AEPA Practice Test // SPED
According to the Assistive Technology Act, assistive devices are:
a. Electronic devices that support learning such as computers, calculators,
student responders, electronic self-teaching books and electronic reading
devices.
b. Any mechanical, electrical or electronic device that helps teachers
streamline efficiency.
c. Any device that could help a disabled student in school or life functions.
d. Experimental, high-tech teaching tools that teachers can obtain by
participating in one of 67 government-funded research projects. - correct
answer ✔c.
A seventh grader with mild intellectual disabilities is having considerable
trouble with algebra. His stepfather is trying to help, but the more he drills the
girl, the less she seems to understand. The teacher suggests:
a. He continues drilling and enhances with pop quizzes. It may take the
student longer to understand algebraic terms, expressions and equations, but
with hard work she will eventually learn them.
b. He calls a moratorium on at-home algebra work. The student is becoming
less willing to work at school and the teacher is concerned she is losing
confidence due to failure at home.
,c. He continues drilling but breaks the study sessions into no more than 3 five-
minute periods per day.
d. He substitutes fun activities for math drills. Incorporating algebra blocks,
math games, and applications of algebra to real-life situations will make math
more fun and more relevant. - correct answer ✔d.
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices, forearm
crutches and a head pointer are assistive devices that might be used by a
student with:
a. Severe intellectual disabilities.
b. Cerebral palsy.
c. Tourette syndrome.
d. Minor skeletal birth defects. - correct answer ✔b.
A four-year-old child has difficulty sorting plastic cubes, circles and triangles
by color and shape, doesn't recognize patterns or groups and doesn't
understand the relationship between little/big, tall/short, many/few. The child
enjoys counting, but does not say the numbers in proper order nor recognize
the meaning of different numbers. This child most likely:
a. Is exhibiting signs of intellectual disabilities.
b. Is developing within an acceptable range.
,c. Has dysgraphia.
d. Has dyscalculia. - correct answer ✔d.
Response to Intervention (RTI) is:
a. Parents, classroom teacher, special education teacher and other caring
persons stage an intervention to express how a student's socially
unacceptable behavior upsets them.
b. An opportunity for a student to openly and freely respond to specific
interventions without fear of reprimand.
c. A strategy for diagnosing learning disabilities in which a student receives
research-supported interventions to correct an academic delay. If the
interventions do not result in considerable improvement, the failure to respond
suggests causal learning disabilities.
d. A formal complaint lodged by a parent or guardian in response to what they
consider an intrusion by a teacher into private matters. - correct answer ✔c.
Sixth graders Alfie and Honesty ride the same bus. Honesty constantly teases
Alfie. Alfie is embarrassed because he believes she is berating him. The bus
driver told their teacher it was possible that Honesty is actually interested in
Alfie, but doesn't express it well. The best form of conflict resolution would be
for the teacher to:
a. Take Honesty aside and explain boys don't like overly aggressive girls.
, b. Take Honesty aside and teach her less embarrassing methods of getting a
boy's attention.
c. Explain to Alfie that Honesty probably teases him because she likes him
and he should take it as a compliment.
d. Suggest to Alfie that if he is disturbed by Honesty's teasing, he have a
calm, assertive conversation with her and tell her he doesn't like it and insist
she stop. - correct answer ✔d.
When transitioning from one subject to another and when she becomes
anxious, a student always taps her front tooth 5 times then opens and closes
her eyes 11 times before leaving her desk. The child most likely has:
a. Repetitive Disorder
b. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
c. Anxiety Disorder
d. Depression - correct answer ✔b.
By law, a child with a disability is defined as one with:
a. Intellectual disabilities, hearing, speech, language, visual, orthopedic or
other health impairments, emotional disturbance, autism, brain injury caused
by trauma or specific learning disabilities and needs special education and
related services.
According to the Assistive Technology Act, assistive devices are:
a. Electronic devices that support learning such as computers, calculators,
student responders, electronic self-teaching books and electronic reading
devices.
b. Any mechanical, electrical or electronic device that helps teachers
streamline efficiency.
c. Any device that could help a disabled student in school or life functions.
d. Experimental, high-tech teaching tools that teachers can obtain by
participating in one of 67 government-funded research projects. - correct
answer ✔c.
A seventh grader with mild intellectual disabilities is having considerable
trouble with algebra. His stepfather is trying to help, but the more he drills the
girl, the less she seems to understand. The teacher suggests:
a. He continues drilling and enhances with pop quizzes. It may take the
student longer to understand algebraic terms, expressions and equations, but
with hard work she will eventually learn them.
b. He calls a moratorium on at-home algebra work. The student is becoming
less willing to work at school and the teacher is concerned she is losing
confidence due to failure at home.
,c. He continues drilling but breaks the study sessions into no more than 3 five-
minute periods per day.
d. He substitutes fun activities for math drills. Incorporating algebra blocks,
math games, and applications of algebra to real-life situations will make math
more fun and more relevant. - correct answer ✔d.
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices, forearm
crutches and a head pointer are assistive devices that might be used by a
student with:
a. Severe intellectual disabilities.
b. Cerebral palsy.
c. Tourette syndrome.
d. Minor skeletal birth defects. - correct answer ✔b.
A four-year-old child has difficulty sorting plastic cubes, circles and triangles
by color and shape, doesn't recognize patterns or groups and doesn't
understand the relationship between little/big, tall/short, many/few. The child
enjoys counting, but does not say the numbers in proper order nor recognize
the meaning of different numbers. This child most likely:
a. Is exhibiting signs of intellectual disabilities.
b. Is developing within an acceptable range.
,c. Has dysgraphia.
d. Has dyscalculia. - correct answer ✔d.
Response to Intervention (RTI) is:
a. Parents, classroom teacher, special education teacher and other caring
persons stage an intervention to express how a student's socially
unacceptable behavior upsets them.
b. An opportunity for a student to openly and freely respond to specific
interventions without fear of reprimand.
c. A strategy for diagnosing learning disabilities in which a student receives
research-supported interventions to correct an academic delay. If the
interventions do not result in considerable improvement, the failure to respond
suggests causal learning disabilities.
d. A formal complaint lodged by a parent or guardian in response to what they
consider an intrusion by a teacher into private matters. - correct answer ✔c.
Sixth graders Alfie and Honesty ride the same bus. Honesty constantly teases
Alfie. Alfie is embarrassed because he believes she is berating him. The bus
driver told their teacher it was possible that Honesty is actually interested in
Alfie, but doesn't express it well. The best form of conflict resolution would be
for the teacher to:
a. Take Honesty aside and explain boys don't like overly aggressive girls.
, b. Take Honesty aside and teach her less embarrassing methods of getting a
boy's attention.
c. Explain to Alfie that Honesty probably teases him because she likes him
and he should take it as a compliment.
d. Suggest to Alfie that if he is disturbed by Honesty's teasing, he have a
calm, assertive conversation with her and tell her he doesn't like it and insist
she stop. - correct answer ✔d.
When transitioning from one subject to another and when she becomes
anxious, a student always taps her front tooth 5 times then opens and closes
her eyes 11 times before leaving her desk. The child most likely has:
a. Repetitive Disorder
b. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
c. Anxiety Disorder
d. Depression - correct answer ✔b.
By law, a child with a disability is defined as one with:
a. Intellectual disabilities, hearing, speech, language, visual, orthopedic or
other health impairments, emotional disturbance, autism, brain injury caused
by trauma or specific learning disabilities and needs special education and
related services.
