Lucia Scored 65 on an IQ Test,although She Has a Job

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Multiple Choice

Lucia scored 65 on an IQ test,although she has a job as a custodian in a hospital and she lives alone in her own apartment.What is Lucia's intellectual standing?

• A) She doesn't have an intellectual disability because she has good adaptive functioning.
• B) She has an intellectual disability because she scored below 70 on the IQ test.
• C) The possibility of an intellectual disability can't be ruled out just because she has a job and an apartment.
• D) She doesn't have an intellectual disability because a hospital would never hire someone with such a disability.

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