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Which of the following student behaviors best fits the IDEA definition of emotional
disturbance?
A) Grace has been depressed and withdrawn for 7 months.
B) Maggie responds to teasing one day by throwing a chair through a window.
C) Page usually gets excellent grades but since starting fourth grade has been getting
C's and D's.
D) Courtney tells the school nurse that she has been crying every day for a week
because her parents are divorced.
Which of the following service options for students with learning disabilities is the most
restrictive?
A) consultation
B) general education classroom
C) resource room
D) separate classroom
Which of the following is an example of joint attention?
A) a mother holding her child's hand
B) a child looking for a favorite toy
C) a child listening to a classmate and some music
D) a child looking at a picture that a teacher is pointing at
Which of the following is NOT true of learned helplessness and outer-directedness?
A) They may be caused by frequent failure.
B) They are often seen as a lack of motivation.
C) They often result from dependency on other people.
D) They are an inherent characteristic of intellectual disabilities.
Rear Window is
A) a popular movie about a deaf girl
B) computer software that translates speech into text
C) a captioning system available in some movie theatres
D) a device that alerts a deaf person when someone is at door
P. L. 99"457 extended the services provided to school-aged children with disabilities
and required states to serve children ages
A) 0"3
B) 0"5
C) 3"5
D) 18"21
At what age can autism be reliably diagnosed?
A) 18 months
B) 24 months
C) 3 years
D) 5 years
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.
The three components of augmentative and alternative communication are
A) pictures, sounds, words
B) aided, unaided, cooperative
C) no-tech, low-tech, high-tech
D) representational set, means of selection, means of transmission
For students who are twice exceptional, which of the following is NOT recommended
for supporting their social and emotional needs?
A) encourage students to succeed
B) teach strategies for coping with frustrations
C) provide support in establishing and maintaining social relationships
D) use conventional or nontraditional measurement tools as well as nonverbal
measurement
Which of the following is not a cause of acquired hearing loss?
A) Down syndrome
B) otitis media
C) meningitis
D) noise exposure
In most states when a teacher encounters a child with a behavior or learning problem
and the child is not currently receiving special education services, the first step is to
A) devise and implement an intervention
B) design an individualized education program
C) contact the state board of education to request funding
D) evaluate the child for eligibility to receive special education services
Which of the following statements about applied behavior analysis (ABA) is most
accurate?
A) ABA is too complicated for many parents.
B) Skills targeted for teaching are based on individual needs.
C) ABA is a teaching method.
D) ABA includes prescribed settings, teaching formats and materials.
What percentage of school-aged students with disabilities have learning disabilities?
A) 4.4%
B) 23.2%
C) 42.3 %
D) 62.5%
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
The way that students with physical disabilities think about themselves and the degree
of acceptance by others depends primarily on the
A) cause of the disability
B) visibility of the disability
C) age of onset of the disability
D) treatment protocol required
Which of the following is a maternal screening test that can identify pregnancies at risk
for a congenital disability?
A) amniocentesis
B) maternal serum (AFP) alpha-fetoprotein
C) chorionic villi sampling
D) tandem mass spectrometry
TRUE/FALSE
Cortical visual impairments result from damage to the cornea.
Which of the following is an example of an environmental influence on language?
A) missing teeth
B) premature birth
C) traumatic brain injury
D) opportunities to play with peers
According to recent research on phonemic awareness and phonics instruction
A) deaf readers can access phonological information
B) deaf readers rarely use phonics as a tool for learning to read
C) teaching phonics to deaf readers is a waste of instructional time
D) the reading processes of deaf and hearing students are very different
Which of the following statements is true regarding sensorineural hearing losses?
A) They can be temporary.
B) They can be corrected with surgery.
C) They cannot occur after the age of 3.
D) They cannot be corrected with medication.
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.
Which of the following is the most recent type of special school for gifted and talented
students?
A) high schools for gifted girls
B) magnet schools in urban areas
C) charter schools for the gifted and talented
D) high schools for the visual and performing arts
After parental consent has been obtained, school districts must complete the evaluation
process for a student suspected of having a disability within
A) 30 days
B) 45 days
C) 60 days
D) 90 days
All of the following exemplify transition as the term is used in early childhood special
education except
A) Alvin to goes to lunch after center time
B) Bianca moves from home-based services to center-based services
C) Clyde received services at a preschool for children with disabilities but he is now
included in a regular preschool
D) Davita received special education services in a Head Start program, and at age 5 she
receives services in kindergarten
Which of the following statements about preparedness for the demands of adulthood
among students with disabilities is most accurate?
A) Life skills classes and functional math classes are the best preparation for adulthood.
B) Special education experiences prepare most students to meet the demands of
adulthood.
C) Students with high-incidence disabilities face significant challenges in all aspects of
adult life.
D) Only students with severe sensory or physical disabilities have difficulty adjusting to
adult life.
Guide dogs
A) are used by 25% of people who are blind
B) are most useful for independent travel in large cities
C) are most useful to blind people with multiple disabilities
D) are generally not recommended for people over the age of 50
TRUE/FALSE
Special education is mandated for children who are gifted and talented under IDEA.
Renzulli's (2003) definition of giftedness is based on the interaction among which three
basic clusters of human traits?
A) high intellect, creativity, and task commitment
B) creativity, academic aptitude, and athletic aptitude
C) high intellect, task commitment, and academic aptitude
D) situated problem-solving ability, academic aptitude, and leadership
What percentage of students who are deaf or hard of hearing are educated in residential
schools?
A) 4%
B) 35%
C) 50%
D) 75%
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 regarding interagency collaboration and transition is
true?
A) Interagency collaboration is critical to the success of transition.
B) Interagency collaboration during transition is mandated under IDEA.
C) Interagency collaboration during transition has been successful in most states.
D) Interagency collaboration is required before transition goals and activities can be
implemented.
Vocal rehabilitation for voice disorders includes all of the following except
A) vocal rest
B) drinking fluids
C) throat clearing
D) exercises to increase breathing capacity
A special form of direct daily measurement in which instructional decisions are based
on changes in the frequency of student performance is known as
A) acceleration
B) CBM
C) precision teaching
D) tertiary intervention
Criterion-referenced tests are most useful for
A) diagnosing a learning disability
B) determining what skills a student has learned
C) measuring small changes in achievement over time
D) Comparing a student's achievement with that of peers of the same age
List the six levels of Bloom's taxonomy in the correct order, giving both the traditional
and revised terminology.
List three theories pursued by research on the causes of autism.
Explain the resource room model of serving students with LD. Include the advantages
and disadvantages of this approach.
Define guided notes and explain two advantages of guided notes for both students and
teachers.
One of your students, known to be a diabetic, demonstrates fatigue, excessive urination,
and dry, hot skin. What is the problem, and what do you do?
List four of the five characteristics of effective feedback.
Describe an example of competitive employment.
What is the most prevalent model of service delivery for students with speech-language
disabilities? Explain what is involved in this service approach.
Contrast dialoguing and arguing as forms of conflict resolution.
What are the many roles of a parent of a child with a disability, and what is the impact
of having so many roles on a parent?
Explain the important components for an instructional program for Tess, a fourth grader
with severe disabilities.
Compare and contrast funding for Gifted and Talented programs and special education
funding?
What does PLOP stand for and include?
What term identifies that a hearing loss occurred after the development of spoken
language? How is speech and language affected?
