Foundation and Concepts
Legal Mandates and Frameworks
ID and Developmental Delays
ASD and Behavior Supports
LD and ADHD
100
What does the term "exceptional children" refer to?
A. Children who exceed grade-level expectations in all subjects.
B. Children identified as having unique strengths and challenges requiring special adaptations.
C. Children with above-average intellectual capabilities.
D. Children who have been identified as future leaders.
B. Children identified as having unique strengths and challenges requiring special adaptations.
100
According to Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model, which of the following has the most significant role in influencing a child’s development?
A. The child’s genetic makeup
B. The child’s immediate and broader contexts, including family, school, and community
C. Government educational policies
D. The academic curriculum followed by the school
B. The child’s immediate and broader contexts, including family, school, and community
100
Many factors may contribute to the development of intellectual disabilities (ID), these include:
A. eating too may Little Debbie Zebra Cakes
B. watching too little TV
C. choosing a bad school
D. genetic abnormalities, toxic agents, infections, neurological damage, and negative environmental factors
D. genetic abnormalities, toxic agents, infections, neurological damage, and negative environmental factors
100
What is a behavioral support plan?
A. A plan to clearly define the term behavior
B. A plan of services devised by teachers and parents to support children trying to overcome challenging behavior
C. A plan to behave mischievously
D. No plan at all
B. A plan of services devised by teachers and parents to support children trying to overcome challenging behavior
100
What role does explicit and implicit bias play in education?
A. They are unrelated to educational outcomes.
B. They only affect teacher-student relationships indirectly.
C. They influence decisions and treatment of students, making self-reflection critical for educators.
D. They solely affect the curriculum design process.
C. They influence decisions and treatment of students, making self-reflection critical for educators.
200
What is being represented in this picture? 
Information Processing Model
200
What does IEP stand for?
Individualized Education Program
200
The Wrap Around model encompasses...
Support that is not only centered around the school but extends into a support system in the community as well.
200
Siblings in families with a child with a disability are inevitably neglected because the parents must pay so much attention to the child with disabilities.
True or False
False
200
What does early intervention entail?
A. Systematic efforts designed to prevent deficits or to improve outcomes for an existing disability in children between birth and age 5
B. Waking up early to make a pot of coffee
C. Seeking to arrive early to work on a snowy day
D. "Early to bed; early to rise."
A. Systematic efforts designed to prevent deficits or to improve outcomes for an existing disability in children between birth and age 5
300
Which of the following is NOT a contributing factor to exceptionalities?
A. Genetic influences
B. Prenatal care
C. Cultural competence
D. Environmental factors
C. Cultural competence
300
What does (FAPE) stand for?
free and appropriate public education
300
A student has challenges with both memory and focus or attending, he struggles with all of the deeper processing areas.
Which part of the information Process Model are they having problem with?
Thinking
300
What is Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)?
A. a basketball league
B. a way to teach kids good table manners
C. an intensive one-on-one method used to provide positive rewards for appropriate behavior as in operant conditioning
D. All and/or none of the above
C. an intensive one-on-one method used to provide positive rewards for appropriate behavior as in operant conditioning
300
Students identified with learning disabilities are the largest group within this student grouping:
A. special education
B. general education
C. G&T
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
400
Children can be put at risk for developmental delays due to...
A. genetic disorders, events during pregnancy or birth, and/or environmental risks.
B. sleeping with a bad pillow.
C. getting too much sun in the preoperational stage of development.
D. their parents reading too many mystery novels.
A. genetic disorders, events during pregnancy or birth, and/or environmental risks.
400
Which legislation is considered the most important in mandating services for children with special needs?
A. ADA (1990)
B. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
C. IDEA (2004)
D. The No Child Left Behind Act (2001)
C. IDEA (2004)
400
The IEPs of students with ID should include...
A. their strengths as well as their challenges
B. their favorite flavor of ice cream
C. which of the four seasons they like best
D. whether or not they take a school bus to and from school
A. their strengths as well as their challenges
400
The spectrum of ASD includes:
A. a range of social, communication, cognitive, motor, behavior, and sensory patterns which are unique to each individual
B. restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior
C. not developing a Theory of the Mind like typically developing children
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
400
These strategies can be matched to the students strengths and needs to modify the curriculum and support student learning.
A. Whole Language Instruction
B. Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
C. Reading & Writing Workshop
D. Math Workshop
B. Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
500
Developmental delays are identified as...
A. Students who are consistently late in arriving to class
B. Students who miss a lot of class time due to unexcused absences
C. across five domains: cognitive, communication, social-emotional, adaptive, and motor
D. All or none of the above
C. across five domains: cognitive, communication, social-emotional, adaptive, and motor
500
What does an individualized education program (IEP) specify?
A. teacher’s daily lesson plan
B. The student’s current performance, long-term goals, services, and evaluation criteria
C. The school’s annual performance targets for special education
D. Strategies for improving teacher collaboration
C. IDEA (2004)
500
Ray has difficulties involving executive processing, understanding auditory input (hearing letter sounds, following directions given orally, and so forth).
Which part of the Information Process Model are they having challenges with?
Attention
500
This is a keystone to supporting students with ASD:
A. Attending baseball games at Citi Field
B. Rooting for the Jets
C. Families working in partnership with those assisting with care for their children
D. Voting yes on school budgets
C. Families working in partnership with those assisting with care for their children
500
This disorder involves a combination of challenges that impact the individual’s ability to sustain attention, restrain impulsivity, and control activity levels.
A. Down Syndrome
B. Rubella
C. Dyslexia
D. ADHD
D. ADHD
600
What is the name of the person who is related to this chart? 
Bronfenbrenner’s bio-ecological model
600
What is meant by Universal Design for Learning?
A. Being educated in outer space
B. Learning things that span across the universe
C. Built-in flexibility or assistive supports to instruction so that products and environments can be usable by the largest number of students
D. All or none of the above
C. Built-in flexibility or assistive supports to instruction so that products and environments can be usable by the largest number of students
600
This focus illustrates the a which Theory?
Theory of the Mind
600
Pete’s behavior tends to use distractions to avoid tasks he does not feel he can do. His behavior is becoming more disruptive, and on occasion, his humor is verbally aggressive.
Is this Externalizing or Internalizing behavior?
Externalizing
600
This is one of the vital components of a successful strategy that meets the needs of students with ADHD.
A. Time Outs
B. Modifications to the learning environment and evidenced-based behavioral modification techniques
C. in-school suspension
D. none of the above
Group of answer choices
B. Modifications to the learning environment and evidenced-based behavioral modification techniques