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Schools and teachers are less likely to favor students who are
A) gifted in cognitive areas.
B) gifted in academic areas.
C) artistic or creative.
D) from the majority culture.
Which is NOT an underrepresented subgroup of gifted students?
A) students with learning disabilities
B) females
C) males
D) culturally/linguistically diverse students
Which term below is NOT associated with ADHD?
A) developmental delay
B) hyperactive
C) impulsive
D) inattentive
A child who says "pay the piano" instead of "play the piano" is demonstrating an
example of what articulation error?
A) substitution
B) distortion
C) omission
D) addition
All of the following were changes made to IDEA in the 2004 reauthorization EXCEPT
A) increased communication options between home and school.
B) added a new ADHD disability category.
C) streamlined IEP procedures.
D) required special education teachers to be highly qualified.
Mrs. Tueni teaches her students time management skills, self-regulation strategies, and
gives them a five-minute warning before beginning any transition activities. Mrs. Tueni
is engaged in which classroom management technique?
A) managing the physical environment
B) preventing problem behaviors
C) supporting student independence
D) intervening for problem behaviors
When studying for a test on the first Gulf War, Nico organizes the information in
chronological order. Nico is using which strategy for organizing information?
A) generalization
B) chunking
C) association
D) sequencing
Ms. Dencko, a preschool teacher, suspects that one of her young students is gifted.
What is one method that she can use to determine whether her hunch is right?
A) IQ tests
B) EKG tests
C) Comparison of developmental markers
D) Screening devices for problem-solving skills
Rett syndrome is different from many inherited conditions because
A) it skips every three generations.
B) its effects diminish as the children get older.
C) it occurs only in girls.
D) a woman who gives birth to one child with Rett syndrome has a 97% probability that
all subsequent children will also have the condition.
Emma has a condition where the 21st pair of chromosomes has three rather than the
normal two chromosomes. Emma has
A) Tay Sachs disease.
B) Down syndrome.
C) multiple sclerosis.
D) PKU.
Ms. Flores-Duenas incorporates the cultures, interests, and backgrounds of her students
into her instruction. She includes magazines and newspapers from different
communities, and highlights accomplishments of diverse scientists and engineers. Ms.
Flores-Duenas has incorporated __________ into her classroom environment.
A) sheltered English
B) bilingual education
C) reciprocal teaching
D) contextualized instruction
Which of the following statements about service animals is accurate?
A) Service animals can provide assistance with tasks such as opening doors, turning
pages of a book, and retrieving items.
B) Service animals are considered related services under IDEA.
C) Service animals should be treated as pets.
D) When addressing a person who has a service animal, be sure to show interest by
asking questions about the animal and offering it food.
Individuals with multiple-severe disabilities ____ in order for independence and
community participation to be accomplished.
A) require limited supports
B) vary in the types and levels of supports they require
C) require extensive and pervasive
D) typically require full-time, one-on-one assistance
FBA is not appropriate for which types of behaviors?
A) high-impact behaviors that rarely occur
B) behaviors that are reinforced by peer attention
C) behaviors that have short durations
D) behaviors that occur more than 3 times per day
Who developed the theory of dyslexia and remedial reading techniques for children
with severe reading problems?
A) Samuel Orton
B) Alfred Strauss
C) Kurt Goldstein
D) Heinz Werner
Which famous business person has a learning disability and has developed two web
sites to provide both parents and children with important and helpful information on
this disability?
A) Gloria Vanderbilt
B) Sean "P. Diddy" Combs
C) Charles Schwab
D) Lee Iacocca
Eli works all of the math problems on a page, even though his teacher specifically told
the class to work only the odd-numbered problems. Eli is exhibiting which key
characteristic of ADHD?
A) inattention
B) hyperactivity
C) impulsivity
D) combined type
Five-year-old Orhan hears the word mud and says, "M-u-d", breaking the word into
smaller parts. He also has fun making rhyming words, even if they are nonsensical
words. Orhan has strongly developed __________ skills.
A) phonological awareness
B) letter fluency
C) phonics
D) reading comprehension
Elena has 0 dB results on her bone conduction test and a 40 dB loss recorded from the
air conduction method. Elena has
A) no hearing loss.
B) sensorineural hearing loss.
C) conductive hearing loss.
D) severe hearing loss.
Although there are concerns about the use of discrepancy formulas, they continue to be
used because
A) many people feel they provide objectivity to the identification process.
B) IQ results are indisputable.
C) they have proven to be the most effective means for identifying learning disabilities.
D) of the pressures resulting from high-stakes testing.
Simian requires a ventilator, without which he would probably not survive. Simian is a
A) technology-dependent student.
B) student with an orthopedic impairment.
C) student with sickle cell anemia.
D) student who probably receives his educational services in a hospital setting.
Amarilis is allowed short breaks during testing situations. Which kind of an
accommodation is she receiving?
A) native language accommodation
B) English language accommodation
C) nonlinguistic accommodation
D) alternate assessment
Although six-year-old Kemal can identify the letters of the alphabet, he is unable to
sound out groups of letters to identify a word. Kemal has difficulty with
A) phonological awareness.
B) letter fluency.
C) phonics.
D) reading comprehension.
In many cases of TBI
A) the symptoms eventually disappear.
B) the symptoms worsen over time.
C) the symptoms typically last 4"6 months.
D) the symptoms never appear.
According to ____'s definition, gifted and talented children exhibit achievement or
potential in intellectual, creative, academic, or leadership abilities.
A) IDEA
B) NCLB
C) Terman
D) Marland
According to Howard Gardner's __________, children who display exceptional talent
in any one of eight areas can be identified as gifted.
A) theory of multiple intelligences
B) nondiscriminatory testing theory
C) concept of contextualized instruction
D) theory of scaffolding
Why is the incidence of Usher syndrome so much higher in Louisiana than in other
parts of the country?
A) Poor nutrition and living conditions in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina resulted in
more children born with this disorder.
B) This genetic condition appears to coincide with musical abilities; the jazz
community in New Orleans has the highest incidence of this syndrome.
C) The genetic condition is common among those with Cajun ancestry, and more
prevalent in small, tight-knit communities.
D) The condition is carried by a particular species of mosquito that is more common in
Louisiana than elsewhere.
A child who says "the ball is WED" instead of RED is an example of what articulation
error?
A) substitution
B) distortion
C) omission
D) addition
Huaquing's speech is unrecognizable. She communicates with others using an electronic
device into which she types or programs information. This information is then "read"
back to listeners by the device. Huaquing is using a(n)
A) obturator.
B) low-tech device.
C) speech synthesizer.
D) communication board.
Raimundo is learning English. As he prepares to take his state's high-stakes testing, one
guideline for determining which accommodations to provide for him is to
A) provide the same accommodations used for instruction.
B) always include a bilingual translator in testing situations.
C) provide the test in his native language.
D) begin with extended time, and add other accommodations as the need arises.
Fourth-grade teacher Mr. Webber wants to teach functionally equivalent behaviors to a
student with ASD in his class. His first step should be to
A) carefully identify the inappropriate behavior in behavioral terms.
B) analyze the behavior and the events that stimulate and maintain it.
C) work with everyone to be sure that there is consistency across all settings.
D) teach and reward alternative behaviors.
Grade A hospital has begun hearing screening on all newborns. In order to do this, they
will test
A) for recognition of otoacoustic emissions.
B) using an audiogram.
C) using an audiometer.
D) for decibels, frequency, and pitch.
Skandar does not believe in himself and does not try to learn, resulting in a dependency
on others. This is referred to as
A) motivation.
B) immaturity.
C) learned helplessness.
D) ADHD.
Ileana is a college sophomore who is thinking of majoring in education, but is worried
about increasing violence in the schools. Ileana should know that
A) she will have few behavioral concerns as long as she teaches at an elementary
school.
B) violence that results in student and teacher deaths has risen slightly, but general
verbal defiance has not increased within the last decade.
C) school violence is actually on the decline, and schools are the safest place where
children can spend their days.
D) violence tends to occur less in rural or suburban schools, so she should try and get a
job outside of a big city.
