MT-BC EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Huntington's disease (chorea) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An inherited disorder, affecting the CNS and
causing involuntary movements and contortions; may also cause cognitive decline and behavioral
symptoms.
Parkinson's disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A chronic nervous system disorder characterized by
tremor, rigidity, and slow movements.
Williams syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A neurobehavioral congenital disorder characterized
by delayed motor developing, mild to moderate mental retardation, and notable impairment in visual
and spatial functioning. Children display hyperacusis, responsiveness to music, and a social and verbal
fluency.
Alzheimer's disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A progressive, degenerative disease with insidious
onset, characterized by multiple cognitive deficits and significant decline in functioning.
Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A set of symptoms characterized by deterioration in cognitive
functioning, particularly memory, abstract thinking, judgement, and problem solving.
Attention deficit disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A disorder characterized by maladaptive
inattention, hyperactivity, or impulsiveness which results in pervasive and clinically significant
impairment. Some symptoms should have presented before 7 years of age, although it may be
diagnosed in adulthood.
Auditory discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The ability to hear similarities and differences
between sounds.
Auditory memory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The ability to retain and recall that which is heard.
Auditory-motor match - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The process whereby awareness of sound results in
a movement or response.
,Autistic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A disorder beginning in infancy which is characterized by self-
absorption, preoccupation with inanimate objects, and/or dysfunctional, destructive, or ritualistic
behaviors. Individuals who display these characteristics later in life are also sometimes diagnosed with
it. This disorder is a type of pervasive developmental disorder.
Behavioral disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A problem in social behavior which is sufficiently
extreme as to interfere with the learning process.
Cerebral palsy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A series of disorders characterized by problems in
movement, posture, and loss of voluntary muscle control, which are caused by brain injury early in life.
Communication disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A disability which is characterized by the inability
to transfer thought through speech, written word, or bodily gestures.
Conduct disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A persistent pattern of behavior characterized by the
breaking of social norms including serious violations, aggression, destruction, or deceitfulness.
Developmental disability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A disorder originating before the age of 18,
which constitutes a substantial handicap and continues indefinitely. The disabilities include mental
retardation, autism, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, and severe learning disabilities if the origins are related to
mental retardation.
Disruptive behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A type of conduct disorder characterized by
oppositional and defiant behavior which does not meet criteria for other conduct disorders.
Down's syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A congenital abnormality of the trisomy 21 gene (an
extra chromosome), resulting in mental retardation and physical abnormalities.
Fine motor dexterity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The use of small muscles for reaching, grasping, and
manipulating objects.
Forensic psychiatry - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The branch of psychiatry devoted to legal problems
and infractions of law, primarily criminal.
, Gerontology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The study of aging, characteristic behaviors of older adults,
and disorders associated with the later life.
Guided Imagery and Music - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A technique which involves listening to music
in a relaxed state, to elicit imagery, symbols and/or feelings for the purpose of creativity, therapeutic
intervention, self understanding, and spiritual experience.
Hearing impairment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A global term for any degree or type of hearing loss,
including deafness and hard of hearing.
Hyperactivity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Behavior which is characterized by increased or excessive
muscular activity.
Inclusion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The concept of referring to placing children with special needs in
the classroom that they would normally attend, and importing support and prescribed related services
to that classroom.
Individualized Education Plan (IEP) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A written plan of instruction for each
child with special needs, which includes statements of present functioning, long- and short-term goals
and objectives, required services and related information. Every handicapped child must have an IEP
specifying special education and related services where appropriate, according to Public Law 94-142, the
education for the handicapped act.
Juvenile offenders - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Children who have committed offenses, according to
law.
Learning disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A deficit in a specific area related to the processing of
input, (learning) resulting in decreased achievement when compared to the norm; often associated with
perceptual-motor deficiencies or brain damage.
Mental retardation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Sub-average intellectual functioning and impaired
adaptive functioning whose onset is during the developmental period; presently, a person with IQ of 70
or below.
Huntington's disease (chorea) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅An inherited disorder, affecting the CNS and
causing involuntary movements and contortions; may also cause cognitive decline and behavioral
symptoms.
Parkinson's disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A chronic nervous system disorder characterized by
tremor, rigidity, and slow movements.
Williams syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A neurobehavioral congenital disorder characterized
by delayed motor developing, mild to moderate mental retardation, and notable impairment in visual
and spatial functioning. Children display hyperacusis, responsiveness to music, and a social and verbal
fluency.
Alzheimer's disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A progressive, degenerative disease with insidious
onset, characterized by multiple cognitive deficits and significant decline in functioning.
Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A set of symptoms characterized by deterioration in cognitive
functioning, particularly memory, abstract thinking, judgement, and problem solving.
Attention deficit disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A disorder characterized by maladaptive
inattention, hyperactivity, or impulsiveness which results in pervasive and clinically significant
impairment. Some symptoms should have presented before 7 years of age, although it may be
diagnosed in adulthood.
Auditory discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The ability to hear similarities and differences
between sounds.
Auditory memory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The ability to retain and recall that which is heard.
Auditory-motor match - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The process whereby awareness of sound results in
a movement or response.
,Autistic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A disorder beginning in infancy which is characterized by self-
absorption, preoccupation with inanimate objects, and/or dysfunctional, destructive, or ritualistic
behaviors. Individuals who display these characteristics later in life are also sometimes diagnosed with
it. This disorder is a type of pervasive developmental disorder.
Behavioral disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A problem in social behavior which is sufficiently
extreme as to interfere with the learning process.
Cerebral palsy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A series of disorders characterized by problems in
movement, posture, and loss of voluntary muscle control, which are caused by brain injury early in life.
Communication disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A disability which is characterized by the inability
to transfer thought through speech, written word, or bodily gestures.
Conduct disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A persistent pattern of behavior characterized by the
breaking of social norms including serious violations, aggression, destruction, or deceitfulness.
Developmental disability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A disorder originating before the age of 18,
which constitutes a substantial handicap and continues indefinitely. The disabilities include mental
retardation, autism, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, and severe learning disabilities if the origins are related to
mental retardation.
Disruptive behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A type of conduct disorder characterized by
oppositional and defiant behavior which does not meet criteria for other conduct disorders.
Down's syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A congenital abnormality of the trisomy 21 gene (an
extra chromosome), resulting in mental retardation and physical abnormalities.
Fine motor dexterity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The use of small muscles for reaching, grasping, and
manipulating objects.
Forensic psychiatry - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The branch of psychiatry devoted to legal problems
and infractions of law, primarily criminal.
, Gerontology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The study of aging, characteristic behaviors of older adults,
and disorders associated with the later life.
Guided Imagery and Music - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A technique which involves listening to music
in a relaxed state, to elicit imagery, symbols and/or feelings for the purpose of creativity, therapeutic
intervention, self understanding, and spiritual experience.
Hearing impairment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A global term for any degree or type of hearing loss,
including deafness and hard of hearing.
Hyperactivity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Behavior which is characterized by increased or excessive
muscular activity.
Inclusion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The concept of referring to placing children with special needs in
the classroom that they would normally attend, and importing support and prescribed related services
to that classroom.
Individualized Education Plan (IEP) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A written plan of instruction for each
child with special needs, which includes statements of present functioning, long- and short-term goals
and objectives, required services and related information. Every handicapped child must have an IEP
specifying special education and related services where appropriate, according to Public Law 94-142, the
education for the handicapped act.
Juvenile offenders - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Children who have committed offenses, according to
law.
Learning disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A deficit in a specific area related to the processing of
input, (learning) resulting in decreased achievement when compared to the norm; often associated with
perceptual-motor deficiencies or brain damage.
Mental retardation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Sub-average intellectual functioning and impaired
adaptive functioning whose onset is during the developmental period; presently, a person with IQ of 70
or below.
