Chapter 1
Multiple Choice Questions
1.1 Assessment in special education is a process that involves collecting information about a student for
the purpose of making decisions.
a. True
b. False
1.2 The process of tracing and gathering information from the many sources of background information
on a child such as school records, observation, parent intakes, and teacher reports is called:
a. Collection
b. Analysis
c. Evaluation
d. Determination
1.3 The processing and understanding of patterns in the child’s educational, social, developmental,
environmental, medical, and emotional history is called:
a. Collection
b. Analysis
c. Evaluation
d. Determination
1.4 The assessment of a child’s academic, intellectual, psychological, emotional, perceptual, language,
cognitive, and medical development in order to determine areas of strength and weakness is called:
a. Collection
b. Analysis
c. Evaluation
d. Determination
1.5 The measurement of the presence of a suspected disability and the knowledge of the criteria that
constitute each category is called:
a. Collection
b. Analysis
c. Evaluation
d. Determination
1.6 The final thoughts and ideas concerning educational placement and program that need to be made to
the school, teachers and parents are called:
a. Collection
b. Analysis
c. Evaluation
d. Recommendation
1.7 Valuable information about the student’s skills and needs can come from:
a. Parents
b. Teachers
c. Specialists
d. All of the above can give valuable information about a student’s skills and needs
1.8 Which of the following is the primary purpose of assessment?
a. Screening and identification
b. Evaluation
c. Eligibility and diagnosis
d. All of the above serve as primary purposes of assessment
1.9 Prior to 1975 in the United States, discrimination against those with disabilities was prevalent in
schools. The type of discrimination most evident was:
a. The exclusion of students with disabilities altogether from school
b. The classification of students with disabilities when, in actuality, no disability was present.
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a or b.
1.10 In 1948, what percent of all children with disabilities received special education?
a. 12
b. 25
c. 33
d. 53
1.11 By the early 1950s
a. Special education services and programs were available in school districts, but often, undesirable results
occurred
b. Students in special classes were often considered unable to perform academic tasks.
c. Students in special classes went to special schools or classes that focused on learning manual skills
such as weaving and bead stringing.
d. All of the above
1.12 Legislation and court cases to prevent discrimination in education first came to notice in 1954 with
the famous case:
a. Brown v. Board of Education
b. Parc v. Mills
c. Roe v. Wade
d. Harrison v. Ford
1.13 In Brown, the Court ruled that it was illegal practice under which amendment of the US Constitution
to arbitrarily discriminate against any group of people?
a. 1st
b. 6th
c. 14th
d. 17th
1.14 Brown v. Board of Education:
a. Set the precedent for future discrimination cases in education..
b. Helped students with disabilities in the future claim that their segregation and exclusion from school
violated their opportunity for an equal education under the 14th amendment of the US constitution
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
1.15 The 14th amendment of the United States is called
a. The equal protection clause
b. The necessary and proper clause
c. The voting rights amendment
d. Freedom speech amendment
1.16 Which case involved the ideas that schools may not exclude students who have been classified with
mental retardation and that all students must be provided with a free public education?
a. Diana v. Board of Education
b. Parc v. Commonwealth of Pa.
c. Mills v. Board of Education
d. Larry P. v. Riles
1.17 Which case set forth future guidelines of P.L. 94-142, including the rights of students with disabilities
to have access to a free public education and a mandated requirement to receive special education services
even if the school states that it does not have the money to provide them?
a. Diana v. Board of Education
b. Mills v. Board of Education
c. Larry P. v. Riles
d. Pase v. Hannon
1.18 Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act is a civil rights law enacted in
a. 1973
b. 1980
c. 1990
d. 1993
1.19 The enactment of P.L. 94-142 came in:
a. 1970
b. 1975
c. 1980
d. 1985
1.20 The Education for all Handicapped Children’s Act is Public Law:
a. 94-134
b. 94-142
c. 102-67
d. 101-443
1.21 In 1975 Public Law ______ set forth federal procedural safeguards for children with disabilities and
their parents.
a. 91-564
b. 101-931
c. 94-142
d. 100-32
1.22 The federal law requiring all states to provide a free and appropriate public education to children
with disabilities from age 3 to 5 years.
a. 99-457
b. 101-342
c. 94-132
d. 331-76
1.23 The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was enacted in:
a. 1970
b. 1980
c. 1985
d. 1990
1.24 An evaluation of a child with a suspected disability must be made by a multidisciplinary team.
a. True
b. False
1.25 A developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social
interaction, generally evident before age 3 years is called
a. Autism
b. Learning disability
c. Emotional disturbance
d. Speech and language disorder
1.26 A disability where a child of typical intelligence has difficulty, over time and to a marked degree,
building satisfactory interpersonal relationships; responds inappropriately behaviorally or emotionally
under normal circumstances; demonstrates a pervasive mood of unhappiness; or has a tendency to develop
physical symptoms or fears is called:
a. Autism
b. Learning disability
c. Emotional disturbance
d. Speech and language disorder
1.27 A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using
language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read,
write, spell, or do mathematical calculations is called:
a. Autism
b. Learning disability
c. Emotional disturbance
d. Speech and language disorder
1.28 A communication disorder such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment or a voice
impairment is called:
a. Autism
b. Learning disability
c. Emotional disturbance
d. Speech and language disorder
1.29 Asthma, epilepsy, lead poisoning and diabetes are examples of disorders which would most likely
receive a classification of:
a. Autism
b. Learning disability
c. Emotional disturbance
d. Other Health Impairment
1.30 An acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in total or partial
functioning disability or psychosocial impairment or both is called:
a. Autism
b. Traumatic Brain Injury
c. Emotional disturbance
d. Speech and language disorder
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