Each is a school- or classroom-level action to promote student progress in the general
education curriculum EXCEPT:
A. Create effective learning environments
B. Design effective units and lessons
C. Create separate classrooms for those with disabilities
D. Implement schoolwide instructional strategies
PTIs serve families of children with disabilities in what age range?
A. Birth to age 3
B. Birth to age 21
C. Birth to age 6
D. Birth to age 26
Define spina bifida and briefly describe the types of spina bifida.
Which of the following describes how a student uses vision in a variety of natural
environments and activities?
A. Environmental observations
B. Teachers and parents
C. Functional vision assessments
D. Learning media assessments
Which of the following describes the different options for inclusion set forth by PL
4-142?
A. The continuum of placements
B. The general education classroom.
C. Increasing the amount of time in a general education classroom.
D. Services offered
The most common educational placement for students with physical disabilities is:
A. Separate setting
B. Regular class
C. Resource room
D. Home school
Which of the following involves active student participation and responsibility in the
assessment process?
A. Kid watching
B. Portfolios
C. Written tests/projects
D. Reflective evaluations
A person is legally blind if:
A. Their acuity is 20/20 even with glasses
B. Their acuity is 20/10 even with glasses
C. Their field of vision is less than 80 degrees
D. Their field of vision is less than 20 degrees
Steven is a gifted student who is very bored in class and does not complete his
homework. What would be the best way to help Steven become excited about learning
again?
A. Don”t require him to complete homework since he knows the material.
B. Have Steven tutor other students.
C. Modify the scope and sequence of Steven’s curriculum through acceleration.
D. Don”t be concerned about Steven’s behavior since he probably already knows the
concepts.
Each is a way to effectively collaborate with parents in participating in the development
of an appropriate IEP except:
A. Prepare in advance by appointing a service coordinator
B. Connect and start meetings with informal conversations
C. Prepare the document in advance so all the parent needs to do is sign it
D. Give parents written copies of all evaluation results, ahead of time if possible
Which of the following is least likely to sustain a TBI?
A. Children birth to age four.
B. Children 4 to 8
C. Adolescents age 15-19
D. Senior citizens over the age of 65
What term do educators use to refer to a severe orthopedic impairment that adversely
affects a child’s educational performance?
A. Cerebral palsy
B. Physical disabilities
C. Other health impairments
D. Orthopedic impairments
Parenting is a domain of family quality of life that includes each of the following
EXCEPT:
A. Talking openly with each other
B. Helping child learn to be independent
C. Helping child with schoolwork
D. Making time to care for the needs of each child
The number one cause of TBI is:
A. Car accidents
B. Falls
C. Abuse
D. Gun injuries
The court case in California that paved the way for the abandonment of standardized
testing alone as a means for determining whether or not a student was placed in special
education was:
A. Brown v. Board of Education
B. Larry P. v. Riles
C. Diana v. Board of Education
D. Lau v. Nichols
A language variation used by a group of individuals that reflects regional, social, or
cultural/ethnic factors is:
A. Dialect
B. Ebonics
C. Accent
D. Difference
Which of the following focuses on the use of social languagethe communication
between a speaker and a listener within a shared social environment?
A. Phonology
B. Syntax
C. Semantics
D. Pragmatics
What two disability categories constitute about two-thirds of all students who are
classified as having a disability?
A. Specific learning disabilities and speech or language impairments
B. Specific learning disabilities and intellectual disabilities
C. Specific learning disabilities and emotional disturbance
D. Specific learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder
There is research to support braid differences in children with ADHD. Which of the
following is not a brain difference noted in children with ADHD?
A. Cerebellar volume differences
B. Less activation in networks related to cognition.
C. Neurochemical differences.
D. More activation in the frontal cortex.
What is not a main difference between 504 and IDEA?
A. 504 is an anti-discrimination law
B. IDEA provides for federal funds to support its principles
C. 504 provides for federal funds to support its principles
D. IDEA deals with birth through age 21 only
Which of the following models assists students in dealing with the social-emotional
issues that might accompany their giftedness?
A. Differentiated instruction
B. Curriculum extension
C. Problem-based learning
D. The autonomous learner model
Each of the following is a skill typically involved in teaching problem solving except:
A. Solution generation
B. Asking for help
C. Problem identification
D. Problem definition
Behaviors that are persistently aggressive or involve acting-out and noncompliant
behaviors are:
A. Externalizing
B. Internalizing
C. Defiant
D. Antisocial
An extreme deviation in either a depressed or an elevated direction, or sometimes in
both directions at the same time is:
A. Anxiety disorder
B. Conduct disorder
C. Oppositional defiant disorder
D. Mood disorder
Which of the following identifies specific relationships between a student’s behavior
and the circumstances that trigger those behaviors, especially those that impede a
student’s ability to learn?
A. Functional behavioral assessment
B. Positive behavior support plan
C. Psychological evaluation
D. Direct observation
By what age have children learned to produce nearly all the consonants and vowels that
make up the words of their native language?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 5
D. 8
Which of the following is an event or action that follows your student’s response and
increases the possibility that your student will exhibit that same response again?
A. Discriminative stimulus
B. Response
C. Reinforcing stimulus
D. Consequence
How many principles are outlined in IDEA?
A. Two principles
B. Four principles
C. Six principles
D. Eight principles
Which of the following principles of IDEA prevent a school from excluding a child
access to an education based on their disability?
A. Nondiscriminatory evaluation
B. Zero reject
C. Parent participation
D. FAPE
Which of the following involves students learning to collect data on their progress
toward educational goals?
A. Self-instruction strategies
B. Student-directed learning strategies
C. Antecedent cue regulation
D. Self-monitoring strategies
Describe functional vision assessment (FVA).
Universal support, group support, and individual support are levels of which of the
following?
A. IEP
B. ITP
C. Individual positive behavior support
D. Schoolwide positive behavior support