CHAPTER 4: ASD EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2025.
What are autistic disorder, Asperger's disorder, Rett's disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder
(CDD), and pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) classified as?
ANSWER ✔✔ Pervasive developmental disabilities
What does DSM V call all these disorders?
ANSWER ✔✔ Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
What type of communication is affected in Social Communication Disorder (SCD)?
ANSWER ✔✔ Social communication
What is the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)?
ANSWER ✔✔ A catalogue of disorders that provides a scholarly basis for diagnosis
Why was the DSM created?
ANSWER ✔✔ To reduce subjectivity in labeling non-physical origin disorders
What does DSM-5 do to the previously separate subcategories on the autism spectrum?
ANSWER ✔✔ Eliminates them
What term is used now to fold in the previous subcategories like Asperger syndrome and PDD-
NOS?
ANSWER ✔✔ Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
What single term is used in DSM-5 for autism, Asperger, and PDD-NOS?
ANSWER ✔✔ Autism spectrum disorder
What better reflects symptom presentation, time course, and response to treatment according to
scientific evidence and clinical practice?
ANSWER ✔✔ A single spectrum
, Is it reliable and valid to separate ASD from typical development? Is separation within the
spectrum possible?
ANSWER ✔✔ Reliable & valid to separate from typical development; separation within
the spectrum is not
What disorder was eliminated due to lack of clinical and research evidence for its separation
from autism? What bias was observed?
ANSWER ✔✔ Asperger disorder; diagnostic biases
Which disorders will be removed as separate from ASD in DSM-5?
ANSWER ✔✔ Rett and CDD
What communication disorders are included in DSM-5?
ANSWER ✔✔ Language disorders, speech sound disorder, childhood-onset fluency
disorder, social (pragmatic communication disorder)
What two language disorders does DSM-IV combine?
ANSWER ✔✔ Expressive and mixed receptive-expressive language disorders
What is the new name for phonological disorder?
ANSWER ✔✔ Speech sound disorder
What is social (pragmatic) communication disorder?
ANSWER ✔✔ Persistent difficulties in the social use of verbal and nonverbal
communication
When is social (pragmatic) communication disorder not diagnosed?
ANSWER ✔✔ In the presence of restricted repetitive behaviors, interests, and activities
(ASD criteria)
What causes autism spectrum disorders?
ANSWER ✔✔ Neurological differences
What component is often found in autism cases?
ANSWER ✔✔ Genetic component
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2025.
What are autistic disorder, Asperger's disorder, Rett's disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder
(CDD), and pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) classified as?
ANSWER ✔✔ Pervasive developmental disabilities
What does DSM V call all these disorders?
ANSWER ✔✔ Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
What type of communication is affected in Social Communication Disorder (SCD)?
ANSWER ✔✔ Social communication
What is the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)?
ANSWER ✔✔ A catalogue of disorders that provides a scholarly basis for diagnosis
Why was the DSM created?
ANSWER ✔✔ To reduce subjectivity in labeling non-physical origin disorders
What does DSM-5 do to the previously separate subcategories on the autism spectrum?
ANSWER ✔✔ Eliminates them
What term is used now to fold in the previous subcategories like Asperger syndrome and PDD-
NOS?
ANSWER ✔✔ Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
What single term is used in DSM-5 for autism, Asperger, and PDD-NOS?
ANSWER ✔✔ Autism spectrum disorder
What better reflects symptom presentation, time course, and response to treatment according to
scientific evidence and clinical practice?
ANSWER ✔✔ A single spectrum
, Is it reliable and valid to separate ASD from typical development? Is separation within the
spectrum possible?
ANSWER ✔✔ Reliable & valid to separate from typical development; separation within
the spectrum is not
What disorder was eliminated due to lack of clinical and research evidence for its separation
from autism? What bias was observed?
ANSWER ✔✔ Asperger disorder; diagnostic biases
Which disorders will be removed as separate from ASD in DSM-5?
ANSWER ✔✔ Rett and CDD
What communication disorders are included in DSM-5?
ANSWER ✔✔ Language disorders, speech sound disorder, childhood-onset fluency
disorder, social (pragmatic communication disorder)
What two language disorders does DSM-IV combine?
ANSWER ✔✔ Expressive and mixed receptive-expressive language disorders
What is the new name for phonological disorder?
ANSWER ✔✔ Speech sound disorder
What is social (pragmatic) communication disorder?
ANSWER ✔✔ Persistent difficulties in the social use of verbal and nonverbal
communication
When is social (pragmatic) communication disorder not diagnosed?
ANSWER ✔✔ In the presence of restricted repetitive behaviors, interests, and activities
(ASD criteria)
What causes autism spectrum disorders?
ANSWER ✔✔ Neurological differences
What component is often found in autism cases?
ANSWER ✔✔ Genetic component
