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. A school’s SAP policy can exclude which of the following courses from a student’s SAP review?

• Courses dropped after the add/drop period receiving a withdrawn grade
• Courses attempted during a summer session to raise the GPA
• Courses retaken for the third time
• CORRECT: Courses transferred, but that do not count toward the student’s current program

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2. A school’s SAP policy can allow different qualitative and quantitative standards for students in which one of the following scenarios?

• Students in different grade levels
• CORRECT: Students in different academic programs
• Students who are mid-year transfers
• Students with credit excluded due to academic amnesty

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3. A school’s SAP policy may allow a student who exceeds the maximum timeframe to appeal the ineligible status in each of the following cases, EXCEPT when

• CORRECT: a portion of the student’s coursework was transferred from another school and applied to the student's current program.
• some of the student’s course grades are "withdrawn" or "incomplete."
• the student changes majors.
• the student had an extenuating circumstance that affected the ability to complete the program within the allotted timeframe.

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4. A student who fails to meet SAP criteria may be placed on financial aid warning when a school monitors SAP

• annually and the student can reinstate eligibility within one payment period.
• CORRECT: by term and the student can reinstate eligibility within one payment period.
• by term and the student can reinstate eligibility within one academic year.
• annually and the student has an approved appeal.

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