There is a subset of the population of persons with intellectual disabilities that educators
consider to be uneducable.
A Summary of Performance (SOP) is required federal regulation for each student who
attends secondary school.
The more severe the level of intellectual disability, the less likely that a particular cause
of the intellectual disability can be determined.
A learning disability typically interferes with living independently, obtaining and
maintaining employment, maintaining social relationships, and experiencing
satisfaction with life in general.
Stigmatization can lead to assistive technology abandonment.
Life expectancies for people with Down syndrome have increased dramatically over the
past several decades as a result of medical advances.
Individuals with learning disabilities experience effects of the disability only during the
school-age years.
Assistive technology can support the implementation of the universal design for
learning.
What emerging method of identifying a learning disability was supported with the
reauthorization of IDEA 2004?
A) Severe discrepancy
B) Progress monitoring
C) Response to intervention
D) Disability assessment
In the past, the metaphor for the new immigrants in the United States was a melting pot.
Today, the preferred metaphor is that of a
A) Blanket
B) Flower
C) Patchwork quilt
D) Teapot
What are the implications of the estimate that by the year 2020, students of color are
projected to make up almost half of the school-age population? In view of this projected
outcome, teachers should
A) Give up on fixing the problems
B) Be proactive about changes they can make now
C) Let someone else take care of these issues
D) Wait for the principal to tell them what to do
Which of the following is not a major component under IDEA (Public Law 94-142)?
A) Free appropriate public education (FAPE)
B) Individualized family service plan (IFSP)
C) Least restrictive environment (LRE)
D) Individualized education program (IEP)
Family-centered services are most often associated with
A) Transition programs
B) Elementary programs
C) Special education services
D) Early intervention programs
Children with cerebral palsy ___________.
A) Have no higher incidence of intellectual disability than students without cerebral
palsy
B) Have a higher incidence of intellectual disability than students without cerebral
palsy
C) Are more often boys than girls
D) Are more often girls than boys
_________ can easily develop into __________, especially if the typical sibling
perceives that he or she has lost “favor” with the parents.
A) Hostility, guilt
B) Resentment, jeopardy
C) Grief, fear
D) Jealousy, hostility
Most adults with autism spectrum disorders are able to independently maintain
employment.
A) True
B) False
Which of the following is not a stipulation of IDEA 2004?
A) Multiyear IEPs are permissible
B) All students are required to participate in state- and district-wide assessments with
accommodations or alternate assessment as stipulated in the IEP
D) Autism and traumatic brain injury identified as discrete disability categories
Students who are bilingual become more proficient in English by using their newly
acquired language skills with
A) Classmates, friends, and family members
B) Teachers and administrators
C) University language professors
D) Paid tutors in afterschool sessions
An oral interpreter is used with which of the following type(s) of students?
A) Cochlear implant users
B) Students with a high level of residual hearing
C) Students who are deaf
D) A and B
Which of the following is an example of a congenital cause for abnormal hearing that
involves a narrowing or closure of the external ear canal?
A) Atresia
B) Armenia
C) Autosomal recessive
D) Adventiticious loss
Deficits in social interaction include significant impairment in the use of multiple
nonverbal behaviors, which include all of the following except
A) Eye-to-eye gaze
B) Facial expressions
C) Body postures and gestures
D) Receptive language
Which of the following is not a social or emotional characteristic of students who are
intellectually gifted and talented?
A) Excellent memory
B) Intensity
C) Dislike of rules and regulations
D) Relates well to older classmates
All sounds in the English language are mastered by children by the time they reach
A) 6 years of age
B) 7 years of age
C) 8 years of age
D) 9 years of age
Which of the following groups is typically overrepresented in gifted and talented
programs?
A) Asian
B) Hispanic
C) White
D) Black
In regards to children with disabilities, professionals have historically viewed parents as
A) A cause of the child’s problem
B) Collaborators
C) Passive recipients of services
D) Both A and C
Children with severe physical disabilities cannot have normal or gifted intelligence.
A) True
B) False
Graphic organizers, content diagrams, semantic maps, advance organizers, guided
notes, and study guides are considered
A) Mnemonic strategies
B) Self-monitoring strategies
C) Content enhancements
D) Curriculum-based measurement
IDEA 2004 dictates that a multitude of formal and informal tools are required during
the assessment process.
A) True
B) False
Under the federal definition, when would a student be identified as having multiple
disabilities?
A) When a student has an intellectual disability plus one or more other disabilities
B) When a student has a severe physical impairment plus one or more other disabilities
C) When a student has deafness and blindness
D) When a student has two or more disabilities whose combined effects cannot be
accommodated in a program for one of the disabilities
A computer with alternative input (switch or voice recognition) is a high-tech solution
for
A) Reading
B) Writing
C) Math
D) Leisure
Every high school student who is enrolled in a special education program is to
have _____ as part of his or her IEP.
A) An individualized transition plan (ITP)
B) A behavior management plan
C) An individual family service plan (IFSP)
D) A 504 accommodation plan
Sign language and communication boards are examples of
A) Augmentative communication devices
B) Alternative communication devices
C) AAC[AQ: Please define “AAC”]
D) All of the above
Examples of technology that support the writing process include all of the following
except
A) Speech-to-text
B) Word prediction
C) Computer-based concept maps
D) Pencil grips
Portfolio assessment emphasizes the instructional environment with a focus on the
outcomes of learning. Which of the following statements is correct? Portfolio
assessment
A) Is infrequently administered
B) Provides a single testing opportunity
C) Uses only one type of work sample
D) Uses real-world tasks collected over time
An example of educational “assistive technology” is
A) Feeding tubes
B) Inquiry
C) Wheelchair
D) Smartboards
Current data from neurobiology research suggest that
A) Gifted children are born with more complex brain structures than peers who perform
on grade level.
B) Every child could be “gifted” if given the right opportunity.
C) All children are born with complex and unique brain structures.
D) The part of the brain that governs social skills is less active in gifted children.
A speech-language pathologist’s use of formal assessment measures is the primary
means for identifying students with speech and language impairments.
A) True
B) False
All of the following are goals of multicultural education except
A) Americanization
B) Educational equity
C) Social reconstruction
D) Human relations
Males tend to be at more risk for developing externalizing disorders.
A) True
B) False
What are three of the requirements in IDEA for the assessment of students with learning
disabilities?
Why is a “one-size-fits-all” approach an inappropriate way to provide services to
students who are gifted and talented? Provide examples.
Explain the concepts of normalization and deinstitutionalization as they relate to
individuals with intellectual disability.
Name one suggestion a teacher could use when working with a student with ADHD
who is struggling with math.
Identify five characteristics of ADHD and discuss the impact of each on a student’s
efforts to learn.
Issues that the parents of a child with a disability might address when the child is an
adolescent (ages 12″21) are
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association identified four guiding principles
for early interventions with young children having communication problems. What are
those principles?
What are three potential advantages of RTI?
Describe four accommodations that could be considered by a general education teacher
for enhancing the orientation and mobility of a child with a visual impairment.
Provide two examples of assistive technologies that may be used by a fourth-grade
student with quadriplegia who has no cognitive deficits.
Mr. Jones is a general educator that has Mara, a student with intellectual disabilities,
included in his classroom. Name a specific strategy he could use to help facilitate
Mara’s success in his classroom.
Briefly describe the role of the teacher in working with multicultural families.
How does a child with an exceptionality affect his or her family?
List three perinatal causes that have been linked to the occurrence of a learning
disability.
For a young preschool child with speech and language impairment, what would you
recommend in terms of where the child should be placed? In addition, provide a
rationale for why you made this recommendation.