Final Exam Ch 13-17 Flashcards
Each of the following is a component of the definition of multiple disabilities except:
Needs may be accommodated by programs for just one of the impairments
Most students with multiple disabilities have IQ scores of:
70 or lower
Students with multiple disabilities often have motor impairments that produce:
Abnormal muscle tone
The Apgar Test is a traditional way to screen for detection of a disability in a newborn. The test includes ranking the child on five traits, including heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, gag reflex, and which of the following?
Skin color
Which of the following enables students who cannot communicate verbally or through other formats, to do so through technology?
AAC
AAC devices typically have all of the following features except:
Calculators
The definition of traumatic brain injury includes all of the following aspects except:
TBI is acquired during the birth process
Inflammation of the brain is:
Encephalitis
An injury that does not involve penetration or fracture of the bones of the skull but results from an external blow or from the brain being whipped back and forth rapidly is which of the following?
A closed head injury
Which of the following is a recommended accommodation for students with TBI?
Use multiple choice rather than essay
Most individuals with visual impairments:
Read print
Which of the following is determined by having an individual read the letters on a chart, each line of which is composed of letters written with a certain size print?
Visual acuity
Individuals who typically use braille for efficient reading and writing are considered which of the following?
Totally blind
A person is legally blind if:
Their acuity is 20/20 even with glasses
Almost as soon as babies are born, vision helps them to organize, synthesize, and:
Give meaning to their perceptions
Although people with visual impairments are a heterogeneous group, they have one characteristic in common:
Limited ability to learn incidentally
Each of the following may be a reason why touch is not always an effective substitute for vision except that some objects are too:
Heavy
What kind of visual impairment do students who experience vision loss after having unimpaired vision have?
Adventitious
________ visual impairment occurs at birth.
Congenital
Effective teaching strategies for teaching daily living skills to students with visual impairments include each of the following except:
Written instructions
Hearing loss in both ears is described as:
Bilateral
A person who has a hearing loss of 70 to 90 decibels or greater is considered:
Deaf
Hertz (Hz) are used to measure:
Frequency
Conversational speech is in which range of loudness?
45 dB to 50 dB
A snail shaped bony structure that houses the actual organ of hearing is the:
Cochlea
Interpreting words by watching the speaker’s lips and facial movements without hearing the speaker’s words is:
Speech reading
The combination of hand, body, and facial movements to convey both words and concepts rather than individual letters is:
Sign language
The academic achievement of students with hearing loss is:
Significantly lower than that of students with no disabilities
The major cause of congenital deafness is which of the following?
Genetic syndromes
The diagnosis of a hearing loss is made by a combination of professionals which include the child’s own doctor, an otologist, and a(n):
Audiologist
What term do educators use to refer to a severe orthopedic impairment that adversely affects a child’s educational performance?
Orthopedic impairments
Which type of cerebral palsy is the most common and is characterized by tightness in one or more muscle groups?
Spastic
Abrupt, involuntary movements of the head, neck, face, and extremities, particularly the upper torso, are involved in which type of cerebral palsy?
Athetoid
Classifying a person’s disability by the specific body location of the movement impairment is:
Topographical classification
Which of the following refers to a malformation of the spinal cord before birth?
Spina bifida
There are three common forms of spina bifida: meningocele, Spina bifida minor, and ________, which is the most serious form.
Spina bifida occulta
Which of the following seizures, once known as grand mal, causes the student to lose consciousness and go through rigid extensions and rhythmic contractions of extremities?
Tonic-clonic
Which of the following seizures, formerly known as petit mal, causes the student to frequently lose consciousness for a brief period of time?
Absence
In the majority of cases of epilepsy (about 75%), the precise cause of the brain insult that triggered the epilepsy is:
Environmental
Which definition of giftedness is used by most states?
The federal definition
Howard Gardner’s model of intelligence proposed each of the following types of intelligence except:
Leadership
Based on an IQ score of 125–130 alone, what percent of the general population would be considered gifted?
2 to 3%
Which group is the most underrepresented in gifted education?
Black
Which of the following refers to a child who, before the age of 10, performs in an intellectually demanding way at the level of an adult professional?
Prodigy
The ability to generalize ideas, products, or solutions that are novel and useful is associated with:
Creativity
The best way to determine giftedness in the visual or performing arts is to:
Use a panel of expert judges
Neuroimaging techniques have documented each of the following in gifted individuals except:
Difficulty switching brain regions during a task, making it easier to stay focused
Which of the following requires a student to undertake problem-solving tasks that increase in complexity and openness in six areas?
DISCOVER
Which of the following focuses on implementing instructional approaches that match the strengths and needs of each gifted learner and offers opportunities for individualized responses?
Differentiated instruction
