Enriching the content of instruction includes all but which of the following?
A) accelerating content
B) independent study
C) mentorships
D) investigating topics in greater detail
All of the following are advantages to using the DISCOVER model to identify
giftedness in culturally diverse children except
A) the process is equally effective for boys and girls
B) equitable percentages of children from all cultures are identified
C) the children identified closely resemble the cultural characteristics of the dominant
culture
D) children identified make gains that are the same as or greater than those children
identified using traditional tests
Which statement best represents the quality of life for people with disabilities?
A) For most people, it is better now than it was in the past.
B) For most people, it is worse now than it was in the past.
C) Most of the problems are due to physical barriers such as inaccessible buildings.
D) People with disabilities have more rights and privileges than those without
disabilities.
Which of the following most accurately reflects beliefs about residential treatment
facilities for people with disabilities?
A) Residential treatment facilities for people with disabilities should be outlawed
B) Residential treatment facilities are the best service option for people with
disabilities.
C) Residential treatment facilities do not provide a normal lifestyle for people with
disabilities.
D) Residential treatment facilities do not provide the kind of 24-hour support needed by
people with disabilities.
Mr. Johansen is trying to teach Timothy, a young child with a hearing loss, to use his
residual hearing to learn. He does not allow Timothy to look at the speaker’s lips. Mr.
Johansen is using
A) auditory learning
B) auditory-verbal-therapy
C) interactive-alinguistic communication
D) oral-aural communication
What is the defining characteristic of students with learning disabilities?
A) severe reading problems
B) poor memory and attention
C) difficulty understanding and using language
D) specific and significant achievement deficits in spite of adequate intelligence
Which disease is marked by abnormal pressure in the eye caused by disturbances or
blockages of fluids that normally circulate?
A) cataracts
B) glaucoma
C) nystagmus
D) strabismus
The difference in the prevalence rates of intellectual disabilities is largely due to
A) differences in poverty rates
B) differences in parental education
C) differences in availability of services
D) differences in criteria used for identification
Current research on the possible causes of autism lists all of the following except
A) abnormal brain development
B) genetic factors
C) environmental toxins
D) parenting style
Which of the following is not true of content enhancement?
A) It may involve teaching mnemonics.
B) It includes a wide array of teaching techniques
C) It may increase the complexity of the curriculum.
D) It requires the teacher to simultaneously teach content and how to learn the content.
All of the following are characteristics that may be exhibited by gifted students except
A) early moral and existential concerns
B) perfectionism and the need for precision
C) fascination with basic words and simple ideas
D) resistance to multiple or opposing points of view
Which of the following is NOT a step in prereferral intervention?
A) Teacher or parent reports concern with child’s progress.
B) Parents are notified.
C) Parent consent for testing and evaluation is obtained.
D) Intervention assistance teams help plan and implement interventions.
GO 4 IT … NOW! is a tool to teach
A) self-monitoring in the context of reading
B) self-determination in the context of writing
C) self-advocacy in the context of selecting transition services
D) self-advocacy in the context of communicating post-school desires to parents
Which of the following would be the least functional activity for a sixteen-year-old with
severe or multiple disabilities?
A) sorting M&M’s by color
B) fastening a pair of shoes
C) operating a vending machine
D) reading words such as stop, walk, men and women
Maker characterizes a person who is gifted as
A) highly talented
B) a problem solver
C) extremely creative
D) an individual with an IQ score two standard deviations above the mean
Special educators can help students with learning disabilities succeed in general
education classes by
A) providing assistance with homework
B) providing assistance with assessments
C) teaching them basic skills in the resource room
D) teaching them behaviors that general educators value
Mrs. Keller wants Tony to participate in making a snack with other children in a
kindergarten class. He is able to pour things but his movements are jerky and she does
not want him to spill the cereal and waste it. She has him point to the cereal to indicate
that it needs to go in the bowl next. Which misuse of partial participation does this
exemplify?
A) missed participation
B) myopic participation
C) passive participation
D) piecemeal participation
Which of the following statements about DIBELS is not accurate?
A) It is a summative evaluation.
B) It measures reading fluency.
C) It is used to monitor early reading skills.
D) It can identify children who are likely to become deficient readers.
Which of the following statements about self-determination is least accurate?
A) Self-determination is a lofty goal.
B) Self-determination requires a complex set of skills.
C) Self-determination cannot be taught to students in elementary school.
D) Self-determination is both a goal and a means for achieving other goals.
The first parent-to-parent program in the United States was
A) the Association for Retarded Citizens
B) the Council for Exceptional Children
C) Parents of Exceptional Persons
D) Pilot Parents
What percentage of students who are deaf or hard of hearing are educated in residential
schools?
A) 4%
B) 35%
C) 50%
D) 75%
Overselectivity is characterized as
A) resistance to changes in routine
B) obsessive attention to a specific object
C) focusing on a part rather than the whole
D) repeating behaviors over and over again
Which of the following is most likely to be heard at 40 dB from 15 feet away?
A) a whisper
B) a lawnmower
C) normal conversation
D) a dripping faucet
According to the author of the text, which subjects are ideally suited to acceleration?
A) reading and math
B) math and science
C) reading and social studies
D) math and foreign language
In which placement alternative, does the speech and language professional deliver
service through consultation?
A) in pull out
B) in community based
C) in collaboration
D) in self-contained classrooms
Jasmine is a kindergarten child with low vision. Which of the following is not a realistic
expectation regarding motor skills?
A) She will be less careful with space.
B) She will lose her balance and fall easily.
C) She will be less likely to imitate actions of others.
D) She will have poorer overall motor skills than normally sighted peers.
How many bound morphemes are in the word unpleasantly?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
What is a drawback to using a discrepancy approach to identifying children with
learning disabilities?
A) It is a subjective approach.
B) It is a wait and fail approach.
C) Test scores don”t represent actual performance.
D) Too few students are being identified as learning disabled.
Which of the following statements about attention and students with intellectual
disabilities is most accurate?
A) They have a great capacity for sustained attention.
B) They are slower to attend to relevant features of a task.
C) They are more likely to focus on complex tasks rather than simple ones.
D) They have extreme difficulty coming to attention but can focus once a stimulus
grabs their attention.
All of the following are environmental causes of intellectual disabilities except
A) poverty
B) child abuse
C) diseases or syndromes
D) chronic sensory deprivation
What are the most important features of effective instruction for students with
intellectual disabilities?
How does the federal government define legal blindness?
The four subtypes of autism spectrum disorders are differentiated from one another
primarily by _______ and ________. Describe one of the subtypes including the two
ways it differs from other subtypes.
What does a classroom teacher need to know about physical disabilities and health
impairments in children?
What characteristic encompasses all students with learning disabilities?
How are causes of speech and language impairments classified?
What are three types of written communication systems that could be used to convey
information between home and school?
List and explain the three educational classifications of visual impairments?
What is the first step in designing effective instruction for a student with
severe/multiple disabilities?
How do students who are deaf or hard of hearing use technologies and supports to
amplify, supplement, or replace sound?
In what ways do general and special education differ? Are those differences important?
If so, why and how?
List the six levels of Bloom’s taxonomy in the correct order, giving both the traditional
and revised terminology.
Are the achievement deficits of most students diagnosed with learning disabilities the
result of neurological impairment or poor instruction?
How might the educational placement of a student with visual impairments affect her
opportunities to learn the expanded core curriculum of nonacademic skills necessary for
overall success in life?
What is the advantage of assessing and describing emotional and behavioral disorders
in terms of the five dimensions of behavior?
Provide four examples of tactile, technological, and/or optical aids you would expect to
see available across the curriculum to a fourth grade student who is functionally blind
and how it provides access to the general education curriculum.
Explain the court case Timothy W. v. Rochester School District and the outcome.