Free CATIS Practice Questions

Question 1

An accountant with stable retinitis pigmentosa has best-corrected central acuity of 20/40 and marked peripheral-field constriction. At 2x screen magnification she reads individual spreadsheet cells accurately. At 4x she loses row and column context and makes more entry errors. She wants to retain visual access for checking figures and is willing to learn speech navigation. Which access trial best addresses the difficulty demonstrated here?

Accepted Answer

Retain 2x for visual checks and add spoken cell addresses and header information.

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Increase to 6x and teach a systematic panning pattern across each worksheet row.

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Retain 4x and increase contrast so the current cell is easier to distinguish.

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Replace visual review with speech-only practice until she completes screen-reader training.

Question 2

'H was taking me to headings; now it is typing into Comments.' A learner using NVDA in Chrome has just entered a web form. The page is unchanged, and keyboard assignments have not been customized. What should the learner do to restore single-letter heading navigation?

Accepted Answer

Press NVDA+Space to enter browse mode, then press H.

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Press Tab repeatedly until the next heading receives keyboard focus.

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Use Ctrl+H rather than H to invoke heading navigation.

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Stay in focus mode and press Shift+H instead of H.

Question 3

An experienced Unified English Braille (UEB) reader connects a supported display using its native NVDA driver. Existing text appears correctly in contracted UEB, but familiar contractions entered on the display's braille keyboard become incorrect text in the saved document. The dot-key test passes, and the same entries work on her other computer. Which setting should be checked first?

Accepted Answer

The braille input translation table selected in NVDA.

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The braille output translation table selected in NVDA.

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The speech language used to pronounce the document's text.

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The keyboard layout assigned to the computer's QWERTY input.

Question 4

The low-vision clinician reports these MNREAD findings at 40 cm: reading acuity, 0.3 logMAR; critical print size, 0.7 logMAR; maximum reading speed, 112 words per minute. The client can decipher small print but wants efficient sustained reading. Which interpretation supports the initial display-setting trial?

Accepted Answer

0.7 logMAR identifies the smallest print that sustained maximum reading speed during the assessment.

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0.3 logMAR is the preferred sustained-reading size because it is the smallest print the client can read.

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112 words per minute is the expected rate for any print the client can successfully identify.

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Print larger than 0.7 logMAR should produce progressively faster reading with each further increase in size.

Question 5

After losing vision late in life, a 70-year-old learner can save and reopen documents without instructor help when using a self-written accessible checklist. The agreed goal permits reference materials. He cannot yet recite the command sequence from memory. At the next lesson, the instructor should:

Accepted Answer

Keep the checklist and test the procedure with a new file and folder.

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Remove the checklist and require the sequence to be recited before further practice.

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Suspend computer instruction until a cognitive assessment clarifies the difficulty recalling commands.

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Repeat demonstrations on the familiar file until the learner no longer consults notes.

Question 6

A keyboard assessment after a stroke shows that a learner can accurately press and release individual keys but cannot hold Ctrl while pressing another key. There are no unintended repeated presses. She wants to continue using her physical Windows keyboard. Which change directly accommodates the observed limitation?

Accepted Answer

Enable Sticky Keys to enter modifier combinations one key at a time.

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Enable Filter Keys to ignore brief or repeated keypresses.

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Increase the key-repeat delay before a held key repeats.

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Enable Toggle Keys for audible feedback from Caps Lock and Num Lock.

Question 7

On a spare test computer, a CATIS evaluates a beta screen-reader release using a nonconfidential form. An experienced user completes the form accurately in 6 minutes with the released version, then in 4 minutes with the beta on the same form. The beta is always tested second; the user's working computer remains unchanged. Before attributing the time difference to the beta, what additional test would provide the strongest evidence?

Accepted Answer

Use equivalent unfamiliar forms and vary which version is tested first.

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Repeat the same released-then-beta sequence several more times with the same user.

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Compare the beta result with the completion time advertised by its manufacturer.

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Defer all further testing until the beta becomes an officially released product.

Question 8

Halfway through a magnifier lesson, a client reports a sudden shower of new floaters and a dark curtain across part of one eye's vision. The change remains when the monitor is turned off, but the eye is painless. What is the appropriate response to this change?

Accepted Answer

Stop the lesson and arrange immediate eye-care or emergency assessment.

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Reduce the display brightness and reassess after a ten-minute visual rest.

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Complete a brief near-acuity test before deciding whether eye-care review is needed.

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Switch to audio for the lesson and request an eye appointment the following day.

Question 9

A learner who recently changed from Android to an iPhone can select and activate items with VoiceOver, but her two-finger upward swipe does not scroll a long reading list. VoiceOver gestures have not been customized. Which gesture should she practice to move down one page?

Accepted Answer

Three-finger upward swipe.

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One-finger upward swipe.

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Two-finger downward swipe.

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Three-finger downward swipe.

Question 10

A docking station is disconnected from a Windows laptop, after which NVDA becomes silent. A music file still plays through the laptop speakers, braille output continues, and NVDA is not in a muted speech mode. No software was installed or updated. Where is the most informative place to look next?

Accepted Answer

NVDA's audio output device selection.

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The master volume for the laptop speakers.

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The installation of the laptop's audio driver.

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The language pack used by NVDA's synthesizer.

Free CATIS Practice Questions

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