All tests will include a combination of multiple-choice and scenario-based questions. The following examples are similar in structure and scope to the questions that will appear on the test for this topic.
1. The FAFSA is used to
- calculate the SAI based on income, net worth of investments, and consumer debt.
- determine a student’s eligibility for federal student aid and student loan forgiveness.
- CORRECT: verify a student’s eligibility through database matches, and calculate the SAI.
- compute the COA at each school listed by the student.
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2. When completing the FAFSA, a student whose divorced or legally separated parents are not living together must provide household and income information for
- the parent (and spouse, if re-married) who claimed the student as a dependent according to the IRS rules for qualifying children.
- both parents (and spouses, if re-married) if the student lived with both parents equally during the prior 12 months.
- CORRECT: the parent (and current spouse, if remarried) who provided more financial support during the prior 12 months.
- neither parent if the student has not lived with either parent during the prior 12 months.
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3. A student’s claim of U.S. citizenship is verified by a match with the __________ database.
- CORRECT: Social Security Administration
- Department of Homeland Security
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency
- Department of Justice
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4. Which one of the following dates is considered the date the institution receives the ISIR?
- The date the FPS receives the ISIR transaction
- CORRECT: The date the FPS processes the ISIR transaction
- The date the ISIR transaction is sent to the school’s SAIG mailbox
- The date the school loads the ISIR transaction into the school’s system
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