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NES Test Special Education (NT601) Exam
Questions And Answers |Latest 2025 |
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Competency 1 - Answer✔Focuses on the characteristics of typical and atypical human growth
and development and the characteristics of students with various disabilities that special
education teachers are likely to encounter.
Learning Disabilities - Answer✔Students with learning disabilities have average or above
average intelligence but an unexpected academic weakness in one or more content areas.
Dyslexia - Answer✔Impacts a student's ability to learn to read, to recognize sound segments or
letters, following along in text comprehending what they read.
Dysgraphia - Answer✔Impacts student's ability to learn to write, often their handwriting and/or
spelling.
Dyscalculia - Answer✔Impacts a student's ability to understand numbers and mathematical
operations, remembering math facts and the sequence of steps in math problems.
Intellectual Disabilities - Answer✔Students qualify as having an intellectual disability when they
show developmental delays in most aspects of academic and social functioning.
Communication Disorders - Answer✔Students who are more likely to mispronounce sounds or
have speech that lacks fluency are identified as having speech disorder.
Articulation Disorders - Answer✔Affects a student's ability to produce certain sounds and
sound combinations.
Fluency Disorders - Answer✔Hesitations or stuttering
Specific language Impairment - Answer✔Manifests as a delay in a student's language
development but the student shows no other conditions that would cause such a delay in
language development (e.g., autism, deafness)
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Emotional Impairments - Answer✔Typically, children who are identified as having emotional
impairments show behaviors or emotions that are not appropriate for setting. Often they have
trouble making friends, working in groups, and maintaining personal relationships.
Anxiety Disorders - Answer✔Characterized by excessive fears or worry. Phobias, separation
anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Mood Disorders - Answer✔Including depression and bipolar disorder (i.e., swings between
elevated or manic mood and depression). Students who are depressed may cry often, lose
motivation for things that were once enjoyable, lose weight and disregard hygiene, or have
suicidal thoughts.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder - Answer✔Students show hostile and defiant behaviors, including
temper tantrums, arguments, and irritability.
Conduct Disorders - Answer✔Students consistently engage in antisocial behaviors that interfere
with others.
Attention Disorders - Answer✔Students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
are more easily distracted and divide their attention between multiple stimuli instead of staying
on task when compared to others at the same developmental level.
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) - Answer✔Range from mile to severe based on the degree to
which they show characteristics.
Atypical Language Development and Communication Delays - Answer✔Many never learn to
communicate successfully using spoken language. Some engage in echolalia, repeating pars of a
sentence they just hear. Many show limited eye contact or extreme focus or interest in one
topic or conversation. Students with ASD often have difficulty understanding figurative
language and humor.
Atypical Social Development - Answer✔Students with autism do not seem to recognize or
respond to others' emotions, social cues, and nonverbal signals. Many do not interact with
others during play and/or do not engage in reciprocal interactions.
Repetitive Behavior, Including Movement and Verbalizations - Answer✔Tics (physical) and
obsessions (attention) are common.
Undesirable Behaviors - Answer✔Some children with autism are aggressive toward others or
engage in repetitive self-injurious behaviors.
Need for Predictability - Answer✔Many students with autism gain security from environmental
structure and experience anxiety in unfamiliar situations. Some focus intensely on adherence to
routines and become upset if things are out of place or sequence.
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Sensory and Movement Disorders - Answer✔Some children are over-responsive to sensory
stimuli, whereas others are under-responsive, some show atypical movement of the head,
trunk, and limbs; clumsiness or posture; or an awkward (i.e., not smooth) gait.
Intellectual Disabilties - Answer✔Although students with autism spectrum disorders may have
very high intelligence or low intelligence, more than half also have an intellectual disability.
Sensory Disorders - Answer✔Hearing and visual impairments are the two most common
sensory disorders that special education teachers encounter.
Hearing Loss - Answer✔Students who are deaf or hard of hearing often experience language
delays, particularly if their hearing loss goes undetected.
Visual Impairments - Answer✔Individuals are considered totally blind if they cannot receive any
meaningful visual input. They rely on input from other senses.
Physical Disabilities and Health Impairments - Answer✔May be caused by congenital anomaly,
disease, or injury such as fractures, burns, or loss of a limb.
Cerebral Palsy - Answer✔Disorder of voluntary movement and posture. The majority of
students with cerebral palsy show spastic movement, although others may be more likely to
display uncoordinated or abrupt involuntary movements. Some students with cerebral palsy
also experience seizures. Many have sensory (i.e., hearing or vision) and/or language
impairments as well.
Spina Bifida - Answer✔Congenital malformation of the spinal cord or vertebrae. Students with
the mildest form (occulta) or more serious form known as meningocele do not show challenges
with movement, but students with mylomeningocle form typically have leg weakness and are
unable to control their bowels or bladder. Does not affect intelligence.
Epilepsy - Answer✔A condition in which individuals experience seizures, caused by abnormal
electrical discharges in the brain. In the most severe cases the individual experiences
uncontrollable jerking, stops breathing, and loses consciousness. During partial seizures, which
are more common, the individual is more likely to experience an altered state of consciousness
and some alteration in movement (e.g., twitching).
Asthma - Answer✔Chronic lung condition characterized by episodic bouts of wheezing,
coughing, difficulty breathing.
AIDS - Answer✔Acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Students cannot resist or fight off
infections.
Cystic Fibrosis - Answer✔A genetic disease in which the body's exocrine glands excrete thick
mucus that can block lungs and parts of digestive system.
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Muscular Dystrophy - Answer✔Inherited disease marked by progressive atrophy (wasting away)
of muscles. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is most common and most severe, affecting only
boys.
Competency 2 - Answer✔Requires that you understand the various factors that affect the
development of students with disabilities and the impact these factors have on their learning
and daily life.
The Family's Role - Answer✔Parents/guardians wear many hats raising children with
disabilities-they are caregivers, providers,teachers, counselors, behaviors support specialist,
parents of other children without disabilities, marriage partners, information specialist/trainers
of significant other family members and advocates.
Role of the Parent - Answer✔Provide transportation to school, activities medical care and other
locations. Learning about he focus of the child's school program and reinforcing those learning
behaviors efforts in the home. Implementing intervention if necessary, such as behavior
management. Teaching social skills.
Special Educators can Support Families in these roles: - Answer✔Promoting partnership
between school and home. Encouraging open communication about the student's strengths
and needs, both within the family and with educators Helping the student work toward skills
that increase independence and helping the families learn ways to encourage those skills at
home.
The Community's Role in Supporting Students with Disabilities: - Answer✔Support students
with disabilities through physical, social services, and training supports. Providing for physical
supports, such as modified walkways or ramps. Providing access to public areas such as
restrooms, voting booths, and government offices.
Implication for Education and Learning: - Answer✔Students with disabilities show characteristic
patterns of behavior that can affect their learning and development. Special educators should
recognize.
Students with learning disabilities may show inconsistent or poor academic performance and
may be disruptive to other students in the classroom. - Answer✔They may have difficulty
working independently and may give up easily when challenged. Special educators can support
these students by teaching strategies to organize their work schedule, using differentiated
instruction, and providing frequent assessment and feedback regarding progress.
Students with communication disorders may be reluctant to participate in class discussions and
writing task. - Answer✔They may withdraw from large-group activities or social interactions
during free-play periods. Special educators can support these students by providing
assessments that reduce writing or speaking (e.g., multiple choice tests), scaffolded activities
for writing and reading, and small-group instructional activities.
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NES Test Special Education (NT601) Exam
Questions And Answers |Latest 2025 |
Guaranteed Pass.
Competency 1 - Answer✔Focuses on the characteristics of typical and atypical human growth
and development and the characteristics of students with various disabilities that special
education teachers are likely to encounter.
Learning Disabilities - Answer✔Students with learning disabilities have average or above
average intelligence but an unexpected academic weakness in one or more content areas.
Dyslexia - Answer✔Impacts a student's ability to learn to read, to recognize sound segments or
letters, following along in text comprehending what they read.
Dysgraphia - Answer✔Impacts student's ability to learn to write, often their handwriting and/or
spelling.
Dyscalculia - Answer✔Impacts a student's ability to understand numbers and mathematical
operations, remembering math facts and the sequence of steps in math problems.
Intellectual Disabilities - Answer✔Students qualify as having an intellectual disability when they
show developmental delays in most aspects of academic and social functioning.
Communication Disorders - Answer✔Students who are more likely to mispronounce sounds or
have speech that lacks fluency are identified as having speech disorder.
Articulation Disorders - Answer✔Affects a student's ability to produce certain sounds and
sound combinations.
Fluency Disorders - Answer✔Hesitations or stuttering
Specific language Impairment - Answer✔Manifests as a delay in a student's language
development but the student shows no other conditions that would cause such a delay in
language development (e.g., autism, deafness)
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Emotional Impairments - Answer✔Typically, children who are identified as having emotional
impairments show behaviors or emotions that are not appropriate for setting. Often they have
trouble making friends, working in groups, and maintaining personal relationships.
Anxiety Disorders - Answer✔Characterized by excessive fears or worry. Phobias, separation
anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Mood Disorders - Answer✔Including depression and bipolar disorder (i.e., swings between
elevated or manic mood and depression). Students who are depressed may cry often, lose
motivation for things that were once enjoyable, lose weight and disregard hygiene, or have
suicidal thoughts.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder - Answer✔Students show hostile and defiant behaviors, including
temper tantrums, arguments, and irritability.
Conduct Disorders - Answer✔Students consistently engage in antisocial behaviors that interfere
with others.
Attention Disorders - Answer✔Students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
are more easily distracted and divide their attention between multiple stimuli instead of staying
on task when compared to others at the same developmental level.
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) - Answer✔Range from mile to severe based on the degree to
which they show characteristics.
Atypical Language Development and Communication Delays - Answer✔Many never learn to
communicate successfully using spoken language. Some engage in echolalia, repeating pars of a
sentence they just hear. Many show limited eye contact or extreme focus or interest in one
topic or conversation. Students with ASD often have difficulty understanding figurative
language and humor.
Atypical Social Development - Answer✔Students with autism do not seem to recognize or
respond to others' emotions, social cues, and nonverbal signals. Many do not interact with
others during play and/or do not engage in reciprocal interactions.
Repetitive Behavior, Including Movement and Verbalizations - Answer✔Tics (physical) and
obsessions (attention) are common.
Undesirable Behaviors - Answer✔Some children with autism are aggressive toward others or
engage in repetitive self-injurious behaviors.
Need for Predictability - Answer✔Many students with autism gain security from environmental
structure and experience anxiety in unfamiliar situations. Some focus intensely on adherence to
routines and become upset if things are out of place or sequence.
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Sensory and Movement Disorders - Answer✔Some children are over-responsive to sensory
stimuli, whereas others are under-responsive, some show atypical movement of the head,
trunk, and limbs; clumsiness or posture; or an awkward (i.e., not smooth) gait.
Intellectual Disabilties - Answer✔Although students with autism spectrum disorders may have
very high intelligence or low intelligence, more than half also have an intellectual disability.
Sensory Disorders - Answer✔Hearing and visual impairments are the two most common
sensory disorders that special education teachers encounter.
Hearing Loss - Answer✔Students who are deaf or hard of hearing often experience language
delays, particularly if their hearing loss goes undetected.
Visual Impairments - Answer✔Individuals are considered totally blind if they cannot receive any
meaningful visual input. They rely on input from other senses.
Physical Disabilities and Health Impairments - Answer✔May be caused by congenital anomaly,
disease, or injury such as fractures, burns, or loss of a limb.
Cerebral Palsy - Answer✔Disorder of voluntary movement and posture. The majority of
students with cerebral palsy show spastic movement, although others may be more likely to
display uncoordinated or abrupt involuntary movements. Some students with cerebral palsy
also experience seizures. Many have sensory (i.e., hearing or vision) and/or language
impairments as well.
Spina Bifida - Answer✔Congenital malformation of the spinal cord or vertebrae. Students with
the mildest form (occulta) or more serious form known as meningocele do not show challenges
with movement, but students with mylomeningocle form typically have leg weakness and are
unable to control their bowels or bladder. Does not affect intelligence.
Epilepsy - Answer✔A condition in which individuals experience seizures, caused by abnormal
electrical discharges in the brain. In the most severe cases the individual experiences
uncontrollable jerking, stops breathing, and loses consciousness. During partial seizures, which
are more common, the individual is more likely to experience an altered state of consciousness
and some alteration in movement (e.g., twitching).
Asthma - Answer✔Chronic lung condition characterized by episodic bouts of wheezing,
coughing, difficulty breathing.
AIDS - Answer✔Acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Students cannot resist or fight off
infections.
Cystic Fibrosis - Answer✔A genetic disease in which the body's exocrine glands excrete thick
mucus that can block lungs and parts of digestive system.
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Muscular Dystrophy - Answer✔Inherited disease marked by progressive atrophy (wasting away)
of muscles. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is most common and most severe, affecting only
boys.
Competency 2 - Answer✔Requires that you understand the various factors that affect the
development of students with disabilities and the impact these factors have on their learning
and daily life.
The Family's Role - Answer✔Parents/guardians wear many hats raising children with
disabilities-they are caregivers, providers,teachers, counselors, behaviors support specialist,
parents of other children without disabilities, marriage partners, information specialist/trainers
of significant other family members and advocates.
Role of the Parent - Answer✔Provide transportation to school, activities medical care and other
locations. Learning about he focus of the child's school program and reinforcing those learning
behaviors efforts in the home. Implementing intervention if necessary, such as behavior
management. Teaching social skills.
Special Educators can Support Families in these roles: - Answer✔Promoting partnership
between school and home. Encouraging open communication about the student's strengths
and needs, both within the family and with educators Helping the student work toward skills
that increase independence and helping the families learn ways to encourage those skills at
home.
The Community's Role in Supporting Students with Disabilities: - Answer✔Support students
with disabilities through physical, social services, and training supports. Providing for physical
supports, such as modified walkways or ramps. Providing access to public areas such as
restrooms, voting booths, and government offices.
Implication for Education and Learning: - Answer✔Students with disabilities show characteristic
patterns of behavior that can affect their learning and development. Special educators should
recognize.
Students with learning disabilities may show inconsistent or poor academic performance and
may be disruptive to other students in the classroom. - Answer✔They may have difficulty
working independently and may give up easily when challenged. Special educators can support
these students by teaching strategies to organize their work schedule, using differentiated
instruction, and providing frequent assessment and feedback regarding progress.
Students with communication disorders may be reluctant to participate in class discussions and
writing task. - Answer✔They may withdraw from large-group activities or social interactions
during free-play periods. Special educators can support these students by providing
assessments that reduce writing or speaking (e.g., multiple choice tests), scaffolded activities
for writing and reading, and small-group instructional activities.
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