Chapter 15 Test Items
Chapter 15 Multiple-choice Items
1. Technology offers potential to help address this characteristic, which arises when an individual is unable to
fulfill a role due to a limiting condition.
A) impairment
B) handicap
C) disability
D) deficit
2. The legal definition of this is any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially
off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities
of a child with a disability.
A) assistive technology
B) educational technology
C) adaptive technology
D) captioning technology
3. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDE
A) of 1997 mandated that every IEP team consider this when planning the educational program of an individual
with a disability.
A) sensory technology
B) adaptive technology
C) assistive technology
D) accommodating technology
4. In order to meet communication needs of persons with hearing impairments, web-based resources can be of
great help to teach this.
A) ASL
B) IEP
C) OCR
D) CAST
5. Providing accessibility control panels on every computer is an example of this.
A) technology integration
B) accommodation technology
C) assistive technology
D) universal design
6. Which of the following is a core principle associated with UDL and involves providing students with
alternatives to acquiring information beyond a textbook?
A) multiple means of engagement
B) multiple means of accommodation
C) multiple means of expression
D) multiple means of representation
7. Giving a student a powered wheelchair would be an example of this kind of technology solution.
A) no-tech
B) low-tech
C) medium-tech
D) high-tech
8. When teachers give students a choice in the tool they use to present in class, they are reflecting this UDL
principle.
A) multiple means of engagement
B) multiple means of accommodation
C) multiple means of expression
D) multiple means of representation
9. Persons who are blind find these programs useful because they operate in the background of the computer
operating system and read any text that appears on the screen.
A) OCR software
B) screen reader
C) speech synthesizer
D) assistive reader
10. A strategy such as teaching a person to use his or her body in a different manner to minimize the impact of an
impairment would be an example of this kind of solution.
A) no-tech
B) low-tech
C) medium-tech
D) high-tech
11. Students who are unable to write by hand, who have illegible handwriting, or who find handwriting extremely
tedious, could use this kind of technology resource.
A) voice recognition software
B) alternative keyboards
C) text-to-speech app
D) FM amplification system
12. This technology has been found to help focus attention on the instructor’s voice in both individuals with and
without hearing impairments.
A) voice recognition software
B) FM amplification system
C) text-to-speech app
D) alternative keyboards
13. This computer-generated process allows students to hear what they have written.
A) word prediction
B) FM amplification
C) speech synthesis
D) alternative input
14. The framework proposed by Chen, Dai, and Zhou (2013) for how technology can be integrated into education
for gifted students is based on these three kinds of strategies.
A) adapting, assisting, and supporting
B) enabling, enhancing, and transforming
C) no-tech, medium-tech, and high-tech
D) replacing, representing, and expressing
Chapter 15 Short-Answer Items
1. This is the UDL principle of allowing students various methods of demonstrating what they
know.
2. What term do we use for when an impairment limits an individual from performing an activity in a manner
normally expected for human beings (communicating with others, hearing, movement, manipulating objects,
and so on)?
3. In this technology-based strategy often used with children with autism, learners watch a video of a person
completing a behavior, try imitating the behavior while being videoed themselves, then get feedback on their
own behavior.
4. These principles have emerged from our understanding of how to design physical environments for individuals
with disabilities.
5. Don Johnston’s Write:OutLoud software is an example of this kind of resource.
6. One can convert printed information into audio so that a person who is blind can listen, rather than read,
information by using a scanner and this kind of software. This is accomplished through the use of a scanner and
which kind of software?
7. This simple device with a handle that moves in all directions can control the movement of the cursor or pointer
on a computer screen.
8. Some students who are slow typists or have difficulty spelling can benefit from this kind of software, which
offers word choices to complete the first few letters the student types.
9. These simple devices offer alternatives to traditional keyboards by controlling and getting input to the computer.
10. Online learning offers this kind of exceptional student access to advanced and elective courses they would like
to take but do not have available locally.
11. This magnification system is made possible by a video camera mounted on a frame with a television monitor.
12. These programs work as utility software, operating in the background of the computer operating system and
reading any text that appears on the screen.
13. Intellikeys from Intellitools is one example of this category of devices designed to simplify the physical or
cognitive demands of getting input to the computer.
14. This is the term for designing websites with a set of criteria in mind, such as using text equivalents with screen
readers or using large or enlargeable images for people with low vision?
Chapter 15 Essay Items
1. Discuss the technology resources and strategies available to teachers of students with sensory impairments.
2. Discuss some of the strategies and resources that special educators and others who teach students with special
needs can use to increase their proficiency as technology-using teachers.
Chapter 15 Test Item Answer Key
Chapter 15 Multiple-choice Items
Chapter 15 Short-Answer Items
Chapter 15 Essay Items