A term that refers to data used to create e-texts is:
A. Digital source file
B. Media player
C. Audio converter
D. Augmentative device
Michael is a student with multiple disabilities. His educational and functional skills are
very limited but he is included in the general education setting for portions of the school
day. What should the teachers do for Michael to enhance his general education
experiences?
A. Let him complete tasks that are within his abilities.
B. Determine another placement for Michael since he cannot handle the regular
education setting.
C. Create opportunities for him to benefit from peer tutoring.
D. Let Michael sit in the back of the classroom and sleep.
Over the last decade, where have students with disabilities been spending more of their
instructional time?
A. In the resource room
B. In the general education classroom
C. In the self-contained special education classroom
D. In special schools for those with disabilities
Customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social
group; and the characteristic features of everyday existence shared by people in a place
and time is which of the following?
A. Micro culture
B. Culture
C. Cultural responsiveness
D. Ethnicity
Adapted materials for students with visual impairments may include braille and
large-print maps, measuring devices, graph paper, writing paper, calendars, and:
A. Computers
B. Flash cards
C. Children’s stories
D. Rubrics
What percent of students with TBI spend 80-100% of their time in general education
settings?
A. About 49%
B. 23%
C. Only 9%
D. Over 70%
Which of the following students are more likely to attend residential schools?
A. Students with learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, and physical disabilities
B. Students with autism, traumatic brain injury, and intellectual disabilities
C. Students with hearing impairments, visual impairments, and deaf-blindness
D. Students with autism, visual impairments, and traumatic brain injury
A condition that develops slowly and has long-lasting symptoms is:
A. Chronic
B. Acute
C. Terminal
D. Benign
After how many cumulative days of suspension in one school year does IDEA mandate
a manifestation determination meeting be held?
A. Five
B. Seven
C. Ten
D. Forty-five
Which of the following represents what a majority of states are following for their
English Language and Mathematics standards?
A. Student achievement standards
B. Academic content standards
C. Common Core State Standards
D. Alternative achievement standards
Services that address all educational, mental health, and physical health needs are:
A. Supplementary
B. Community awareness
C. Wraparound
D. Check and Connect
The stage of language proficiency in which students understand about 500 words, but
cannot use them is:
A. Early production stage
B. Receptive or preproduction stage
C. Speech emergence stage
D. Intermediate language proficiency stage
The risk factors that interact with each other and with biomedical risk factors to
influence the existence and extent of intellectual disabilities include each of the
following except:
A. Behavioral
B. Social
C. Educational
D. Familial
Accommodations may change each of the following EXCEPT:
A. Teachers ways of presenting information
B. Students ways of responding
C. Content of assessment
D. Timing of assessments
Appropriate roles for paraprofessionals include each of the following except which one?
A. Providing individualized instruction to groups of students
B. Facilitating friendships among students with and without disabilities
C. Providing primary instruction to students with disabilities
D. Assisting students with personal care
What is the curriculum used for teaching literacy skills to students with visual
impairments whose first language is not English?
A. Modified language instruction
B. Adapted ESL
C. Bilingual language instruction
D. There is none
Compared to heads of households in the general population, how likely are heads of
households with children with emotional or behavioral disorders to have high school
diplomas?
A. Two times less likely
B. Just as likely
C. More likely
D. Three times less likely
Which dimensions of language determine the content and social use of language?
A. Semantics and pragmatics
B. Syntax and pragmatics
C. Semantics and phonology
D. Syntax and morphology
The oral expression of language is:
A. Language
B. Speech
C. Phonology
D. Syntax
Which of the following requires a student to undertake problem-solving tasks that
increase in complexity and openness in six areas?
A. IQ tests
B. DISCOVER
C. Multiple intelligences
D. Torrence Tests of Creative Thinking
The combination of hand, body, and facial movements to convey both words and
concepts rather than individual letters is:
A. Sign language
B. Fingerspelling
C. Oral/aural format
D. Cued speech
Each of the following is a part of the definition of emotional disturbance except:
A. An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health
factors
B. An inability in one or more of the basic psychological processes
C. Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings
D. A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression
Inflammation of the brain is:
A. Encephalitis
B. Meningitis
C. Epilepsy
D. Congenital
Effective teaching strategies for teaching daily living skills to students with visual
impairments include each of the following except:
A. Hand-over-hand demonstrations
B. Gradual fading of prompts
C. Written instructions
D. Significant practice
Students with intellectual disabilities have difficulty transferring knowledge or behavior
learned for doing one task to another task for each of the following reasons EXCEPT:
A. Expectations vary in different settings
B. They do not have the intellectual capacity to learn the skill
C. Non-school settings tend to have greater complexity and more distractions
D. They have challenges using working memory in novel situations
Hearing loss in both ears is described as:
A. Bilateral
B. Lateral
C. Dual
D. Singular
Which type of data would be most appropriate to collect to assess how well a student
learned a task that was broken into various steps?
A. Response by response data
B. Instructional and test data
C. Error data
D. Anecdotal data
Nondiscriminatory evaluation plans seek to answer each of the following EXCEPT:
A. Does the student have ADHD and can other disabilities be ruled out?
B. Do other disabilities exist simultaneously with ADHD?
C. What should the student’s IEP contain?
D. Can the student be served by an existing program, like EBD, even if he has ADHD?
Eliminating the continuum of placement and increasing the amount of time students
spend in the general education classroom are two issues of:
A. No Child Left Behind
B. IDEA
C. Inclusion
D. Special education
The process of determining whether a student’s behavior is a direct result of the
student’s disability is:
A. Equal treatment
B. No cessation
C. Interim alternative placement
D. Manifestation determination
Each of the following is true of TBI except:
A. One year after the injury, they are more likely to show improvements in cognitive
skills than in behavioral skills.
B. Students with TBI are more likely to be diagnosed with obsessive compulsive
disorders, anxiety, and depression.
C. Approximately 10% of students experience post traumatic stress disorder in the first
three months following TBI.
D. Behavioral problems occur in 35 to 70% of students with TBI.
Briefly describe the cognitive and academic characteristics of students with emotional
or behavioral problems.
Describe the self-determined learning model of instruction and explain how it benefits
students with intellectual disabilities.
What are the domains of family quality of life and what is your role as an educator in
relation to this concept?
Explain the purpose of a 504 plan.
What is one area of memory students with learning disabilities struggle with
frequently?
Describe the steps to teaching problem-solving skills.
Explain the inclusionary and exclusionary standards for defining specific learning
disabilities.
What data sources are used to document representation in special education?
Summarize the findings of these sources (not with specific numbers).
Briefly summarize causes of hearing loss.
What is service learning and why is it beneficial?
Summarize methods of testing hearing and indicate at which age levels different tests
are most appropriate.
Describe multimodal treatments for students with ADHD.
Why do the authors of your textbook emphasize driver’s education for secondary
students with physical or other health impairments? What other young adult issues do
you think should also be included in secondary and transition education for these
students and why?
Describe problems with determining the intellectual capabilities of students with
multiple disabilities, and state general conclusions about their intellectual functioning.
Describe how you can enhance family participation in IEP conferences.
Discuss the use of cooperative learning groups and the two primary characteristics of
these groups.
Describe a token economy system and its uses.
Describe the different communication options and suggest pros and cons of each.
Describe the emotional, behavioral, and social changes of students with TBI.
Summarize the causes of emotional or behavioral disorders.