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Special Education
Q:
Almost as soon as babies are born, vision helps them to organize, synthesize, and:
A. Give meaning to their perceptions
B. Learn prereading skills
C. Develop strong motor skills
D. Develop strong auditory skills
Q:
According to the DSM-IV-TR, the IQ range for mild intellectual disabilities is:A. 50-55 to approximately 70B. 35-40 to 50-55C. 20-25 to 30-40D. IQ below 20-25
Q:
What graphic organizer is used to compare and contrast objects, stories, and characters?
A. A web diagram
B. A T-chart
C. Semantic maps
D. Venn diagram
Q:
Students from which two racial groups are overrepresented in the intellectual disabilities category?
Q:
Discuss how SLPs contribute to the assessment process.
Q:
Anything a teacher does after asking a question to increase the chances a student will provide the correct response is called a:
A. An SD
B. Reinforcer
C. Prompt
D. Intrusion
Q:
One early consequence of the efforts at school racial desegregation was that, as enrollments of culturally and linguistically diverse children in previously all-white schools increased, their enrollment in self-contained programs decreased for which of the following?
A. Students with learning disabilities
B. Students with autism
C. Gifted students
D. Students with mild intellectual disabilities
Q:
Mr. Alonzo has expertise in applying principles of behavior to develop interventions for students with ASD and other disabilities. Mr. Alonzo is a
A) behavior analyst.
B) supported employment supervisor.
C) group home leader.
D) PECS trainer.
Q:
Best estimates indicate that how many students have a visual disorder that interferes with learning?
A. 1 or 2 in 1,000
B. 3 or 5 in 100
C. 1 or 2 in 100
D. 3 or 5 in 1,000
Q:
The IEP team must consider five "special factors" when developing an IEP, including each of the following, EXCEPT:
A. The student's home life setting
B. Strategies to address a student's behavior that impedes learning
C. Language needs of students with limited English proficiency
D. Instruction in Braille for students who are blind
Q:
If air-conduction and bone-conduction thresholds are the same, the hearing loss is:
A. Conductive
B. Responsive
C. Unresponsive
D. Sensorineural
Q:
According to the U.S. Department of Education, what percentage of school age children receives services for intellectual disabilities?
A. About 8%
B. Only 2%
C. Nearly 15%
D. Over 20%
Q:
What is another term for intellectual functioning?
Q:
Which of the following ordered schools to desegregate by race with all due deliberate speed?
A. Brown v. Board of Education
B. Larry P. v. Riles
C. Diana v. Board of Education
D. PASE v. Hannon
Q:
An instructional strategy that minimizes mistakes students make when learning a new task is:
A. Multimodal instruction
B. Errorless learning
C. Mastery learning
D. Goal attainment instruction
Q:
List various causes of speech or language impairments.
Q:
What is the hallmark of special education?
A. Inclusion
B. Individualization
C. Specialized placements
D. Accommodations
Q:
A person is legally blind if:
A. Their acuity is 20/20 even with glasses
B. Their acuity is 20/10 even with glasses
C. Their field of vision is less than 80 degrees
D. Their field of vision is less than 20 degrees
Q:
Mrs. Nanas incorporates peer supports when planning for a student in her class who has ASD. These peer supports would generally be planned for which area?
A) instructional situations
B) after-school activities
C) leisure activities
D) lunchroom situations
Q:
Which of the following is a test of how well the middle ear is functioning and how well the eardrum can move?
A. Audiograms
B. Tympanography
C. Audiometry
D. Behavioral audiological evaluations
Q:
Two major characteristics of intellectual disabilities are limitations in intellectual functioning and which of the following?
A. Low IQ
B. Limitations in adaptive behavior
C. Speech and language limitations
D. Behavior disorders
Q:
Common components of multimodal treatment include each of the following except:
A. Medication
B. Parent training
C. Behavior management in the home
D. Behaviorally oriented treatment
Q:
The belief that racial and class inequity are reproduced over time to maintain the status quo at the expense of less privileged groups is associated with:
A. Cultural deficit theory
B. Eugenics
C. Cultural reproduction theory
D. Genetic deficit theory
Q:
Briefly define the synonymous terms of cognitive disability and intellectual disability.
Q:
Individuals who typically use braille for efficient reading and writing are considered which of the following?
A. Low vision
B. Functionally blind
C. Totally blind
D. Legally blind
Q:
Describe the characteristics of a child with language delays.
Q:
There is almost universal agreement that students with disabilities gain benefits in which areas from their involvement in inclusive settings?
A. Social and communication
B. Social and academic
C. Communication and achievement
D. Communication and mathematics
Q:
A computer records automatic (involuntary) responses from the cochlea to clicks or tones in:
A. Evoked otoacoustic emissions
B. Tympanography
C. Audiometry
D. Behavioral audiological evaluations
Q:
Which of the following means providing services, resources, and personal assistance on a constant basis?
A. Limited
B. Intermittent
C. Extensive
D. Pervasive
Q:
Some people feel that characteristics like attention to detail, focusing on specific tasks, and the personal need to complete jobs are traits that make adults with ASD
A) difficult to employ.
B) difficult to interact with.
C) excellent employees.
D) good friends.
Q:
Procedures for seeking to improve the human race by encouraging birth of children with allegedly "good" hereditary qualities and discouraging or preventing the birth of those with allegedly "undesirable" hereditary qualities is:
A. Cultural deficit theory
B. Eugenics
C. Cultural reproduction theory
D. Genetic deficit theory
Q:
With regards to medications for ADHD teachers are expected to:
A. Help monitor the impact on the child
B. Help the parents learn behavioral interventions to avoid using drugs
C. Discourage parents from resorting to using medications
D. Recommend drugs that have proven to be successful in their experience
Q:
Which statement about families of individuals with intellectual disabilities is accurate?
A) These families are usually in crisis.
B) The stress takes a negative toll on siblings.
C) These families function much as typical families do.
D) These families have lower levels of stress than families without a member with a disability.
Q:
Which of the following is determined by having an individual read the letters on a chart, each line of which is composed of letters written with a certain size print?
A. Field of vision
B. Tunnel vision
C. Functional blindness
D. Visual acuity
Q:
Eliminating the continuum of placement and increasing the amount of time students spend in the general education classroom are two issues of:
A. No Child Left Behind
B. IDEA
C. Inclusion
D. Special education
Q:
Differentiate between speech and language impairments.
Q:
Transition planning for adults with ASD often focuses on
A) academic achievement.
B) verbal skills.
C) living and working in the community.
D) personal hygiene.
Q:
Which of the following are appropriate for testing the hearing of older children?
A. Evoked otoacoustic emissions
B. Tympanography
C. Audiometry
D. Behavioral audiological evaluations
Q:
Services, resources, and personal assistance for enabling a person to develop, learn, and live effectively are called:
A. Transitions
B. Supports
C. Supplements
D. Advocacies
Q:
Alize is an adult with an intellectual disability, whose parents maintain close supervision of the various aspects of her life. Based on information in your text, what do you think will happen to Alize as her parents age?
A) Her parents will assign a legal representative to oversee Alize's affairs.
B) Alize will be placed in an institution.
C) Alize's vocational rehabilitation counselor will assume primary responsibility for her welfare.
D) Her siblings will assume supervision and care responsibilities.
Q:
Which theories reemerged with publication of The Bell Curve?
A. Cultural deficit and genetic deficit
B. Eugenics and cultural deficit
C. Cultural difference and genetic deficit
D. Genetic deficit and eugenics
Q:
A critical predictor of success in adulthood for students with ADHD is:
A. Note taking
B. Self-instruction
C. Organizational skills
D. Goal setting
Q:
Services that range from the most typical and most inclusive settings to the most atypical and most segregated settings refers to:
A. The principle of natural proportions
B. Restructuring and teaching and learning
C. Age- and grade-appropriate placements
D. The continuum of services
Q:
The simplest test of hearing uses a machine called a(n):
A. Audiogram
B. Tympanogram
C. Audiometer
D. Otometer
Q:
Most individuals with visual impairments:
A. Use braille
B. Read print
C. Use audiobooks
D. Rely on others to read to them
Q:
Think about how you react to people with severe speech impairments, such as stuttering. How could you modify your behavior to decrease their frustration level?
Q:
Jasper, a student with ASD, uses multimedia to view a classmate performing a desired social behavior. Which intervention is being used with Jasper?
A) PECS
B) video modeling
C) positive behavior supports
D) AAC
Q:
Each of the following is an assumption regarding the definition of intellectual disabilities EXCEPT:
A. Limitations must be considered within the context of community environments typical of the person's age, peers, and culture.
B. Valid assessments, considering cultural and linguistic diversity and differences in communication, sensory, motor, and behavioral factors, must be used.
C. The condition is permanent, and even with personalized supports over a sustained period it does not improve.
D. Limitations within an individual coexist with strengths.
Q:
Blaming the academic failure of students from diverse backgrounds on the inherent disadvantages that existed within their own cultures is associated with:
A. Cultural deficit theory
B. Eugenics
C. Cultural difference
D. Genetic deficit theory
Q:
Accommodations like reassuring the student gently, meeting with the parents to find out how the child likes to communicate, and being on the alert for frustration or anger and modifying expectations during those times are particularly good for students who:
A. Display inattention
B. Are impulsive
C. Have mood characteristics
D. Have difficulty complying
Q:
Recreational therapy is
A) a special education service where physical education and recreational skills are taught.
B) a related service that helps student learn to access community recreational programs.
C) a form of counseling that helps students determine their leisure skill preferences.
D) typically provided only to individuals who have moved into the vocational rehabilitation system.
Q:
Which of the following holds that students with exceptionalities be placed in schools and classrooms in a similar ratio of the occurrence of exceptionality within the general population?
A. The principle of natural proportions
B. The principle of natural ratios
C. Age- and grade-appropriate placements
D. The continuum of placements
Q:
Describe pros and cons of using education interpreters (include the inverted pyramid of responsibility in your description).
Q:
A device with an electrode array inserted into the inner ear to provide direct stimulation t the nerve fibers is:
A. Hearing aid
B. Cochlear implant
C. Audiometer
D. Assistive listening device
Q:
Give examples of how a child who is dysfluent and a child who stutters might ask the question "May I have some milk?"
Q:
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
Q:
One benefit of PECS is that students who use it
A) are more successful in the adult workplace.
B) develop advanced language skills.
C) learn to initiate requests for items.
D) learn to wait for an adult to attend to their needs.
Q:
Which of the following holds that white people are genetically superior to nonwhite people?
A. Cultural deficit theory
B. Eugenics
C. Cultural difference
D. Genetic deficit theory
Q:
Many school psychologists use which measure to determine the presence of ADHD?
A. Attention Deficit Disorders Evaluation Scales
B. Conner's Rating Scales
C. Peterson's Rating Scales
D. ADHD Assessment Tool
Q:
Summarize methods of testing hearing and indicate at which age levels different tests are most appropriate.
Q:
All of the following are key characteristics of inclusion EXCEPT:
A. Home-school placement
B. Principle of natural proportions
C. Restructuring teaching and learning
D. Alternative assessment
Q:
Adaptive physical education is
A) a special education service where physical education and recreational skills are taught.
B) a related service that helps student learn to access community recreational programs.
C) an inclusive form of PE where an educational assistant attends class to provide support to individuals with disabilities.
D) not addressed in IDEA "04, but still widely implemented.
Q:
List the three components of the communication process and provide an example of how miscommunication can occur.
Q:
Which of the following has special training in testing and measuring hearing?
A. Audiologist
B. Ophthalmologist
C. Neurologist
D. Otologist
Q:
Intellectual disabilities are characterized by significant limitations both in:
A. Intellectual functioning and IQ scores
B. Intellectual functioning and functional behavior
C. Intellectual functioning and academic achievement
D. Intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior
Q:
The extent to which research and practice in instruction and assessment take into consideration the cognitive, linguistic, and social assets of an individual that are culturally determined and shape the ways in which that individual learns and makes sense of his or her experiences is:
A. A micro culture
B. Culture
C. Cultural responsiveness
D. A macro culture
Q:
Isha has autism. She uses a computerized device with a touch screen and speech synthesizer that allows her to communicate her thoughts. Isha's device is one form of
A) Social Stories.
B) PECS.
C) an activity schedule.
D) AAC.
Q:
Nondiscriminatory evaluation plans seek to answer each of the following EXCEPT:
A. Does the student have ADHD and can other disabilities be ruled out?
B. Do other disabilities exist simultaneously with ADHD?
C. What should the student's IEP contain?
D. Can the student be served by an existing program, like EBD, even if he has ADHD?
Q:
Specialized settings in schools may include resource rooms and which of the following?
A. General education classrooms
B. Self-contained classrooms
C. Least restrictive classrooms
D. Gifted and talented classrooms
Q:
Describe academic achievement issues of students with hearing impairments and how it relates to intelligence and inclusion.
Q:
Explain the concept of and the steps of errorless learning and give examples of prompts used in the process.
Q:
Jax is an adult with intellectual disabilities who has a high level of participation in his community. As a result, Jax is more likely to
A) engage in recreational activities during his leisure time.
B) experience feelings of loneliness.
C) require intensive supports, and have fewer natural supports.
D) spend his leisure time at home watching TV.
Q:
Why would people in ancient Rome toss a coin to Balbus Balaesus the Stutterer?
Q:
The diagnosis of a hearing loss is made by a combination of professionals which include the child's own doctor, an otologist, and a(n):
A. Audiologist
B. Speech/language therapist
C. Neurologist
D. Parent
Q:
A teacher uses written or pictorial directions to help his students with ASD perform skills or routines. He is using
A) functional communication training
B) PECS
C) positive behavior support
D) activity schedules
Q:
Race/ethnicity, language, income, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, age, and geography are which of the following?
A. Micro cultures found in schools
B. Cultures in the United States
C. Considerations of cultural responsiveness
D. Macro cultures
Q:
The name of a plan written for a student who does NOT require special education services but needs some accommodations in the general education classroom is:
A. 504 plan
B. Behavior Management plan
C. IEP
D. IFSP
Q:
Which of the following students are most likely to be educated in the general education classroom?
A. Students with learning disabilities and severe intellectual disabilities
B. Students with learning disabilities and other health impairments
C. Students with emotional or behavioral disorders, multiple disabilities, and deaf blindness
D. Students with hearing impairments, visual impairments, and deaf-blindness
Q:
Trauma to the cochlea may lead to a:
A. Congenital hearing loss
B. Conductive hearing loss
C. Partial hearing loss
D. Sensorineural hearing loss
Q:
Adriano is about to move into a group home, where he will live with several other people with intellectual disabilities and receive support with independent living skills. Research shows that the optimal number of people living in this setting is ____, in order to provide Adriano with a high quality of life.
A) four
B) six
C) eight
D) twenty