Which group is the most underrepresented in gifted education?
A. Females
B. Hispanics
C. Black
D. Asian/Pacific Islander
Some leaders in gifted education are concerned about the lack of each of the following
in school curriculum except:
A. Variety
B. Depth
C. Breadth
D. Specificity
The name of a plan written for a student who does NOT require special education
services but needs some accommodations in the general education classroom is:
A. 504 plan
B. Behavior Management plan
C. IEP
D. IFSP
Jodi is a student with a behavioral disorder who is rarely on-task and has difficulty
learning. What would be the best course of action to help Jodi with her classroom
success?
A. Give Jodi poor grades so she will learn the importance of following instructions.
B. Have Jodi remain after school to complete work.
C. Create an opportunity for service learning.
D. Have a peer buddy for Jodi who will complete her work.
Autism is primarily:
A. Biological in origin
B. Behavioral in origin
C. Environmental in origin
D. Familial in origin
Which of the following students are most likely to experience inclusive settings?
A. White
B. Hispanic
C. Asian/Pacific Islander
D. Black
Each statement about children living in poverty is trueexcept:
A. 63% of children living in poverty live with a single parent.
B. The achievement gap in reading between high and low income children has
increased by 40 percent over the last three decades
C. Four times as many students who experience poverty do not graduate from high
school as compared to peers who have never been poor
D. Homelessness is not highly correlated with poverty.
The capacity to use a sound system of language to process oral and written
communication is:
A. Language
B. Phonological processing
C. Dyslexia
D. Phonics
Relationships in which families and professionals collaborate, capitalizing on each
other’s judgments and expertise in order to increase the benefits of education for
students, families, and professionals are called which of the following?
A. Parent-Teacher Association
B. Family-professional partnerships
C. School-family partnerships
D. Family intervention services
A disability that affects both the legs and arms but the legs more than the arms is:
A. Diplegia
B. Paraplegia
C. Quadriplegia
D. Hemiplegia
People with intellectual disabilities have significant limitations in adaptive behavior as
expressed in conceptual, practical skills, and:
A. Behavioral skills
B. Intellectual skills
C. Social skills
D. Vocational skills
Casey lacks motivation to complete her work and participate in class. What
motivational strategy might help Casey?
A. Send frequent notes to Casey’s parents so they can talk to her.
B. Use goal attainment scaling as a way for Casey to see her progress.
C. Give Casey good grades to motivate her to work in class.
D. Develop a behavior plan for Casey with consequences for not completing work.
New regulations by the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard require
that:
A. All instructional materials be available and accessible to those with print-related
disabilities.
B. Computer-mediated instruction be used in every classroom
C. Evidence of student learning includes audio-visual assessments
D. All instructional materials be available in electronic formats
The statistical comparison of populations is:
A. Enumeration
B. Demographics
C. Census
D. Probability
A critical predictor of success in adulthood for students with ADHD is:
A. Note taking
B. Self-instruction
C. Organizational skills
D. Goal setting
Although people with visual impairments are a heterogeneous group, they have one
characteristic in common:
A. Limited ability to learn to read
B. Limited ability to develop independent skills
C. Limited ability to learn incidentally
D. Limited ability to interact with others
The ability to transfer knowledge or behavior learned for doing one task to another task
and to make that transfer across different settings or environments is which of the
following?
A. Long-term memory
B. Working Memory
C. Generalization
D. Short-term memory
What kind of visual impairment do students who experience vision loss after having
unimpaired vision have?
A. Congenital
B. Adventitious
C. Acquired
D. Prenatal
Each of the following is a type of emotional or behavioral disorder except:
A. Repressive disorder
B. Mood disorder
C. Oppositional defiant disorder
D. Schizophrenia
Which of the following involves teachers using examples and content from a variety of
cultures and groups to illustrate key concepts, principles, generalizations, and theories
in their subject area?
A. Content integration
B. Knowledge construction process
C. Equity pedagogy
D. Prejudice reduction
The belief that racial and class inequity are reproduced over time to maintain the status
quo at the expense of less privileged groups is associated with:
A. Cultural deficit theory
B. Eugenics
C. Cultural reproduction theory
D. Genetic deficit theory
June has an IQ of 140 and is more than four years ahead of her third-grade peers in
reading and writing. Her parents and teachers have agreed that acceleration would be
best for June. Which of the following would be a good type of acceleration for June?
A. June attends seventh-grade English class.
B. Have June take the seventh-grade state English test.
C. Have June tutor sixth- and seventh-grade students in English.
D. Have June skip English class until she enters seventh grade.
Most students with multiple disabilities have IQ scores of:
A. 100 or lower
B. 25 or lower
C. 80 or lower
D. Just over 100
Lauren is a student in your class who has autism. During group activities or
unstructured time, Lauren becomes very antagonistic with her peers and teacher. What
would be a good course of action to help Lauren with this behavior?
A. Remove Lauren from the classroom during these times.
B. Use social stories to help her learn ways to concentrate in noisy environments.
C. Use mnemonic strategies to help her control her behavior.
D. Discuss Lauren’s behavior with her and set up a plan for consequences when the
behavior occurs.
The principle of IDEA which allows fair and specific procedures related to assessment,
identification, and placement of children in special education is called:
A. Appropriate education
B. Procedural due process
C. Nondiscriminatory evaluation
D. Zero reject
Who typically collects assessment data throughout the day at school?
A. The SLP
B. The paraprofessional
C. The parent
D. The teacher
Problem behavior typically serves:
A. To get a student out of doing something
B. To end an activity
C. An emotional purpose
D. A communicative function
The majority of students with intellectual disabilities have IQ ranges in which of the
following?
A. 50″55 to approximately 70
B. 35″40 to 50″55
C. 20″25 to 30″40
D. IQ below 20″25
Best estimates indicate that how many students have a visual disorder that interferes
with learning?
A. 1 or 2 in 1,000
B. 3 or 5 in 100
C. 1 or 2 in 100
D. 3 or 5 in 1,000
Fixed or dynamic are two examples of:
A. Display systems
B. Selection options
C. Symbol choices
D. Output choices
Atypical social development is characterized by each of the following except:
A. Impaired use of nonverbal behavior
B. Lack of peer relationships
C. Too readily sharing enjoyment with others
D. Lack of reciprocity