CAM Quality Assurance & Compliance 2

Question 1

Under FERPA, which action requires written consent from a student before a mentor may share academic records with a third party?

Accepted Answer

Sharing grades with the student's employer

Answer

FERPA requires written student consent before disclosing education records to outside parties such as employers, unless a specific exemption applies.

Question 2

Which accreditation concept refers to the ongoing process of reviewing a program's outcomes against its stated goals to drive improvements?

Accepted Answer

Continuous quality improvement (CQI)

Answer

Continuous quality improvement (CQI) is the cyclical process of measuring program outcomes against goals and using data to make iterative enhancements.

Question 3

A mentoring program must ensure ADA compliance. Which accommodation scenario is the mentor legally obligated to support?

Accepted Answer

Providing a student with a disability extended time on university exams

Answer

Under the ADA, institutions must provide reasonable accommodations such as extended test time; however, academic standards themselves are not lowered.

Question 4

When an academic mentor discovers a student has plagiarized a major assignment, the FIRST compliance step the mentor should take is:

Accepted Answer

Report the incident to the appropriate academic integrity office per institutional policy

Answer

Institutional academic integrity policies typically require that suspected violations be formally reported to the designated office before any grade or sanction is applied.

Question 5

Which metric is MOST useful for evaluating the quality of an academic mentoring program at the institutional level?

Accepted Answer

Student retention and graduation rate improvements among mentored cohorts

Answer

Student retention and graduation rate improvements among mentored cohorts directly measure the program's educational impact at the institutional level.

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CAM Quality Assurance & Compliance 2