EDSE 4020 Midterm Exam Questions
and Answers
Can tell you the difference between a modification and an accommodation. - Correct
Answers -An accommodation changes how a student learns the material.
A modification changes what a student is taught or expected to learn.
Can tell you the difference between ADHD and ADD and under which IDEA category
they might be served? - Correct Answers -ADHD-attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
ADD-attention deficit disorder
Category-OHI (other health impaired)
Can give examples of syndromes that might be served under Intellectual Disabilities. -
Correct Answers -Down's Syndrome
Tay Sachs
William's Syndrome
Fragile X
What kind of instruction might be needed for students with severe and multiple
disabilities? - Correct Answers -self-help skills, communication skills, functional
academics, daily living skills and recreation and social skills
How is Traumatic Brain Syndrome caused? - Correct Answers -Opened head injuries
(penetrating object enters the brain) and closed head injuries (blow to the brain from
windshield or dashboard)
Primary injuries (damage that occurs at impact) and secondary injuries (damage that
evolves over time like brain swelling or increased blood pressure)
Concussions (impact to the head that jars the brain), contusions (bruising or bleeding in
the brain), and anoxia (injury due to lack of oxygen)
Educational implications: possible loss of memory, sensory sensitivities, processing
deficits, behavioral problems, etc.
Prelingual and Postlingual - Correct Answers -Children who are born with deafness
have congenital hearing losses (prelingual) and more difficulty with language
development than those who acquire deadness after the age of two (postlingual)
and Answers
Can tell you the difference between a modification and an accommodation. - Correct
Answers -An accommodation changes how a student learns the material.
A modification changes what a student is taught or expected to learn.
Can tell you the difference between ADHD and ADD and under which IDEA category
they might be served? - Correct Answers -ADHD-attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
ADD-attention deficit disorder
Category-OHI (other health impaired)
Can give examples of syndromes that might be served under Intellectual Disabilities. -
Correct Answers -Down's Syndrome
Tay Sachs
William's Syndrome
Fragile X
What kind of instruction might be needed for students with severe and multiple
disabilities? - Correct Answers -self-help skills, communication skills, functional
academics, daily living skills and recreation and social skills
How is Traumatic Brain Syndrome caused? - Correct Answers -Opened head injuries
(penetrating object enters the brain) and closed head injuries (blow to the brain from
windshield or dashboard)
Primary injuries (damage that occurs at impact) and secondary injuries (damage that
evolves over time like brain swelling or increased blood pressure)
Concussions (impact to the head that jars the brain), contusions (bruising or bleeding in
the brain), and anoxia (injury due to lack of oxygen)
Educational implications: possible loss of memory, sensory sensitivities, processing
deficits, behavioral problems, etc.
Prelingual and Postlingual - Correct Answers -Children who are born with deafness
have congenital hearing losses (prelingual) and more difficulty with language
development than those who acquire deadness after the age of two (postlingual)
