SPEC 204 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
What is a disability? - ANS An inability to do something, a diminished capacity to perform in a
specific way.
Define "handicap." - ANS A disadvantage imposed on an individual.
What is an exceptional learner? - ANS 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?" - ANS Similar
characteristics, needs, and ways of learning.
What does FAPE mean? - ANS Free Appropriate Public Education
What act does FAPE come from? - ANS Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
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, What impact has RTI (Response To Intervention) had on the instructional practice of teachers? -
ANS This requires teachers to teach in a tiered style. Each tier becomes progressively difficult,
challenging the students.
What is a "least restrictive environment?" (RTI) - ANS 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." - ANS
Define adaptive behavior. - ANS 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? - ANS It allows us to assess the severity of their intellectual
capabilities.
What is the cause of Fragile X Syndrome? - ANS The 23rd pair of chromosomes is pinched off
What are the physical characteristics of Fragile X Syndrome? - ANS 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? - ANS Strengths: long-term
memory, receptive and expressive vocabulary, and adaptive behavior.
Weaknesses: short-term memory, sequential processing, repetitive speech patterns, social
anxiety and withdrawal.
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WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
What is a disability? - ANS An inability to do something, a diminished capacity to perform in a
specific way.
Define "handicap." - ANS A disadvantage imposed on an individual.
What is an exceptional learner? - ANS 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?" - ANS Similar
characteristics, needs, and ways of learning.
What does FAPE mean? - ANS Free Appropriate Public Education
What act does FAPE come from? - ANS Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, What impact has RTI (Response To Intervention) had on the instructional practice of teachers? -
ANS This requires teachers to teach in a tiered style. Each tier becomes progressively difficult,
challenging the students.
What is a "least restrictive environment?" (RTI) - ANS 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." - ANS
Define adaptive behavior. - ANS 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? - ANS It allows us to assess the severity of their intellectual
capabilities.
What is the cause of Fragile X Syndrome? - ANS The 23rd pair of chromosomes is pinched off
What are the physical characteristics of Fragile X Syndrome? - ANS 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? - ANS Strengths: long-term
memory, receptive and expressive vocabulary, and adaptive behavior.
Weaknesses: short-term memory, sequential processing, repetitive speech patterns, social
anxiety and withdrawal.
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