Praxis 5282 Special Education: Visual Impairment – Teacher
Certification Exam Preparation | Practice Questions with
Answers and Complete Review Material
Introduction
This document contains 135 practice questions and answers
for the Praxis 5282 Special Education: Visual Impairment
certification exam, covering visual impairments, assessment
procedures, braille, orientation and mobility, assistive
technology, and educational strategies. It also reviews key
legislation and special education frameworks, including IDEA,
ADA, Section 504, IFSPs, IEPs, and landmark legal cases.
Additional topics include eye conditions, Expanded Core
Curriculum (ECC) skills, child development theories,
assessment tools, and instructional accommodations for
students with visual impairments. The material serves as a
comprehensive study guide for teacher certification
preparation.
Keywords
visual impairment
blindness education
teacher certification
special education law
IDEA
ADA
Section 504
, IEP
IFSP
orientation and mobility
braille
Unified English Braille
functional vision assessment
learning media assessment
expanded core curriculum
assistive technology
low vision
deaf-blindness
inclusive education
assessment strategies
educational accommodations
visual acuity
ocular conditions
classroom adaptations
special education assessment
Praxis exam preparation
Exam Questions and Answers
A student with a narrow visual field would most likely enjoy
and have success with what activity? --- correct precise
answer ---table tennis
A fifth-grade student with low vision experiences eye fatigue
when reading large-print books. What accommodation is most
,appropriate for the student? --- correct precise answer ---
Frequent breaks
significant advantage of Unified English Braille (UEB) ---
correct precise answer ---Symbols were added and deleted to
make the literary code more clear and consistent.
Characteristics of cortical visual impairment --- correct
precise answer ---poor depth perception but effective
peripheral vision, vision that appears to be variable from day
to day, and better vision when either the visual target or the
child is moving.
One of the most important jobs of the paraprofessional when
working with a student who is blind --- correct precise
answer ---describing events in the classroom so that the
student is always acknowledged as a full participant in the
classroom environment.
visual acuity that is defined as legal blindness? --- correct
precise answer ---20/200
what does the learning media assessment provide? --- correct
precise answer ---provides information on the student's
primary mode of learning and accessing instruction.
functional vision assessment --- correct precise answer ---
determines a student's visual efficiency for daily activities,
, evaluating the performance of tasks in a variety of
environments that require the use of both near and distance
vision.
A general education teacher prepares a lesson plan for a
middle school science unit and includes accommodations to
the instructional materials that will be used by a student in
the class with low vision.
What is an appropriate accommodation to ensure that the
student has full access to the lesson's content? --- correct
precise answer ---Markers and highlighting tape to reinforce
important details in a printed copy of the textbook
what is infantile esotropia? --- correct precise answer ---
inward turning of one or both eyes that can begin at birth or
during the first year of life.
what is the cause of infantile esotropia? --- correct precise
answer ---unknown and is not typically associated with vision
loss
can infantile esotropia be treated? --- correct precise answer -
--Yes, with surgery or in some select cases with botulinum
toxin
comprehensive federal law that prohibits discrimination on
the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or
Certification Exam Preparation | Practice Questions with
Answers and Complete Review Material
Introduction
This document contains 135 practice questions and answers
for the Praxis 5282 Special Education: Visual Impairment
certification exam, covering visual impairments, assessment
procedures, braille, orientation and mobility, assistive
technology, and educational strategies. It also reviews key
legislation and special education frameworks, including IDEA,
ADA, Section 504, IFSPs, IEPs, and landmark legal cases.
Additional topics include eye conditions, Expanded Core
Curriculum (ECC) skills, child development theories,
assessment tools, and instructional accommodations for
students with visual impairments. The material serves as a
comprehensive study guide for teacher certification
preparation.
Keywords
visual impairment
blindness education
teacher certification
special education law
IDEA
ADA
Section 504
, IEP
IFSP
orientation and mobility
braille
Unified English Braille
functional vision assessment
learning media assessment
expanded core curriculum
assistive technology
low vision
deaf-blindness
inclusive education
assessment strategies
educational accommodations
visual acuity
ocular conditions
classroom adaptations
special education assessment
Praxis exam preparation
Exam Questions and Answers
A student with a narrow visual field would most likely enjoy
and have success with what activity? --- correct precise
answer ---table tennis
A fifth-grade student with low vision experiences eye fatigue
when reading large-print books. What accommodation is most
,appropriate for the student? --- correct precise answer ---
Frequent breaks
significant advantage of Unified English Braille (UEB) ---
correct precise answer ---Symbols were added and deleted to
make the literary code more clear and consistent.
Characteristics of cortical visual impairment --- correct
precise answer ---poor depth perception but effective
peripheral vision, vision that appears to be variable from day
to day, and better vision when either the visual target or the
child is moving.
One of the most important jobs of the paraprofessional when
working with a student who is blind --- correct precise
answer ---describing events in the classroom so that the
student is always acknowledged as a full participant in the
classroom environment.
visual acuity that is defined as legal blindness? --- correct
precise answer ---20/200
what does the learning media assessment provide? --- correct
precise answer ---provides information on the student's
primary mode of learning and accessing instruction.
functional vision assessment --- correct precise answer ---
determines a student's visual efficiency for daily activities,
, evaluating the performance of tasks in a variety of
environments that require the use of both near and distance
vision.
A general education teacher prepares a lesson plan for a
middle school science unit and includes accommodations to
the instructional materials that will be used by a student in
the class with low vision.
What is an appropriate accommodation to ensure that the
student has full access to the lesson's content? --- correct
precise answer ---Markers and highlighting tape to reinforce
important details in a printed copy of the textbook
what is infantile esotropia? --- correct precise answer ---
inward turning of one or both eyes that can begin at birth or
during the first year of life.
what is the cause of infantile esotropia? --- correct precise
answer ---unknown and is not typically associated with vision
loss
can infantile esotropia be treated? --- correct precise answer -
--Yes, with surgery or in some select cases with botulinum
toxin
comprehensive federal law that prohibits discrimination on
the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or
