The National Association for Gifted Children believes that _______ percent of the
school-age population can be thought of as gifted.
A) 2
B) 6
C) 9
D) 12.5
Cerebral palsy and spina bifida are examples of health disabilities.
A) True
B) False
Which trait does notcharacterize American macroculture?
A) Individualism and independence
B) Competitiveness and ambition
C) Nonassertiveness and cooperation
D) Equality and fair play
Students identified with conduct disorder are characterized by
A) Disturbances in thought processes, hallucinations, and bizarre behavior
B) Withdrawn, isolating, and unresponsive behaviors
C) Imitative, repetitive, and predictable behaviors
D) Acting-out, aggression, and rule-violating behaviors
A diagnosis of ASD can only be determined with medical testing.
A) True
B) False
How long after eligibility for special education services is determined until an IEP must
be developed?
A) 10 days
B) 15 days
C) 30 days
D) 1 year
What percentage of the school-age population, aged 6 to 21 years, is identified as
having intellectual disabilities?
A) Approximately 1%
B) Approximately 2%
C) Approximately 3%
D) Approximately 5%
A communication breakdown occurs when
A) The communication between partners is misinterpreted or misunderstood
B) One or more communication partners has communication impairment
C) The augmentative and alternative communication device of a communication partner
is broken
D) One communication partner wants to convey an idea to another person but does not
have a communication system to do so
When working with a student with ADHD, encouragement and reassurance by the
teacher can serve to
A) Motivate the student to attend to the task at hand
B) Increase the student’s self-esteem
C) Open lines of communication
D) All of the above
Over time, punishment procedures are generally ineffective.
A) True
B) False
When working with families from different cultural backgrounds, it is important to
A) Try to make them see things from the perspective of the dominant culture
B) Always address the father
C) Give deference to the key decision makers in the family
D) Use first names only to make the meetings more comfortable
Which of the following is not a characteristic listed in the federal definition of an
emotional disturbance?
A) An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers
and teachers
B) Involvement in the juvenile justice system
C) Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances
D) A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or
school problems
All individuals with autism show characteristic deficits in communication and social
skills.
A) True
B) False
____________ is a statistic that explains how far a particular score varies from the
average.
A) An IQ
B) The mean
C) Standard deviation
D) Standard score
Suicide among depressed youth is not a major concern in our society.
A) True
B) False
Parents of children with degenerative diseases and parents of children with chronic
diseases experience similar levels of stress.
A) True
B) False
The number of school-age children whose primary language is not English is estimated
at more than
A) 4 million
B) 6 million
C) 8 million
D) 10 million
The goal of augmentative and alternative communication is to
A) Find a technological solution
B) To enable individuals to effectively communicate and engage in a variety of
interactions
C) To optimize the student’s instructional plan
D) None of the above
PL 108-446 requires IEP team members to consider using positive behavior support
when writing an IEP for students with disabilities who exhibit problematic behavior in
school.
A) True
B) False
The term comorbidity is used to describe
A) An overlap of multiple conditions
B) A condition for which there is no cure
C) Something that is easy to diagnose and treat
D) A rare blood disease
All of the following are potential characteristics of adults who have ADHD except
A) Chronic fatigue
B) Feelings of restlessness
C) Relationship difficulties
D) Anger management difficulties
Select the first step in determining whether or not a student has a disability.
A) Collect preliminary assessment data using standardized protocols.
B) Secure parent permission for student evaluation.
C) Implement instruction in alternate educational settings to assess learning impact.
D) Provide accommodations and modifications to assess learning impact.
___________________ was an early term used to describe distractible and impulsive
students and faded because it undermined the difficulties these students experienced.
A) Strauss syndrome
B) Minimal brain injury
C) Hyperactive child
D) Attention impaired
Care must be taken that normative data account for individual and cultural differences
that affect language acquisition. One way to do this is through a language sample. This
type of assessment can be described as which one of the following?
A) Formal
B) Evaluative
C) Critical
D) Informal
Educational assessments may be modified for accessibility in all but the following
ways:
A) With larger print
B) Braille
C) Oral presentation
D) Video presentation
Which disorder did early researchers associate with autism?
A) Manic depression
B) Fragile X syndrome
C) Schizophrenia
D) Tourette syndrome
At what age does IDEA require the school to assist families with planning for
transition?
A) 5
B) 12
C) 16
D) 18
Even though there is more racial diversity than in the past, there aren’t any major U.S.
cities where children of color outnumber white children.
A) True
B) False
Family functions are necessary to fulfill the individual and collective needs of the
family. Which of the following is not one of those functions?
A) Education
B) Transition
C) Socialization
D) Recreation
Federal legislation mandates that states provide special education for gifted and talented
students.
A) True
B) False
Eligibility standards are no different from state to state.
A) True
B) False
Statistically derived classification systems are developed using ___________
techniques to analyze dimensions of behavior that characterize students with emotional
and behavioral disorders.
A) Qualitative
B) Predictive
C) Statistical
D) Constructive
Give three examples of contributions to the foundations of special education by Itard,
Sguin, and their contemporaries.
Select one of the assessment accommodations categories and provide examples.
As a content area teacher in an inclusive classroom, what are some effective teaching
strategies you might use to teach language concepts?
Discuss the positive impact on parent-professional that resulted from the
implementation of PL 99-457 and PL 101-476.
Compare and contrast a phonological disorder and an articulation disorder. Explain why
it is important for a speech-language pathologist to differentiate between these two
disorders and describe the intervention strategies used with each.
Discuss the impact of communication deficits on individuals with ASD.
Discuss some ways in which you might maintain home-school communication for your
students with ADHD. Why is such communication so important?
Should students with disabilities benefit from being labeled? Defend your position by
citing at least four advantages or disadvantages of labeling students with disabilities.
Name three frequent causes of eye injury.
Explain why students with emotional or behavioral disorders receive instruction in
settings other than the general education classroom.
Identify and discuss the suggestion that there are multiple etiologies of autism.
Create four examples of parent concerns that may be used when developing goals in the
individualized family service plan.
Explain the instructional benefits of sheltered English for students who are bilingual.
When developing an IEP for adolescents with visual impairments, what types of schools
should be considered? Why are these skills critical?
Describe the four key elements to Turnbull’s model: family characteristics, family
interaction, family functions, and family life cycle. How do these elements fit into the
family systems concept?
Provide five principles for effective cognitive education programming.
Compare and contrast interindividual differences and intraindividual differences.
Explain the process that occurs when a person is able to hear sound.