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CHAPTER 7
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) Autism was first described and named by _____.
A) Hans Asperger
B) Elizabeth Farrell
C) Leo Kanner
D) Bengt Nirje
2) Autism is best described as a/an _____.
A) behavior disorder
B) developmental disorder
C) intellectual disability
D) speech disorder
3) Charley is a student with autism. Her
_____.
A) echolalia
B) memorization
C) metalinguistic
D) perseveration
4) All of the following are defining characteristics of autism in the IDEA definition of
autism EXCEPT _____.
A) cognitive deficits
B) communication deficits
C) deficits in social interaction
D) resistance to environmental change
5) Which of the following is an example of joint attention?
A) A mother holding
B) A child looking for a favorite toy
C) A child listening to a classmate and some music
D) A child looking at a picture that a teacher is pointing at
6) Which of the following would be the most difficult for a child with autism?
A) Reciting the days of the week
B) Naming the characters in a story
C) Explaining why a snowman melted
D) Understanding why a joke is funny
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7) Which of the following statements about responses to sensory stimuli and people with
autism is most accurate?
A) Some people with autism do not feel pain in a normal way.
B) All people with autism usually prefer loud noises.
C) Many people with autism exhibit stereotypy.
D) People with autism insist on sameness.
8) Jack is a person with autism. He has severe intellectual disabilities but he can play
many classical piano compositions by ear. Jack probably has a condition known as
_____.
A) perseveration
B) Rett syndrome
C) overselectivity
D) savant syndrome
9) Rodney has autism. He is a bright student and is extremely interested in insects. His
classmates are sometimes amazed by his knowledge. This morning, he found a ladybug in
class and he has been talking about beetles for 20 minutes. His classmates are yawning
and looking away from him. How is Rodney most likely to react?
A) He will have a temper tantrum.
B) He will continue to talk about beetles.
C) He will play with an object on his desk.
D) He will stop talking and look for other insects.
10) Overselectivity is characterized as _____.
A) resistance to changes in routine
B) obsessive attention to a specific object
C) focusing on a part rather than the whole
D) repeating behaviors over and over again
11) Although students with Asperger syndrome are similar to students with autism, they
_____.
A) are not inflexible in their routines
B)
C)
D)
12) Which of the following is an example of a behavior trap?
A)
B)
C) and social
skills.
D) Mr. Newman checks to make sure that objects in class are kept in the same place.
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13) According to recent estimates, how many children have autism?
A) 1 in 68
B) 1 in 110
C) 1 in 150
D) 1 in 350
14) Current research on the possible causes of autism lists all of the following EXCEPT
_____.
A) abnormal brain development
B) genetic factors
C) environmental toxins
D) parenting style
15) Which of the following statements about the genetic component of autism is true?
A) Identical twins will both have autism.
B) A genetic marker for autism has been identified.
C) The gene for autism is typically carried by the mother.
D) Parents of a child with autism have a higher risk of having other children with
autism.
16) At what age can autism be reliably diagnosed?
A) 18 months
B) 24 months
C) 3 years
D) 5 years
17) Who established the value of systematic early intervention in improving outcomes for
children with autism?
A) Eugen Bleuler
B) Bruno Bettelheim
C) Ivar Lovaas
D) Lorna Wing
18) Skills that can help improve the success of children with autism in general education
classes include all of the following EXCEPT _____.
A) display near zero level problem behavior
B) use secretin therapy to eliminate symptoms
C) participate in group lessons
D) interact appropriately with peers
19) Which of the following statements about applied behavior analysis (ABA) is most
accurate?
A) ABA is too complicated for many parents.
B) Skills targeted for teaching are based on individual needs.
C) ABA consists only of discrete trial training.
D) ABA includes prescribed settings, teaching formats and materials.
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20) Which of the following statements about discrete trial training is incorrect?
A) It is a method where children learn games.
B) It can be used in several variations.
C) It is commonly used in school classrooms for teaching any subject.
D) It is used by both law and medical students.
21) All of the following strategies are based on applied behavior analysis EXCEPT
_____.
A) discrete trial training
B) facilitated communication
C) naturalistic language strategies
D) self-management strategies
22) Visual activity schedules for students with autism _____.
A) are most useful only in academic settings
B) are most appropriate only for preschoolers
C) promote dependence and conformity
D) is a form of prompting
23) Kim has difficulty waiting in line at school. She wants to be first all of the time, and
she will kick other students and scream if she is not at the front of the line. Her
creates a visual support for her that helps Kim understand lining up from the
perspective of others. This visual support is referred to as a _____.
A) social story
B) multimedia mediation
C) self-management strategy
D) picture exchange communication system
24) Which of the following types of sentences is NOT a part of a social story?
A) Affirmative
B) Comparative
C) Descriptive
D) Perspective
25) The collective wisdom of experts, in a study by Heward (2011), identified skills for
successful inclusion of students with autism. These experts, more frequently,
indicated that student success depended on the ability to _____.
A) read well
B) display organization skills
C) participate and learn in group lessons
D) remember large amounts of social information
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26) A strong argument for including students with autism in general education is that
_____.
A) it is cost effective
B) parents prefer inclusion
C) they are exposed to a more rigorous curriculum
D) they can learn from socially competent children
27) Which statement about educational placements for students with autism is accurate?
A) Most of them are educated in separate classes.
B) Most of them are educated in general education classes.
C) An equal number are educated in general education classes and separate classes.
D) An equal number are educated in general education classes and residential
facilities.
28) Which of the following interventions is supported by scientifically validated
research?
A) Applied behavior analysis
B) Facilitated communication
C) Gluten free diets
D) Secretin therapy
29) Mr. Quimby, a teacher, provides physical support to help Howard, a student who
cannot speak, type responses on a keyboard, so that Howard can share his thoughts
and ideas. This technique is known as _____.
A) cued communication
B) facilitated communication
C) functional communication
D) reciprocal communication
30) Which statement about unproven treatments for autism is most accurate?
A) Unproven treatments are easy to identify.
B) Parents are more susceptible to them than teachers.
C) Schools are reluctant to adopt unproven treatments.
D) Many treatments that claim to help have no scientific evidence
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ESSAY
1) Why are fads and unproven interventions so prevalent in the treatment of children
with autism?
2) Why is early and intensive intervention especially critical for children with autism?
3) What factors might account for the sharp rise in the prevalence of autism spectrum
disorder?
4) How might instruction be designed so that some of the behavior trap characteristics of
autism spectrum disorder become strengths for the child as a learner? Include an
explanation and an example of a behavior trap.
5) Explain how a teacher would provide an effective education for a child with ASD
included in her general education classroom
