FTCE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION
K-12 Exam Questions and Answers Latest Versions
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1. Age of Majority: The age at which a person becomes a legal adult. In Florida,
the age is 18.
2. Autism: Refers to the developmental disability, generally detectable before age
three, that affects communication, social interaction, and learning.
3. Deaf-Blindness: Refers to simultaneous hearing and visual impairments that
are so severe the student cannot benefit sufficiently from programs and services
that are designed for exclusively deaf or exclusively blind children.
4. Congenital: Present at birth (Example: Deaf-Blindness)
5. Adventitious: Acquired through illness or injury.
6. Deafness: Refers to an extreme hearing impairment that adversely affects the
student's educational performance. Deafness can be congenital or adventitious.
7. Emotional Disturbance: Refers to a condition that reflects at least one of
the following characteristics over an extended period of time (i.e. schizophrenia,
anxiety disorders, and depression)
An inability to learn that cannot be attributed to other factors, such as intellectual
or sensory deficits, or health problems
An inability to build or sustain satisfactory personal relationship with others
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, Feelings or behaviors that are ordinarily inappropriate
Persuasive unhappiness or depression
A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears related to personal problems or
problems at school
8. Hearing Impairment: Refers to an impairment in hearing that undermines the
student's educational performance but is not severe enough to be classified as
deafness. Children with hearing difficulties are classified as hearing impaired only
if the difficulties persist even after corrections (surgery and/or use of hearing aids).
9. Intellectual Disability: Refers to the general intellectual ability that is signifi-
cantly below average, combined with limitations in adaptive behavior, that adverse-
ly affects the student's educational performance. (Example-Mental Retardation).
10. Multiple Disabilities: Refers to a combination of disabilities that is so severe
the student cannot benefit sufficiently from programs and services that are de-
signed for any one of those disabilities.
11. Orthopedic Impairment: Refers to musculoskeletal problems, congenital or
adventitious, that adversely influence the student's educational performance. (Ex-
amples-Cerebral Palsy, Polio, Amputations, etc.).
12. Other Health Impairments: Refers to health problems affecting strength, en-
ergy, or alertness to a degree that adversely affects the student's educational
performance. (Leukemia, Epilepsy, Diabetes, Asthma, Lupus, and Sickle Cell
Anemia).
13. Specific Learning Disabilities: Refers to problems with the ability to compre-
hend or produce information when performing academic tasks. (Examples-Dyslex-
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K-12 Exam Questions and Answers Latest Versions
2025 Top Rated A+
1. Age of Majority: The age at which a person becomes a legal adult. In Florida,
the age is 18.
2. Autism: Refers to the developmental disability, generally detectable before age
three, that affects communication, social interaction, and learning.
3. Deaf-Blindness: Refers to simultaneous hearing and visual impairments that
are so severe the student cannot benefit sufficiently from programs and services
that are designed for exclusively deaf or exclusively blind children.
4. Congenital: Present at birth (Example: Deaf-Blindness)
5. Adventitious: Acquired through illness or injury.
6. Deafness: Refers to an extreme hearing impairment that adversely affects the
student's educational performance. Deafness can be congenital or adventitious.
7. Emotional Disturbance: Refers to a condition that reflects at least one of
the following characteristics over an extended period of time (i.e. schizophrenia,
anxiety disorders, and depression)
An inability to learn that cannot be attributed to other factors, such as intellectual
or sensory deficits, or health problems
An inability to build or sustain satisfactory personal relationship with others
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, Feelings or behaviors that are ordinarily inappropriate
Persuasive unhappiness or depression
A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears related to personal problems or
problems at school
8. Hearing Impairment: Refers to an impairment in hearing that undermines the
student's educational performance but is not severe enough to be classified as
deafness. Children with hearing difficulties are classified as hearing impaired only
if the difficulties persist even after corrections (surgery and/or use of hearing aids).
9. Intellectual Disability: Refers to the general intellectual ability that is signifi-
cantly below average, combined with limitations in adaptive behavior, that adverse-
ly affects the student's educational performance. (Example-Mental Retardation).
10. Multiple Disabilities: Refers to a combination of disabilities that is so severe
the student cannot benefit sufficiently from programs and services that are de-
signed for any one of those disabilities.
11. Orthopedic Impairment: Refers to musculoskeletal problems, congenital or
adventitious, that adversely influence the student's educational performance. (Ex-
amples-Cerebral Palsy, Polio, Amputations, etc.).
12. Other Health Impairments: Refers to health problems affecting strength, en-
ergy, or alertness to a degree that adversely affects the student's educational
performance. (Leukemia, Epilepsy, Diabetes, Asthma, Lupus, and Sickle Cell
Anemia).
13. Specific Learning Disabilities: Refers to problems with the ability to compre-
hend or produce information when performing academic tasks. (Examples-Dyslex-
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