NES SPECIAL EDUCATION PRACTICE TEST
Which 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
A student with a mild intellectual disability and 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:
A. help resolve conflicts with her peers that result from her inappropriate school
behavior.
B. advocate for her to participate in a greater number of inclusive school activities.
C. implement a behavior management strategy at home that complements her school
behavior plan
D. expand her community-based social experiences to include leisure activities. -
answer- implement a behavior management strategy at home that complements her
school behavior plan
A student with short-term memory deficits would likely have the most difficulty with
which of the following tasks?
A. reciting the alphabet
B. self-correcting written work
C. following multistep oral direction
D. recognizing sight words - answer- following multistep 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 students
ongoing learning and development, it would be most appropriate for the special
educator to encourage the family to:
A. communicate openly among themselves about the student's strengths and needs.
B. divide the responsibilities of caring for the student equally among all family members.
C. stay informed about the latest research findings regarding each of the student's
disabilities.
D. contact a community agency for respite care for the student during school vacations.
- answer- 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 which
of the following activities?
, A. copying a list of vocabulary words from the board.
B. participating in a choral reading of a poem
C. locating a particular word in an index
D. summarizing a passage from a chapter book - answer- summarizing a passage from
a chapter book
A special educator should be aware that anticonvulsant medication used to control
seizure disorders most often have which of the following side effects?
A. drowsiness
B. fever
C. irritability
D. diarrhea - answer- drowsiness
A student who has spina bifida and wears orthoses must be monitored closely for which
of the following?
A. low blood sugar
B. pressure sores
C. high blood pressure
D. bone fractures - answer- 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:
A. achieve at an outstanding level academically
B. create relationships with a diverse group of peers.
C. engage enthusiastically in learning tasks.
D. become a leader among same-age peers. - answer- engage enthusiastically in
learning tasks.
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.
Which of the following students is demonstrating characteristics most often associated
with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)?
Which 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
A student with a mild intellectual disability and 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:
A. help resolve conflicts with her peers that result from her inappropriate school
behavior.
B. advocate for her to participate in a greater number of inclusive school activities.
C. implement a behavior management strategy at home that complements her school
behavior plan
D. expand her community-based social experiences to include leisure activities. -
answer- implement a behavior management strategy at home that complements her
school behavior plan
A student with short-term memory deficits would likely have the most difficulty with
which of the following tasks?
A. reciting the alphabet
B. self-correcting written work
C. following multistep oral direction
D. recognizing sight words - answer- following multistep 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 students
ongoing learning and development, it would be most appropriate for the special
educator to encourage the family to:
A. communicate openly among themselves about the student's strengths and needs.
B. divide the responsibilities of caring for the student equally among all family members.
C. stay informed about the latest research findings regarding each of the student's
disabilities.
D. contact a community agency for respite care for the student during school vacations.
- answer- 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 which
of the following activities?
, A. copying a list of vocabulary words from the board.
B. participating in a choral reading of a poem
C. locating a particular word in an index
D. summarizing a passage from a chapter book - answer- summarizing a passage from
a chapter book
A special educator should be aware that anticonvulsant medication used to control
seizure disorders most often have which of the following side effects?
A. drowsiness
B. fever
C. irritability
D. diarrhea - answer- drowsiness
A student who has spina bifida and wears orthoses must be monitored closely for which
of the following?
A. low blood sugar
B. pressure sores
C. high blood pressure
D. bone fractures - answer- 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:
A. achieve at an outstanding level academically
B. create relationships with a diverse group of peers.
C. engage enthusiastically in learning tasks.
D. become a leader among same-age peers. - answer- engage enthusiastically in
learning tasks.
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.
Which of the following students is demonstrating characteristics most often associated
with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)?
