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SPE Content Test 290 Questions and Answers with Complete
Solutions UPDATED!!!
Which of the following academic skills is a critical prerequisite
for understanding sarcasm, figures of speech, and idioms? -
ANSWER Interpretation of nonliteral language
Which of the following students is demonstrating delayed
development of organizational skills that are a part of executive
functioning? - ANSWER A sixth-grade students requires support
to follow simple checklists and timelines for classwork.
Which of the following milestones of communication have
students typically acquired by around six to seven years of age?
- ANSWER basic grammatical competence
Which of the following statements describes a primary rationale
for initiating early intervention services for infants and young
children with disabilities? - ANSWER Children who receive
services while neural development is most flexible demonstrate
better outcomes.
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During an observation of a students motor skills, a teacher
notes that a six-year-old student can kick a ball from standing,
can jump with both feet, but is not able to hop on one foot and
cannot maintain balance on one foot. Which of the following
statements best describes this students development? -
ANSWER The student is demonstrating delays in gross-motor
developmental milestones.
Which of the following social-emotional skills typically develops
within the first six months of infancy? - ANSWER Smiling and
crying to show feelings
According to Piaget's theories regarding child development,
which of the following developmental changes typically
happens between seven to eleven years of age? - ANSWER
Children begin to think logically about concrete events.
A nine-year-old student wears long-sleeved shirts regardless of
the temperature and requires tase to be removed form inside
clothing. The student also eats primarily soft foods, avoiding
hard or crunchy food, and has trouble functioning in a noisy
environment. These characteristics are most closely aligned
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with atypical development in which of the following domains? -
ANSWER Sensory development
A student with a significant visual impairment is likely to need
explicit support to develop which of the following areas of
communication? - ANSWER social pragmatic skills
A student who has quadriplegia and a speech impairment
secondary to cerebral palsy is minimally verbal and has average
receptive language skills. The student is likely to require support
in which of the following areas? - ANSWER using an
augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system
According to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA), a student diagnosed with schizophrenia would qualify
for special education services under which of the following
disability types? - ANSWER emotional disability
A special education teacher joins a professional organization for
special educators for the purpose of accessing the
organization's special interest divisions. This action is likely to
benefit the teacher's practice most directly in which of the
following ways? - ANSWER Maintaining the teacher's
SPE Content Test 290 Questions and Answers with Complete
Solutions UPDATED!!!
Which of the following academic skills is a critical prerequisite
for understanding sarcasm, figures of speech, and idioms? -
ANSWER Interpretation of nonliteral language
Which of the following students is demonstrating delayed
development of organizational skills that are a part of executive
functioning? - ANSWER A sixth-grade students requires support
to follow simple checklists and timelines for classwork.
Which of the following milestones of communication have
students typically acquired by around six to seven years of age?
- ANSWER basic grammatical competence
Which of the following statements describes a primary rationale
for initiating early intervention services for infants and young
children with disabilities? - ANSWER Children who receive
services while neural development is most flexible demonstrate
better outcomes.
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During an observation of a students motor skills, a teacher
notes that a six-year-old student can kick a ball from standing,
can jump with both feet, but is not able to hop on one foot and
cannot maintain balance on one foot. Which of the following
statements best describes this students development? -
ANSWER The student is demonstrating delays in gross-motor
developmental milestones.
Which of the following social-emotional skills typically develops
within the first six months of infancy? - ANSWER Smiling and
crying to show feelings
According to Piaget's theories regarding child development,
which of the following developmental changes typically
happens between seven to eleven years of age? - ANSWER
Children begin to think logically about concrete events.
A nine-year-old student wears long-sleeved shirts regardless of
the temperature and requires tase to be removed form inside
clothing. The student also eats primarily soft foods, avoiding
hard or crunchy food, and has trouble functioning in a noisy
environment. These characteristics are most closely aligned
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with atypical development in which of the following domains? -
ANSWER Sensory development
A student with a significant visual impairment is likely to need
explicit support to develop which of the following areas of
communication? - ANSWER social pragmatic skills
A student who has quadriplegia and a speech impairment
secondary to cerebral palsy is minimally verbal and has average
receptive language skills. The student is likely to require support
in which of the following areas? - ANSWER using an
augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system
According to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA), a student diagnosed with schizophrenia would qualify
for special education services under which of the following
disability types? - ANSWER emotional disability
A special education teacher joins a professional organization for
special educators for the purpose of accessing the
organization's special interest divisions. This action is likely to
benefit the teacher's practice most directly in which of the
following ways? - ANSWER Maintaining the teacher's
