The ability of an individual to meet the standards of personal independence as well as
social responsibility appropriate for his or her chronological age and culture group is
referred to as
A) Task analysis
B) Self-advocacy
C) Adaptive behavior
D) Self-esteem
Which of the following factors has contributed to the perceptions that people with
autism spectrum disorders have special abilities?
A) The way that individuals with autism spectrum disorders have been portrayed in
movies
B) Researchers have made claims concerning the special abilities of people with autism
spectrum disorders
C) Large percentages of people with autism spectrum disorders have exhibited special
abilities
D) People with autism spectrum disorders tend to score highly on measures of cognitive
ability
Gifted and talented students are less likely to make a year’s progress than nongifted
students.
A) True
B) False
Which is not considered a typical characteristic of individuals with visual impairments?
A) Unusual head or eye movements
B) Poor grades
C) Cognitive disability
D) Frequent headaches
Which disease was originally known as “little disease”?
A) Muscular dystrophy
B) Spina bifida
C) Cerebral palsy
D) Asthma
What should you not do when a student in your class has a tonic-clonic seizure?
A) Withhold liquids immediately following the seizure
B) Turn the student on his or her stomach
C) Time the duration of the seizure
D) Allow the student to sleep following the seizure
All of the following are characteristics of early intervention services except
A) Health insurance services
B) Parent counseling and training
C) Occupational therapy
D) Assistive technology and services
In which year was the National Association for Gifted Children founded?
A) 1958
B) 1925
C) 1961
D) 1954
Psychostimulants prove ineffective in approximately how many instances?
A) 10%”15% of the time
B) 5%”10% of the time
C) 30%”40% of the time
D) 25%”30% of the time
Some professionals are concerned with the identification of ADHD in culturally diverse
students because
A) African American individuals have a higher rate of the disorder.
B) The rating scales used to identify the disorder may reflect bias toward or against
certain cultural groups.
C) The assessment methods used are accurate only for European American individuals.
D) The common treatment approaches are effective only for European American
individuals.
Which of the following is most critical to the quality of literacy experiences for students
with visual impairments?
A) Access to technology
B) Access to special classes
C) Access to general education peers
D) Access to the most recent books
All of the following are common mythsabout gifted and talented students except
A) Gifted and talented students have abilities that can be demonstrated.
B) Gifted and talented children don’t have great social skills.
C) Gifted only refers to children who are radically accelerated.
D) Gifted and talented is, many times, used to describe the arts or athletics.
One major concern for disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic minorities is
A) Underachievement
B) Unsuccessful assimilation
C) Interdependence on macroculture
D) Subcultural subversion
The philosophy of “zero reject” holds that all children, regardless of their disability,
should be provided an appropriate education.
A) True
B) False
IDEA brought about new roles for parents in the decision-making process, including
A) Active involvement in the assessment and identification process
B) Program evaluation
C) Input on placement decisions
D) All of the above
_____________ is characterized by ‘striking a deal” with God, science, or anyone
parents believe may be able to help their child.
A) Rationalizing
B) Bargaining
C) Acceptance
D) Adjustment
Symbols, aids, strategies, and techniques used as a supplement or alternative to oral
language are referred to as
A) Assistive technology devices
B) Assistive technology services
C) Augmentative and alternative communication
D) None of the above
Which of the following describes cultural pluralism? Cultural and ethnic differences
A) Must be appreciated and respected
B) Must be abandoned
C) Need to be relinquished
D) Must be overlooked
__________ are typically found in elementary and secondary classrooms and are
considered an evidence-based practice for educating students with disabilities.
A) Calculators
B) Number lines
C) Multiplication charts
D) Concrete manipulatives
What educational setting is the most beneficial for students with ADHD?
A) Included in a general education classroom
B) Part of a special education classroom
C) Part of a classroom that uses collaboration between special education and general
education teachers
D) It depends on the case
Persons with disabilities who speak out on issues of importance to them are practicing
_______.
A) Self-determination
B) Self-advocacy
C) Self-monitoring
D) Self-realization
An electronic Braille embosser that translates text from a Braille keyboard to a printer:
A) Trekker
B) Perkins Brailler
C) Mountbatten Brailler
D) Duxbury Braille Translator
___________ is one etiological factor occurring around the time of birth.
A) Perinatal
B) Prenatal
C) Postnatal
D) Birth natal
Leta S. Hollingworth wrote Gifted Children: Their Nature and Nurture(1926).
A) True
B) False
_____ coined the term differential education.
A) Guilford
B) Hollingsworth
C) Ward
D) Javits
__________________ is a term used to refer to an individual’s ability to withhold
planned responses to stimuli, interrupt an initiated response, and protect an ongoing
activity from distracting stimuli.
A) Protective behaviors
B) Behavior modification
C) Behavioral consistency
D) Behavioral inhibition
In 2004, IDEA mandated what provision for transitioning students with disabilities?
A) Community-based education services
B) Development of an individualized transition plan by age 16
C) Requirements for school-based vocational programs
D) Special transition-related instructional programs
The terms speech, language, and communication are so closely related that they are
interchangeable.
A) True
B) False
What an individual believes about what contributes to his or her success or failure on a
task is known as
A) Metacognition
B) Meta-analysis
C) Pragmatics
D) Attribution
Classwide interventions for students with ADHD are
A) Only effective if all students in the classroom suffer from the disorder
B) A way to help students with ADHD without singling out one individual
C) Not commonly used
D) Often counterproductive for the students who do not have ADHD within the
classroom
Sound produced by the inner ear in response to auditory stimulation of the auditory
pathway is ___________________.
A) Acoustic immittance
B) Auditory evoked potentials
C) Otoacoustic emissions
D) Pure tone
Individuals whose social behaviors are atypical and who are often regarded as chronic
social offenders are said to be _____.
A) Depressed
B) Conduct disordered
C) Schizophrenic
D) Socially maladjusted
A child says, “That apple is weally wed.” The child is having difficulty with what
component of language?
A) Semantics
B) Phonology
C) Pragmatics
D) Syntax
How many hours of weekly intervention are recommended for young children with
autism spectrum disorders?
A) 10 hours
B) 15 hours
C) 25 hours
D) 40 hours
Explain the concept of Deaf culture. Discuss how this culture can provide support to a
child who is deaf. Discuss any possible limitations that might arise from a focus on
Deaf culture.
Describe the possible etiology of ADHD. Are biological or environmental factors most
likely the cause?
Establishing meaningful collaborative relationships with families from culturally and
linguistically diverse backgrounds requires the professional’s respect of multiple facets
of each family’s value system and cultural traditions. Briefly discuss what this means
for teachers.
Discuss how neurological dysfunction is associated with ADHD. Explain the
responsibilities of the frontal lobe, the basal ganglia, and the cerebellum as they apply
to the learning process for the student with ADHD.
Explain portfolio testing. What is it and how can it be used? What are the potential
advantages and disadvantages? How could the use of portfolio testing affect the
assessment process and overrepresentation of minorities in some special education
programs?
The education of girls with gifts and talents cannot be neglected. Giftedness in females
must be nurtured. Reis (2006) offered several recommendations for developing the
talent pool of both girls and boys. Summarize that information.
Do you more closely adhere to a linear model of giftedness or a circular model? Provide
support for your opinion.
List problems that have been associated with child maltreatment.
List three areas where students with emotional or behavioral disorders fare worse than
typically developing peers within the school environment.
Name three differences between the definition of learning disabilities proposed by
Samuel Kirk and the definition incorporated in the Learning Disabilities Act of 1969.
Name at least three examples of health problems that would be covered under the
federal definition of “other health impairments.”
Discuss how the overrepresentation of children of color is best understood as a
relationship between family socioeconomic status and disability rather than disability
and minority group.
Name two characteristics of persons with intellectual disabilities that affect learning.
Describe at least three stressors of families of children with autism spectrum disorders
and cite at least one strategy to address each stressor.
What device can persons with a severe hearing impairment use to communicate by
telephone?
Provide two reasons why the Mental Health and Special Education Coalition advocates
for the change in the federal definition from the term serious emotional disturbance to
emotional or behavioral disorder.
List the three traits of Renzulli’s model of giftedness.