Spec 204 Final Exam questions well
answered graded A+
What is a disability? - correct answer ✔✔ An inability to do something, a diminished capacity to
perform in a specific way.
Define "handicap." - correct answer ✔✔ A disadvantage imposed on an individual.
What is an exceptional learner? - correct answer ✔✔ A student who requires more special
education and related services if they are to realize their full potential.
Where is the attention placed for the term "exceptional learner?" - correct answer ✔✔ Similar
characteristics, needs, and ways of learning.
What does FAPE mean? - correct answer ✔✔ Free Appropriate Public Education
What act does FAPE come from? - correct answer ✔✔ Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973
What impact has RTI (Response To Intervention) had on the instructional practice of teachers? -
correct answer ✔✔ This requires teachers to teach in a tiered style. Each tier becomes
progressively difficult, challenging the students.
What is a "least restrictive environment?" (RTI) - correct answer ✔✔ The requirement in federal
law that students with disabilities receive their education, to the maximum extent appropriate,
with nondisabled peers and that special education students are not removed from regular
classes unless, even with supplemental aids and services, education in regular classes cannot be
achieved satisfactorily.
, Define what it means to be a child "at risk." - correct answer ✔✔
Define adaptive behavior. - correct answer ✔✔ the collection of conceptual, social, and practical
skills that have been learned by people in order to function in their everyday lives
What does a person's IQ tell us? - correct answer ✔✔ It allows us to assess the severity of their
intellectual capabilities.
What is the cause of Fragile X Syndrome? - correct answer ✔✔ The 23rd pair of chromosomes is
pinched off
What are the physical characteristics of Fragile X Syndrome? - correct answer ✔✔ Large head
with large, flat ears and a long narrow face with prominent a forehead, a broad nose, a
prominent square chin, large testicles, large hands with non-tapering fingers.
What are the behavioral characteristics of Fragile X Syndrome? - correct answer ✔✔ Strengths:
long-term memory, receptive and expressive vocabulary, and adaptive behavior.
Weaknesses: short-term memory, sequential processing, repetitive speech patterns, social
anxiety and withdrawal.
What is the cause of Prader-Willi Syndrome? - correct answer ✔✔ A lack of genetic material
from the 15th pair of chromosomes.
What are the physical effects of Prader-Willi Syndrome? - correct answer ✔✔ Short stature due
to growth hormone deficiencies, heart defects, sleep disturbances such as sleep apnea,
scoliosis, mild-average IQ.
What are the behavioral characteristics of Prader-Willi Syndrome? - correct answer ✔✔
Strengths: average IQ of 70, visual processing, facility with jigsaw puzzles
answered graded A+
What is a disability? - correct answer ✔✔ An inability to do something, a diminished capacity to
perform in a specific way.
Define "handicap." - correct answer ✔✔ A disadvantage imposed on an individual.
What is an exceptional learner? - correct answer ✔✔ A student who requires more special
education and related services if they are to realize their full potential.
Where is the attention placed for the term "exceptional learner?" - correct answer ✔✔ Similar
characteristics, needs, and ways of learning.
What does FAPE mean? - correct answer ✔✔ Free Appropriate Public Education
What act does FAPE come from? - correct answer ✔✔ Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973
What impact has RTI (Response To Intervention) had on the instructional practice of teachers? -
correct answer ✔✔ This requires teachers to teach in a tiered style. Each tier becomes
progressively difficult, challenging the students.
What is a "least restrictive environment?" (RTI) - correct answer ✔✔ The requirement in federal
law that students with disabilities receive their education, to the maximum extent appropriate,
with nondisabled peers and that special education students are not removed from regular
classes unless, even with supplemental aids and services, education in regular classes cannot be
achieved satisfactorily.
, Define what it means to be a child "at risk." - correct answer ✔✔
Define adaptive behavior. - correct answer ✔✔ the collection of conceptual, social, and practical
skills that have been learned by people in order to function in their everyday lives
What does a person's IQ tell us? - correct answer ✔✔ It allows us to assess the severity of their
intellectual capabilities.
What is the cause of Fragile X Syndrome? - correct answer ✔✔ The 23rd pair of chromosomes is
pinched off
What are the physical characteristics of Fragile X Syndrome? - correct answer ✔✔ Large head
with large, flat ears and a long narrow face with prominent a forehead, a broad nose, a
prominent square chin, large testicles, large hands with non-tapering fingers.
What are the behavioral characteristics of Fragile X Syndrome? - correct answer ✔✔ Strengths:
long-term memory, receptive and expressive vocabulary, and adaptive behavior.
Weaknesses: short-term memory, sequential processing, repetitive speech patterns, social
anxiety and withdrawal.
What is the cause of Prader-Willi Syndrome? - correct answer ✔✔ A lack of genetic material
from the 15th pair of chromosomes.
What are the physical effects of Prader-Willi Syndrome? - correct answer ✔✔ Short stature due
to growth hormone deficiencies, heart defects, sleep disturbances such as sleep apnea,
scoliosis, mild-average IQ.
What are the behavioral characteristics of Prader-Willi Syndrome? - correct answer ✔✔
Strengths: average IQ of 70, visual processing, facility with jigsaw puzzles
