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Which of the following disabilities is degenerative and often leads to death in adolescence or
early adulthood?
a. muscular dystrophy
b. epilepsy
c. type 1 diabetes
d. spina bifida - Answer✔a. muscular dystrophy
Compared with children without hearing loss, children born with hearing loss are more likely to
experience significant delays in which of the following developmental domains?
a. cognitive
b. emotional
c. fine-motor
d. language - Answer✔d. language
Which of the following fine-motor skills do children typically develop LAST?
a. turning door knobs
b. drawing circles
c. cutting shapes with scissors
d. turning one page of a book at a time - Answer✔c. cutting shapes with scissors
Compared with students with mild intellectual disabilities, students with learning disabilities are
more likely to have:
a. satisfying social relationships when they reach adulthood.
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b. successful experience in a general education classroom placement.
c. deficits in fine- and/or gross-motor skill development.
d. one or more specific cognitive difficulties rather than global delays. - Answer✔d. one or more
specific cognitive difficulties rather than global delays.
Students with mild intellectual disabilities tend to exhibit which of the following characteristics?
a. difficulty applying newly learned skills to a different context.
b. relative strength in retaining information in short-term memory.
c. difficulty learning by observing others.
d. relative strength in maintaining attention to the task at hand. - Answer✔a. difficulty applying
newly learned skills to a different context.
Which of the following gross-motor skills do children typically develop LAST?
a. catching a ball with their arms held straight.
b. jumping forward, taking off, and landing with two feet.
c. walking upstairs using alternating feet.
d. kicking a stationary ball. - Answer✔b. jumping forward, taking off, and landing with two feet.
Which of the following students is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with an
emotional impairment?
a. a second-grade student who frequently complains of a stomach ache in the morning before
going to school.
b. a first-grade student who prefers to play with one particular child on the playground.
c. a kindergarten student who cries on the first-day of school and clings to his parent for several
minutes before joining the class.
d. a first-grade student who makes a point of informing the teacher when other students are
breaking the rules. - Answer✔a. a second-grade student who frequently complains of a
stomach ache in the morning before going to school.
Which of the following students is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with
autism spectrum disorder (ADHD)?
a. a second-grade student who prefers to play with kindergarteners, has difficulty learning new
skills, and needs assistance with dressing.
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b. a kindergarten student who does not engage in pretend play, takes exclusively about
astronomy, and misinterprets social clues.
c. a third-grade student who refuses to comply with teacher requests, steals lunch money from
other students, and does not hand in homework.
d. a first-grade student who has difficulty with letter-sound correspondence, has poor fine-
motor skills, and is physically clumsy. - Answer✔b. a kindergarten student who does not engage
in pretend play, takes exclusively about astronomy, and misinterprets social clues.
Which of the following is generally the MOST advanced linguistic skill a typical eight-year old
can be expected to demonstrate?
a. participating in a debate about a controversial issue.
b. using a wide variety of connective words correctly (e.g. although, however, unless)
c. telling a story that includes cause-and-effect relationships.
d. understanding the meaning of figurative language (e.g. metaphors, similes) - Answer✔c.
telling a story that includes cause-and-effect relationships.
Which of the following social/emotional abilities typically appears for the first time during
adolescence?
a. understanding one's own particular strengths and taking pleasure in one's accomplishments.
b. understanding that the perspective of others may be influence by their background or
circumstances.
c. understanding that two people can have very different emotional responses to the same
situation.
d. understanding how different types of body language can reflect a person's emotions. -
Answer✔b. understanding that the perspective of others may be influence by their background
or circumstances.
Which of the following students is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with a
pragmatic language disorder?
a. a third-grade student who is unable to comprehend a text when asked to read it aloud but
can understand the same text when reading it silently.
b. a fifth-grade student who has difficulty completing written assignments and handing them in
on time.
c. a sixth-grade student who is unable to recall newly learn vocabulary words from various
subjects.
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d. a fourth-grade student who has difficulty understanding conversational turn taking. -
Answer✔d. a fourth-grade student who has difficulty understanding conversational turn taking.
Which of the following symptoms is most characteristic of an absence seizure?
a. staring blankly for a brief time.
b. experiencing uncontrolled muscle spasms.
c. losing consciousness for several minutes.
d. having sudden muscle stiffness. - Answer✔a. staring blankly for a brief time.
A student has a disability that impairs both his understanding of spatial relationships and his
perceptual-motor skills. Which of the following math tasks would likely pose the greatest
difficulty to the student?
a. calculating the area of a given rectangle by applying a formula.
b. reversing a mathematical operation to check an answer.
c. constructing congruent geometric shapes on graph paper.
d. eliminating irrelevant information when solving a word paper. - Answer✔c. constructing
congruent geometric shapes on graph paper.
A middle school student with learning disabilities in reading and writing and attention-
deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) recently began taking a prescribed stimulant medication.
Which of the following behavioral changes should the student's special education teacher
expect to observe?
a. diminished ability to interact socially.
b. improved ability to present oral reports to the class.
c. diminished ability to think creatively.
d. increased ability to focus on academic tasks. - Answer✔d. increased ability to focus on
academic tasks.
A student with a mild intellectual disability and an emotional impairment frequently becomes
physically aggressive when frustrated. The most effective way for the student's family to
support her social/emotional development would be to:
a. help resolve conflicts with her peers that result from her inappropriate school behavior.
b. advocate for her to participate in a greater number of inclusive school activities.
c. implement a behavior management strategy at home that complements her school
behavioral plan.
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NES Special Education Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
Which of the following disabilities is degenerative and often leads to death in adolescence or
early adulthood?
a. muscular dystrophy
b. epilepsy
c. type 1 diabetes
d. spina bifida - Answer✔a. muscular dystrophy
Compared with children without hearing loss, children born with hearing loss are more likely to
experience significant delays in which of the following developmental domains?
a. cognitive
b. emotional
c. fine-motor
d. language - Answer✔d. language
Which of the following fine-motor skills do children typically develop LAST?
a. turning door knobs
b. drawing circles
c. cutting shapes with scissors
d. turning one page of a book at a time - Answer✔c. cutting shapes with scissors
Compared with students with mild intellectual disabilities, students with learning disabilities are
more likely to have:
a. satisfying social relationships when they reach adulthood.
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b. successful experience in a general education classroom placement.
c. deficits in fine- and/or gross-motor skill development.
d. one or more specific cognitive difficulties rather than global delays. - Answer✔d. one or more
specific cognitive difficulties rather than global delays.
Students with mild intellectual disabilities tend to exhibit which of the following characteristics?
a. difficulty applying newly learned skills to a different context.
b. relative strength in retaining information in short-term memory.
c. difficulty learning by observing others.
d. relative strength in maintaining attention to the task at hand. - Answer✔a. difficulty applying
newly learned skills to a different context.
Which of the following gross-motor skills do children typically develop LAST?
a. catching a ball with their arms held straight.
b. jumping forward, taking off, and landing with two feet.
c. walking upstairs using alternating feet.
d. kicking a stationary ball. - Answer✔b. jumping forward, taking off, and landing with two feet.
Which of the following students is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with an
emotional impairment?
a. a second-grade student who frequently complains of a stomach ache in the morning before
going to school.
b. a first-grade student who prefers to play with one particular child on the playground.
c. a kindergarten student who cries on the first-day of school and clings to his parent for several
minutes before joining the class.
d. a first-grade student who makes a point of informing the teacher when other students are
breaking the rules. - Answer✔a. a second-grade student who frequently complains of a
stomach ache in the morning before going to school.
Which of the following students is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with
autism spectrum disorder (ADHD)?
a. a second-grade student who prefers to play with kindergarteners, has difficulty learning new
skills, and needs assistance with dressing.
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b. a kindergarten student who does not engage in pretend play, takes exclusively about
astronomy, and misinterprets social clues.
c. a third-grade student who refuses to comply with teacher requests, steals lunch money from
other students, and does not hand in homework.
d. a first-grade student who has difficulty with letter-sound correspondence, has poor fine-
motor skills, and is physically clumsy. - Answer✔b. a kindergarten student who does not engage
in pretend play, takes exclusively about astronomy, and misinterprets social clues.
Which of the following is generally the MOST advanced linguistic skill a typical eight-year old
can be expected to demonstrate?
a. participating in a debate about a controversial issue.
b. using a wide variety of connective words correctly (e.g. although, however, unless)
c. telling a story that includes cause-and-effect relationships.
d. understanding the meaning of figurative language (e.g. metaphors, similes) - Answer✔c.
telling a story that includes cause-and-effect relationships.
Which of the following social/emotional abilities typically appears for the first time during
adolescence?
a. understanding one's own particular strengths and taking pleasure in one's accomplishments.
b. understanding that the perspective of others may be influence by their background or
circumstances.
c. understanding that two people can have very different emotional responses to the same
situation.
d. understanding how different types of body language can reflect a person's emotions. -
Answer✔b. understanding that the perspective of others may be influence by their background
or circumstances.
Which of the following students is demonstrating characteristics most often associated with a
pragmatic language disorder?
a. a third-grade student who is unable to comprehend a text when asked to read it aloud but
can understand the same text when reading it silently.
b. a fifth-grade student who has difficulty completing written assignments and handing them in
on time.
c. a sixth-grade student who is unable to recall newly learn vocabulary words from various
subjects.
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d. a fourth-grade student who has difficulty understanding conversational turn taking. -
Answer✔d. a fourth-grade student who has difficulty understanding conversational turn taking.
Which of the following symptoms is most characteristic of an absence seizure?
a. staring blankly for a brief time.
b. experiencing uncontrolled muscle spasms.
c. losing consciousness for several minutes.
d. having sudden muscle stiffness. - Answer✔a. staring blankly for a brief time.
A student has a disability that impairs both his understanding of spatial relationships and his
perceptual-motor skills. Which of the following math tasks would likely pose the greatest
difficulty to the student?
a. calculating the area of a given rectangle by applying a formula.
b. reversing a mathematical operation to check an answer.
c. constructing congruent geometric shapes on graph paper.
d. eliminating irrelevant information when solving a word paper. - Answer✔c. constructing
congruent geometric shapes on graph paper.
A middle school student with learning disabilities in reading and writing and attention-
deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) recently began taking a prescribed stimulant medication.
Which of the following behavioral changes should the student's special education teacher
expect to observe?
a. diminished ability to interact socially.
b. improved ability to present oral reports to the class.
c. diminished ability to think creatively.
d. increased ability to focus on academic tasks. - Answer✔d. increased ability to focus on
academic tasks.
A student with a mild intellectual disability and an emotional impairment frequently becomes
physically aggressive when frustrated. The most effective way for the student's family to
support her social/emotional development would be to:
a. help resolve conflicts with her peers that result from her inappropriate school behavior.
b. advocate for her to participate in a greater number of inclusive school activities.
c. implement a behavior management strategy at home that complements her school
behavioral plan.
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