Exceptional Children Final Exam Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the educational, psychological, and social characteristics of exceptional children, including those with disabilities, giftedness, and other special needs. Students will examine various categories of exceptionality, the historical and legal foundations of special education, and approaches to inclusion within general education settings. Emphasis is placed on understanding individualized education plans (IEPs), instructional strategies, and family and community collaboration to support the diverse needs of exceptional learners.
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Educating Exceptional Children 13th Edition by Samuel Kirk
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Chapter 1: Children with Exceptionalities and Their Families
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Q1) Which of the following is not a high-incidence disability?
A) Hearing impairment
B) Learning disabilities
C) IDD
D) Emotional and Behavior disorder
Answer: A
Q2) One of the most important things that teachers can do for children from diverse cultures is
A) to make sure that the child understands and conforms to the predominant cultural expectations represented in the classroom.
B) be aware of the factors that shape their own cultural views.
C) minimize differences because culture does not play a significant role in the way that children ultimately learn.
D) emphasis that English is the language of the classroom.
Answer: B
Q3) Identify five common sources of stress for families with children who are exceptional.For each source of stress,cite ways the field of special education has changed to support families.
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Chapter 2: Exceptional Children and Social Institutions:
Government,Courts,and the Schools
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Q1) _________________ is a measure of the applications of knowledge,whereas _________________ involves the typical classroom performance of the student.
Answer: Performance assessment;authentic assessment
Q2) Public Law 99-457 extended the benefits of Public Law 94-142 to A) preschool children.
B) children with severe and profound disabilities.
C) children with autism.
D) children with physical disabilities.
Answer: A
Q3) The systematic process of gathering educationally relevant information to make legal and instructional decisions.
A)Academic aptitude
B)Assessment
C)Assistive technology
D)Continuum of services
E)Class action suit
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Early Intervention Supports and Services
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Q1) An effective intervention program
A) is designed and monitored by the professional with a minimal amount of input from the parents.
B) is medically based.
C) includes developmentally appropriate practices and are intensive in nature
D) takes place in a classroom setting.
Answer: C
Q2) Children who qualify for services under IDEA must have an IFSP developed by
A) the federal government.
B) the parents.
C) the public schools.
D) a multidisciplinary team.
Answer: D
Q3) Participation in early intervention programs is
A) not mandatory in any states.
B) not mandatory in most states.
C) mandatory in most states.
D) mandatory in all states.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Children with Learning Disabilities
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Q1) Learning disabilities may manifest themselves in a child's imperfect ability to do which of the following?
A) Listen
B) Think
C) Speak
D) All of these.
Q2) The Federal Register's definition of learning disabilities presumes that such a disability is a result of
A) a problem with a basic psychological process.
B) environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantages.
C) intellectual or developmental delay.
D) visual handicaps.
Q3) James is distractable,cannot sustain attention long enough to learn,and cannot direct himself purposefully.He may have
A) a memory disorder.
B) a perceptual-motor disorder.
C) an academic disorder.
D) an attention disorder.
Q4) Differentiate between poor academic performance and learning disabilities.
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Chapter 5: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Q1) The Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT)measures the presence or absence of three core items,namely
A) theory of mind, hypersensitivity to touch, and hypersensitivity to sound.
B) social skills, functional communication, and play behavior.
C) protodeclarative pointing, gaze monitoring, and pretend play.
D) functional communciation, gaze monitoring, and theory of mind.
Q2) The LEAP Program at the University of Colorado
A) utilizes a communication curriculum that is based on behavioral principles but applied in naturalistic settings.
B) uses the principles of applied behavior analysis to teach discrete skills that are chained into functional routines.
C) teaches social skills as discrete skills within an integrative setting and uses peer-mediation interventions to promote independent play and social interaction.
D) uses incidental teaching, that is, the spontaneous behavior of the child, to teach specific skills such as functional verbal language.
Q3) Discuss the issues and challenges that are faced by many families with children with autism.
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Chapter 6: Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Q1) The following syndrome is now recognized as a leading cause of inherited intellectual and developmental disabilities:
A) Tay-Sachs disease.
B) Down syndrome.
C) Turner's syndrome.
D) Fragile X syndrome.
Q2) ________ is an application of technology that is used in a classroom to increase a student's understanding of vocabulary
A) CD-RO
B) Scaffolding software
C) Adaptive instruction
D) Hypertext software
Q3) Which statement is true when comparing language development between children with Down Syndrome and children with Williams syndrome?
A) Children with Down syndrome have more advanced language.
B) Children with Williams Syndrome have more advanced language.
C) The language development is about equal in the two syndromes.
D) The language differences are not measurable.
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Chapter 7: Children with Emotional and Behavior Disorders
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Q1) Positive behaviors designed to replace unacceptable behavior shown by children with behavior disorders.
A)Replacement Behaviors
B)School behavior supports
C)Coercive cycle
D)Functional behavioral assessment
E)Support teacher
Q2) The Office of Special Education Programs reported in 2003 that only about ________ of EBD students completed secondary schooling.
A) 20 percent
B) 40 percent
C) 60 percent
D) 80 percent
Q3) ____________________ is partly defined as the inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers.
Q4) One of the most frequently used methods of modifying student behavior is ____________________.
Q5) Identify and discuss several potential causes of behavior problems.
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Chapter 8: Children with Communication,Language,and Speech Disorders
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Q1) A problem with production of the accurate sounds of speech would be classified as a disorder of
A) articulation-phonology.
B) fluency and speech timing.
C) voice.
D) language.
Q2) Which of the following is an example of the RTI Tier II intervention?
A) Collaboration with the speech-language pathologist and/or special education teacher
B) Pointing to an object when given an augmentative communication board
C) Developing an IEP to address the specific articulation problems
D) Computer-generated programs to address fluency errors
Q3) Sharon has loss the ability to speak.This would be called
A) Dysarthria.
B) Anarthria.
C) Apaxia.
D) Omissions.
Q4) What service delivery options should be considered to meet the needs of school-age students with articulation disorders and how do these services fit with the RTI tiers?
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Chapter 9: Children with Special Gifts and Talents
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of content sophistication?
A) Studying French in second grade
B) Reading short stories in French
C) Writing to a pen pal in French
D) Discussing philosophy in French
Q2) An example of ______________ is when an intellectually and socially mature child is allowed to enter kindergarten at a younger-than-normal age.
A) acceleration
B) enrichment
C) sophistication
D) novelty
Q3) Research studies show that gifted children accelerated in school placement
A) adjust as well or better than students of similar ability who are not accelerated.
B) do not benefit academically.
C) do not encounter social adjustment problems.
D) do not enter their careers sooner than students who are not accelerated.
Q4) ____________________ is the ability to generate ideas,products,or solutions that are considered novel and useful for a given problem,situation,or context.
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Chapter 10: Children with Deafness or Hearing Loss
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Q1) Which of the children described below is likely to experience the most difficulty in school?
A) Mike, a 12-year-old who suffered a moderate hearing loss in one ear at age 5.
B) Sarah, a 12-year-old who suffered a moderate hearing loss in both ears at age 5.
C) Bill, a 12-year-old who suffered a severe hearing loss in both ears at age 2.
D) Mary, a 12-year-old who was born with a severe hearing loss.
Q2) Relaying systems help to ensure
A) all television sets are equipped to receive closed captions.
B) phone access for individuals with hearing impairments.
C) employers are willing to hire individuals with hearing impairments for high-paying jobs.
D) translators are available in public places when needed.
Q3) Early intervention for children who are deaf or hard of hearing begins in the home
A) at birth.
B) as soon as the child is identified.
C) after communication problems arise.
D) with training the family.
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Chapter 11: Children With Visual Impairments
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Q1) The changing in the shape of the lens to focus on an object is called A) accommodation.
B) convergence.
C) retinopathy.
D) sensory compensation.
Q2) The factor responsible for the majority of legal blindness in young children is ___________________,an infectious disease.In addition to infections,___________________ was a major cause of blindness due to over administration of oxygen to premature infants.
Q3) Muscles that control the movement of the eyeball in the socket are called A) extrinsic muscles.
B) intrinsic muscles.
C) ciliary muscles.
D) socket muscles.
Q4) Children with low vision can learn through A) Braille.
B) the same methods that children without visual impairments use.
C) the tactile sense.
D) the visual sense by using special technology and training.
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Chapter 12: Children with Physical Disabilities,Health
Impairments,and Multiple Disabilities
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Q1) _________________ is a disorder in which the blood sugar of the individual is abnormally high because the body does not produce enough insulin (Type 1)or because the body is insensitive to the insulin that is produced (Type 2)
Q2) Orthopedic impairments include
A) traumatic brain injury.
B) Tourette syndrome.
C) cerebral palsy.
D) sickle cell anemia.
Q3) Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease that affects a child's
A) breathing alone.
B) respiration and digestion.
C) intelligence and motor ability.
D) neurological development.
Q4) ___________________ begins before the age of 16 and causes swelling,stiffness,effusion,pain and tenderness in the joints.
A) Spina bifida
B) Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
C) Duchenne's
D) Cerebral palsy
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