Emotional reactions from parents when receiving news of a child’s disability are
A) A sign that the parents will not be able to handle the stress of raising such a child
B) Not likely; most parents can sense if their child has a disability
C) A sign of weakness
D) A normal reaction to the news that their lives are going to change
Teachers must guard against assuming that the behaviors, beliefs, and actions of their
particular cultural group are the correct or only way of doing something.
A) True
B) False
Which would likely not be a test accommodation for a student with a visual
impairment?
A) Braille
B) Oral reading of the text to the student
C) Large print
D) Paraphrasing of testing materials
A ____________ identifies goals and objectives specific to meeting a student’s needs
after high school.
A) Postsecondary plan
B) Health plan
C) Individualized education plan
D) Transition plan
Which would be considered an example of person-first language?
A) Intellectually disabled
B) Child with autism
C) The blind girl
D) The Downs kid
Whose work first described the symptoms that characterize autism?
A) Bernard Rimland
B) Leo Kanner
C) Bruno Bettelheim
D) Ole Ivar Lovaas
Young deaf children typically have less language interaction during play and appear to
prefer groups of two rather than larger group sizes.
A) True
B) False
Effective teachers are sensitive to the cultural background of each student and provide
educational experiences that are culturally relevant and culturally appropriate.
A) True
B) False
The prevalence of emotional or behavioral disorders is difficult to determine because
the definition of emotional or behavioral disorders is not clear.
A) True
B) False
Intellectual disability was defined as ‘subaverage general intellectual functioning which
originates during the developmental period and is associated with impairments in
adaptive behavior” by which of the following AAIDD definitions?
A) 1973 AAIDD definition
B) 1961 AAIDD definition
C) 1992 AAIDD definition
D) 2002 AAIDD definition
The use of ____________ provides a tool that can greatly expand students with
disabilities’ access to the general education curriculum.
A) Independent practice
B) Normalization
C) Technology
D) Formal supports
Symptoms of cluttering include all of the following except
A) Reading and writing disorders
B) Word repetitions
C) Short attention span
D) Inability to filter distractions
The term legally blind has been used as the federal definition of blindness.
A) True
B) False
American educator and psychologist who developed the notion of intelligence quotient,
or IQ, is
A) Alfred Binet
B) Alexander Graham Bell
C) Lewis Terman
D) Samuel Gridley Howe
The precise cause of ADHD is
A) Heredity
B) Environment
C) Neurological
D) Unknown
Which is not a part of a low-vision plan?
A) Annual fiscal budget for assistive technology
B) Prescription for low-vision devices
C) Technology devices
D) Referrals to community agencies
The ____________ of language includes the rules governing how words are formed
from meaningful units.
A) Syntax
B) Phonology
C) Morphology
D) Semantics
A first grader, acting out sexually, would be an example of which of the four
dimensions of behavior?
A) Duration
B) Frequency
C) Age appropriateness
D) Intensity of behavior
A diagnosis for autism requires evidence that 9 of the 12 (or a gross majority)
symptoms listed in the DSM-5 be present.
A) True
B) False
Many effective programs use principles of ____________________________.
A) Sensory integration
B) Constructivism
C) Psychogenics
D) Applied behavior analysis
Simply stated, a special education is a(n) ______________________ instructional
program designed to meet the unique needs of an individual learner.
A) Universal
B) Customized
C) Appropriate
D) Collaborative
Approximately 41% of students receiving special education are classified as having a
learning disability.
A) True
B) False
For individuals with visual impairments, vocational training should begin
A) During the transition from school to employment settings
B) During the transition to high school
C) At age 16
D) In preschool
American Sign Language:
A) Uses English language word order
B) Uses a word-by-word interpretation
C) Has a unique syntax system
D) Is most like spoken English
Which of the following is not considered a common characteristic of persons with
intellectual disabilities?
A) Inability to learn
B) Inability to believe in their ability to solve problems
C) Deficits in attention
D) Deficits in memory
Dr. Bernard Rimland, a noted researcher in the field of autism spectrum disorder, is the
parent of an individual with autism.
A) True
B) False
The least restrictive environment (LRE) for students who are deaf or have a hearing
impairment is the same LRE for any student with a disability.
A) True
B) False
The precise cause of autism spectrum disorder is unknown.
A) True
B) False
Sguin is considered an important figure in the history of special education because he
A) Established the first school for persons with intellectual disabilities in the United
States
B) Developed one of the early models for describing stages of learning
C) Was the first person to demonstrate that an individual with intellectual disabilities
could learn
D) Helped establish residential facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities in the
United States
Signed English is an even closer match to ASL but with the advantage of English word
order.
A) True
B) False
A child who was in a car accident and received head trauma developed a speech and
language problem following the accident. How would the etiology of this child’s
communication disorder be classified?
A) Aphasic
B) Developmental
C) Congenital
D) Acquired