Exam Questions

Question 1

Although definitions of E/BDs vary, there is general agreement they refer to all EXCEPT:

Answer 1

a) Behaviour that reflects a psychiatric illness.

Question 2

Susan and Mike are looking to place their son, Max, in an effective educational program for students with an E/BD. They should select one that includes all EXCEPT:

Answer 2

d) Emphasis on extensive, short-term intervention.

Question 3

In Canada, about what percentage of children have speech disorders?

Answer 3

b) 5-10%

Question 4

When Claudia, a 7-year-old says, “I goed to the store,” she is demonstrating a problem with which aspect of language?

Answer 4

b) Morphology.

Question 5

National statistics indicate that 95% of adults who are deaf choose partners who are deaf. What percentage of the children born to these couples have normal hearing abilities?

Answer 5

d) 90%

Question 6

Which one of the following statements reflects a common misconception about giftedness?

Answer 6

d) Individuals who are gifted intellectually tend to be socially inept.

Question 7

According to Sternberg, which type of giftedness involves insight, intuition, creativity, or adeptness at coping with novel situations?

Answer 7

c) Synthetic.

Question 8

Pure-tone audiometry establishes the:

Answer 8

c) Threshold for hearing at various frequencies.

Question 9

David has myopia. Another term for it is:

Answer 9

a) Nearsightedness.

Question 10

Approximately what percentage of the population of people with blindness currently uses braille as a primary reading method?

Answer 10

a) 10%

Question 11

After age 5, and increasingly through adolescence, the primary cause of TBI is:

Answer 11

c) Vehicular accidents.

Question 12

Impairments with which a child is born are referred to as:

Answer 12

c) Congenital abnormalities.