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NES SPECIAL EDUCATION PRACTICE TESTWhich of the following disabilities and often leads to death in adolescence or early
adulthood?
A. muscular dystrophy
B. epilepsy
C. type 1 diabetes
D. spina bifida - answer- muscular dystrophy
Compared with children without hearing loss, children born with hearing loss are more
likely to experience significant delays in which of the following developmental domains?
A. cognitive
B. emotional
C. fine-motor
D. language - answer- language
Which of the following fine-motor skills do children typically develop last?
A. turning doorknobs
B. drawing circles
C. cutting shapes with scissors
D. turning one page of a book at a time - answer- cutting shapes with scissors
Compared with students with mild intellectual disabilities, students with learning
disabilities are more likely to have:
A. satisfying social relationships when they reach adulthood.
B. successful experiences in a general education classroom placement.
C. deficits in fine- and/or gross-motor skill development.
D. one or more specific cognitive difficulties rather than global delays. - answer- one or
more specific cognitive difficulties rather than global delays.
students with mild intellectual disabilities tend to exhibit which of the following cognitive
characteristics?
A. difficulty applying newly learned skills to a different context
B. relative strength in retaining information in a short-term memory
C. difficulty learning by observing others
D. relative strength in maintaining attention to the task at hand - answer- difficulty
applying newly learned skills to a different context
Which of the following gross-motor skills do children typically develop last?
A. catching a ball with their arms held straight
,B. jumping forward, taking off and landing with two feet
C. walking up stairs, using alternating feet
D. kicking a stationary ball - answer- jumping forward, taking off and landing with two
feet
Which of the following students is demonstrating characteristics most often associated
with an emotional impairment?
A. a second-grade student who frequently complains of a stomachache in the morning
before going to school.
B. a first-grade student who prefers to play with one particular child on the playground.
C. a kindergarten student who cries on the first day of school and clings to his parent for
several minutes before joining the class.
D. a first-grade student who makes a point of informing the teacher when other students
are breaking the rules. - answer- a second-grade student who frequently complains of a
stomachache in the morning before going to school.
A special education teacher in an elementary school has been asked to assess a
kindergarten student as part of the eligibility process for special education services. At
the beginning of the first testing session, the teacher engages the student in
conversation while they explore various objects in the room. The teacher's behavior
best illustrates which of the following test administration procedures?
A. determining mental age
B. establishing rapport
C. providing motivation
D. identifying accommodations - answer- establishing rapport
A special education teacher who coteaches in a general education class would have
which of the following responsibilities?
A. supervising the various specialists who provide services to students with IEP's
B. critiquing the general education teacher's lesson plans and observing instructional
effectiveness
C. ensuring that the students in the class who have IEP's make adequate progress
towards their individual goals.
D. creating behavior management guidelines to use with the entire class. - answer-
ensuring that the students in the class who have IEP's make adequate progress
towards their individual goals.
A student with developmental delays and a visual impairment is entering kindergarten.
This student's IEP must include a statement saying that the student will be provided
with:
A. assistive technology as needed in order to participate in the general education
curriculum
, B. social work services in the environment
C. a service coordinator who will collaborate with various community agency programs.
D. accommodations for statewide achievement testing - answer- assistive technology as
needed in order to participate in the general education curriculum
The primary role of a special education teacher in developing a behavior intervention
plan for a student with learning disabilities is to:
A. solicit input from school administration
B. develop a hypothesis for why the student is experiencing a problem
C. assign record keeping for the plan to a particular specialist
D. define individual expectations for the student in various school environments. -
answer- define individual expectations for the student in various school environments.
A student with muscular dystrophy and specific learning disabilities will be receiving
special education services. Which of the following placements should be considered
first when selecting the least restrictive environment for the student?
A. a resource room for half the school day
B. a special school program
C. a general education classroom with push-in services
D. a substantially separate classroom - answer- a general education classroom with
push-in services
Which of the following items must be specified in the IEP for a student who is 16 years
old?
A. transition services
B. extracurricular activities
C. parental support services
D. volunteer activities - answer- transition services
Which of the following types of support would be the most appropriate for an IEP team
to implement in order to integrate a first grader with a mild intellectual disability into a
general education classroom?
A. pull-out resource room services
B. a one-on-one paraprofessional
C. assistive technology devices
D. a modified academic curriculum - answer- a modified academic curriculum
A fourth-grade student with disabilities will soon be participating in a statewide
achievement testing which of the following must be true in order for the student to
receive testing accommodations?
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