Having a poor sense of one’s ability to effect change in one’s life is associated with
limitations in:
A. Range and variety of experiences
B. Incidental learning
C. Ability to get around
D. Interaction with the environment
Students with which type of ADHD are usually identified earliest?
A. Predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type
B. Predominantly inattentive type
C. Combined type
D. Predominantly inattentive-hyperactive type
Students with intellectual disabilities have an IQ that is which of the following?
A. Within two standard deviations of the mean.
B. Two standard deviations above the mean.
C. Two or more standard deviations below the mean.
D. One standard deviation below the mean.
Which educational setting was the basis for developing the Deaf community/Deaf
culture?
A. The general education classroom
B. The resource room
C. Homebound setting
D. The residential school
Race/ethnicity, language, income, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, age,
and geography are which of the following?
A. Micro cultures
B. Cultures
C. Considerations of cultural responsiveness
D. Macro cultures
A condition that develops slowly and has long-lasting symptoms is:
A. Chronic
B. Acute
C. Terminal
D. Benign
A learning strategy that requires students to actively interact with material and promotes
intrinsic motivation for learning is:
A. Metacognition
B. Self-questioning
C. Graphic organizers
D. Advance organizers
Temperament refers to behavioral tendencies that are which of the following?
A. Biologically based
B. Environmentally based
C. Experientially based
D. Socially based
A maze task and read aloud are two measures in:
A. Reading probes
B. State tests
C. Testing accommodations
D. Writing probes
Joslyn has severe autism and exhibits several repetitive self-injurious behaviors. To
address these behaviors, Joslyn’s parents and teachers are engaging in a functional
behavioral assessment. Which of the following is an intended outcome of this
assessment process?
A. To determine if Joslyn qualifies for special education with the label of autism.
B. To determine the purpose of Joslyn’s self-injurious behaviors.
C. To develop a system of punishing Joslyn when she exhibits such behaviors.
D. To increase Joslyn’s academic skills so the negative behaviors will subside.
Which level of the Schoolwide Enrichment Model provides opportunities for applying
interests, acquiring advanced-level understanding of the content and process used
within particular disciplines, and developing authentic products?
A. Type I enrichment
B. Type II enrichment
C. Type III enrichment
D. Type IV enrichment
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%
Sheila is a deaf student in your class who has a sign language interpreter to help her
during class instruction. At times, Sheila does not understand what is happening in the
class because she misses contributions of her peers. What can you do to help Sheila
fully participate in class?
A. Tell her to ask her interpreter what was said.
B. Tell the interpreter it’s her job to keep Sheila on-task.
C. Ensure that the peers face Sheila when talking and raise their hand to give Sheila a
visual cue.
D. Seat Sheila in the back of the classroom so she can see when others are talking.
Which one of the following is part of the exclusionary criteria for learning disabilities?
A. An impairment that is caused primarily by poor instruction
B. An impairment that is caused primarily by perceptual difficulties
C. An impairment that is caused primarily by emotional disturbance
D. An impairment that is caused primarily by brain injury
A student who has difficulty distinguishing between the sound of the word “pen” and
the word “pin” has a:
A. Phonological disorder
B. Articulation disorder
C. Expressive language impairment
D. Receptive language disorder
An overwhelming attack resulting in rapid heartbeat, dizziness, and/or other physical
symptoms is:
A. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
B. Phobia
C. Separation anxiety disorder
D. Panic disorder
Of 14 fields in education identified as having considerable shortages by the Department
of Education, how many relate to special education?
A. 9 fields
B. 5 fields
C. 2 fields
D. All fields
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
Which of the following teaches students to link a word to a new word or concept to help
them remember the new material?
A. Keyword strategies
B. Pegword strategies
C. Letter strategies
D. Number strategies
Each of the following may be a reason why touch is not always an effective substitute
for vision except that some objects are too:
A. Heavy
B. Big
C. Dangerous
D. Fragile
Which of the following refers to TBI resulting from a caregiver who has shaken a child
violently, often in situations when the caregiver is frustrated because of the child’s
crying?
A. Child abuse
B. Concussion
C. Sudden infant death syndrome
D. Shaken baby syndrome
Which theories reemerged with publication of The Bell Curve?
A. Cultural deficit and genetic deficit
B. Eugenics and cultural deficit
C. Cultural difference and genetic deficit
D. Genetic deficit and eugenics
Intellectual disabilities are characterized by significant limitations both in:
A. Intellectual functioning and IQ scores
B. Intellectual functioning and functional behavior
C. Intellectual functioning and academic achievement
D. Intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior
The term for lost or reduced muscle strength is:
A. Rigidity
B. Ataxia
C. Atrophy
D. Spacticity
Services that range from the most typical and most inclusive settings to the most
atypical and most segregated settings refers to:
A. The principle of natural proportions
B. Restructuring and teaching and learning
C. Age- and grade-appropriate placements
D. The continuum of services
The major cause of congenital deafness is which of the following?
A. Lack of oxygen to the brain
B. Genetic syndromes
C. Infection before or soon after birth
D. Traumatic brain injury
Students moving from a hospital setting back to a school setting may require a(n):
A. Reentry IEP
B. Revised IEP
C. Interim IEP
D. Temporary IEP
What percentage of students with disabilities graduate with a high school diploma?
A. 72%
B. 90%
C. 56%
D. 40%
Many students with cerebral palsy also frequently have one or more of the following
conditions except:
A. Vision impairments
B. Epilepsy
C. Problems with bladder and bowel control
D. Hearing impairments
Which of the following seizures, formerly known as petit mal, causes the student to
frequently lose consciousness for a brief period of time?
A. Partial
B. Semiconscious
C. Absence
D. Tonic-clonic
Community-based instruction is most effective when it is based on a(n):
A. Ecological inventory
B. Life-space analysis
C. Prelinguistic milieu
D. Universal design for learning
Describe applied behavior analysis (ABA) and discrete trial training.
The IEP team must consider five ‘special factors” when developing an IEP, including
each of the following, EXCEPT:
A. The student’s home life setting
B. Strategies to address a student’s behavior that impedes learning
C. Language needs of students with limited English proficiency
D. Instruction in Braille for students who are blind
For students who have inattentive type of ADHD, teachers should make sure students
have enough time to shift from one activity to another, allow flexible limits for finishing
work, simplify tasks that have multiple steps, and:
A. Take medication
B. Receive special education services
C. Teach organization skills
D. Have a peer tutor
Which of the following uses a hand representation for each of the 26 letters of the
alphabet?
A. Sign language
B. Fingerspelling
C. Oral/aural format
D. Cued speech
What is family quality of life?
Differentiate between the legal and educational definitions of visual impairment.
What is service learning and why is it beneficial?
What is the focus of early childhood education and how does collecting “tangible
memories” facilitate this?
What is assistive technology, what are its benefits, and what issues should be
considered? (Note: discuss more than wheelchairs)
What are four suggestions to follow when teaching students with hearing impairments
at the elementary and middle school levels?
Summarize some of the possible causes of learning disabilities.
What are e-readers and how can they be beneficial to students with intellectual
disabilities?
What is curriculum compacting?
What is the relationship between culture and microcultures?
Briefly summarize causes of hearing loss.
Summarize methods of testing hearing and indicate at which age levels different tests
are most appropriate.
Briefly describe the cognitive and academic characteristics of students with emotional
or behavioral problems.
Describe how theories and approaches to diversity have changed over time.
What is meant by your textbook authors’ statement: “Differentiated instruction is a
logical companion to universal design for learning”?
Identify the functional domains of a classroom observation checklist for students with
TBI and give 2 examples of problems in each domain.
What data sources are used to document representation in special education?
Summarize the findings of these sources (not with specific numbers).
Discuss the usefulness of video self-monitoring for students with ADHD.