CMN 554 MODULE 4 COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES
GRADED A+
⩥ Autism DSM Specifiers. Answer: - Requiring very substantial
support: (severe deficits)
- Requiring substantial support: (marked deficits)
- Requiring support: (deficits)
- With or without accompanying intellectual impairment
- With or without accompanying language impairment
- Associated with known condition or environmental factor
- Associated with neuro-developmental, mental, behavioral problem
- With catatonia
⩥ Autism First Year. Answer: Lack of interest in social interaction
⩥ Autism 12-24 months. Answer: - Symptoms are recognized
- Early developmental delays
- Gradual or rapid loss of social or language skills
- Onset is associated with decline in social and communication
behaviors (rare in other neuro-developmental disorders)
,⩥ Autism 2+ years. Answer: - Rare developmental regression which
warrants medical investigation
- Can be Landau-Kleffner syndrome, Rett syndrome
- Encephalopathic conditions involve loss of skills beyond social
communication
⩥ Autism First Symptoms. Answer: - Delayed language development
Lack of social interest
- Unusual social interactions (pulling individual by hand without looking
at them)
- Odd play patterns (carrying toys and not playing with them)
- Unusual communication patterns (knows alphabet but does not respond
to name)
⩥ Autism Preschool. Answer: - Odd and repetitive behaviors in the
absence of play are more apparent
- Difficult to differentiate neurotypical children who also have strong
preferences and enjoy repetition
- Distinction based on type, frequency, and intensity of behaviors
⩥ Autism Course. Answer: - Early childhood and school years:
symptoms are most marked
, - Later childhood: developmental gains, increased interest in social
interactions
- Adolescence: Most improve, some deteriorate behaviorally
- Adulthood: independent function possible, prone to anxiety and
depression, socially naive and vulnerable
- Old age: Little known, higher rates of co-occurring medical diagnosis
⩥ Autism Social Impairment. Answer: - Social interest can increase with
interventions
- Echolalia: reflects tendency toward gestalt learning style (learning in
chunk)
- Tone, volume, pronouns, reciprocal language
- Idiosyncratic language that only parents understand
- Sarcasm, irony, humor, prosody, perception, social cues
⩥ Autism Intellectual Symptoms. Answer: - 33% meet criteria for
intellectual disability (IQ<70)
- 24% borderline (IQ 75-85)
- Strength in verbal versus perceptual reasoning with higher functioning
individuals
- Can have above average skill in one area
⩥ Autism Treatment. Answer: - No treatment reverses symptoms
- Interventions are tailored to person's symptoms
EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES
GRADED A+
⩥ Autism DSM Specifiers. Answer: - Requiring very substantial
support: (severe deficits)
- Requiring substantial support: (marked deficits)
- Requiring support: (deficits)
- With or without accompanying intellectual impairment
- With or without accompanying language impairment
- Associated with known condition or environmental factor
- Associated with neuro-developmental, mental, behavioral problem
- With catatonia
⩥ Autism First Year. Answer: Lack of interest in social interaction
⩥ Autism 12-24 months. Answer: - Symptoms are recognized
- Early developmental delays
- Gradual or rapid loss of social or language skills
- Onset is associated with decline in social and communication
behaviors (rare in other neuro-developmental disorders)
,⩥ Autism 2+ years. Answer: - Rare developmental regression which
warrants medical investigation
- Can be Landau-Kleffner syndrome, Rett syndrome
- Encephalopathic conditions involve loss of skills beyond social
communication
⩥ Autism First Symptoms. Answer: - Delayed language development
Lack of social interest
- Unusual social interactions (pulling individual by hand without looking
at them)
- Odd play patterns (carrying toys and not playing with them)
- Unusual communication patterns (knows alphabet but does not respond
to name)
⩥ Autism Preschool. Answer: - Odd and repetitive behaviors in the
absence of play are more apparent
- Difficult to differentiate neurotypical children who also have strong
preferences and enjoy repetition
- Distinction based on type, frequency, and intensity of behaviors
⩥ Autism Course. Answer: - Early childhood and school years:
symptoms are most marked
, - Later childhood: developmental gains, increased interest in social
interactions
- Adolescence: Most improve, some deteriorate behaviorally
- Adulthood: independent function possible, prone to anxiety and
depression, socially naive and vulnerable
- Old age: Little known, higher rates of co-occurring medical diagnosis
⩥ Autism Social Impairment. Answer: - Social interest can increase with
interventions
- Echolalia: reflects tendency toward gestalt learning style (learning in
chunk)
- Tone, volume, pronouns, reciprocal language
- Idiosyncratic language that only parents understand
- Sarcasm, irony, humor, prosody, perception, social cues
⩥ Autism Intellectual Symptoms. Answer: - 33% meet criteria for
intellectual disability (IQ<70)
- 24% borderline (IQ 75-85)
- Strength in verbal versus perceptual reasoning with higher functioning
individuals
- Can have above average skill in one area
⩥ Autism Treatment. Answer: - No treatment reverses symptoms
- Interventions are tailored to person's symptoms
