OAE SPECIAL EDUCATION (043 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Hyperglycemia Symptoms
Answer:
Lots of eating, peeing, drinking, blurred vision, fatigue, weight loss
Question:
2. Adolescence
Answer:
Ability to understand that another's perspective may be influenced by his/her general life condition(s) (i.e.
background or circumstances)
Question:
3. Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Answer:
The placement of a special needs student in a manner promoting the maximum possible interaction with
the general school population; applies to the educational setting of exceptional and the education of
disabled children with non-disabled children whenever realistic and possible; it's the least restrictive
setting in which the disabled child can function without difficulty
Question:
4. Mainstreaming
Answer:
An educational approach in which exceptional children are integrated as much as possible into the
traditional educational system and are provided with a broad range of educational alternatives; term used to
describe the integration of children with special needs into regular classrooms for part of the school day;
the remainder of the day is in a special education classroom
Question:
5. Mild Intellectual Disabilities
Answer:
Delays across most areas of cognitive development, and learns new skills best through direct instruction
and repetition; capable of acquiring basic academic skills in general education class(es) with support that
addresses attention, memory, motivation, and language development
Question:
6. Individuals with Disabilities Act
Answer:
The federal law that provides federal funding for special education and regulates special education
procedures
Question:
7. Formal Diagnostic Reading Achievement Test
,Answer:
Assesses a students strengths and needs in a specific area of reading
Question:
8. Concept Mapping
Answer:
A visual means of exploring connections between a subject and related ideas
Question:
9. Fine Motor Skill Typically Developed Last
Answer:
Cutting shapes with scissors
Question:
10. Pragmatic Language Disorder
Answer:
Difficulty understanding and using language in social contexts
Question:
11. Effective Instructional Plan (EIP)
Answer:
Teacher gathers information about a student in ALL developmental domains that reflect the students
strengths and needs; using a standardized test may not reflect the students curriculum, preferred response
method, or skill application
Question:
12. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Answer:
A developmental disorder characterized by difficult in sustaining attention, hyperactivity, and impulsive
and uncontrolled behavior
Question:
13. Amphetamines
Answer:
Used for children with ADHD to help them focus their attention better for longer periods of time
Question:
14. Serious Side Effects of Amphetamines
Answer:
Rapid, uneven, or pounding heartbeat; burning or pain with urination; increased talkativeness; other
unaccustomed behaviors; extremes of depression or elation; muscular twitches/motor tics; physical
tremors; hallucinations; and dangerous elevations in blood pressure with symptoms like buzzing in ears,
severe headaches, shortness of breath, cardiac arrhythmias, chest pain, confusion, anxiety, seizures and
others
Question:
15. Less Serious Side Effects of Amphetamines
, Answer:
Blurred vision; dizziness; weakness; moderate headaches; irritability; restlessness; agitation; insomnia; dry
mouth; bad taste in mouth; constipation; diarrhea; stomachache; nausea; vomiting; fever; loss of appetite;
weight loss; hair loss; loss of libido; and others
Question:
16. Behavioral Intervention Plan (BIP)
Answer:
Most appropriate first step would be to provide the student with environmental supports (i.e. visual and
verbal cues); the written plan used to address problem behavior that includes positive behavioral
interventions, strategies and support; may include program modifications and supplementary aids and
services
Question:
17. No Child Left Behind
Answer:
Education reform passed in 2002 that employs high standards and measurable goals as a method of
improving American education
Question:
18. Self Assessment
Answer:
An evaluation of your strengths and weaknesses
Question:
19. Evaluation Team Report
Answer:
Evaluation procedures used to determine whether a child has a disability and the nature and extent of the
special education and related services that child needs
Question:
20. Brain Injury Association of America
Answer:
The leading national organization serving individuals with TBI and has state offices throughout the
country
Question:
21. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Answer:
Difficulties in the areas of cognition, memory, attention, judgement, and problem solving, as well as
physical and sensory changes, social, behavioral, or emotional problems
Question:
22. Retts Syndrome
Answer:
A genetic disorder that affects girls, is also characterized by autistic behaviors, intellectual disability and
regression of communicative abilities in early childhood
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Hyperglycemia Symptoms
Answer:
Lots of eating, peeing, drinking, blurred vision, fatigue, weight loss
Question:
2. Adolescence
Answer:
Ability to understand that another's perspective may be influenced by his/her general life condition(s) (i.e.
background or circumstances)
Question:
3. Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Answer:
The placement of a special needs student in a manner promoting the maximum possible interaction with
the general school population; applies to the educational setting of exceptional and the education of
disabled children with non-disabled children whenever realistic and possible; it's the least restrictive
setting in which the disabled child can function without difficulty
Question:
4. Mainstreaming
Answer:
An educational approach in which exceptional children are integrated as much as possible into the
traditional educational system and are provided with a broad range of educational alternatives; term used to
describe the integration of children with special needs into regular classrooms for part of the school day;
the remainder of the day is in a special education classroom
Question:
5. Mild Intellectual Disabilities
Answer:
Delays across most areas of cognitive development, and learns new skills best through direct instruction
and repetition; capable of acquiring basic academic skills in general education class(es) with support that
addresses attention, memory, motivation, and language development
Question:
6. Individuals with Disabilities Act
Answer:
The federal law that provides federal funding for special education and regulates special education
procedures
Question:
7. Formal Diagnostic Reading Achievement Test
,Answer:
Assesses a students strengths and needs in a specific area of reading
Question:
8. Concept Mapping
Answer:
A visual means of exploring connections between a subject and related ideas
Question:
9. Fine Motor Skill Typically Developed Last
Answer:
Cutting shapes with scissors
Question:
10. Pragmatic Language Disorder
Answer:
Difficulty understanding and using language in social contexts
Question:
11. Effective Instructional Plan (EIP)
Answer:
Teacher gathers information about a student in ALL developmental domains that reflect the students
strengths and needs; using a standardized test may not reflect the students curriculum, preferred response
method, or skill application
Question:
12. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Answer:
A developmental disorder characterized by difficult in sustaining attention, hyperactivity, and impulsive
and uncontrolled behavior
Question:
13. Amphetamines
Answer:
Used for children with ADHD to help them focus their attention better for longer periods of time
Question:
14. Serious Side Effects of Amphetamines
Answer:
Rapid, uneven, or pounding heartbeat; burning or pain with urination; increased talkativeness; other
unaccustomed behaviors; extremes of depression or elation; muscular twitches/motor tics; physical
tremors; hallucinations; and dangerous elevations in blood pressure with symptoms like buzzing in ears,
severe headaches, shortness of breath, cardiac arrhythmias, chest pain, confusion, anxiety, seizures and
others
Question:
15. Less Serious Side Effects of Amphetamines
, Answer:
Blurred vision; dizziness; weakness; moderate headaches; irritability; restlessness; agitation; insomnia; dry
mouth; bad taste in mouth; constipation; diarrhea; stomachache; nausea; vomiting; fever; loss of appetite;
weight loss; hair loss; loss of libido; and others
Question:
16. Behavioral Intervention Plan (BIP)
Answer:
Most appropriate first step would be to provide the student with environmental supports (i.e. visual and
verbal cues); the written plan used to address problem behavior that includes positive behavioral
interventions, strategies and support; may include program modifications and supplementary aids and
services
Question:
17. No Child Left Behind
Answer:
Education reform passed in 2002 that employs high standards and measurable goals as a method of
improving American education
Question:
18. Self Assessment
Answer:
An evaluation of your strengths and weaknesses
Question:
19. Evaluation Team Report
Answer:
Evaluation procedures used to determine whether a child has a disability and the nature and extent of the
special education and related services that child needs
Question:
20. Brain Injury Association of America
Answer:
The leading national organization serving individuals with TBI and has state offices throughout the
country
Question:
21. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Answer:
Difficulties in the areas of cognition, memory, attention, judgement, and problem solving, as well as
physical and sensory changes, social, behavioral, or emotional problems
Question:
22. Retts Syndrome
Answer:
A genetic disorder that affects girls, is also characterized by autistic behaviors, intellectual disability and
regression of communicative abilities in early childhood
