Select the public law that was the “bill of rights” for children with exceptionalities and
their families.
A) PL 90-112
B) PL 94-142
C) PL 98-192
D) PL 94-132
Academic curriculum for students with emotional or behavioral disorders is
_______________ the curriculum that students without disabilities are provided.
A) Easier than
B) The same as
C) More difficult than
D) Different from
Children with speech and language impairments who are second-language learners are
difficult to identify because
A) Parents are reluctant to have their children tested.
B) Reliable and valid tests used for identification are limited.
C) To be valid, tests must be conducted in the child’s second language.
D) Communication behaviors emerge at different ages in different cultures.
There is an underrepresentation of minority children in special education.
A) True
B) False
Ethnocentrism is defined as viewing one’s own cultural group characteristics
A) As inferior
B) As superior
C) As without value
D) With disinterest
Social studies and science instruction is often dominated by
A) Mathematics concepts
B) Vocabulary activities
C) Comprehension activities
D) Literacy-based activities
The primary role of an interpreter is to relay to the student
A) Only what the teacher and other adults say in class
B) Only what the teacher says in class
C) The main points that are said in class
D) Anything that is said in class
What percentage of the U.S. population older than 5 years speaks a language other than
English at home?
A) 5%
B) 10%
C) 20%
D) 22.5%
During the eugenics movement, the actions and attitudes of both professionals and
parents resulted in establishing
A) Collaborative partnerships
B) Child advocacy teams
C) Barriers and unfavorable working atmosphere
D) A systematic approach for writing IEPs
Two global dimensions of emotional and behavioral disorders are ____________ and
____________ disorders.
A) Visual, auditory
B) Externalizing, internalizing
C) Covert, overt
D) Social, academic
Medication for students with ADHD
A) Is often enough to control the students’ behavior and increase achievement
B) Should always be used in addition to educational and behavioral interventions
C) Is ineffective the majority of the time
D) Will stunt growth
When first notifying parents of a child’s disability, it is best to
A) Provide parents with all possible information at once so it doesn’t appear that any
information is being withheld
B) Tell parents only the bare minimum in order to get the child services
C) Deliver information in two parts to allow parents to absorb the information
D) Notify the parent by letter that the child has a disability and will be receiving special
education services
The process of _________, enabling the student with a hearing impairment to make a
comfortable and positive change from one environment to another, requires systematic
planning and evaluation.
A) Time out
B) Transition
C) Topography
D) Total communication
Students who have disabilities and are culturally and linguistically diverse do not
present significant challenges for their teachers.
A) True
B) False
__________ means limited access to health care, especially prenatal, poor nutrition, and
adverse living conditions.
A) Culturally deprived
B) Diversity
C) Severely deprived
D) Poverty
A student who says, “I saw the mouses run out of the hole” is having difficulty with
what component of language?
A) Semantics
B) Phonology
C) Pragmatics
D) Morphology
What is not a characteristic of the TEACCH intervention model?
A) Predictability
B) Organization of the physical environment
C) Visually structured activities
D) Social rehearsal
What instructional technique is frequently associated with cognitive training?
A) Direct instruction
B) Strategic instruction
C) Self-instruction
D) Guided notes
What is the difference between Grade 1 and Grade 2 Braille?
A) Grade 1 Braille uses a letter-to-letter correspondence
B) Grade 2 Braille uses a letter-to-letter correspondence
C) Grade 1 Braille uses shorthand
D) Grade 2 is used when a child has residual vision, as it contains pictures
Today, slightly less than half of all individuals enrolled in special education have
learning disabilities.
A) True
B) False
________proposed a three-ring model of giftedness.
A) Ross
B) Renzulli
C) Marland
D) Piirto
Schools are expected to involve parents in decision-making processes when
A) Professionals think that parents will be able to understand the education system
B) Parents understand and speak the language
C) Parents are willing to comply with suggestions of professionals
D) Schools are always expected to involve parents
Because IDEA does not define ADHD, from what source does the text cite as the
working definition of ADHD?
A) New England Journal of Medicine
B) American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
C) American Psychiatric Association
D) Johns Hopkins University
The language contained in IDEA 2004 concerning who is considered a “highly
qualified” special educator is complementary to the standards promulgated in
__________________.
A) Public Law 101-476 (1990 Amendments to PL-94-142)
B) No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001
C) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
D) Americans with Disabilities Act (Public Law 101-336)
________ is an umbrella approach covering a variety of education procedures designed
to manipulate or modify a student’s underlying thought patterns to effect observable
changes in performance.
A) Cognitive training
B) Mnemonic strategy
C) Direct instruction
D) Learning strategy
Tools that help educators and students create products efficiently and effectively are
considered
A) Productivity technologies
B) Information technologies
C) Instructional technologies
D) Assistive technologies
Intellectual disability is possibly caused by the maternal infection(s) of
A) HIV (AIDS)
B) Influenza
C) Rubella
D) A and C
Gender studies indicate which of the following to be true:
A) Teachers recognize ADHD in girls quicker than they do in boys.
B) Girls with ADHD tend to be withdrawn and exhibit inattention.
C) Boys with ADHD are able to control their behaviors.
D) ADHD manifests itself the same in boys as it does in girls.
Some of the causes of hearing loss include the following factors:
A) Environmental or trauma
B) Infections
C) Genetic or hereditary
D) All of the above
Light enters the eye first through the
A) Retina
B) Iris
C) Cornea
D) Macula
Persons with intellectual disabilities often experience difficulty with academic
performance. The weakest area is most often
A) Science concepts
B) Memory
C) Arithmetic
D) Reading comprehension
Three small bones in the ear are required for effective hearing. Which of the following
is not one of them?
A) Hammer
B) Stirrup
C) Saddle
D) Anvil
In what year was PL 89-36, which is legislation facilitating transition as a national
priority for the hearing impaired, enacted?
A) 1973
B) 1864
C) 1817
D) 1968
Approximately 5,000 new teachers of the visually impaired graduate each year.
A) True
B) False
What sources of information can be used during the assessment process?
Describe some of the possible educational needs of individuals with profound hearing
loss.
Explain what is meant by “Monitoring” in the CLOCS-RAM mnemonic of
characteristics of good teaching.
You are a teacher who often has children who are gifted and talented in your general
education classroom. Discuss the importance of collaboration in this inclusionary
model. What types of things might you do to ensure effective collaboration?
List two assessment methods that may be used when evaluating a student for giftedness.
Describe the evolution of the identification of individuals with ADHD. How were these
children viewed in the early 1900s? What were some key findings that changed the way
that professionals thought about this disorder?
List three management interventions for supporting students with emotional or
behavioral disorders in the classroom.
Name the three connected sections of the ear.
What is the most important element of language intervention when a child is in a
general education preschool setting?
Contrast the services for people with disabilities now and at the beginning of the 20th
century. Consider settings, instruction, and policy.
Differentiate between speech, language, and communication.
If you were providing recommendations to a teacher who had a child with a central
auditory processing disorder in his classroom, what recommendations and strategies
would you recommend to the teacher to improve the child’s functioning in the
classroom?
What are three refractive errors that affect vision?
Describe the three service delivery teams.
Assistive listening devices may be worn separately by a student or in conjunction with
the student’s personal hearing aid. An amplification system is easy to use and is often
more effective than a hearing aid in managing the acoustical problems inherent in most
classrooms. What is an example of an amplification system?
Explain why a disability should always be considered within a cultural context.
Differentiate between speech disorders and language disorders. Make sure to provide an
example of a specific speech disorder and a language disorder and describe each of the
disorders.