SPED 400
Final Exam
1. According to Swanson et al. (1993), children who are given stimulant medication to control hyperactivity and attention deficits generally:
a. show long term improvement in management of overactivity, inattention, and impulsivity.
b. show no improvement in long term adjustment.
c. do not experience any side effects from the medication.
d. both b & c
2. To be identified as having an emotional or behavioral disorder, which of the following conditions must be met, according to IDEA?
a. chronicity, severity, difficulty in school
b. chronicity, discrepancy criterion, severity
c. subaverage intellectual functioning, severity, chronicity
d. visibility, severity, difficulty in school
3. Which of the following characterizes the social skills and relationships of children with emotional and behavioral disorders?
a. Children with emotional and behavioral disorders participate in fewer curricular activities.
b. Children with emotional and behavioral disorders have less frequent contact with friends.
c. Children with emotional and behavioral disorders have lower-quality relationships.
d. all of the above
4. Which of the following assessments has been recommended by IDEA to use as a part of developing positive behavior supports?
a. criterion-related assessment
b. functional assessment
c. projective tests
d. screening tests
5. ________________ involves encoding, transmitting, and decoding messages.
a. Communication
b. Language
c. Speech
d. Paralinguistic behavior
6. Stanley is a second grader with a limited vocabulary for his age, and he uses tenses and plurals incorrectly. What kind of language disorder does Stanley have?
a. expressive
b. receptive
c. articulation
d. fluency
7. The most prevalent type of speech impairments among school age children are:
a. voice disorders.
b. fluency disorders.
c. language disorders.
d. articulation disorders.
8. Sarah is a typically hearing child about to enter school. Approximately how many words are in her vocabulary?
a. 1,000
b. 5,000
c. 7,500
d. 10,000
9. What part of the ear controls the sense of balance?
a. ossicles
b. eardrum
c. cochlea
d. semicircular canals
10. What percentage of deaf children are born to hearing parents?
a. 30%
b. 90%
c. 25%
d. 75%
11. _________________, the ability to clearly distinguish forms or discriminate details at a specified distance, is measured by reading lines of letters, numbers, or other symbols from the Snellen chart.
a. Visual acuity
b. Field of vision
c. Peripheral vision
d. Functional vision
12. Which of the following statements is true?
a. It is useful for a teacher to know the age at which a student acquired a visual impairment.
b. Most people who are adventitiously blind do not retain a visual memory of things they formerly saw.
c. The need for emotional support may be greater for a child who is congenitally blind.
d. both a & c
13. Which of the following is a science curriculum which has several adaptations that encourage students who are blind to use their tactile and auditory senses for firsthand manipulation and discovery.
a. MAVIS
b. SAVI
c. OCR
d. all of the above
14. ________________ is a disorder of voluntary movement and posture caused by a lesion to the brain.
a. Muscular dystrophy
b. Spina bifida
c. Cerebral palsy
d. Epilepsy
15. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a. Children with muscular dystrophy should be discouraged from engaging in physical activity.
b. Children with muscular dystrophy appear normal at birth.
c. Children with muscular dystrophy begin to exhibit muscle weakness between the ages of 2 and 5.
d. In most cases muscular dystrophy is fatal.
16. Which of the following are symptoms of hypoglycemia?
a. faintness, dizziness, blurred vision, and drowsiness
b. thirst, labored breathing, excessive urination
c. dry hot skin, fruity-smelling breath
d. all of the above
17. A special education based on __________________ is inappropriate for most students with severe disabilities.
a. functional daily living skills
b. developmental milestones
c. age-appropriate skills
d. all of the above
18. Students who are deaf-blind:
a. do not have the potential to achieve success in employment and independent living.
b. have educational programs that are generally similar to the educational programs of other students with severe disabilities.
c. for the most part, do not have any functional hearing and/or vision.
d. both b & c
19. Juanita, a 15-year-old student with severe disabilities, is just learning to dress herself. Which of the following is the best strategy for teaching Juanita to dress herself independently?
a. A developmental approach should provide the basis for teaching.
b. Juanita should be taught to dress herself exactly the way a 4-year-old without disabilities would be taught.
c. Juanita's teacher should break down the skill into smaller component steps, and gradually teach each step until Juanita can dress herself independently.
d. none of the above
20. Renzuli's (1978) definition of giftedness is based on the interaction of which of the following three clusters of human traits?
a. general intellectual ability, specific academic aptitude, and creativity
b. above average general intellectual abilities, a high level of task commitment, and creativity
c. general intellectual ability, a specific talent, and a high level of task commitment
d. a high IQ score, high achievement test scores, and a high grade point average
21. Which of the following statements is true?
a. Most highly gifted children experience mental, physical, emotional, and social development at approximately the same rate.
b. Most highly gifted children experience mental, physical, emotional, and social development at dramatically different rates.
c. The physical development of most highly gifted children outpaces their cognitive and intellectual development.
d. both b & c
22. Which of the following sources should be included when identifying gifted students?
a. intelligence tests and achievement tests
b. creativity measures and portfolios
c. parent, peer, and self-nomination
d. all of the above
23. What percentage of adults with disabilities are unemployed?
a. 15% to 25%
b. 35% to 45%
c. 50% to 75%
d. 80% to 90%
24. After being out of high school for three to five years _________ of youth with disabilities were living independently (alone, with a spouse or roommate, in a college dormitory, or military housing).
a. 19%
b. 37%
c. 48%
d. 61%
25. In addition to the ITP, the 1997 amendments to IDEA mandated that beginning at age ________, a statement of the transition service needs must be included in the child's IEP.
a. 14
b. 15
c. 16
d. 18