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NES Special Education Exam Questions and
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Which of the following disabilities is degenerative and often leads to death in adolescence
or early adulthood?
a. muscular dystrophy
b. epilepsy
c. type 1 diabetes
d. spina bifida
o :## a. 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
o :## d. language
Which of the following fine-motor skills do children typically develop LAST?
a. turning door knobs
b. drawing circles
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c. cutting shapes with scissors
d. turning one page of a book at a time
o :## c. 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 experience 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.
o :## d. one or more specific cognitive difficulties rather than global delays.
Students with mild intellectual disabilities tend to exhibit which of the following
characteristics?
a. difficulty applying newly learned skills to a different context.
b. relative strength in retaining information in short-term memory.
c. difficulty learning by observing others.
d. relative strength in maintaining attention to the task at hand.
o :## a. 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.
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b. jumping forward, taking off, and landing with two feet.
c. walking upstairs using alternating feet.
d. kicking a stationary ball.
o :## b. 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 stomach ache 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.
o :## a. a second-grade student who frequently complains of a stomach ache in the morning
before going to school.
Which of the following students is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with
autism spectrum disorder (ADHD)?
a. a second-grade student who prefers to play with kindergarteners, has difficulty learning
new skills, and needs assistance with dressing.
b. a kindergarten student who does not engage in pretend play, takes exclusively about
astronomy, and misinterprets social clues.
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c. a third-grade student who refuses to comply with teacher requests, steals lunch money
from other students, and does not hand in homework.
d. a first-grade student who has difficulty with letter-sound correspondence, has poor fine-
motor skills, and is physically clumsy.
o :## b. a kindergarten student who does not engage in pretend play, takes exclusively about
astronomy, and misinterprets social clues.
Which of the following is generally the MOST advanced linguistic skill a typical eight-year old
can be expected to demonstrate?
a. participating in a debate about a controversial issue.
b. using a wide variety of connective words correctly (e.g. although, however, unless)
c. telling a story that includes cause-and-effect relationships.
d. understanding the meaning of figurative language (e.g. metaphors, similes)
o :## c. telling a story that includes cause-and-effect relationships.
Which of the following social/emotional abilities typically appears for the first time during
adolescence?
a. understanding one's own particular strengths and taking pleasure in one's
accomplishments.
b. understanding that the perspective of others may be influence by their background or
circumstances.
c. understanding that two people can have very different emotional responses to the same
situation.
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NES Special Education Exam Questions and
Correct Answers & Latest Updated
Which of the following disabilities is degenerative and often leads to death in adolescence
or early adulthood?
a. muscular dystrophy
b. epilepsy
c. type 1 diabetes
d. spina bifida
o :## a. 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
o :## d. language
Which of the following fine-motor skills do children typically develop LAST?
a. turning door knobs
b. drawing circles
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c. cutting shapes with scissors
d. turning one page of a book at a time
o :## c. 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 experience 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.
o :## d. one or more specific cognitive difficulties rather than global delays.
Students with mild intellectual disabilities tend to exhibit which of the following
characteristics?
a. difficulty applying newly learned skills to a different context.
b. relative strength in retaining information in short-term memory.
c. difficulty learning by observing others.
d. relative strength in maintaining attention to the task at hand.
o :## a. 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.
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b. jumping forward, taking off, and landing with two feet.
c. walking upstairs using alternating feet.
d. kicking a stationary ball.
o :## b. 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 stomach ache 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.
o :## a. a second-grade student who frequently complains of a stomach ache in the morning
before going to school.
Which of the following students is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with
autism spectrum disorder (ADHD)?
a. a second-grade student who prefers to play with kindergarteners, has difficulty learning
new skills, and needs assistance with dressing.
b. a kindergarten student who does not engage in pretend play, takes exclusively about
astronomy, and misinterprets social clues.
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c. a third-grade student who refuses to comply with teacher requests, steals lunch money
from other students, and does not hand in homework.
d. a first-grade student who has difficulty with letter-sound correspondence, has poor fine-
motor skills, and is physically clumsy.
o :## b. a kindergarten student who does not engage in pretend play, takes exclusively about
astronomy, and misinterprets social clues.
Which of the following is generally the MOST advanced linguistic skill a typical eight-year old
can be expected to demonstrate?
a. participating in a debate about a controversial issue.
b. using a wide variety of connective words correctly (e.g. although, however, unless)
c. telling a story that includes cause-and-effect relationships.
d. understanding the meaning of figurative language (e.g. metaphors, similes)
o :## c. telling a story that includes cause-and-effect relationships.
Which of the following social/emotional abilities typically appears for the first time during
adolescence?
a. understanding one's own particular strengths and taking pleasure in one's
accomplishments.
b. understanding that the perspective of others may be influence by their background or
circumstances.
c. understanding that two people can have very different emotional responses to the same
situation.
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