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Orientation and Mobility Midterm
Exam Questions Correct Answers New
Update (Verified Pass)
Who founded the Institute for Blind Youth in Paris? - ✔✔Valentin Hauy
O & M Skills are taught independently of any other curriculum area. - ✔✔FALSE
You can tell if you have glaucoma because you will experience eye pain, see haloes around lights, have
excessive tearing, or your eyes will bother you in some way. - ✔✔FALSE
Individuals who are blind have sixth sense, providential compensation or extraordinary talents. -
✔✔FALSE
Parental support is not necessary to initiate O & M training. - ✔✔FALSE
Visually impaired and blind people are always in total darkness, seeing nothing at all. - ✔✔FALSE
Visually impaired and blind students should not participate in physical activities for fear of losing their
remaining sight or because they can't see what they are doing. - ✔✔FALSE
The student should know how to ask specific questions in order to locate an objective. - ✔✔TRUE
The student's functional vision can fluctuate from day to day or during different hours of the day. -
✔✔TRUE
Visually impaired individuals need to wear corrective lenses. - ✔✔FALSE
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A dog guide knows where to go and how to get there without his master telling him so. - ✔✔FALSE
What was the first school for blind children? - ✔✔Institute for Blind Youth in Paris
Orientation - ✔✔Knowledge of one's distance and direction relative to things observed or remembered in
the surroundings and keeping track of these "self-to-object" spatial relationships as they hange during
locomotion(Hill and Ponder)
Orientation - ✔✔The ability to use one's remaining senses to understand one's location in the
environment at any given time(Jacobson)
Orientation - ✔✔A knowledge of one's body parts and planes and their relationship to each other and
their positions in space(Knott)
Orientation - ✔✔Knowing where you are in space and how you relate to that space
Mobility - ✔✔Moving safely, gracefully, and comfortably(Foulke)
Mobility - ✔✔The capacity or facility of movement(Jacobson)
Mobility - ✔✔Learning how to move in a purposeful manner(Knott)
Mobility - ✔✔The ability to move safely, purposefully, and efficiently from one point to another in the
environment.
Who was blinded at the age of 6 and became a rider and swimmer? - ✔✔John Metcalf
Who was a successful musician and road builder? - ✔✔John Metcalf
What was part of the 19th Century curriculum? - ✔✔Rapid arithmetic, Tumbling, Chair canning, Piano
playing, Piano tuning
Who lost his vision at the age of 3? - ✔✔Sir Francis Campbell
Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved.
Orientation and Mobility Midterm
Exam Questions Correct Answers New
Update (Verified Pass)
Who founded the Institute for Blind Youth in Paris? - ✔✔Valentin Hauy
O & M Skills are taught independently of any other curriculum area. - ✔✔FALSE
You can tell if you have glaucoma because you will experience eye pain, see haloes around lights, have
excessive tearing, or your eyes will bother you in some way. - ✔✔FALSE
Individuals who are blind have sixth sense, providential compensation or extraordinary talents. -
✔✔FALSE
Parental support is not necessary to initiate O & M training. - ✔✔FALSE
Visually impaired and blind people are always in total darkness, seeing nothing at all. - ✔✔FALSE
Visually impaired and blind students should not participate in physical activities for fear of losing their
remaining sight or because they can't see what they are doing. - ✔✔FALSE
The student should know how to ask specific questions in order to locate an objective. - ✔✔TRUE
The student's functional vision can fluctuate from day to day or during different hours of the day. -
✔✔TRUE
Visually impaired individuals need to wear corrective lenses. - ✔✔FALSE
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A dog guide knows where to go and how to get there without his master telling him so. - ✔✔FALSE
What was the first school for blind children? - ✔✔Institute for Blind Youth in Paris
Orientation - ✔✔Knowledge of one's distance and direction relative to things observed or remembered in
the surroundings and keeping track of these "self-to-object" spatial relationships as they hange during
locomotion(Hill and Ponder)
Orientation - ✔✔The ability to use one's remaining senses to understand one's location in the
environment at any given time(Jacobson)
Orientation - ✔✔A knowledge of one's body parts and planes and their relationship to each other and
their positions in space(Knott)
Orientation - ✔✔Knowing where you are in space and how you relate to that space
Mobility - ✔✔Moving safely, gracefully, and comfortably(Foulke)
Mobility - ✔✔The capacity or facility of movement(Jacobson)
Mobility - ✔✔Learning how to move in a purposeful manner(Knott)
Mobility - ✔✔The ability to move safely, purposefully, and efficiently from one point to another in the
environment.
Who was blinded at the age of 6 and became a rider and swimmer? - ✔✔John Metcalf
Who was a successful musician and road builder? - ✔✔John Metcalf
What was part of the 19th Century curriculum? - ✔✔Rapid arithmetic, Tumbling, Chair canning, Piano
playing, Piano tuning
Who lost his vision at the age of 3? - ✔✔Sir Francis Campbell
Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved.
