Mr. Hernandez, who speaks English as a second language, is starting his new teaching
position at Welbourn High School. The student population of Welbourn is middle-upper
class Caucasian students. What may occur between Mr. Hernandez and his students?
A. Multicultural education
B. Field sensitivity
C. Disproportionate representation
D. Cultural dissonance
The requirement of all schools to include students with disabilities in the statewide
testing process became effective:
A. With the No Child Left Behind legislation.
B. In 1997 as mandated by IDEA.
C. In 1990 as mandated by IDEA.
D. As a result of the American with Disabilities Act.
According to one study, how much more likely than other children were children with
ADHD to have been expelled or suspended to have repeated a grade?
A. 7 to 10 times
B. 2 to 5 times
C. 3 to 7 times
D. 10 to 15 times
The prevalence of ASD is:
A. 2 times higher in females than in males
B. 6 times higher in males than in females
C. 4 times higher in males than in females
D. 3 times higher in females than in males
Students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) comprise
approximately what percent of a schools population?
A. 1%
B. 5%
C. .5%
D. 10%
Research indicates that children who are deaf:
A. with parents who are deaf develop ASL skills at a higher rate than the spoken
English skills of same-age hearing peers
B. with parents who are deaf develop ASL skills at a similar rate as the spoken English
skills of same-age hearing peers
C. with parents who are deaf develop ASL skills at a slower rate than the spoken
English skills of same-age hearing peers
D. with parents who are hearing develop ASL skills at a similar rate as the spoken
English skills of same-age hearing peers
Paraprofessionals MAY do each of the following EXCEPT:
A. Lead small group instruction that includes both students with significant disabilities
and typical peers
B. Implement behavior interventions as directed by the teacher
C. Decide whether or not a specific behavior intervention is working and whether or not
to continue it
D. Move the student from pace to place
In the late nineteenth century, students who were deaf or hard of hearing were educated
in residential schools. During this time period, which of the following statements
accurately depicts the attitude toward deafness and communication?
A. Students were encouraged to sign and received intense training to improve signing
skills.
B. Students who signed were made to sit on their hands because cued speech was the
preferred method of communicating.
C. Students who signed were prohibited from doing so because the oral approach was
the preferred method of communication.
D. Students were encouraged to use both sign language and the oral approach because
this increased their vocabulary and conversational skills.
The likelihood that intellectual ability and academic achievement will be affected in
individuals with physical and medical disabilities depends on:
A. The type of disability
B. The time of onset and the treatment
C. The nature and severity of the disabilities
D. None of the above
A hearing loss present at birth is:
A. Congenital.
B. Acquired.
C. Prelingual.
D. Postlingual.
A form of authentic assessment is:
A. A functional-ecological assessment
B. A standardized assessment
C. A criterion-referenced assessment
D. A teacher-created assessment
Taking a more advanced test in order to obtain a better description of students’ abilities
is what type of testing?
A. An aptitude test
B. An off-level test
C. A performance test
D. An authentic test
Students with vision loss have difficulty distinguishing the fine details of letters and
words because of problems with:
A. Uveal tract
B. Visual field
C. Acuity
D. Visual efficacy
Another name for epilepsy is:
A. Nervous system disorder
B. Seizure disorder
C. Seizure handicap
D. Nervous system impairment
A two-stage assessment process should rely on:
A. An aptitude test and off-level testing
B. Traditional achievement and writing tests
C. Aptitude tests and adaptive behavior tests
D. IQ tests and parent/teacher narratives
Two current issues within the field of intellectual disabilities are:
A. Expectations for high-stakes testing and the right for students to make their own
decisions.
B. Expectations for high-stakes testing and the use of medications for students with
mental retardation.
C. The right for students to make their own decisions and the use of medication.
D. The use of medication and expectations for high-stakes testing.
Early childhood special educators generally are expected to:
A. Have knowledge primarily about one disability because they tend to be assigned to
one type of program
B. Have knowledge primarily about behavioral concerns as those are the most
important aspect of early childhood development
C. Have knowledge about a wide range of disabilities
D. Have knowledge about early childhood physical therapy
Individuals who work with young children to assure that they have a wide range of
experiences and develop perceptual and hand movement skills needed for Braille
reading are:
A. Community volunteers.
B. Parents.
C. VI specialists.
D. Paraprofessionals.
Communication requires each of the following EXCEPT:
A. A message
B. A sender
C. A receiver
D. A sound
The person most responsible for creating a school culture that incorporates
collaboration is:
A. Classroom teacher
B. Principal
C. Parents
D. Special educator
The majority of students who are deaf or hard of hearing:
A. Perform on grade level
B. Demonstrate high levels of motivation
C. Struggle to become fluent readers
D. Perform below grade level
General education, resource, separate class, separate school, residential facilities, home,
and hospital are the options for providing educational services to students with
disabilities. These options are called:
A. Continuum of services
B. Continuum of placements
C. Least restrictive environment
D. Special education services
An audiologist looks at qualitative attributes such as bilateral versus unilateral hearing
loss, high-frequency versus low-frequency hearing loss, and flat versus sloping and
stable versus fluctuating hearing loss to determine the:
A. Degree of hearing loss
B. Type of hearing loss
C. Nature of hearing loss
D. Configuration of hearing loss