Cerritos College
Education Records Privacy Protection Protocol
Access Authorization Quiz
Directions:
1. Please read the excerpted Faculty Senate President’s memo on FERPA Best
Practices and the document titled Cerritos College Key FERPA Definitions; links
to both are on the Education Records Privacy Protection Protocol web pages.
2. Please complete the quiz. You may respond to the 12 items on-screen and print
your completed quiz or you may print it and respond in ink on the paper copy. (Sorry,
but responses cannot be saved and the quiz cannot be submitted electronically.)
Typically, the quiz takes less than 5 minutes.
3. Take or send your completed quiz to the Dean of Admissions, Records and Services
in the Administration Building. Online records access will be enabled by the Dean for
authorized college employees who successfully complete and submit the quiz.
1. The United States Department of Education is authorized to bring complaints
against community colleges for failure to comply with FERPA.
True _____
False _____
2. Student test papers and reports must not be passed to them through anyone else.
True _____
False _____
3. Education Records include, but are not limited to, address of the student,
emergency contact information, identification number, picture, grades, test scores,
letters about a student, individualized education plans, disciplinary records, and health
and medical records.
True _____
False _____
4. Specified types of information have been defined by Cerritos College as “Directory
Information” for FERPA purposes.