There are three common forms of spina bifida: meningocele, myelomeningocele, and:
A. Spina bifida minor
B. Spina bifida major
C. Spina bifida occulta
D. Nonspecific spina bifida
The court case in California that paved the way for the abandonment of standardized
testing alone as a means for determining whether or not a student was placed in special
education was:
A. Brown v. Board of Education
B. Larry P. v. Riles
C. Diana v. Board of Education
D. Lau v. Nichols
Literal counts of the number of times a behavior occurred or the number of intervals in
which a behavior occurred is:
A. Frequency counts
B. Time sampling
C. Event recording
D. Field observation
Customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social
group; and the characteristic features of everyday existence shared by people in a place
and time is which of the following?
A. Micro culture
B. Culture
C. Cultural responsiveness
D. Ethnicity
According to IDEA, intellectual disabilities must manifest:
A. During the developmental period
B. Before 18 years of age
C. Before 3 years of age
D. During the first 12 months of age
One of the most frequent communication disorders in preschool and school-age
children is:
A. Apraxia of speech
B. Receptive language disorders
C. Expressive language disorders
D. Articulation disorders
Abrupt, involuntary movements of the head, neck, face, and extremities, particularly the
upper torso, are involved in which type of cerebral palsy?
A. Mixed
B. Spastic
C. Dyskinetic
D. Athetoid
Which of the following is least likely to sustain a TBI?
A. Children birth to age four.
B. Children 4 to 8.
C. Adolescents age 15-19.
D. Senior citizens over the age of 65.
Inflammation of the brain is:
A. Encephalitis
B. Meningitis
C. Epilepsy
D. Congenital
The stage of language proficiency in which students understand about 500 words, but
cannot use them is:
A. Early production stage
B. Receptive or preproduction stage
C. Speech emergence stage
D. Intermediate language proficiency stage
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.
Compared to heads of households in the general population, how likely are heads of
households with children with emotional or behavioral disorders to have high school
diplomas?
A. Two times less likely
B. Just as likely
C. More likely
D. Three times less likely
Individualizing communication requires teachers to do each of the following EXCEPT:
A. Take the family’s language facility with English into consideration
B. Make themselves available at all times
C. Determine when a family has access to a telephone
D. Determine if a family has access to email
What is the curriculum used for teaching literacy skills to students with visual
impairments whose first language is not English?
A. Modified language instruction
B. Adapted ESL
C. Bilingual language instruction
D. There is none
With regards to unemployment and underemployment, compared to people who hear,
people who are deaf:
A. Experience both at a higher rate
B. Are more unemployed but are underemployed at the same rate
C. Experience both at similar rates
D. Experience both at lower rates due to government programs
Which of the following students are most likely to experience inclusive settings?
A. White
B. Hispanic
C. Asian/Pacific Islander
D. Black
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
What percent of students with autism do not develop sufficient communication through
natural speech to meet environmental conditions?
A. About 75%
B. 33%- 50%
C. Approximately 25%
D. About 10%
Which of the following is a primary component of most early education programs in
which others use strategies to promote speech and language development?
A. Community based instruction
B. Universal design for learning
C. System for augmenting language
D. Facilitative language strategies
If air-conduction and bone-conduction thresholds are the same, the hearing loss is:
A. Conductive
B. Responsive
C. Unresponsive
D. Sensorineural
Each of the following is generally true of IEP conferences EXCEPT:
A. Professionals tend to dominate discussions
B. Multiple family members usually attend
C. Professionals tend to dominate decision making
D. Parents often feel confused, intimidated, and disrespected
Jessica is a student with visual impairments. She doesn”t say hello to peers in hallways
or acknowledge peers’ presence when entering the room. How can you help Jessica with
her social interaction and greetings to peers?
A. Teach peers to say both her name and their own in greeting.
B. Tell Jessica she appears unfriendly and needs to speak to her friends.
C. Have a conference with Jessica’s parents to discuss Jessica’s aloofness.
D. Tell Jessica’s peers to ignore her until she speaks to them.
Sheila and her parents would like her to participate in her IEP meetings. You would like
to prepare Sheila to become an active participant in the meetings and her education.
What would you suggest to prepare Sheila for the meeting?
A. Role-play the meeting with Sheila.
B. Review Sheila’s current IEP with her before the meeting.
C. Have Sheila fill out the IEP paperwork during the meeting.
D. Send her the IEP to study ahead of time.
Explain functional behavioral assessment (FBA) and its purposes.
The best way to determine giftedness in the visual or performing arts is to:
A. Have a competition and let an audience determine the winner
B. Use a panel of expert judges
C. Administer a standardized test
D. Use portfolio assessment
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
An inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information that students use
comes from the internet is:
A. Web-circle
B. Research paper
C. Technology report
D. WebQuest
List and briefly explain each of the six principles of IDEA.
How many students with EBD spend their time in a separate setting for all of their day?
A. 18%
B. 40%
C. 23%
D. 30%
To know the scope and sequence of content being delivered in the general curriculum,
teachers should engage in:
A. Curriculum-based measurement
B. Individualized education planning
C. Universal design for learning
D. Curriculum mapping
A snail shaped bony structure that houses the actual organ of hearing is the:
A. Organ of corti
B. Auditory nerve
C. Malleus
D. Cochlea
Which of the following refers to the meaning of what is expressed?
A. Semantics
B. Morphology
C. Phonology
D. Syntax
The Apgar Test is a traditional way to screen for detection of a disability in a newborn.
The test includes ranking the child on five traits, including heart rate, respiratory effort,
muscle tone, gag reflex, and which of the following?
A. Mobility
B. Skin color
C. Grasping
D. Eyesight
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
Explain a T-chart and its uses when working with students with ADHD.
Compare and contrast accents and dialects.
Explain generalization and the challenges of generalization faced by students with
intellectual disabilities. Give a example of a generalization problem a student might
have (not used in the textbook) that illustrates why teaching in a typical community
setting is important.
Briefly describe possible causes of giftedness.
Compare and contrast the three types of ADHD.
Describe prelinguistic milieu teaching.
Summarize the causes of speech and language disorders.
Compare and contrast product and process evaluation.
How did Brown v Board of Education impact the availability of education for students
with disabilities?
Describe the Circle of Friends.
How does differentiated instruction affect gifted students?
Describe accommodations for students with hyperactivity impulsivity and suggest
classroom arrangement features to minimize distractions related to hyperactive
impulsivity.
List three things a teacher of students with visual impairments (TVI) can do to support a
general education teacher mathematics teacher.
Identify the six educational placement categories for students with disabilities
designated by the U.S. Department of Education.
Describe schoolwide positive behavior support and how it helps all students.
List the five components of the English language system (with brief, parenthetical
descriptions of each).