SPED 435 MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Assessment in special education is a process that involves collecting information about
a student for the purpose of making decisions.
True
False - Answers- True
The process of tracing and gathering information from the many sources of background
information on a child such as school records, observation, parent intakes, and teacher
reports is called:
a. Collection
b. Analysis
c. Evaluation
d. Determination - Answers- A
The processing and understanding of patterns in the child's educational, social,
developmental, environmental, medical, and emotional history is called:
a. Collection
b. Analysis
c. Evaluation
d. Determination - Answers- B
The assessment of a child's academic, intellectual, psychological, emotional,
perceptual, language, cognitive, and medical development in order to determine areas
of strength and weakness is called:
a. Collection
b. Analysis
c. Evaluation
d. Determination - Answers- C
Valuable information about the student's skills and needs can come from:
a. Parents
b. Teachers
c. Specialists
d. All of the above can give valuable information about a student's skills and needs -
Answers- D
Which of the following is the primary purpose of assessment?
a. Screening and identification
b. Evaluation
c. Eligibility and diagnosis
d. All of the above serve as primary purposes of assessment - Answers- D
Prior to 1975 in the United States, discrimination against those with disabilities was
prevalent in schools. The type of discrimination most evident was:
a. The exclusion of students with disabilities altogether from school
, b. The classification of students with disabilities when, in actuality, no disability was
present.
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a or b. - Answers- C
Brown v. Board of Education:
a. Set the precedent for future discrimination cases in education.
b. Helped students with disabilities in the future claim that their segregation and
exclusion from school violated their opportunity for an equal education under the 14th
amendment of the US constitution
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b - Answers- C
Which case involved the ideas that schools may not exclude students who have been
classified with mental retardation and that all students must be provided with a free
public education?
a. Diana v. Board of Education
b. Parc v. Commonwealth of Pa.
c. Mills v. Board of Education
d. Larry P. v. Riles - Answers- B
The measurement of the presence of a suspected disability and the knowledge of the
criteria that constitute each category is called:
a. Collection
b. Analysis
c. Evaluation
d. Determination - Answers- D
The final thoughts and ideas concerning educational placement and program that need
to be made to the school, teachers and parents are called:
a. Collection
b. Analysis
c. Evaluation
d. Recommendations - Answers- D
Which case set forth future guidelines of P.L. 94-142, including the rights of students
with disabilities to have access to a free public education and a mandated requirement
to receive special education services even if the school states that it does not have the
money to provide them?
a. Diana v. Board of Education
b. Mills v. Board of Education
c. Larry P. v. Riles
d. Pase v. Hannon - Answers- B
Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act is a civil rights law enacted in
a. 1973
, b. 1980
c. 1990
d. 1993 - Answers- A
In 1975 Public Law ______ set forth federal procedural safeguards for children with
disabilities and their parents.
a. 91-564
b. 101-931
c. 94-142
d. 100-32 - Answers- C
The federal law requiring all states to provide a free and appropriate public education to
children with disabilities from age 3 to 5 years.
a. 99-457
b. 101-342
c. 94-132
d. 331-76 - Answers- A
An evaluation of a child with a suspected disability must be made by a multidisciplinary
team.
True
False - Answers- True
A developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication
and social interaction, generally evident before age 3 years is called
a. Autism
b. Learning disability
c. Emotional disturbance
d. Speech and language disorder - Answers- A
A disability where a child of typical intelligence has difficulty, over time and to a marked
degree, building satisfactory interpersonal relationships; responds inappropriately
behaviorally or emotionally under normal circumstances; demonstrates a pervasive
mood of unhappiness; or has a tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears is
called:
a. Autism
b. Learning disability
c. Emotional disturbance
d. Speech and language disorder - Answers- C
A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in
understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in an
imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations
is called:
a. Autism
b. Learning disability
Assessment in special education is a process that involves collecting information about
a student for the purpose of making decisions.
True
False - Answers- True
The process of tracing and gathering information from the many sources of background
information on a child such as school records, observation, parent intakes, and teacher
reports is called:
a. Collection
b. Analysis
c. Evaluation
d. Determination - Answers- A
The processing and understanding of patterns in the child's educational, social,
developmental, environmental, medical, and emotional history is called:
a. Collection
b. Analysis
c. Evaluation
d. Determination - Answers- B
The assessment of a child's academic, intellectual, psychological, emotional,
perceptual, language, cognitive, and medical development in order to determine areas
of strength and weakness is called:
a. Collection
b. Analysis
c. Evaluation
d. Determination - Answers- C
Valuable information about the student's skills and needs can come from:
a. Parents
b. Teachers
c. Specialists
d. All of the above can give valuable information about a student's skills and needs -
Answers- D
Which of the following is the primary purpose of assessment?
a. Screening and identification
b. Evaluation
c. Eligibility and diagnosis
d. All of the above serve as primary purposes of assessment - Answers- D
Prior to 1975 in the United States, discrimination against those with disabilities was
prevalent in schools. The type of discrimination most evident was:
a. The exclusion of students with disabilities altogether from school
, b. The classification of students with disabilities when, in actuality, no disability was
present.
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a or b. - Answers- C
Brown v. Board of Education:
a. Set the precedent for future discrimination cases in education.
b. Helped students with disabilities in the future claim that their segregation and
exclusion from school violated their opportunity for an equal education under the 14th
amendment of the US constitution
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b - Answers- C
Which case involved the ideas that schools may not exclude students who have been
classified with mental retardation and that all students must be provided with a free
public education?
a. Diana v. Board of Education
b. Parc v. Commonwealth of Pa.
c. Mills v. Board of Education
d. Larry P. v. Riles - Answers- B
The measurement of the presence of a suspected disability and the knowledge of the
criteria that constitute each category is called:
a. Collection
b. Analysis
c. Evaluation
d. Determination - Answers- D
The final thoughts and ideas concerning educational placement and program that need
to be made to the school, teachers and parents are called:
a. Collection
b. Analysis
c. Evaluation
d. Recommendations - Answers- D
Which case set forth future guidelines of P.L. 94-142, including the rights of students
with disabilities to have access to a free public education and a mandated requirement
to receive special education services even if the school states that it does not have the
money to provide them?
a. Diana v. Board of Education
b. Mills v. Board of Education
c. Larry P. v. Riles
d. Pase v. Hannon - Answers- B
Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act is a civil rights law enacted in
a. 1973
, b. 1980
c. 1990
d. 1993 - Answers- A
In 1975 Public Law ______ set forth federal procedural safeguards for children with
disabilities and their parents.
a. 91-564
b. 101-931
c. 94-142
d. 100-32 - Answers- C
The federal law requiring all states to provide a free and appropriate public education to
children with disabilities from age 3 to 5 years.
a. 99-457
b. 101-342
c. 94-132
d. 331-76 - Answers- A
An evaluation of a child with a suspected disability must be made by a multidisciplinary
team.
True
False - Answers- True
A developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication
and social interaction, generally evident before age 3 years is called
a. Autism
b. Learning disability
c. Emotional disturbance
d. Speech and language disorder - Answers- A
A disability where a child of typical intelligence has difficulty, over time and to a marked
degree, building satisfactory interpersonal relationships; responds inappropriately
behaviorally or emotionally under normal circumstances; demonstrates a pervasive
mood of unhappiness; or has a tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears is
called:
a. Autism
b. Learning disability
c. Emotional disturbance
d. Speech and language disorder - Answers- C
A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in
understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in an
imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations
is called:
a. Autism
b. Learning disability
