RPSE 300 EXAM 2 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

RPSE 300 EXAM 2 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. Which of the following is not a characteristic listed in the federal definition of an emotional disturbance?
a) An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers
b)Involvement in the juvenile justice system
c)Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances
d)A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problem
Answer:
Involvement in the Juvenile justice system

Question:
2. In 1990, the term serious emotional disturbance was changed to emotional or behavioral disorder. This
is the widely used term in the field today for all of the following reasons except
a) Greater utility
b) More representative
C) Less stigmatizing
d) More specificity
Answer:
More specificity

Question:
3. Select the dimension(s) of behavior assessed when interpreting the occurrence of an emotional or
behavioral disorder.
a) Frequency
b) Intensity
c) Duration
d) All of the above
Answer:
d) All of the above

Question:
4. What is the percentage of students receiving special education services, under the category of emotional
or behavioral disorders, compared with the total number of students receiving special education services?
a) 1%
b) 2.5%
c)6.4%
d) 8%
Answer:
6.4%

,Question:
5. Females are at greater risk for developing ______________ disorders. Males are at greater risk for
developing ______________ disorders.
a) Externalizing/Behavior
B) Internalizing/Emotional
c) Internalizing/Externalizing
d) Academic/Personality
Answer:
C) Internalizing/ Externalizing

Question:
6. The most salient characteristic of students with emotional or behavioral disorders is
____________________.
a) Lack of academic achievement
b) Difficulty establishing and maintaining peer and adult relationships
c) Aggressive behavior in unstructured settings
d) Ability to coerce peers into problem behaviors
Answer:
b) Difficulty establishing and maintaining peer and adult relationships

Question:
7. When does the positive behavior support model attempt to identify problematic behaviors?
a) When it affects the social environment
b) When referrals are made for special education services
c) When they become chronic and/or severe
d) Before they become chronic and/or severe
Answer:
d) Before they become chronic and/ or severe

Question:
8. What factors may influence the development of an emotional or behavioral disorder?
a) Genetics
b) Injury
c) Lead poisoning
d)All of the above
Answer:
All of the above

Question:
9. The condition characterized by physical aggression, difficulty controlling anger, open disobedience, and
oppositionality is called
a) Anxiety
b) Attention problems
c) Psychotic behavior
d) Conduct disorder
Answer:
d) Conduct Disorder

, Question:
10. Academic curriculum for students with emotional or behavioral disorders is _______________ the
curriculum that students without disabilities are provided.
a) Easier than
b) The same as
c) More difficult than
d) Different from
Answer:
b) The same as

Question:
11. The majority of individuals identified as ADHD fit into which profile?
a) ADHD-predominantly inattentive type
b) ADHD-predominantly hyperactive type
c) ADHD-predominantly impulsive type
d) ADHD-combined type
Answer:
d) ADHD-combined type

Question:
12. The precise cause of ADHD is
a) Heredity
b) Environment
c) Neurological
d) Unknown
Answer:
D) Unknown

Question:
13. The term comorbidity is used to describe
a) An overlap of multiple conditions
b) a condition for which there is no cure
c) Something that is easy to diagnose and treat
d) A rare blood disease
Answer:
a) an overlap of multiple conditions

Question:
14. Because IDEA does not define ADHD, from what source does the text cite as the working definition of
ADHD?
a) New England Journal of Medicine
b) American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
c) American Psychiatric Association
d) Johns Hopkins University
Answer:
c) American Psychiatric Association