  14. You receive a phone call from an upset parent claiming their is a family emergency and they need to get in touch with their son/daughter immediately. Can you tell the parents the day, time, and location of their son/daughter's class?
  15. You recieve a phone call from the father of a student who states that his son received a letter stating that he is "academically deficient" and after revewing the report, the father and son have some questions. Can you answer their questions?
  16. Your department head asks for a list of names and addresses for students who are enrolled in a specific course for your department. The addresses will be used to mail a survey about the quality of the course. Results of the survey will be used to improv
  17. An academic department is preparing a mailing to departmental students about a critical deadline. The department is allowed to send this mailing to a student who has requested that no directory information be released.
  18. A registered student organization has asked for a list of student names and addresses in order to send out an informational mailing. Is it allowable under FERPA for the department to provide this information?
  19. You get a call from a student asking about his grades. Can you give out this information?

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