NES Special Education Practice Test with
Answers 2024
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 -
✅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 -
✅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 -
✅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. -
✅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 -
✅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 -
✅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. -
✅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)?
A. a second-grade student who prefers to play with kindergartners, has difficulty learning new skills,
and needs assistance with dressing.
B. a kindergarten student who does not engage in pretend play, talks exclusively about astronomy,
and misinterprets social cues.
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. -
✅a kindergarten student who does not engage in pretend play, talks exclusively about astronomy,
and misinterprets social cues.
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 -
✅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 influenced by their background and
circumstances.
C. understanding that two people can have very different emotional responses to the same situation.
, D. understanding how different types of body language can reflect a person's emotions. -
✅understanding that the perspective of others may be influenced by their background and
circumstances.
Which of the following students is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with a
pragmatic language disorder?
A. a third-grade student who is unable to comprehend a text when asked to read it aloud but can
understand the same text when reading silently.
B. a fifth-grade student who has difficulty completing written assignments and handing them in on
time.
C. a sixth-grade student who is unable to recall newly learned vocabulary words from various
subjects.
D. a fourth-grade student who has difficulty understanding conversational turn taking. -
✅a fourth-grade student who has difficulty understanding conversational turn taking.
Which of the following symptoms is most characteristic of an absence seizure?
A. staring blankly for a brief time
B. experiencing uncontrolled muscle spasms
C. losing consciousness for several minutes
D. having sudden muscle stiffness -
✅staring blankly for a brief period
A student has a disability that impairs both his understanding of spatial relationships and has
perceptual-motor skills, which of the following math tasks would likely pose the greatest difficulty to
the student?
A. calculating the area of a given rectangle by applying a formula
B. reversing a mathematical operation to check an answer
C. constructing congruent geometric shapes on graph paper
D. eliminating irrelevant information when solving a word problem -
✅constructing congruent geometric shapes on graph paper
Answers 2024
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 -
✅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 -
✅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 -
✅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. -
✅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 -
✅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 -
✅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. -
✅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)?
A. a second-grade student who prefers to play with kindergartners, has difficulty learning new skills,
and needs assistance with dressing.
B. a kindergarten student who does not engage in pretend play, talks exclusively about astronomy,
and misinterprets social cues.
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. -
✅a kindergarten student who does not engage in pretend play, talks exclusively about astronomy,
and misinterprets social cues.
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 -
✅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 influenced by their background and
circumstances.
C. understanding that two people can have very different emotional responses to the same situation.
, D. understanding how different types of body language can reflect a person's emotions. -
✅understanding that the perspective of others may be influenced by their background and
circumstances.
Which of the following students is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with a
pragmatic language disorder?
A. a third-grade student who is unable to comprehend a text when asked to read it aloud but can
understand the same text when reading silently.
B. a fifth-grade student who has difficulty completing written assignments and handing them in on
time.
C. a sixth-grade student who is unable to recall newly learned vocabulary words from various
subjects.
D. a fourth-grade student who has difficulty understanding conversational turn taking. -
✅a fourth-grade student who has difficulty understanding conversational turn taking.
Which of the following symptoms is most characteristic of an absence seizure?
A. staring blankly for a brief time
B. experiencing uncontrolled muscle spasms
C. losing consciousness for several minutes
D. having sudden muscle stiffness -
✅staring blankly for a brief period
A student has a disability that impairs both his understanding of spatial relationships and has
perceptual-motor skills, which of the following math tasks would likely pose the greatest difficulty to
the student?
A. calculating the area of a given rectangle by applying a formula
B. reversing a mathematical operation to check an answer
C. constructing congruent geometric shapes on graph paper
D. eliminating irrelevant information when solving a word problem -
✅constructing congruent geometric shapes on graph paper
