Which of the following is NOT involved in RTI?
A) universal screening
B) continuous progress monitoring
C) multifactored evaluation
D) several tiers of intensive intervention before referral
A long cane serves as all of the following except
A) a tool for independent travel
B) a probe for detecting changes in travel surfaces
C) a bumper for protection from obstacles such as doors
D) a bumper for protection from low hanging tree branches
Which of the following is an example of ADHD and comorbidity?
A) Andy and his twin brother have ADHD.
B) Brett has ADHD and his father had it as a child.
C) Candy has ADHD and an emotional disability.
D) Diana does not speak English and she has ADHD.
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
Which best describes an aura?
A) a visual hallucination experienced by someone with a head injury
B) phantom sensations in the limbs of a person with a spinal cord injury
C) a warning sensation experienced by someone shortly before a seizure
D) feelings of pain or tingling experienced by someone with a degenerative nerve
disorder
Mrs. Epstein is a middle school science teacher. She is trying to build fluency with
science vocabulary so she has constructed a deck of cards with the vocabulary words on
one side and the definitions of the words on the other side. Students take turns defining
as many words as they can in one minute. What fluency building activity is Mrs.
Epstein using?
A) peer controlled learning
B) repeated reading
C) SAFMEDS
D) time trials
Four-year-old Darrell is participating in comprehensive assessments in adaptive,
cognitive, language, motor, and social development to determine if he needs early
intervention services or special education. What is the most likely purpose of these
assessments?
A) diagnosis
B) evaluation
C) program planning
D) screening
According to Ferguson and Ferguson [2011], adulthood may be expressed in all of the
following ways except
A) age
B) autonomy
C) change
D) membership
Amelia is eight years old. She has a very short attention span. Her teacher reports that
she frequently stares out the window and that she loses her place when reading. She
often asks for directions to be repeated and appears startled when called on in class.
Which subtype of ADHD is Amelia most likely to have?
A) ADHD combined type
B) ADHD early onset type
C) ADHD hyperactive impulsive type
D) ADHD primarily inattentive type
Which is not an example of an “established risk condition”?
A) Down syndrome
B) fetal alcohol syndrome
C) fragile X syndrome
D) premature birth
Which is the best example of enrichment?
A) Jewel is 14 years old, but is allowed to enroll in college courses.
B) With a teacher’s guidance, Dale researches, designs, and builds a robot.
C) Tosha is given extra reading and math problems because she always finishes early.
D) Since Lynn already knows the algebra content covered in the first 8 weeks in class,
she is allowed to begin with content usually introduced later.
Studies comparing the effectiveness of handraising and the use of response cards
indicate that
A) students were more comfortable with handraising.
B) students responded more often when using response cards.
C) students performed better on tests after lessons that included handraising.
D) students with disabilities were more likely to be distracted when using response.
cards
Nicole tells her older brother that Mom need some “pleach” from the store before she
can wash his socks. Nicole’s speech error is known as a/an
A) addition
B) distortion
C) omission
D) substitution
The reason that a large proportion of students with emotional disabilities are served in
more restrictive settings is
A) students with severe behavioral problems are served in these settings
B) students with emotional disabilities prefer segregated settings
C) many students with emotional disabilities are serving sentences in correctional
facilities
D) students with emotional disabilities require related services that are unavailable in
less restrictive settings
Which of the following does not describe zero dB?
A) audiometric zero
B) zero hearing threshold level (HTL)
C) the smallest sound that can be perceived by a normally hearing person
D) the point at which a person who is deaf can no longer perceive sounds
Hearing loss may not be detected in very young children because
A) all infants smile, babble and coo
B) most deaf children are born to deaf parents
C) screening for hearing loss in infants is not possible
D) parents don”t usually seek diagnosis until the child starts school
In IDEIA, early intervention is intended to enhance the development of children ages
A) birth”2
B) birth”3
C) 3″5
D) 3″9
Which of the following is true about telecommunication devices for the deaf?
A) They are available as a related service under IDEA.
B) They require the presence of a sign language interpreter.
C) They are available in many public places because of the ADA.
D) They have recently been replaced by cell phones with text messaging.
In school districts where SWPBS have been implemented, what percentage of students
with require Tier 2 intervention?
A) 25
B) 15
C) 80
D) 5
Which of the following is a criterion-referenced test commonly used by special
educators?
A) Brigance Comprehensive Inventory of Basic Skills
B) Iowa Tests of Basic Skills
C) Peabody Individual Achievement Test
D) Stanford Diagnostic Mathematics Test
At what age are infants who can hear first able to discriminate speech sounds?
A) 1 month
B) 3 months
C) 6 months
D) 9 months
Brianna’s general education teacher and the speech therapist at her school communicate
to make sure that her therapy sessions end before it is time for related arts classes. This
is an example of
A) consultation
B) teaming
C) reciprocity
D) coordination
Which types of stimuli are easiest for children with autism to process?
A) human faces
B) spoken words
C) images on computer screens
D) statues and other three-dimensional objects
What is the size of the type in books produced by the American Printing House for the
Blind?
A) 14 point
B) 18 point
C) 20 point
D) 24 point
Which of the following is not an example of stereotypic behaviors exhibited by people
who are blind?
A) body rocking
B) eye pressing
C) hand flapping
D) head banging
How can a teacher help a child who stutters?
A) avoid direct eye contact with the child
B) pay attention to what the child is saying
C) ask the child to take a deep breath and start over
D) ask the child to talk out of the side of his/her mouth
What is one advantage of the definition of emotional disturbance proposed by the
CCBD?
A) It identifies age-appropriate behavior.
B) It clarifies the social dimension of the disability.
C) It ignores cultural and ethnic influences on behavior.
D) It increases the chance of early identification and intervention.
Which of the following statements about dialects is most accurate?
A) Dialects are more common in English than in other languages.
B) Dialects are linguistically correct within the rules that govern them.
C) Dialects should usually be considered to be inferior to Standard English.
D) Dialects are severe forms of communication disorders that require intensive
intervention.
Which best characterizes the position of the National Association for Gifted and
Talented Children on ability grouping?
A) It is undemocratic and racist.
B) It is generally the least restrictive environment.
C) It damages the self-esteem of struggling students.
D) It creates an elitist group of students with inflated egos.
Research on the use of a Talking Photo Album as a strategy to enable parents of English
language learners to provide tutoring in vocabulary concluded that
A) the strategy was too complicated for parents to use
B) the children were easily bored with the strategy and did not use it
C) the strategy was more effective for teaching concrete rather than abstract words
D) the strategy was effective for teaching new vocabulary to parents and children
How can a teacher communicate effectively and meaningfully with families from
diverse cultures?
In your own words, explain the cycle of environmentally caused intellectual disabilities.
What are the intended functions of prereferral intervention?
Explain the five principles of effective communication and give an example of each.
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.
What types of communication disorders might statements such as “The dogs runned
home” and “That foop is dood” signal?
Contrast dialoguing and arguing as forms of conflict resolution.
Briefly explain the prevalence rates of severe/multiple disabilities.
What is the only legal reason a child with HIV/AIDS can be excluded from attending
public school?
The response to intervention approach in the field of learning disabilities focuses on
_______ and ______. Explain these two areas of focus.
Why must the planning and provision of special education be so carefully sequenced
and evaluated?
Define generalization and maintenance.
Why should postschool outcomes drive educational programming for secondary
students with disabilities?
What are the two major functions of student behavior that a functional behavior
assessment can help identify?
Why do you think attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is not included as a
separate disability category in IDEA?
How does IDEA define multiple disabilities?
How might some of the characteristic behaviors of autism spectrum disorders become
assets for the child as a learner?