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Autism Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
What is the current estimated prevalence of ASD in the U.S.? - answer✔1 in 68
What term was used in the DSM-4 as the overall diagnostic category? - answer✔Pervasive
development disorders
What term is now in the DSM-5 as the overall diagnostic category? - answer✔Autism Spectrum
Disorder
T/F: High functioning autism is a diagnostic category in the DSM - answer✔False, because HFA
is a hard to define, there are multiple definitions
What is one characteristic/difference that may be observed in the speech of an individual with
ASD? - answer✔prosody or articulation
Which best describes transactional development? - answer✔the child's behavior influences the
caregiver and the caregiver's behavior influences the child
Approximately what percentage of children with ASD is "verbal"? - answer✔~75#
what is the difference between prevalence and incidence? - answer✔prevalence: in a defined
population at this particular time how many cases are we seeing of this disorder
incidence: number of NEW cases appearing
The baby looks at a dog, and the caregiver follows the child's gaze. This is an example of: -
answer✔sharing attention
Can a child with ASD have a co-morbid diagnosis? - answer✔Yes, OCD, ADHD, Depression,
Anxiety, etc.
A child hands a mom a cup to request more drink. What communicative function is this? -
answer✔behavior regulation
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Behavior regulation - answer✔regulate others behavior (interact with them so they will do
something for you)
Joint attention - answer✔draw attention to object or event (ooh look at that water bottle or
what's that?)
Social interaction - answer✔draw attention to self (show off-watch me do this cool trick)
T/F: individuals with ASD show a tendency toward communicating to comment, with a
weakness in communication to request - answer✔False; to make true: switch comment and
request
T/F: individuals with ASD experience greater difficulty initiating communication bids than
responding to communication bids - answer✔true
Two facts about what we currently know about the etiology of ASD: - answer✔genetic
environmental
Three possible reasons for the increase in prevalence of ASD? - answer✔increased
awareness/recognition
diagnostic criteria broadened
environmental factors (parental age)
Define savant - answer✔extraordinary ability that is not aligned with development and
functioning
good memory, good at math, music, calendar calculating
IQ could be through the roof or normal and they may have low verbal skills
splinter skills - answer✔that one particular skill is a lot more extremed than any other skills
about 10% of ASD
How is savantism different from splinter skills? - answer✔Savant: so much more rare
splinter skills: not as large of a skill than savant
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Autism Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
What is the current estimated prevalence of ASD in the U.S.? - answer✔1 in 68
What term was used in the DSM-4 as the overall diagnostic category? - answer✔Pervasive
development disorders
What term is now in the DSM-5 as the overall diagnostic category? - answer✔Autism Spectrum
Disorder
T/F: High functioning autism is a diagnostic category in the DSM - answer✔False, because HFA
is a hard to define, there are multiple definitions
What is one characteristic/difference that may be observed in the speech of an individual with
ASD? - answer✔prosody or articulation
Which best describes transactional development? - answer✔the child's behavior influences the
caregiver and the caregiver's behavior influences the child
Approximately what percentage of children with ASD is "verbal"? - answer✔~75#
what is the difference between prevalence and incidence? - answer✔prevalence: in a defined
population at this particular time how many cases are we seeing of this disorder
incidence: number of NEW cases appearing
The baby looks at a dog, and the caregiver follows the child's gaze. This is an example of: -
answer✔sharing attention
Can a child with ASD have a co-morbid diagnosis? - answer✔Yes, OCD, ADHD, Depression,
Anxiety, etc.
A child hands a mom a cup to request more drink. What communicative function is this? -
answer✔behavior regulation
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Behavior regulation - answer✔regulate others behavior (interact with them so they will do
something for you)
Joint attention - answer✔draw attention to object or event (ooh look at that water bottle or
what's that?)
Social interaction - answer✔draw attention to self (show off-watch me do this cool trick)
T/F: individuals with ASD show a tendency toward communicating to comment, with a
weakness in communication to request - answer✔False; to make true: switch comment and
request
T/F: individuals with ASD experience greater difficulty initiating communication bids than
responding to communication bids - answer✔true
Two facts about what we currently know about the etiology of ASD: - answer✔genetic
environmental
Three possible reasons for the increase in prevalence of ASD? - answer✔increased
awareness/recognition
diagnostic criteria broadened
environmental factors (parental age)
Define savant - answer✔extraordinary ability that is not aligned with development and
functioning
good memory, good at math, music, calendar calculating
IQ could be through the roof or normal and they may have low verbal skills
splinter skills - answer✔that one particular skill is a lot more extremed than any other skills
about 10% of ASD
How is savantism different from splinter skills? - answer✔Savant: so much more rare
splinter skills: not as large of a skill than savant
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