TRUE/FALSE
Generally, the more severe a disability is the earlier it is identified.
TRUE/FALSE
Voice mail is a costly way to maintain home’school communication.
TRUE/FALSE
Teachers can use Visual Phonics to teach phonemic awareness to deaf and
hard-of-hearing students.
TRUE/FALSE
Children in home-based intervention programs receive a greater variety of services than
those in center-based programs.
TRUE/FALSE
A student with an IQ score higher than 70 cannot be classified as intellectually disabled.
TRUE/FALSE
Autism is generally diagnosed by the age of seven.
TRUE/FALSE
Articulation errors are mainly caused by faulty mechanical operation of the speech
apparatus.
TRUE/FALSE
A grade level score of 2.5 on a norm-referenced reading test means that a student
cannot read third grade textbooks.
TRUE/FALSE
Students who are gifted and talented are harmed the most by No Child Left Behind.
TRUE/FALSE
Internalizing behaviors are usually mild and temporary.
TRUE/FALSE
Children with low vision generally see things the same way.
TRUE/FALSE
Echolalia may be immediate or delayed.
TRUE/FALSE
Children with autism quickly become satiated with behavior trap.
TRUE/FALSE
Rules governing language are logical and systematic.
TRUE/FALSE
Children with minor learning difficulties are probably learning disabled.
TRUE/FALSE
Sixty percent of students with emotional and behavioral disorders drop out of high
school.
TRUE/FALSE
The demands of parenting a child with disabilities end when he or she reaches
adulthood.
TRUE/FALSE
Brothers or sisters without disabilities can help siblings with disabilities learn new
social skills at home.
TRUE/FALSE
Teachers can sometimes strengthen deviant behavior.
TRUE/FALSE
Functionality means the usefulness of a skill for a student with a severe or multiple
disability.
TRUE/FALSE
Parents or guardians are responsible for informing school administrators of their child’s
disability.
TRUE/FALSE
Prematurity is a cause of acquired hearing loss.
TRUE/FALSE
Schizophrenia is usually caused by environmental factors.
TRUE/FALSE
The temporal bone is the hardest bone in human body.
TRUE/FALSE
Ten percent to twenty-five percent of high school dropouts are students who are gifted
and talented.
TRUE/FALSE
In one report, 10% of all people with intellectual disabilities had mental health
problems.
TRUE/FALSE
Companies offering telecommunications services to the general public must offer TRS
services to people with disabilities 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
TRUE/FALSE
People with disabilities engaged in competitive employment can be paid less than
workers without disabilities.
TRUE/FALSE
Newborn screening tests for inherited conditions are voluntary in most states.
TRUE/FALSE
Most people with savant syndrome have autism.
TRUE/FALSE
Most students with emotional and behavioral disorders perform on grade level
academically.
TRUE/FALSE
Spoken or written words are necessary for communication to occur.
TRUE/FALSE
Students with severe disabilities constitute the most homogeneous group of all
exceptional children.
TRUE/FALSE
Students with intellectual disabilities are outer-directed in their approach to solving
problems.
TRUE/FALSE
Most students with disabilities feel prepared for adulthood when they leave high school.
TRUE/FALSE
Most physical disabilities and health impairments that require special education are
acute conditions.
Mr. Shaffer is a high school history teacher. He is very concerned about Rafael, one of
his students. Rafael exhibits aggressive behavior in class, and episodes are becoming
more frequent. Mr. Shaffer has decided to conduct a functional behavior assessment to
determine why Raphael is so aggressive. He meets with Rafael’s parents and two of his
teachers to determine which situations provoke aggressive behavior and solicit
suggestions for keeping Rafael calm. Mr. Shaffer is conducting a/an
A) descriptive functional behavior assessment
B) functional analysis
C) indirect functional behavior assessment
D) integrated functional behavior assessment
Which of the following statements about keyboarding for students who are blind is
most accurate?
A) This skill should be taught using braille typewriters.
B) This skill should be taught after handwriting has been mastered.
C) This skill should be taught to high school students seeking employment.
D) This skill should be taught as early as feasible in the student’s school program.
A new test for genetic abnormalities that can be done as early as 5 weeks into the
pregnancy is done by
A) performing an ultrasound
B) examining maternal serum
C) removing chorionic tissue
D) detecting fetal DNA and RNA in the mother’s bloodstream
An IFSP must be reviewed with the family of a child receiving early intervention
services
A) once a month
B) every 3 months
C) every 6 months
D) once a year
Children with ADHD who do not qualify for special education services under IDEA
may be served under
A) the Americans with Disabilities Act
B) the No Child Left Behind Act
C) the Mental Health and Hygiene Act
D) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Which of the following statements about responses to sensory stimuli and people with
autism is most accurate?
A) Some people with autism do not feel pain.
B) People with autism usually prefer loud noises.
C) Many people with autism refuse to eat vegetables.
D) People with autism are usually oversensitive to strong odors.
All of the following are characteristics that may be exhibited by gifted students except
A) early moral and existential concerns
B) perfectionism and the need for precision
C) fascination with basic words and simple ideas
D) resistance to multiple or opposing points of view
Which of the following is an example of a student who would qualify for special
education services as a student with a hearing loss?
A) Aimee, who had tubes in her ears in kindergarten
B) Brad, who currently has an ear infection in both ears
C) Chandra, who needs an interpreter to sign in social studies class
D) Demetrius, who wears hearing aids but still cannot understand speech
Carter is having difficulty learning to read. Although he is in third grade, his teacher
says that he does not seem to have a conscious understanding that language is made up
of sounds. Carter has a deficit in
A) attention
B) phonological awareness
C) reading comprehension
D) word recall
Charlie is a student with muscular dystrophy and an intellectual disability. He would be
classified as a child with multiple disabilities
A) automatically
B) if both disabilities were diagnosed in infancy
C) if more than two areas of functioning were affected
D) if his educational needs could not be met in a program for one of the disabilities
Two factors that are highly related to the effectiveness of early intervention services are
A) availability of resources and staff/child ratio
B) severity of disability/and availability of resources
C) severity of disability and parents’ education level
D) intensity of intervention/ and level of family/child participation
Which of the following best describes the purpose of the EnvisionIT Program?
A) It teaches academic and transition skills simultaneously.
B) It teaches research skills necessary for success in college.
C) It allows teachers to create employment portfolios for students with disabilities.
D) It allows IEP teams to develop computerized transition plans for students with
disabilities.
The part of the ear that controls balance is the
A) cochlea
B) eardrum
C) ossicles
D) semicircular canal
According to the mirror model for parent involvement, most parents are likely to
participate in
A) IEP planning
B) PTA meetings
C) parent support groups
D) workshops
Which statement about parents of children with disabilities as research partners is most
accurate?
A) Parents are often too busy to participate in research.
B) Parents are seldom educated enough to participate in research.
C) Parents are often able to observe and measure performance and identify meaningful
outcomes.
D) Parents are seldom objective enough to observe and measure performance and
identify meaningful outcomes.
In program planning, the evaluation team determines all of the following except
A) learning goals and objectives
B) causation of the disability
C) providers of special education and related services
D) frequency of specialized instruction and related services
Recent studies of actual IEPs indicate that
A) they are data based and creative.
B) they are often useless to parents and students.
C) they have improved greatly over the past 20 years.
D) they represent the best of educational interventions.
Which term best describes a person with vision of 20/220 that is improved to 20/70
with glasses?
A) functionally blind
B) low vision
C) partially sighted
D) tunnel vision
Which licensed health professional is involved in the development and maintenance of
the motor skills, movement, and posture of students with physical disabilities?
A) occupational therapist
B) personal trainer
C) physical education instructor
D) physical therapist
Which of the following statements about orientation and mobility (O&M) is most
accurate?
A) The terms are synonyms.
B) O&M skills must be taught at an early age.
C) More time is spent on specific mobility skills than orientation.
D) O&M instruction is not required as a related service unless a student is blind.
Which of the following statements about students with profound disabilities is accurate?
A) Most of them are ambulatory.
B) They need minimal support with daily living skills.
C) They function no higher than a two-year-old in many areas.
D) Sophisticated IQ tests are needed to plan educational programs for this population.
Which of the following is not included in the parallel curriculum for students with
physical disabilities?
A) self-advocacy
B) social skills training
C) increasing independence
D) use of assistive technology
Mrs. Gandy wants to be sure that her classroom has appropriate lighting for her students
with low vision. Which adaptation would not be helpful?
A) adjustable lamps
B) desks with tilting tops
C) writing paper with a dull finish
D) worksheets printed on colored paper
An instructional strategy that incorporates students’ familiarity with technology to teach
needed skills in a variety of settings is
A) digital dramas
B) Wii simulations
C) cell phone prompting
D) iPod video modeling
Define ABA.
Which of the following would have the greatest amount of paralysis?
A) Alex, who has an injury that cuts through the cord at C4
B) Blake, who has an injury C6
C) Carla, who has an injury that partially cuts the cord at L3
D) Donald, who has an injury that damages the cord at Tl1
Shelby, a student with a severe disability, is based in a general education class. Brown
and colleagues suggest this means that
A) she spends 100% of her time there
B) she spends at least 70% of her day there
C) she is included in homeroom and then goes elsewhere
D) she is regarded as a class member rather than a visitor
Accelerated and compressed speech enable students with visual impairments to listen at
speeds of
A) up to 275 words per minute
B) up to 300 words per minute
C) up to 350 words per minute
D) up to 375 words per minute
What is the first challenge that teachers of students with behavior disorders face when
they try to use a group process to modify behaviors?
A) finding appropriate role models
B) creating a sense of group solidarity
C) getting the students to follow directions
D) teaching students to accept responsibility for their actions
All of the following are environmental accommodations except
A) changing the way that a task is done
B) changing when instruction is delivered
C) changing the way that instruction is delivered
D) providing increased access to a task or activity
Which of the following is a common so-called leisure activity for adults with
disabilities?
A) walking in the park
B) watching television for hours
C) going to a community ball game
D) socializing with friends at a coffee shop
Which of the following is the least powerful argument for family involvement in special
education?
A) Family members can teach students new skills.
B) Family members need to feel that they are important.
C) Family members must live with the outcomes of decisions made by IEP teams.
D) Educational outcomes are more likely to be significant if family members are
involved.
Describe and give an example of the five major developmental areas or domains.
Describe six elements of an individualized family services plan, and contrast an IFSP
with an IEP.
Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of two placement alternatives
for students who are gifted and talented.
Explain the continuum of service and placement options in order from least to most
restrictive.
What are four potential speech problems of children who are deaf or hard of hearing?
A fearful and depressed child who complains about nonexistent symptoms is exhibiting
what kind of behavior? Explain why this group is in danger of not being identified.
Describe and give examples of three characteristics of good secondary programs for
individuals with disabilities.
What should the curriculum for a student with severe/multiple disabilities primarily
focus on?
What is the unit of measurement for the intensity or loudness of sound? Explain the
variation in sound from smallest to loudest.
Although no specific set of behaviors is common to all individuals with severe or
multiple disabilities, the author provides a list of frequently observed behaviors. List
five of the seven.
Name and describe the two refractive errors.
List the seven members of the IEP team.
Name an item of assistive technology that children who are blind might use.
Imagine you are a special educator with a student, Maya, who has severe/multiple
disabilities. Your supervisor wants to recommend that Maya be sent to a special
residential school because he (the supervisor) sees no significant change in her
academic levels of performance. Draft a response letter that supports your reasons for
keeping Maya in her neighborhood school.
List the three levels of preventive intervention and briefly describe each.
Define and give an example of savant syndrome.
Which differentiation strategy allows for probing or studying a subject at great depth?
Provide three examples of this strategy.
Define assistive technology.
Define speech and language..