NES Special Education Exam 2023 with complete solution
What disability is degenerative and often leads to death in adolescence or early
adulthood?
Muscular dystrophy
Compared with children without hearing loss, children born with hearing loss are
more likely to experience significant delays in what developmental domains?
language
What fine-motor skills do children typically develop last?
Cutting shapes with scissors
Compared with students with mid intellectual disabilities, students with learning
disabilities are more likely to have
One or more specific cognitive difficulties rather than global delays
Students with mid intellectual disabilities ten to exhibit what cognitive
characteristics?
Difficulty applying newly learned skills to a different context
What gross-motor skills do children typically develop last?
jumping forward, taking off and landing with two feet
What student is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with an
emotional impairment?
A second-grade student who frequently complains of stomachache in the morning
before going to school
What student is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with autism
spectrum disorder?
A kindergarten student who does not engage in pretend play, talks exclusively about
astronomy, and misinterprets social cues
What is generally the most advanced linguistic skill a typical eight-year-old can
be expected to demonstrate?
Telling a story that includes cause-and-effect relationships
What social/emotional abilities typically appears for the first time during
adolescence?
Understanding that the perspective of the other may be influenced by their background
or circumstances
What student is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with a
pragmatic language disorder?
A fourth-grade who has difficulty understanding conversational turn taking
What symptoms is the most characteristics of an absence seizure?
staring blankly for a brief time
A student has a disability that impairs both his understanding of spatial
relationships and his perceptual-motor skills. What math tasks would likely pose
the greatest difficulty to this student?
Constructing congruent geometric shapes on graph papers
A middle school student with learning disabilities in reading and writing and
ADHD recently began taking a prescribed stimulant medication. What behavioral
changes should the student's special education teacher expect to observe?
Increased ability to focus on academic tasks
, A student with a mid intellectual disability and an emotional impairment
frequently becomes physically aggressive when frustrated. The most effective
way for the student's family to support her social/emotional development would
be to
Implement a behavior management strategy at home that complements her school
behavioral plan
A student with short-term memory deficits would likely have the most difficulty
with what task?
following multi-step oral directions
A special educator is meeting with the parents and siblings of a student who will
begin receiving special education services because of a traumatic brain injury
(TBI), orthopedic impairment, and specific learning disabilities. To help support
this student's ongoing learning and development, it would be most appropriate
for the special educator to encourage the family to
communicate openly among themselves about the student's strengths and needs
A sixth-grade student with a learning disability in reading has difficulty
understanding the meaning of words. This student is likely to experience the
most difficulty with what activity?
summarizing a passage from a chapter book
A special educator should be aware that anticonvulsant medications used to
control seizure disorders most often have what side effect?
drowsiness
A student who has spina bifida and wears orthoses must be monitored closely for
what?
pressure sores
Parents/guardians who consistently provide encouragement and feedback to
their developing child are most likely to have an influence on the child's ability to
engage enthusiastically in learning tasks
A special education teacher in a resource room has several students with specific
learning disabilities in math who are frequently overheard complaining, "Why
should we try to learn this stuff when we'll never use it?" The sped teacher
decides to develop a community-based activity with a local store owner in which
students practice buying and selling merchandise. What best describes the role
this type of activity plays in student development?
Facilitating learning through an authentic experience
A kindergartner with type 1 diabetes will be attending a general education class.
The student's teacher should be aware of what common indicators of
hyperglycemia?
increased thirst and frequent urination
As part of a three-year-reevaluation, IEP team would like to determine a student's
progress in reading, writing, and mathematics. What would be the most
appropriate assessment tool for this purpose?
an individually administered standardized achievement test
A sped teacher would like to recommend instructional strategies to use with a
fifth-grade student who has a learning disability in mathematics. What
assessment would be most appropriate for this purpose?
What disability is degenerative and often leads to death in adolescence or early
adulthood?
Muscular dystrophy
Compared with children without hearing loss, children born with hearing loss are
more likely to experience significant delays in what developmental domains?
language
What fine-motor skills do children typically develop last?
Cutting shapes with scissors
Compared with students with mid intellectual disabilities, students with learning
disabilities are more likely to have
One or more specific cognitive difficulties rather than global delays
Students with mid intellectual disabilities ten to exhibit what cognitive
characteristics?
Difficulty applying newly learned skills to a different context
What gross-motor skills do children typically develop last?
jumping forward, taking off and landing with two feet
What student is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with an
emotional impairment?
A second-grade student who frequently complains of stomachache in the morning
before going to school
What student is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with autism
spectrum disorder?
A kindergarten student who does not engage in pretend play, talks exclusively about
astronomy, and misinterprets social cues
What is generally the most advanced linguistic skill a typical eight-year-old can
be expected to demonstrate?
Telling a story that includes cause-and-effect relationships
What social/emotional abilities typically appears for the first time during
adolescence?
Understanding that the perspective of the other may be influenced by their background
or circumstances
What student is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with a
pragmatic language disorder?
A fourth-grade who has difficulty understanding conversational turn taking
What symptoms is the most characteristics of an absence seizure?
staring blankly for a brief time
A student has a disability that impairs both his understanding of spatial
relationships and his perceptual-motor skills. What math tasks would likely pose
the greatest difficulty to this student?
Constructing congruent geometric shapes on graph papers
A middle school student with learning disabilities in reading and writing and
ADHD recently began taking a prescribed stimulant medication. What behavioral
changes should the student's special education teacher expect to observe?
Increased ability to focus on academic tasks
, A student with a mid intellectual disability and an emotional impairment
frequently becomes physically aggressive when frustrated. The most effective
way for the student's family to support her social/emotional development would
be to
Implement a behavior management strategy at home that complements her school
behavioral plan
A student with short-term memory deficits would likely have the most difficulty
with what task?
following multi-step oral directions
A special educator is meeting with the parents and siblings of a student who will
begin receiving special education services because of a traumatic brain injury
(TBI), orthopedic impairment, and specific learning disabilities. To help support
this student's ongoing learning and development, it would be most appropriate
for the special educator to encourage the family to
communicate openly among themselves about the student's strengths and needs
A sixth-grade student with a learning disability in reading has difficulty
understanding the meaning of words. This student is likely to experience the
most difficulty with what activity?
summarizing a passage from a chapter book
A special educator should be aware that anticonvulsant medications used to
control seizure disorders most often have what side effect?
drowsiness
A student who has spina bifida and wears orthoses must be monitored closely for
what?
pressure sores
Parents/guardians who consistently provide encouragement and feedback to
their developing child are most likely to have an influence on the child's ability to
engage enthusiastically in learning tasks
A special education teacher in a resource room has several students with specific
learning disabilities in math who are frequently overheard complaining, "Why
should we try to learn this stuff when we'll never use it?" The sped teacher
decides to develop a community-based activity with a local store owner in which
students practice buying and selling merchandise. What best describes the role
this type of activity plays in student development?
Facilitating learning through an authentic experience
A kindergartner with type 1 diabetes will be attending a general education class.
The student's teacher should be aware of what common indicators of
hyperglycemia?
increased thirst and frequent urination
As part of a three-year-reevaluation, IEP team would like to determine a student's
progress in reading, writing, and mathematics. What would be the most
appropriate assessment tool for this purpose?
an individually administered standardized achievement test
A sped teacher would like to recommend instructional strategies to use with a
fifth-grade student who has a learning disability in mathematics. What
assessment would be most appropriate for this purpose?
