DSP YEAR 2 CHALLENGE FINAL PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ It is important for DSPs to provide opportunities for individuals to
make choices because it:
A) Is required by the law
B) Helps build a cooperative
relationship between DSPs and
individuals
C) Gives DSPs more responsibilities
D) Makes individuals behave the way
they should. Answer: Helps build a cooperative relationship between
DSPs and individuals.
◉ One way to learn about what makes individuals happy is to:
A) Use the "Making My Own Choices"
book and picture sticker book
B) Guess what is important to them
C) Ask the individual's parents to tell
you what makes them happy
D) Read about individuals with
,intellectual/developmental disabilities. Answer: Use the "Making My
Own Choices" book and picture sticker book.
◉ If an individual has good verbal skills, a good strategy for offering a
choice is:
A) Ask them which item they want
B) Show them one item and watch for
their non-verbal response
C) Name two items and ask them to
point to the one they want
D) Give them the item you prefer. Answer: Ask them which item they
want.
◉ If an individual is not able to say or point to things they want, a good
strategy for offering a choice is to:
A) Ask them what item they want
B) Show them one item and watch for
their non-verbal response
C) Give them the item you prefer
D) Name two items and ask them to point to the one they want. Answer:
Show them one item and watch for their non-verbal response.
,◉ When an individual is given a choice between reading a magazine or
listening to music, one possible non-verbal response if for the individual
to:
A) Ask for something else
B) Say, "I want music"
C) Reach for the magazine
D) Say, "I want to read". Answer: Reach for the magazine.
◉ When an individual pushes away an item, she is demonstrating:
A) Verbal behavior
B) Approach behavior
C) Neutral behavior
D) Avoidance behavior. Answer: Avoidance behavior
◉ One way to honor and respect an individual's choice is to:
A) Ask them to choose something
else
B) Tell them you disagree with their
choice
C) Give them a different item or
activity than the chosen one
D) Give them the chosen item or activity. Answer: Give them the chosen
item or activity.
, ◉ An individual choice that should be talked about during the person-
centered planning process is:
A) What the DSP wants for dinner
B) Who the individual should vote for
C) What job an individual wants to
have
D) Where the individual's roommate wants to live. Answer: What job an
individual wants to have.
◉ One way for a DSP to help with an individual's person-centered
planning process is to:
A) Talk to other DSPs about the
individual's needs
B) Share knowledge of an individual's
preferences from using the "Making
My Own Choices" book
C) Share what you think the
individual's goals should be
D) Not be a part of the planning process. Answer: Share knowledge of
an individual's preferences from using the "Making My Own Choices"
book.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ It is important for DSPs to provide opportunities for individuals to
make choices because it:
A) Is required by the law
B) Helps build a cooperative
relationship between DSPs and
individuals
C) Gives DSPs more responsibilities
D) Makes individuals behave the way
they should. Answer: Helps build a cooperative relationship between
DSPs and individuals.
◉ One way to learn about what makes individuals happy is to:
A) Use the "Making My Own Choices"
book and picture sticker book
B) Guess what is important to them
C) Ask the individual's parents to tell
you what makes them happy
D) Read about individuals with
,intellectual/developmental disabilities. Answer: Use the "Making My
Own Choices" book and picture sticker book.
◉ If an individual has good verbal skills, a good strategy for offering a
choice is:
A) Ask them which item they want
B) Show them one item and watch for
their non-verbal response
C) Name two items and ask them to
point to the one they want
D) Give them the item you prefer. Answer: Ask them which item they
want.
◉ If an individual is not able to say or point to things they want, a good
strategy for offering a choice is to:
A) Ask them what item they want
B) Show them one item and watch for
their non-verbal response
C) Give them the item you prefer
D) Name two items and ask them to point to the one they want. Answer:
Show them one item and watch for their non-verbal response.
,◉ When an individual is given a choice between reading a magazine or
listening to music, one possible non-verbal response if for the individual
to:
A) Ask for something else
B) Say, "I want music"
C) Reach for the magazine
D) Say, "I want to read". Answer: Reach for the magazine.
◉ When an individual pushes away an item, she is demonstrating:
A) Verbal behavior
B) Approach behavior
C) Neutral behavior
D) Avoidance behavior. Answer: Avoidance behavior
◉ One way to honor and respect an individual's choice is to:
A) Ask them to choose something
else
B) Tell them you disagree with their
choice
C) Give them a different item or
activity than the chosen one
D) Give them the chosen item or activity. Answer: Give them the chosen
item or activity.
, ◉ An individual choice that should be talked about during the person-
centered planning process is:
A) What the DSP wants for dinner
B) Who the individual should vote for
C) What job an individual wants to
have
D) Where the individual's roommate wants to live. Answer: What job an
individual wants to have.
◉ One way for a DSP to help with an individual's person-centered
planning process is to:
A) Talk to other DSPs about the
individual's needs
B) Share knowledge of an individual's
preferences from using the "Making
My Own Choices" book
C) Share what you think the
individual's goals should be
D) Not be a part of the planning process. Answer: Share knowledge of
an individual's preferences from using the "Making My Own Choices"
book.
