1. FERPA stands for "Free Events in Reading, PA" and not the "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act"
(also known as the Buckley Amendment).
TrueFalse
2. If an unauthorized individual retrieves student information from a computer screen that is left unattended,
then UM is at fault.
TrueFalse
3. A local business contacts you offering internship opportunities for UM students and requests a list of names and
addresses for undergraduates with a GPA of 3.0 or better. You should provide them with such a list.
TrueFalse
4. When sending an email to multiple students, it is best practice to BCC or blind carbon copy all student email
addresses and not list the names of the recipients in the body or text of the email because some students will have requested through
the Registrar's Office that their information not be shared with other students and/or 3rd parties.
TrueFalse
5. In accordance with FERPA, UM must grant every student the opportunity to withhold the release of information
designated as "directory information."
TrueFalse
6. You receive a phone call from someone claiming to be the stepfather of a student. He is frantic and states that
it is an emergency and he needs to know when and where the student's next class will be. You should inform him that you cannot release
this information but he can either contact Campus Police for assistance or you can pass along his information to the student.
TrueFalse
7. One of your students has requested a letter of recommendation for graduate school. You agree to write the letter
and decide to disclose their GPA without written consent because they are an excellent student. It is entirely okay to do so.
TrueFalse
8. It is totally cool for a professor to post student grades on his office door.
TrueFalse
9. You are about to leave the classroom and notice a slip of paper has been left on one of the desks. You walk over
and see that it is a screenshot of a student's class schedule. You should leave it where it is and not shred it or turn it in to the
Registrar's Office.
TrueFalse
10. A Department Chair requests a list of names and email addresses for students enrolled in a specific course for the
upcoming term. She wants to use this information for a satisfaction survey being emailed to students at the end of term. You may provide her
with the list as requested.
TrueFalse
11. A man in a dark business suit walks into your office with a signed letter of consent to release a student's grades right
away. It is okay to comply with his request because he is wearing a suit.
TrueFalse
12. During an advising session you record various notes about your advisee's academic progress and their personal goals. You do
not plan to share these notes or "sole possession records" with anyone else. Sole possession records are not considered part of an education record,
and therefore are not protected by FERPA
TrueFalse
13. A former student emails you and states that she recently lost her Social Security card and cannot remember her SSN whatsoever.
She really needs her SSN for a job application that is due by tomorrow. It is permissible to scan and email a copy of her Social Security card to her
or to provide the SSN in your reply email.
TrueFalse
14. Under FERPA, a student has the right to inspect and review their education records within 45 days of the day that UM
receives a request for access.
TrueFalse
15. One of your neighbors, whose son attends UM, calls you at lunchtime asking for her son's grades from last term. It is okay to
give out grades over the phone or via email since she is a family friend.
TrueFalse
16. A fellow staff member working for the Alumni Affairs Office requests a list of graduation candidates and their contact
information. They want to add the students to their alumni newsletter mailing list. This request is of legitimate education interest, so it is
okay to provide them with the information requested.
TrueFalse
17. You receive an email from a recruiting firm that represents multiple banks in the Birmingham area and beyond. The
recruiter wants a list of Accounting majors who graduated last term as well as their nationalities. Nationality is not considered directory
information, so you cannot release the information as requested.
TrueFalse
18. A woman in a military uniform bursts into your office and asks for the class schedule and grades for a student who
is no longer enrolled in ROTC classes through UM. In fact, the student has not attended UM for quite some time. You should not comply with
her request because former students have the same rights under FERPA as currently enrolled students.
TrueFalse
19. A detective with the Birmingham Police Department contacts you by phone. He wants to know the class schedule and dorm
room assignment of one of your students for an ongoing criminal investigation. You should release the student's information and not refer the
detective to the Campus Police for assistance, instead.
TrueFalse
20. It is your last class of the day and you really do not feel like handing out graded essays to students. So you spread
their papers across the table near your podium and ask the students to come up and sift through them to find theirs. It is great that all the
students have a chance to see everybody else's grades like this.
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that I am responsible for complying with FERPA regulations.