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Special Education
Q:
Which social, behavioral, or educational factor is associated with intellectual disabilities more than with any other disability?
A. High divorce rate
B. Large family size
C. Poverty
D. Poor nutrition
Q:
List two possible advantages of and two possible disadvantages of the impact of standards-based reform for students with disabilities.
Q:
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
Q:
What term is used to describe the options for the format of reading and literacy materials?
A. Braille
B. Instructional format
C. Audiotapes
D. Learning medium
Q:
The risk factors that interact with each other and with biomedical risk factors to influence the existence and extent of intellectual disabilities include each of the following EXCEPT:
A. Behavioral
B. Social
C. Educational
D. Familial
Q:
The most common form of progress monitoring of students with hearing loss is:
A. Language assessment
B. Literacy assessment
C. Academic skills assessment
D. Functional skills assessment
Q:
Which statement about suspensions and expulsions in grades 6"12 is TRUE?
A. African American students are expelled about 13 times more than European Americans.
B. African American students are suspended about 13 times more than European Americans.
C. Asian/Pacific Islander students are suspended about 2 times more than European Americans.
D. Latino students are expelled 3 time more than African American students.
Q:
Jos is a student with ADHD combined type. He is inattentive, withdrawn, restless, and impulsive. Which would be the most appropriate intervention to help Jos with his behavior?
A. Send him to the principal's office where there are less distractions.
B. Offer Jos reading materials below his reading level to decrease frustration.
C. Teach Jos organizational and goal-setting skills.
D. Help Jos's parents seek medication to control his behavior.
Q:
Which of the following describes how a student uses vision in a variety of natural environments and activities?
A. Environmental observations
B. Teachers and parents
C. Functional vision assessments
D. Learning media assessments
Q:
In your own words, explain the history of inclusion.
Q:
What percent of students with hearing impairments spend 80-100% of their time in general education classroom settings?
A. 57%
B. 76%
C. 14%
D. 8%
Q:
The two areas most often affected by a learning disability are
A) reading and writing.
B) writing and spelling.
C) reading and math.
D) reading and social skills.
Q:
Shane has difficulty finishing assignments, often loses things, is easily distracted, and has poor attention to detail. Which of the following best identifies Shane?
A. ADHD predominantly inattentive type
B. ADHD predominantly hyperactive type
C. ADHD predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type
D. ADHD combined type
Q:
A preschool teacher wants to explicitly teach a student with ASD how to make requests. What would you recommend?
Q:
Causes classified by type include each of the following EXCEPT:
A. Biomedical factors
B. Social factors
C. Behavioral factors
D. Family factors
Q:
Sheila is a student with a learning disability who receives instruction in the general education curriculum. Which of the following would be an appropriate accommodation for Sheila when taking the standardized state test?
A. Not requiring Sheila to take the test.
B. Allow Sheila to take the test home to complete.
C. Allow Sheila extra time to complete the test.
D. Allow Sheila to take an alternative assessment.
Q:
What is one social goal of inclusive education?
Q:
Three special education categories where educators have the greatest leeway for exercising their judgments about students' abilities and needs are learning disabilities, emotional-behavioral disorders, and:
A. Intellectual disabilities
B. Speech and language disorders
C. Autism spectrum disorders
D. ADHD
Q:
Which educational setting was the basis for developing the Deaf community/Deaf culture?
A. The general education classroom
B. The resource room
C. Homebound setting
D. The residential school
Q:
List and give examples of five ways parents can enrich home environments to foster language development.
Q:
Color blindness and poor contrast sensitivity result from damage to the:
A. Cones
B. Optic nerve
C. Retina
D. Lens
Q:
A recommended assessment accommodation for students with ADHD is:
A. Provide them with a shortened test
B. Allow the student to take extra breaks
C. Allow them to take the test with a partner
D. Allow them to take the test as an open-book test
Q:
The cause of intellectual disabilities is unknown in what percent of cases?
A. Nearly 100%
B. About 50%
C. Only 25%
D. Approximately 75%
Q:
Anthony is a first grade student who has been struggling in his general education setting. The parents and teacher have discussed their concerns about Anthony's lack of progress and frustration. Using the response to intervention model, what is the likely first step to implement for Anthony?
A. The teacher should implement high-quality, research-based interventions and monitor Anthony's progress.
B. The teacher should request that Anthony be tested for special education services.
C. The parents should have Anthony assessed by his pediatrician.
D. The teacher and parents should wait until Anthony gets a bit older before acting on their concerns.
Q:
Each of the following is a key microculture associated with disproportionate representation in special education EXCEPT:
A. Race/ethnicity
B. Income level
C. Education level
D. Language
Q:
Mr. and Mrs. Bellasarius worry that their 9-month-old son may have ASD. What are some early signs of ASD that they can look for in a child this young? List at least 4.
Q:
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
Q:
Ayame is a job coach for young adults with intellectual disabilities. What is the primary purpose of her job?
Q:
Which of the following allows teachers to track two aspects of a behavior together?
A. A checklist
B. A T-chart
C. Curriculum-based measurement
D. Goal attainment scaling
Q:
Cataracts, or clouding of vision, results from damage to the:
A. Retina
B. Lens
C. Cornea
D. Cones
Q:
Which of the following refers to the time of onset of the disability as being before birth?
A. Prenatal
B. Perinatal
C. Postnatal
D. Paranatal
Q:
Explain how an SLP and general education classroom teacher might collaborate on a math lesson on fractions.
Q:
Jacqui is a well-behaved ninth grader who is reading four grade levels below the rest of the ninth-grade class. Mr. Atom, the science teacher, wants to include her with the rest of the class, but he is unsure how to accommodate Jacqui due to her reading disability. Which of the following suggests an inappropriate accommodation for Jacqui?
A. Pair Jacqui with a lab partner who can help with reading, but hold Jacqui accountable for completing the labs and writing up her results.
B. Allow Jacqui to complete easier science labs from the fifth grade science book because this book is at her reading level.
C. Provide Jacqui with audiotapes of the labs and textbook chapters, so she may listen to them at her convenience.
D. Allow Jacqui to have her science tests read orally, or allow her to use technologies that "read" print for her.
Q:
What is an autistic savant?
Q:
European American students and which of the following are overrepresented in gifted programs?
A. American Indian/Alaska Native students
B. Latino students
C. Asian/Pacific Islander students
D. African American students
Q:
Meghan works in a supported employment setting. What does this mean?
Q:
The number of children with hearing loss enrolled in early intervention programs has been positively affected by:
A. Inclusion
B. Transition laws
C. Total language communication
D. Newborn hearing screening
Q:
What kind of visual impairment do students who experience vision loss after having unimpaired vision have?
A. Congenital
B. Adventitious
C. Acquired
D. Prenatal
Q:
List the evaluation measures that can be used to conduct a balanced assessment on a child suspected of having a speech or language disorder.
Q:
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
Q:
Which of the following involves identifying five potential outcomes of instruction and graphing results to compare progress?
A. Comparative analysis
B. A T-chart
C. Curriculum-based measurement
D. Goal attainment scaling
Q:
Which of the following students are most likely to experience inclusive settings?
A. European American
B. Latino
C. Asian/Pacific Islander
D. African American
Q:
Having a poor sense of one's ability to effect change in one's life is associated with limitations in:
A. Range and variety of experiences
B. Incidental learning
C. Ability to get around
D. Interaction with the environment
Q:
Briefly describe the difference between the high- and low-functioning autism.
Q:
What is a functional curriculum?
Q:
A systems-level, problem-solving oriented, data-based approach to reducing problem behavior, improving appropriate behavior, and achieving important academic, social, and communication outcomes throughout the school building is:
A. Response to intervention
B. Universal Design for Learning
C. Alternative assessment
D. Positive behavior supports
Q:
A system that provides real-time translations of spoken word to software-equipped laptops is:
A. Closed-caption technology
B. Loop system
C. C-print
D. Voice synthesizer
Q:
Students with intellectual disabilities have difficulty transferring knowledge or behavior learned for doing one task to another task for each of the following reasons EXCEPT:
A. Expectations vary in different settings
B. They do not have the intellectual capacity to learn the skill
C. Non-school settings tend to have greater complexity and more distractions
D. They have challenges using working memory in novel situations
Q:
Why doesn"t the U. S. Department of Education provide data on the number of students with ADHD who are educated in the general education classroom?
A. Because all students with ADHD receive their education in the general education classroom.
B. Because ADHD is a complex disability that often also includes students with learning and language disabilities.
C. Because ADHD is not a separate category under IDEA.
D. Because some parents do not want their child labeled ADHD.
Q:
Which of the following students are the least likely to spend the greatest amount of time in the general education classroom and more time in special settings?
A. European American
B. Latino
C. Asian/Pacific Islander
D. African American
Q:
Explain the changes in the speech or language impairments and learning disabilities categories as a function of age.
Q:
Which of the following determines whether any student, with or without a disability, needs more intensive instruction?
A. Response to intervention
B. Universal Design for Learning
C. Alternative assessment
D. Positive behavior supports
Q:
Problems with early motor development are related to limitations in:
A. Range and variety of experiences
B. Incidental learning
C. Ability to get around
D. Interaction with the environment
Q:
List two possible explanations for the increase in the prevalence of ASD.
Q:
The ability to transfer knowledge or behavior learned for doing one task to another task and to make that transfer across different settings or environments is which of the following?
A. Long-term memory
B. Working Memory
C. Generalization
D. Short-term memory
Q:
Imagine that you have decided to work on self-determination skills with a middle-school student who has an intellectual disability. What are some of the broad skills that you would be addressing?
Q:
Which of the following involves closed-circuit wiring that sends FM signals from an audio system directly to an electronic coil in the student's hearing aid?
A. Sound-field amplification system
B. Loop system
C. Closed-caption technology
D. Telecommunication device
Q:
Computer-assisted instruction is used for:
A. Drill and practice
B. Assessment and evaluation
C. Mastery learning
D. Errorless learning
Q:
Describe the issues that professionals should be aware of when working with linguistically diverse children, including how to distinguish between language differences created by dialects and learning English and language delays.
Q:
The proportion of students served in special education by disability and race/ethnicity; the percentage of students in special education in difference educational environments by race/ethnicity; and the percentage of student in racial/ethnic groups receiving special education are:
A. Data sources related to disproportionate representation
B. Data sources related to tracking
C. Data sources used in the Brown v. Board of Education case
D. Data sources related to nondiscriminatory evaluation
Q:
Each is a school- or classroom-level action to promote student progress in the general education curriculum EXCEPT:
A. Create effective learning environments
B. Design effective units and lessons
C. Create separate classrooms for those with disabilities
D. Implement schoolwide instructional strategies
Q:
Each of the following may be a reason why touch is not always an effective substitute for vision EXCEPT that some objects are too:
A. Heavy
B. Big
C. Dangerous
D. Fragile
Q:
What are the three defining characteristics of ASD?
Q:
Mrs. DeLeon is pregnant. What vitamin supplement can she take to prevent neural tube defects such as spina bifida?
Q:
The majority of students with intellectual disabilities receive services for:
A. Profound intellectual disabilities
B. Severe intellectual disabilities
C. Moderate intellectual disabilities
D. Mild intellectual disabilities
Q:
A system in which the teacher transmits his voice by using a microphone and ceiling- or wall-mounted speakers is:
A. Sound-field amplification system
B. Loop system
C. Closed-caption technology
D. Telecommunication device
Q:
Comparing the proportion of a specific racial/ethnic group receiving special education services to the proportion among the total combined other racial/ethnic groups receiving special education is:
A. Discriminatory evaluation
B. Segregation
C. Risk ratio
D. Cultural discrimination
Q:
What are graphic organizers, and how can they help students learn?
Q:
The prompting strategy used most often in errorless learning is:
A. Verbal prompt
B. Most-to-least intrusive
C. Least-to-most intrusive
D. Physical prompt
Q:
What does the "A" in the ABCD goal format stand for?
A. Audience
B. Antecedent
C. Action
D. Auxiliary Services
Q:
One common frustration voiced by many parents of children with ASD is that they
A) cannot find the thousands of pictures necessary to incorporate PECS into their home lives.
B) have difficulty connecting with or relating to their child.
C) wish that autism were not such a visible disability.
D) are constantly pressured by news media for interviews because of the public fascination with autism.
Q:
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
Q:
What are the two major sources of lead poisoning in children?
Q:
Teaching children to use their remaining hearing is:
A. Total communication
B. Oral training
C. Aural habilitation
D. Hearing rehabilitation
Q:
According to the DSM-IV-TR, the IQ range for profound intellectual disabilities is:
A. 50"55 to approximately 70
B. 35"40 to 50"55
C. 20"25 to 30"40
D. IQ below 20"25
Q:
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. PASE v. Hannon
Q:
Give some examples of how a teacher can create a language-sensitive classroom by improving students' pragmatics skills.
Q:
When a teacher takes a student's hand to model a piece of clay it is a:
A. Verbal prompt
B. Visual prompt
C. Discriminatory
D. Physical prompt
Q:
One unexpected source of concern listed by parents of children with ASD is that
A) they cannot keep pace with their children's accelerated learning.
B) others are overbearing in their attempts to be supportive, resulting in less autonomy and independence for their children.
C) their children have no physical features indicating this disability.
D) the FAPE options provided by public schools are so extensive that they have trouble understanding them all.
Q:
Each of the following are ways the IEP team will consider inclusion, except?
A. Determine Specially Designed Instruction
B. Specify Related Services
C. Determine Test Accommodations or Alterations
D. Weigh the Cost of Inclusion