Practice Questions 1 Flashcards
A student with a severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss is most likely to experience which of the following?
A) reduced ability to process spoken information
B) improved hearing with medication
C) extreme sensitivity to high-pitched sounds
D) episodes of temporary hearing loss
A
The psychologist tells the IEP team that Kerry’s IQ score is 87. What should be the team’s response?
A) reject this information because the IQ scores are invalid for deaf students.
B) begin identifying programs for mildly retarded students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
C) use this IQ score and begin developing IEP goals & objectives for the year.
D) Ask the psychologist if this IQ score is from the performance scale or the verbal scale of an IQ test.
D)
A cochlear implant functions by:
A) clarifying vocal tones and filtering out ambient noise
B) amplifying sounds and delivering them to the inner ear
C) electrically stimulating the auditory nerve
D) mechanically vibrating the basilar membrane when a sound is detected
C
Which of the following statements is true about the acquisition of American Sign Language (ASL)?
(A) The grammar of ASL can be acquired by deaf children by the age of five.
(B) The grammar of ASL is uncomplicated compared to that of American English.
(C) ASL can be mastered at any time in life.
(D) ASL can be naturally acquired by deaf children as a first language.
According to certain researchers, ASL is like other languages, spoken or signed. It is acquired in a developmental sequence that parallels that of spoken languages. If it is to be a child’s first language, it must be learned early to be learned well. The correct answer, therefore, is (D).
What is most characteristic of the cause and effect of a malformed or missing outer ear?
(A) The cause is congenital and has no effect on hearing.
(B) The cause is congenital and can result in conductive hearing loss.
(C) The cause is acquired and has no effect on hearing.
(D) The cause is acquired and results in mixed hearing loss.
People who are born with an occluded or malformed outer ear commonly have a conductive hearing loss of up to 60 decibels (dB). The cause is therefore congenital and can result in conductive hearing loss. The correct answer, therefore, is (B).
Which of the following is the most appropriate least restrictive environment for a deaf student who has multiple disabilities?
(A) A setting that maximizes contact with other students who have disabilities and reduces exposure to a mainstreamed environment
(B) A traditional early childhood program in which students with disabilities do not receive special services
(C) The same educational program that other students her age are receiving, plus supportive services
(D) An alternative education setting that provides each student with a trained paraprofessional
According to IDEA, to the maximum extent appropriate, students with disabilities should be educated with students who are not disabled, and special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of students with disabilities from the regular educational environment should occur only when the nature or severity of a student’s disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily. The correct answer, therefore, is (C).
Jon is a 7-year-old student who had a cochlear implantation when he was 18 months old. His functioning in all areas other than expressive language is age appropriate. Which of the following is the most appropriate placement for Jon?
(A) A self-contained special education class, plus speech and language services
(B) A part-time placement in a resource room for developmental and oral reading
(C) A full-time general education placement, plus speech and language services
(D) A full-time general education placement, plus reading support
Since Jon’s functioning is age appropriate in most respects, it is probable that he could work at the level of the class in a general education setting as long as he is provided with appropriate support services to address his hearing and expressive language deficit. The correct answer, therefore, is (C).
Which of the following is an accurate statement about IDEA requirements for IEPs?
(A) IEPs must include a multiyear outline of instructional objectives.
(B) IEPs must include a section on assistive devices, regardless of the nature or degree of the student’s disability.
(C) An IEP must be in effect before special education services or related services are provided to an eligible student.
(D) An IEP must not be made available to any school personnel except special education teachers.
According to IDEA, an IEP must be in effect before special education and related services are provided to an eligible student. None of the other choices is required. The objectives in an IEP are ordinarily for a single year, so (A) is not correct. (B) is incorrect because many students with disabilities do not require such devices. Although special education teachers certainly have access to their students’ IEPs, IDEA requires that regular education teachers and other service providers who are responsible for implementing a student’s IEP have access to it as well, so (D) is incorrect. The correct answer, therefore, is (C).
The concept of placing students in the least restrictive educational environment developed as a result of efforts to
(A) equalize educational opportunities for female students and students who belong to a minority group
(B) normalize the lives of students with disabilities who were being educated in isolation from their peers
(C) obtain increased federal funding for the noneducational support of children living in poverty
(D) reduce the overall cost of educating students with special needs
The concept of least restrictive stems from PL 94–142 and subsequent legislation regarding the education of students with disabilities and implies that students with special needs are not to be classified by disability and given permanent special placement on the basis of these classifications. Rather, they are to be moved to special settings only if necessary and only for as long as necessary. The correct answer, therefore, is (B).
DHH students can find it useful to use syntactic cues because such cues
(A) rely exclusively on letter-sound correspondences
(B) encourage the use of spelling patterns to recognize words
(C) use the structure of the language to provide meaning
(D) depend on syllabication rules for word pronunciation
Context cues fall into two general categories: semantic cues (using the meaning constructed from the text) and syntactic cues (using the structure of the language and knowledge of how words go together). The correct answer, therefore, is (C).
Which of the following is the most accurate statement about the language-acquisition process of young children?
(A) Children understand full sentences at a relatively late stage in language development.
(B) Children exhibit random, highly variable errors in sentence construction.
(C) Children infer the underlying rules of the language to which they have been exposed.
(D) Children require planned early instructional intervention to master their language’s grammar.
According to psycholinguists and others who specialize in human growth and development, young children begin to acquire the ability to communicate through hypothesis testing. Children’s perception of adult speech helps them form hypotheses about how different ideas are expressed in the language that they are acquiring, and then they test their hypotheses. The correct answer, therefore, is (C).
Which word that has two morphmores?
A) tea
B) disagree
C) kitten
D) so
B) disagree
What kind of participation parents and their teenager should complete before they all attend the IEP meeting for transition?
A) Rank transition goals from most to lowest desired.
B) have them bring hopes and concerns to the meeting.
C) Create a list of community colleges in local area near where they live.
D) Research careers.
B?
Which virus causes the child to have postlingual hearing loss?
A) Otitis media
B) rh
C) cytrovirus
D) rubella
A) otitis media
Which words this person who has high pitch disorder would struggle with?
A) van/man
B) dog/log
C) sit/fit
C) sit/fit
