Multiple Choice
1. Which would be considered an example of person-first language?
A) Intellectually disabled
B) Child with autism
C) The blind girl
D) The Downs kid
2. Which term refers to an inability or incapacity to perform a task or activity in a normal
fashion?
A) Impairment
B) Handicap
C) Disability
D) Exceptionality
3. Which term refers to the number of new instances of a disability occurring within a
specific period?
A) Prevalence
B) Incidence
C) Frequency
D) Population
4. Which category of disability has the highest incidence?
A) Intellectual disabilities
B) Behavioral disorders
C) Specific learning disabilities
D) Visual impairments
5. Who was one of the first individuals to use behavior modification to treat people with
disabilities?
A) Jean Marc Gaspard Itard
B) Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
C) Philippe Pinel
D) Louis Braille
6. Which was a shortcoming of the institutions of the mid-19th century?
A) They provided protection for people with disabilities.
B) They were funded by philanthropists.
C) They provided little or no education.
D) They provided housing for individuals with disabilities.
7. An approach in which related service professionals teach their skills to each other is
referred to as a(n)
A) Multidisciplinary approach
B) Interdisciplinary approach
C) Collaborative approach
D) Transdisciplinary approach
8. A major premise of the universal design is to
A) Remove administrative barriers for students with disabilities
B) Make all instruction accessible by students with disabilities
C) Make only physical environments accessible by students with disabilities
D) Make learning environments accessible for all students
9. What percentage of adults with disabilities is employed?
A) 59%
B) 57%
C) 21%
D) 10%
10. In 2004, IDEA mandated what provision for transitioning students with disabilities?
A) Community-based education services
B) Development of an individualized transition plan by age 16
C) Requirements for school-based vocational programs
D) Special transition-related instructional programs
11. Which term is used to describe an infant or child who has a high probability of exhibiting
delays in development or developing a disability?
A) Developmentally delayed
B) At risk
C) Underdeveloped
D) Exceptional
12. Which term does not describe special education?
A) Services
B) Location
C) Individualized
D) Instructional programs
13. Programs centered on the common instructional needs of students are best described as
A) Noncategorical
B) Categorical
C) Exceptional
D) Multidisciplinary
14. Services for young students with disabilities were mandated with the passing of
A) Education for All Handicapped Children Act (PL 94-142)
B) Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 (PL 99-457)
C) PL 101-476, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (commonly known as
IDEA)
D) Americans With Disabilities Act (PL 101-336)
15. A type of cooperative teaching in which two teachers instruct two different segments of a
lesson and then exchange students is referred to as
A) Parallel teaching
B) Alternative teaching
C) Team teaching
D) Station teaching
16.Who founded the first school for the deaf?
A) Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
B) Samuel Gridley Howe
C) Dorothea Dix
D) Lewis Terman
17. Which type of teaming involves each team member performing individual assessment
and then collaborating during program development?
A) Multidisciplinary
B) Interdisciplinary
C) Transdisciplinary
D) Parallel
18.In the “one teach, one observe” model of cooperative teaching, one teacher delivers
instruction while the other teacher
A) Provides additional assistance to struggling students
B) Collects data concerning the other teacher’s presentation
C) Collects data on student performance
D) Prepares materials for the next lesson
19. The concept of “universal design” was derived from the field of
A) Religion
B) Mathematics
C) Biology
D) Architecture
20. The term early childhood special education typically refers to children ages
A) Birth to 2 years
B) Birth to 5 years
C) 3 to 5 years
D) 3 to 7 years
21. Early intervention programming is guided by the
A) Individualized education plan (IEP)
B) Individualized family service plan (IFSP)
C) Individualized family education plan (IFEP)
D) Individualized transition plan (ITP)
22. In 1984, Madeline Will proposed a three-level model of transition support services
referred to as the
A) Bridges model
B) Cascade model
C) School to work program
D) Vocational support taxonomy
23. The transition from school to postschool environments for students with disabilities may
be enhanced by increasing the
A) Intensity of the traditional curriculum
B) Relevance of the traditional curriculum
C) Level of difficulty of the traditional curriculum
D) Duration of the traditional program
24. One concern associated with alternative teaching is that
A) Not all students receive all of the critical content
B) It requires two teachers
C) Students may become stigmatized
D) Students may not receive equity in instruction
25. Which event set the stage for the rapid expansion of special education services?
A) The Civil War
B) World War II
C) The assassination of John F. Kennedy
D) The creation of Braille
26. Who, as an early teacher of students with hearing impairments, advocated for the use of
residual hearing?
A) Alexander Graham Bell
B) Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
C) Francis Galton
D) Lewis Terman
27. Who called attention to the shocking conditions in asylums during the mid-19th century?
A) Francis Galton
B) Samuel Gridley Howe
C) Dorothea Dix
D) Maria Montesorri
28. Which major educational reform focused on the academic achievement of students and
qualifications of teachers?
A) No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (PL 107-110)
B) Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (PL 105-17)
C) Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 (PL 99-457)
D) Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (PL108-446)
29. American educator and psychologist who developed the notion of intelligence quotient,
or IQ, is
A) Alfred Binet
B) Alexander Graham Bell
C) Lewis Terman
D) Samuel Gridley Howe
30.In _______________________ a teacher and a special educator plan and deliver instruction
together to a heterogeneous group of students.
A) Cooperative teaching
B) Tandem teaching
C) Multidisciplinary teaching
D) Universal design instruction
31.The total number of individuals with a particular disability at a given time is referred to
as__________________.
A) Incidence
B) Prevalence
C) Frequency
D) A sample
32.In the 1970s, students with disabilities were afforded the right to a _________________
education.
A) Desegregated and appropriate
B) Free and appropriate
C) Free and inclusive
D) Free and public
33.______________________helped to establish an organization that was the forerunner to the
American Association on Mental Retardation.
A) Édouard Séguin
B) Philippe Pinel
C) Maria Montessori
D) Lewis Terman
34.______________________ refers to the impact of a disability.
A) Delay
B) Impairment
C) Limitation
D) Handicap
35.What percentage of students with disabilities will drop out of school?
A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 33%
D) 57%
36.________ recognized the importance of sensory stimulation.
A) Jean Marc Gaspard Itard
B) Jacob Rodrigues Pereira
C) Édouard Séguin
D) Alfred Binet
37.Key ingredients required for successful cooperative teaching include all except
A) Mutual respect
B) Mandatory participation
C) Shared instructional philosophy
D) Adequate planning time
38. All of the following are categories of disability under IDEA except
A) Traumatic brain injury
B) Autism
C) Gifted and talented
D) Multiple disabilities
39. According to Gargiulo and Kilgo (2014), __________________ refers to the delivery of
a coordinated and comprehensive package of specialized services to infants and toddlers.
A) Special education
B) Universal design
C) Early childhood special education
D) Early intervention
40. An inability or incapacity to perform a particular task or activity in a specific way
because of sensory, physical, cognitive, or other forms of impairment is called
A) Handicap
B) Intellectual disability
C) Disability
D) Autism
41.Exceptionalities are/can
A) Always easy to spot
B) Never easy to see
C) Always keep people from being able to succeed
D) Range in scope and obviousness
42.A perspective that reflects dignity and potential is referred to as
A) Being able to recognize a disability on sight
B) Speaking in terms of a disability, when describing a person
C) Using people-first language
D) Never using the word disability
43. Exceptionality is a(n) __________________ term generally referring to individuals who
differ from societal or community standards of normalcy.
A) Inclusive
B) Exclusive
C) Proprietary
D) Rude
44. The terms developmentally delayed and at risk are defined by the
A) Federal government
B) State governments
C) Municipal governments
D) School districts
45. When referring to children who are at risk, which of the following is not a potential
cause?
A) Biological
B) Environmental
C) Genetic
D) Accidental
46. Simply stated, a special education is a(n) ______________________ instructional
program designed to meet the unique needs of an individual learner.
A) Universal
B) Customized
C) Appropriate
D) Collaborative
47. All of the following are good suggestions for communicating about individuals with
disabilities except
A) Emphasizing abilities
B) Putting people first
C) Portraying successful people with disabilities as superhuman
D) Showing people with disabilities as active
48. Public Law (PL) 108-446 identifies how many categories of disabilities?
A) 13
B) 10
C) 17
D) 6
49. With regards to exceptionality, as discussed in the text, all of the following would be
examples of exceptionality except a
A) Student with autism
B) Child who is gifted and talented
C) Person who has traumatic brain injury
D) Student who is much taller than his or her classmates