ASD EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Signs of ASD: 24 Months.
Answer: Lack of responsiveness, lack of shared enjoyment/facial
expressions, lack of pointing to shared interests, poor
imitation/delayed speech, abnormal eye contact, over-/under-
reaction to sensory stimuli, and unusual visual/play interests.
◉ Early Warning Red Flags (NIH / Table 11-7).
Answer: No babbling/cooing by 12 months, no gestures
(pointing/waving) by 12 months, no single words by 16 months, no
two-word phrases by 24 months, or ANY loss of language/social
skills at any age.
◉ Interdisciplinary Team Members.
Answer: Administrator (funding/paperwork), Behavior consultant
(behavior plans), OT (sensory/fine motor), PT (gross motor),
Physician (health/meds), Psychologist (cognition/mental health),
Social worker (family history/support), SLP
(communication/social), Teacher (academics).
◉ Examples of Restricted, Repetitive Behaviors.
, Answer: Self-stimulatory behaviors (hand flapping, twirling), lining
up toys, spinning wheels, motor perseveration, rigid adherence to
routines/routes, fascination with mechanical movement (ceiling
fans, light switches), obsessive interests (dinosaurs, weather maps),
and perimeter walking.
◉ Social & Communication Goals: Young Children.
Answer: Pragmatic skills (turn-taking, joint attention, sharing, polite
requests) and limiting vocabulary expansion to functional
experience and concrete academic concepts.
◉ Social & Communication Goals: School-Age.
Answer: Pragmatic skills for peer interaction (sharing interests,
considering feelings), transitioning from literal to
abstract/metalinguistic language (idioms, figurative language), and
grammar/sentence structure.
◉ Social & Communication Goals: Adolescents & Adults.
Answer: Complex pragmatic skills for executive functions and
nonverbal messages (reading intentions, problem-solving,
understanding perspectives) and abstract semantic nuances
(inferred meaning, humor, sarcasm).
◉ 4 Guidelines for Prioritizing Goals.
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Signs of ASD: 24 Months.
Answer: Lack of responsiveness, lack of shared enjoyment/facial
expressions, lack of pointing to shared interests, poor
imitation/delayed speech, abnormal eye contact, over-/under-
reaction to sensory stimuli, and unusual visual/play interests.
◉ Early Warning Red Flags (NIH / Table 11-7).
Answer: No babbling/cooing by 12 months, no gestures
(pointing/waving) by 12 months, no single words by 16 months, no
two-word phrases by 24 months, or ANY loss of language/social
skills at any age.
◉ Interdisciplinary Team Members.
Answer: Administrator (funding/paperwork), Behavior consultant
(behavior plans), OT (sensory/fine motor), PT (gross motor),
Physician (health/meds), Psychologist (cognition/mental health),
Social worker (family history/support), SLP
(communication/social), Teacher (academics).
◉ Examples of Restricted, Repetitive Behaviors.
, Answer: Self-stimulatory behaviors (hand flapping, twirling), lining
up toys, spinning wheels, motor perseveration, rigid adherence to
routines/routes, fascination with mechanical movement (ceiling
fans, light switches), obsessive interests (dinosaurs, weather maps),
and perimeter walking.
◉ Social & Communication Goals: Young Children.
Answer: Pragmatic skills (turn-taking, joint attention, sharing, polite
requests) and limiting vocabulary expansion to functional
experience and concrete academic concepts.
◉ Social & Communication Goals: School-Age.
Answer: Pragmatic skills for peer interaction (sharing interests,
considering feelings), transitioning from literal to
abstract/metalinguistic language (idioms, figurative language), and
grammar/sentence structure.
◉ Social & Communication Goals: Adolescents & Adults.
Answer: Complex pragmatic skills for executive functions and
nonverbal messages (reading intentions, problem-solving,
understanding perspectives) and abstract semantic nuances
(inferred meaning, humor, sarcasm).
◉ 4 Guidelines for Prioritizing Goals.
