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ASD Midterm Exam Practice Questions
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DSM V Criteria for ASD - ✔✔-Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across
multiple contexts
-Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities
How many social symptoms must an individual manifest to qualify in ASD? - ✔✔3, currently or by
history
How many repetitive behaviors/restricted interests must an individual manifest to qualify in ASD? -
✔✔2, currently or by history
ASD Part A of diagnosis - Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across
multiple contexts, as manifested by the following: - ✔✔1. Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity.
2. Deficits in communicative behaviors used for social interaction (non-verbal behaviors).
3. Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships.
ASD Part B of diagnosis - Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities as manifest by
at least two of the following: - ✔✔1. Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements, use of objects, or speech.
2. Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal
behavior.
3. Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus.
4. Hyper- or hypo-reactivity to sensory input or unusual interest in sensory aspects of the environment.
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ASD Part C of diagnosis - ✔✔Symptoms must be present in the early developmental period (but may not
become fully manifest until social demands exceed limited capacities, or may be masked by learned
strategies in later life).
ASD Part D of diagnosis - ✔✔Symptoms cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or
other important areas of current functioning.
ASD Part E of diagnosis - ✔✔Disturbances are not better explained by intellectual disability.
Additional specifiers after ASD is determined: - ✔✔-with or without accompanying intellectual disability
-with or without accompanying language impairment
-associated with a known medical or genetic condition or environmental factor
-associated with another neuro-developmental, mental, or behavioral disorder
Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder Part A of diagnosis - Persistent deficits in the social use of
verbal AND nonverbal communication as manifested by: - ✔✔1. Deficits in using communication for
social purposes in a manner that is appropriate for the social context.
2. Impairment of the ability to change communication to match context or the needs of the listener.
3. Difficulties following rules for conversation and storytelling.
4. Difficulties understanding what is not explicitly stated and non-literal or ambiguous language.
SCD Part B of diagnosis - ✔✔The deficits result in functional limitations in effective communication,
social participation, social relationships, academic achievement, or occupational performance,
individually or in combination.
SCD Part C of diagnosis - ✔✔The onset of symptoms is in the early developmental period (but deficits
may not become fully manifest until social communication demands exceed limited capacities).
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ASD Midterm Exam Practice Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
DSM V Criteria for ASD - ✔✔-Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across
multiple contexts
-Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities
How many social symptoms must an individual manifest to qualify in ASD? - ✔✔3, currently or by
history
How many repetitive behaviors/restricted interests must an individual manifest to qualify in ASD? -
✔✔2, currently or by history
ASD Part A of diagnosis - Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across
multiple contexts, as manifested by the following: - ✔✔1. Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity.
2. Deficits in communicative behaviors used for social interaction (non-verbal behaviors).
3. Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships.
ASD Part B of diagnosis - Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities as manifest by
at least two of the following: - ✔✔1. Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements, use of objects, or speech.
2. Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal
behavior.
3. Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus.
4. Hyper- or hypo-reactivity to sensory input or unusual interest in sensory aspects of the environment.
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ASD Part C of diagnosis - ✔✔Symptoms must be present in the early developmental period (but may not
become fully manifest until social demands exceed limited capacities, or may be masked by learned
strategies in later life).
ASD Part D of diagnosis - ✔✔Symptoms cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or
other important areas of current functioning.
ASD Part E of diagnosis - ✔✔Disturbances are not better explained by intellectual disability.
Additional specifiers after ASD is determined: - ✔✔-with or without accompanying intellectual disability
-with or without accompanying language impairment
-associated with a known medical or genetic condition or environmental factor
-associated with another neuro-developmental, mental, or behavioral disorder
Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder Part A of diagnosis - Persistent deficits in the social use of
verbal AND nonverbal communication as manifested by: - ✔✔1. Deficits in using communication for
social purposes in a manner that is appropriate for the social context.
2. Impairment of the ability to change communication to match context or the needs of the listener.
3. Difficulties following rules for conversation and storytelling.
4. Difficulties understanding what is not explicitly stated and non-literal or ambiguous language.
SCD Part B of diagnosis - ✔✔The deficits result in functional limitations in effective communication,
social participation, social relationships, academic achievement, or occupational performance,
individually or in combination.
SCD Part C of diagnosis - ✔✔The onset of symptoms is in the early developmental period (but deficits
may not become fully manifest until social communication demands exceed limited capacities).
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