EDSP 3700 - FINAL EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Nick Vujicic, a man without arms or legs, uses his life to motivate others to see what they can do. This
illustrates how the focus on persons with disabilities should be: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔On what they
can do
Most exceptional learners: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Are average in more ways than they are not
When special education works as it should, the outcome for students is: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Improved achievement and behavior
Most historians trace the beginning of special education as we know it today to this individual. This
person was one of the first to educate a child with a disability: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Jean-Marc-
Gaspard Itard
Under IDEA, each state and locality must have a plan to ensure all of the following EXCEPT: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Providing services to equal numbers of males and females
In the case of Hudson vs. Rowley, the US Supreme Court ruled that the school did not have to provide a
sign interpreter for Amy Rowley, a child who was deaf, because she had an IEP that allowed her to
achieve at or above an average level for her age.The decision interpreted which component of P.L. 94-
142? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Free, appropriate public education
Schools must provide an individualized program for each student who requires special education
services. This means that: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔An educational program called an IEP must be written
for each student who requires special education services
Each of the following people is typically on an IEP team EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A special
education lawyer
Accommodations for evaluation procedures of students with disabilities might include all of the
following EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Allowing the student to choose which assessment to take
,In co-teaching: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔General and special educators teach together in the same
classroom
Response to intervention (RTI): - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Can be applied to social behavior and academic
learning
The founder of the Special Olympics was: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Eunice Kennedy Shriver
The legislation that passed at the end of 2015 upholding standards based accountability and adding
highly qualified teacher component: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Every student succeeds act
An IFSP refers to an: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Individualized family service plan
In the not too distant past, many professionals tended to believe that parents of children with
disabilities were: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔To blame for many of their child's problems
The reactions of extended family members are important because they can often play a critical role in: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Providing support and comfort
Which one of the following best describes the purpose of multicultural education? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔It provides equal educational opportunities to all students
Each of the following components must be included on an individualized education program (IEP)
EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Students IQ score
The primary purpose of home-note program from one of the child's teachers is to: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Allow parents to communicate with all professionals who deal with their child
A 3-tiered system of instruction that screens for those likely to fail then monitors student progress to
determine how an intervention strategy is impacting their learning: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Response to
intervention
, In the vast majority of cases, we are unable to identify the exact reason why a child is exceptional -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔TRUE
A disability is always a handicap - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔FALSE
The female gender is overrepresented in special education - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔FALSE
The IEP must include a description of how a child's progress toward annual goals will be measured and
reported - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔TRUE
The individualized education program (IEP) is not required to be a written statement - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔FALSE
Students with disabilities are excluded from participation in the school's high-stakes standardized
assessment procedures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔FALSE
An individual can be a member of many subcultures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔TRUE
A student with a disability can take an alternate assessment to the regular state standardized test if
specified in their IEP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔TRUE
Parents of a child with a disability who choose not to be involved with decision making at school
probably are neglectful at home - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔FALSE
If some of the members of the IEP team are unable to attend a meeting, it is fine to have the meeting
without them and review the outcome with them later - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔FALSE
A general education teacher does not need to be part of the IEP meeting - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔FALSE
ANSWERS
Nick Vujicic, a man without arms or legs, uses his life to motivate others to see what they can do. This
illustrates how the focus on persons with disabilities should be: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔On what they
can do
Most exceptional learners: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Are average in more ways than they are not
When special education works as it should, the outcome for students is: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Improved achievement and behavior
Most historians trace the beginning of special education as we know it today to this individual. This
person was one of the first to educate a child with a disability: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Jean-Marc-
Gaspard Itard
Under IDEA, each state and locality must have a plan to ensure all of the following EXCEPT: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Providing services to equal numbers of males and females
In the case of Hudson vs. Rowley, the US Supreme Court ruled that the school did not have to provide a
sign interpreter for Amy Rowley, a child who was deaf, because she had an IEP that allowed her to
achieve at or above an average level for her age.The decision interpreted which component of P.L. 94-
142? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Free, appropriate public education
Schools must provide an individualized program for each student who requires special education
services. This means that: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔An educational program called an IEP must be written
for each student who requires special education services
Each of the following people is typically on an IEP team EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A special
education lawyer
Accommodations for evaluation procedures of students with disabilities might include all of the
following EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Allowing the student to choose which assessment to take
,In co-teaching: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔General and special educators teach together in the same
classroom
Response to intervention (RTI): - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Can be applied to social behavior and academic
learning
The founder of the Special Olympics was: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Eunice Kennedy Shriver
The legislation that passed at the end of 2015 upholding standards based accountability and adding
highly qualified teacher component: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Every student succeeds act
An IFSP refers to an: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Individualized family service plan
In the not too distant past, many professionals tended to believe that parents of children with
disabilities were: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔To blame for many of their child's problems
The reactions of extended family members are important because they can often play a critical role in: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Providing support and comfort
Which one of the following best describes the purpose of multicultural education? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔It provides equal educational opportunities to all students
Each of the following components must be included on an individualized education program (IEP)
EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Students IQ score
The primary purpose of home-note program from one of the child's teachers is to: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Allow parents to communicate with all professionals who deal with their child
A 3-tiered system of instruction that screens for those likely to fail then monitors student progress to
determine how an intervention strategy is impacting their learning: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Response to
intervention
, In the vast majority of cases, we are unable to identify the exact reason why a child is exceptional -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔TRUE
A disability is always a handicap - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔FALSE
The female gender is overrepresented in special education - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔FALSE
The IEP must include a description of how a child's progress toward annual goals will be measured and
reported - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔TRUE
The individualized education program (IEP) is not required to be a written statement - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔FALSE
Students with disabilities are excluded from participation in the school's high-stakes standardized
assessment procedures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔FALSE
An individual can be a member of many subcultures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔TRUE
A student with a disability can take an alternate assessment to the regular state standardized test if
specified in their IEP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔TRUE
Parents of a child with a disability who choose not to be involved with decision making at school
probably are neglectful at home - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔FALSE
If some of the members of the IEP team are unable to attend a meeting, it is fine to have the meeting
without them and review the outcome with them later - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔FALSE
A general education teacher does not need to be part of the IEP meeting - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔FALSE
