Teachers can use Visual Phonics to teach phonemic awareness to deaf and
hard-of-hearing students.
A grade level score of 2)5 on a norm-referenced reading test means that a student
cannot read third grade textbooks.
RTI can prevent placement in special education.
Functionality means the usefulness of a skill for a student with a severe or multiple
disability.
Students with intellectual disabilities cannot be taught metacognitive skills.
The cause of an intellectual disability is known in approximately 2/3 of the cases.
Students with visual impairments will damage their eyes if they use them too much.
Studies of actual IEPs support the consistency between what is written and what is
implemented.
Related services provided under IDEA are only for parents of students with disabilities.
Intraindividual differences in gifted children may be impacted by culture.
Children with severe disabilities cannot benefit from center-based programs.
There is a universally accepted definition of emotional and behavioral disorders.
Most children with autism share the same set of behaviors.
Children usually develop mature language without instruction or intervention.
Instructional materials and activities for secondary students should teach academic and
transition skills.
On-task behavior usually results in an increase in productivity.
Internalizing behaviors are usually mild and temporary.
Programs for students who are gifted and talented have been adequately funded since
the Javitz Act was passed.
Most students with multiple disabilities also have deaf-blindness.
A child who is deaf can still use hearing to understand speech.
Adult employment should be the major focus and outcome of transition services.
People with disabilities engaged in competitive employment can be paid less than
workers without disabilities.
The demands of parenting a child with disabilities end when he or she reaches
adulthood.
Most victims of traumatic spinal cord injuries are between the ages of 16 and 30.
Generally, students who are gifted students and who skip grades have few, if any, social
or achievement problems.
The MMR vaccine can cause autism.
Applied behavior analysis is not effective for students in general education classes.
School districts must use RTI to identify students with learning disabilities.
Children with low vision generally see things the same way.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires a completely barrier-free
environment for students with disabilities.
The Nemeth code consists of braille symbols for mathematical and scientific notation.
Some students with severe disabilities do not need special education services.
Postsecondary education is not an option for students with significant disabilities.
In a resource room placement, a child is with other children with disabilities for most of
the day.
The six major principles of IDEA have remained virtually the same since 1975)
In one report, 10% of all people with intellectual disabilities had mental health
problems.
Ten percent to twenty-five percent of high school dropouts are students who are gifted
and talented.
Elementary students should develop career awareness by shadowing employees at their
work sites.
The majority of students with deaf-blindness have some functional hearing and/or
vision.
Kyle will celebrate his third birthday next month. His parents report that he has a
vocabulary of approximately 30 words and speaks mainly in one-word utterances.
According to current research, which of the following terms most accurately describes
Kyle?
A) communication disordered
B) developmentally delayed
C) language impaired
D) late talker
Shelly and Sabrina are adults with disabilities. They live together in an apartment and
are able to take care of themselves. They also perform routine household tasks. Once or
twice a week Mrs. Nelson stops by to check on them and help as needed. Once, a
neighbor was disturbing them by playing loud music, and Mrs. Nelson helped them
contact the landlord. This type of living arrangement is known as a/an
A) apartment cluster
B) co-residence apartment
C) group home
D) maximum independence apartment
Mrs. Walker’s son, Keenan, was born at 26 weeks and has a severe hearing loss. This
loss is
A) bilateral
B) congenital
C) postlingual
D) unilateral
Which statement has the most support from the National Lekotek Center?
A) Children learn by playing.
B) Children learn by imitating.
C) Children learn by observing.
D) Children learn by trial and error.
Guide dogs
A) are used by 25% of people who are blind
B) are most useful for independent travel in large cities
C) are most useful to blind people with multiple disabilities
D) are generally not recommended for people over the age of 50
Which of the following statements about HIV and AIDS is true?
A) People who contract HIV will eventually develop AIDS.
B) Parents must inform school officials that their child has HIV.
C) Students with HIV and AIDS can legally be excluded from school.
D) Students receiving special education services may be more likely to contract HIV.
The difference between the AAIDD and the IDEA definitions of intellectual disabilities
is
A) the qualifying IQ score is lower in the AAIDD definition
B) significantly subaverage intellect is found only in the IDEA definition
C) the effect on educational performance is mentioned only in the IDEA definition
D) manifestation during the developmental period is not a part of the AAIDD definition
A closed needs assessment
A) consists of incomplete questions
B) asks parents to circle or check topics that are of interest
C) is time-consuming and difficult to administer and interpret
D) is extremely limited in assessing parent strengths and weaknesses
Roslynn is a student who uses a motorized wheelchair for mobility. Other students in
her kindergarten class are hesitant to interact with her. The teacher feels that it is
because they have never seen a wheelchair. What can she do to help the children
become more comfortable?
A) insist that one or two students play with Roslynn
B) ask Roslynn to do a show and tell about her wheelchair
C) allow students to take turns sitting in and operating the wheelchair
D) make sure that Roslynn spends as little time as possible in her wheelchair
Work activity centers provide all of the following except
A) recreational activities
B) training in transitional employment skills
C) training n social skills and self-help skills
D) training in task persistence and concentration
Tamara is three days old and weighs almost 2 pounds. Her parents just learned that she
has Down syndrome. What is the most likely setting for her early intervention services?
A) center based
B) combined home”center based
C) home based
D) hospital based
Which of the following is most important in determining which curriculum areas to
include in the IEP of a student with severe or multiple disabilities?
A) the student’s age
B) the student’s interests
C) the student’s ability level
D) the student’s mode of communication
Which colors are the most difficult for a person with color blindness to distinguish?
A) blue and green
B) brown and green
C) red and green
D) purple and blue
Which educational approach emphasizes training in the production and understanding
of speech?
A) oral/aural
B) cued speech
C) bilingual/bicultural
D) total communication
Which of the following could not result in a closed head injury?
A) a bicycle accident
B) a car accident
C) a gunshot wound to the head
D) shaken baby syndrome
Which of the following students would be most likely to be classified as a student with
traumatic brain injury?
A) Kelsey, who has hydrocephalus
B) Anna, who has a closed head injury
C) Isaac, who was born with cerebral palsy
D) Jerome, who has Huntington’s Chorea
The academic achievement gap between deaf and hard-of-hearing students and their
hearing peers
A) remains constant over time
B) increases as students get older
C) decreases as students get older
D) increases in reading but decreases in math as students get older
According to current research, which of the following is NOT an outcome associated
with fluency?
A) improved social relationships
B) greater endurance
C) improved retention
D) improved application and generalization
All of the following are typically members of early intervening team except
A) general education teachers
B) special education teachers
C) the school nurse
D) the student’s parents
Mrs. Robinson is a speech-language pathologist. She asks one of her students to look
into a mirror and say the word “working.” This technique is helpful with
A) discrimination
B) fluency
C) phonology
D) production
Which of the following is true regarding languages?
A) Languages are static.
B) Languages are made up of concrete symbols.
C) The codes that constitute languages are informal.
D) The symbols and rules that govern languages are arbitrary.
Which step in curriculum compacting is usually the most difficult for teachers?
A) assessing the target content areas
B) substituting more appropriate content
C) determining the content to be eliminated
D) determining which students qualify for compacting
Social deficits displayed by students with intellectual disabilities include all of the
following except
A) inability to recall names
B) poor communication skills
C) inability to recognize emotional states of others
D) unusual or inappropriate behavior during social interactions
All of the following are procedural safeguards granted by IDEA except
A) parental consent for evaluation and placement decisions
B) attorney fees for all parents in due process hearings
C) an independent evaluation at public expense when parents disagree with results of an
evaluation conducted by a school district
D) award of reasonable attorney fees to school districts who prevail in frivolous
lawsuits by parents
Which of the following is an assumption of the mirror model for parent involvement?
A) Parent education groups cause parents to feel guilty.
B) Not all parents need everything that professionals offer.
C) Professionals are eager to provide workshops to assist parents.
D) Professionals are more qualified to assist children than parents.
Which question is critical for teachers in determining which skills to include in a
functional curriculum?
A) Will it be needed when the student is 21?
B) Will learning this knowledge/skill be frustrating?
C) Will this skill make the student more acceptable to peers without disabilities?
D) Will learning the skill result in negative consequences?
The most prevalent method of service delivery to students who receive speech/language
services is
A) pull-out
B) classroom based
C) community based
D) collaborative consultation
Determining what should be taught to students with severe or multiple disabilities
focuses on
A) standardized scores
B) developmental levels
C) alignment with curriculum standards
D) functionality and age appropriateness
Three of the dimensions of cognitive creative behavior in Guilford’s structure of
intellect model are
A) novelty, fluency, flexibility
B) fluency, application, production
C) novelty, insight, contribution
D) flexibility, divergence, convergence
Why is it difficult to develop a clear definition of emotional disabilities?
A) Most children are well behaved.
B) Norms for appropriate behavior differ across cultures.
C) Emotional and behavior disorders usually occur in isolation.
D) There is a clear definition of what constitutes good mental health.
Jackson’s mother complains that the music on his car radio is hurting her ears. The
sound level is probably
A) above 60 dB
B) above 85 dB
C) above 100 dB
D) 125 dB and above
Mrs. O”Cain asks Travis to identify the middle sound in the word hit. Which phonemic
awareness skill does this task involve?
A) isolating sounds
B) manipulating sounds
C) orally blending sounds
D) segmenting a word into sounds
Renzulli’s (2003) definition of giftedness is based on the interaction among which three
basic clusters of human traits?
A) high intellect, creativity, and task commitment
B) creativity, academic aptitude, and athletic aptitude
C) high intellect, task commitment, and academic aptitude
D) situated problem-solving ability, academic aptitude, and leadership
What is IDEA’s definition of transition services?
Why is it so difficult to measure the impact of early intervention?
In what ways might a child’s disability affect the family system and parents’ roles?
How do collaboration and teaming impact the effectiveness of special education?
Name and describe the three major educational approaches to teaching deaf and
hard-of-hearing children.
Explain the difference between academic achievement and intelligence as it pertains to
a student who is deaf.
Identify the type of team composed of professionals who work independently of each
other. Explain how this team functions.
One of your culturally diverse students is an undocumented immigrant. Her parents
refuse to respond to your communication efforts. What can you tell your student to tell
her parents that might make communication more likely?
What are the two difficulties that teachers of the gifted and talented face regarding the
acceleration of the math curriculum?
List four of the five characteristics of effective feedback.
Discuss the history of special education from the early 1900s to the present. Be sure to
include landmark court cases in your discussion.
What should a teacher do if a student experiences an absence seizure?
According to the text, what can teachers do to provide explicit instruction?
What skills are most important to the success of an elementary-age student with
learning disabilities in the general education classroom? for a secondary student?
Define task analysis to include an explanation of the process.
List the seven members of the IEP team.