Survey of Exceptionalities Final Test Solutions
Course Introduction
Survey of Exceptionalities provides students with an overview of the diverse range of exceptionalities encountered in educational settings, including learning disabilities, intellectual and developmental disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, physical and health impairments, sensory impairments, and giftedness. The course explores the characteristics, identification, and educational needs of individuals with exceptionalities, as well as the legal and ethical considerations surrounding special education. Emphasis is placed on understanding inclusive practices, differentiation of instruction, and the collaboration required among educators, families, and related professionals to support the success of all learners in school and community environments.
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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) With the recognition of the role of the environment,the field moved from a(n)_______________ model of exceptionality,which assumes that the physical condition or disease exists within the patient,to a(n)____________ model,in which we see the child with exceptionalities in complex interaction with many environmental forces.
Answer: medical,ecological
Q2) Intra-individual differences in intellectual,psychological,physical,and social abilities are found
A) between children of the same gender.
B) between different children.
C) within a group of persons.
D) within the same person.
Answer: D
Q3) Historically,the disabling condition of any student was perceived as A) the result of an interaction between the student and the environment.
B) residing exclusively in the student.
C) residing in the student's environment.
D) dependent on the family of the student.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Exceptional Children and Social Institutions:
Government,Courts,and the Schools
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Q1) An example of a Tier II strategy is
A) receiving tutoring for reading problems in the regular classroom.
B) working on IEP goals in a special education classroom.
C) providing remedial work in a resource room.
D) working on IEP goals at home with a parent.
Answer: A
Q2) Research and demonstration projects that focus on the needs of students who are gifted is supported through A) the Javits Act.
B) the Education for All Handicapped Children Act.
C) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
D) local school divisions.
Answer: A
Q3) Assistive technology
A) gives every student with an IEP a computer.
B) evaluates a student with a disability without assessor bias.
C) consists of tools that enhance the functioning of people with special disabilities.
D) aides screening, classification, and placement.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Early Intervention Supports and Services
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Q1) A disorder that is 100 percent preventable is
A) autism.
B) cerebral palsy.
C) Down syndrome.
D) fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Answer: D
Q2) A chart used to assess individual personality differences in development for a particular student.
A)Apgar test
B)Behavior
C)Behavioral support plan
D)Blended practices
E)Developmental profile
F)Developmentally appropriate practice
G)Family-centered early intervention
Answer: E
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Chapter 4: Children with Learning Disabilities
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Q1) The ability to detect sound and interpret its meaning.
A)Anticipatory anxiety
B)Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
C)Auditory perception
D)Collaborative problem solving
E)Dysgraphia
F)Dyslexia
G)Evidence-based interventions
H)Episodic memory
I)Heightened sensitivity
Q2) Which of the following is most frequently postulated as a cause of learning disabilities?
A) A problem related to how individuals process information at the neurological level
B) An exogenous problem probably associated with negative environmental influences
C) Problems in family communication patterns
D) Problems with a child's ability to perceive visual information
Q3) Differentiate between poor academic performance and learning disabilities.
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Chapter 5: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Q1) During the preschool years,the emphasis of educational programming should be to help the children attain
A) a functional communication system and basic social skills.
B) beginning reading skills to maximize their success in kindergarten.
C) replacement behaviors for their repetitive motor movements such as rocking or hand flapping.
D) use of an augmentative or alternative communication system.
Q2) The prevalence of the autism spectrum disorder has been
A) slowing decreasing.
B) stable over the last fifteen years.
C) slowly increasing.
D) steadily increasing
Q3) A small group lesson developed to improve language and social skills in the regular classroom for children with autism is an example of
A) RTI Tier I activity.
B) RTI Tier II activity.
C) RTI Tier III activity.
D) a functional behavior analysis.
Q4) Discuss three of the major treatment centers for children with Autism
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Chapter 6: Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Q1) Central processing,one of three major components of information processing,is best described as the
A) auditory perception of a stimulus.
B) visual perception of a stimulus.
C) classification of a stimulus.
D) choice of a single response from among many possible responses.
Q2) Research studies have shown that early childhood intervention for social skills instruction for children at risk for intellectual and developmental disabilities
A) can lead to counterproductive changes in the child's development.
B) can lead to modest but meaningful changes in the child's development.
C) can lead to dramatic positive changes in the child's development.
D) do not lead to changes in the child's development.
Q3) Central processing,one of the major components of information processing,is best described as the
A) auditory perception of a stimulus.
B) visual perception of a stimulus.
C) classification of a stimulus through the use of memory, reasoning, and evaluation.
D) choice of a single response from among many possible responses.
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Chapter 7: Children with Emotional and Behavior Disorders
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Q1) Verbally praising a student who is behaving appropriately is an example of
A) controlling problem behavior.
B) supporting desirable behavior.
C) operant conditioning.
D) contingency contracting.
Q2) If a teacher wanted to understand the intended objective or intent of a student's behavior as well as describe the behavior,she would want to conduct a(n)
A) functional behavior assessment.
B) ecological assessment.
C) family interview.
D) home-based observation.
Q3) A multi-step procedure carried out for the purpose of understanding the intended objective of the student's behavior as well as describing that behavior.
A)Replacement Behaviors
B)School behavior supports
C)Coercive cycle
D)Functional behavioral assessment
E)Support teacher
Q4) 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) Describe these features of language and give an example of each: (1)syntax,(2)semantics,and (3)pragmatics.
Q2) Laura repeats sounds and syllables and stutters frequently.Laura's disorder is called
A) a fluency disorder.
B) a voice disorder.
C) an articulation disorder.
D) a language disorder.
Q3) By what age are most normal children able to speak in two- to three-word sentences,using generally correct syntax,although they may make some common errors?
A) 10 months of age
B) 7 months to 1 year of age
C) 1 to 2 years of age
D) 2 to 3 years of age
Q4) The order in which words are combined is called
A) phonology.
B) syntax.
C) morphology.
D) semantics.
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Chapter 9: Children with Special Gifts and Talents
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Q1) In 1920,this researcher began a 60-year longitudinal study of 1,528 children with special gifts and talents.
A) Gardner
B) Torrance
C) Terman
D) Galton
Q2) Which of these researchers is a leading expert on creativity?
A) Torrance
B) Maslow
C) Terman
D) Skinner
Q3) A subgroup of children with gifts who are referred to as ____________________ are students whose academic performance consistently falls far short of expectations despite high cognitive abilities.
Q4) The excellence movement may affect gifted students' education by
A) placing gifted students in tutorial roles in small-group work.
B) strengthening the math and science curriculum.
C) increasing the number of advanced placement classes.
D) discontinuing district-wide school programs.
Q5) ____________________ are children who develop extraordinarily fast.
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Chapter 10: Children with Deafness or Hearing Loss
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Q1) Hearing difficulty resulting from an individual's inability to process auditory information.
A)American Sign Language
B)Auditory global method
C)CAPD
D)Conductive loss
E)Mixed hearing loss
F)Postlinguistic deafness
G)Prelinguistic deafness
Q2) Being ____________________ is defined as an impairment in hearing that may be permanent or fluctuating and that adversely affects a child's educational performance but that is not included under the definition of deafness.
Q3) Which of these types of hearing losses is caused by a defect of the inner ear or of the auditory nerve?
A) A conductive hearing loss
B) A semiconductive hearing loss
C) An auditory canal hearing loss
D) A sensorineural hearing loss
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Chapter 11: Children With Visual Impairments
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Q1) Braille training,Orientation and Mobility training and specific IEP goals would best be served in a Tier ___ setting.
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV
Q2) The sensory compensation doctrine,where when one sense becomes deficient,other senses become strengthened is
A) well documented.
B) not supported by research.
C) an untested theory.
D) a compensation that only occurs with blindness.
Q3) Even the most efficient Braille reader shows an average rate of reading about ___________________ or ___________________ times slower than that of a print reader.
Q4) ___________________ is the child's feeling that he or she cannot do anything worthwhile or useful.
Q5) How do educators adapt an instructional program for students with visual disabilities?
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Chapter 12: Children with Physical Disabilities,Health
Impairments,and Multiple Disabilities
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Q1) A teacher tracks a child's performance and plans specific instruction based on the needs of the child using
A) norm-referenced tests.
B) criterion-referenced tests and progress monitoring.
C) IQ tests.
D) standardized achievement tests.
Q2) Which of these is not very useful in assessing the needs of students with multiple and severe disabilities?
A) Norm-referenced tests
B) IQ scores
C) Developmental-age quotients
D) All of these.
Q3) A blank expression,lack of awareness of surroundings,and an inability to be awakened are characteristic of
A) a myclonic seizure.
B) an absence seizure.
C) a tonic-clonic seizure.
D) a mixed seizure.
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