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Exceptional Student Education Certification Exam K-
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1. Developmentally appropriate characteristics of an 8-year-old include the ability to
ANSattend to short tasks, stay seated during teacher instruction, and play cooperatively.
2. Assistive technology must be provided by the school district when it is
ANSnecessary for a student's appropriate education.
3. A student with an emotional or behavioral disability is enrolled in a general education classroom
with consultative services. Behavioral difficulties are escalating and interfering with the student's learning, as well as the learning of others. Another placement is being considered to better meet the stu- dent's needs. Choose the next least restrictive placement ANSA part-time ESE classroom
4. A school psychologist has reviewed a student's evaluation data with the student's parents and
the rest of the staffing committee. The committee has recommended that the student, age 13, is eligible for the program for students with emotional or behavioral disabilities. After the committee writes the goals for the student, what is the next step ANSSelecting the least restrictive environment for the student
5. Factors to consider while preparing the annual goals section of a student's IEP include the
ANSseverity of the student's disability, attention skills, and special abilities.
6. Consultative services provided by an ESE teacher include
ANSMaintaining communication with general education teachers
7. While attending a parent conference, a new ESE teacher explains that a ba- sic classroom
expectation is for students in the class to function academical- ly at approximately half the rate of average children. A more experienced ESE teacher, serving as the meeting chairperson, waits until after the meeting to comment to the new teacher. What comment should the more experienced teacher make ANS"It is unwise to give parents rules that, when applied, may lead them to have lower, rather than higher, expectations of their children."
8. Which of the following yields a work sample analysis
ANSA teacher examines a mathematics assignment to identify types of errors made in computation.
9. In terms of diagnostic testing for initial placement in ESE, the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Improvement Act requires that ANSthe assessment is conducted by a multidisciplinary team or a group of specialists.
10. A 5th grade student in ESE with an emotional or behavioral disability scored at the 10th
percentile in reading recognition on an individually ad-
18. Students in a teacher's class are loud and disruptive when walking from the classroom to the
lunchroom. The teacher tells the students that if they walk in a straight, quiet line for 5 consecutive days, they will have an ice cream party. All of the students agree to the deal. Which of the following behavior management techniques is the teacher using ANSgroup contingency
19. In recording the occurrence of target behaviors for use with a behavior intervention program, it
is essential that each behavior be exactly defined in
observable terms. This will enable the recorder to ANScount the desired behavior accurately.
20. A 7-year-old 2nd grader has difficulty remaining on task for more than 5 or 10 minutes at a time.
The student's teacher decides to reward the student every 10 minutes when the student remains on task. This is an example of ANSfixed-interval reinforcement.
21. A student is having difficulty getting along with peers in the ESE class. The student frequently
calls out in class and often uses foul language. The student's teacher develops a plan with the student that allows rewards when the student's behavior is controlled and specific consequences when it is not. The teacher and the student meet to develop an agreement ANScontingency contracting.
22. The sequence of behaviors related to language development in children has several stages.
Which of the following stages follows the babbling stage in language development ANSecholalia
23. A student, with or without disabilities, has reached the highest level of language development
when the student uses different rules of language in different contexts. This level is called ANSpragmatics.
24. A student who is nonverbal and has an orthopedic impairment is ready for augmentative
communication evaluation when the student has ANSdevel- oped communicative intent.
25. An 11-year-old student attends an inclusive 5th-grade classroom. The student's expressive
language skills and reading skills are significantly lower than those of classmates. The student refuses to read from appropriate grade-level books and materials because "They are too hard" or "This stuff doesn't interest me—it's boring." What linguistically sound strategy should the student's teacher use ANSa language experience approach
26. Poor listening skills have frequently been identified as a receptive lan- guage deficit for ESE
28. The most appropriate initial step for building vocabulary is
ANShaving primary concrete experiences related to the new words.
29. Students receive instruction in filling out employment applications and comparing prices for
items they might purchase. This is an example of a ANSfunctional curriculum.
30. A 12th-grade student has been involved for 2 years in ESE communi- ty-based instruction
and work-experience training at a local dry cleaners. Upon completion of the school year the student will continue to work at the dry cleaners with additional training as needed. This model is called ANSsupport- ed employment.
