NES Special Education Exam 2025 LATEST UPDATE 130
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH MOST TESTED
QUESTIONS// GRADED A+
A special education teacher in a middle school wishes to establish a token economy system with the
students in his self-contained classroom. Which of the following guidelines would be most important
for the teacher in helping ensure this system's effectiveness?
a. Provide tokens immediately after students demonstrate targeted behavior.
b. Emphasize group rewards rather than individual rewards for earning a specific number of tokens.
c. Give at least one verbal warning before taking tokens away for inappropriate behavior.
d. Chart the number of tokens each student earns so that students can easily compare their
performances. - ANSWER-a. Provide tokens immediately after students demonstrate targeted
behavior.
A new special educator will be teaching elementary students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in
a self-contained classroom. Which of the following guidelines would be most important for the
special educator to follow in planning and managing the learning environment?
a. Incorporate multisensory experiences into instruction.
b. Establish behavioral expectations that are the same for all students.
c. Provide a variety of activities each day to maintain students' attention.
d. Develop consistent and predictable daily routines. - ANSWER-d. Develop consistent and
predictable daily routines.
A new special education teacher will be working in a self-contained classroom with elementary
students. Which of the following strategies would be most effective for the teacher to use in creating
classroom rules?
a. writing a list of classroom rules on a board in front of the classroom and having students copy the
list to keep at their desks or in their notebooks for reference.
b. working with students to create a list of five to seven positively stated classroom rules and using
modeling to teach students the behaviors reflected by these rules.
c. telling students the classroom rules on the first day of school and beginning each day by briefly
reviewing behavioral expectations with them.
d. sending home a list of rules for parents/guardians to review and having students sign a contract
stating that they agree to follow the rules. - ANSWER-b. working with students to create a list of
five to seven positively stated classroom rules and using modeling to teach students the behaviors
reflected by these rules.
,A middle school student with learning disabilities and a moderate bilateral hearing loss who wears
behind-the-ear hearing aids will be attending general education classes throughout the school day. A
special educator will be servicing as a consultant to the student's general education teachers. To
promote the student's success in the general education setting, the special educator's first step
should be to:
a. develop a daily schedule for the student that minimizes the number of classroom transitions the
student needs to make each day.
b. discuss grading practices with the teachers to help ensure that they are consistent in evaluating
the student's work.
c. ask a peer in each of the student's classes to check that the student understands homework and
in-class assignments.
d. ensure that the teachers understand the student's communication needs and accommodations for
meeting those needs. - ANSWER-d. ensure that the teachers understand the student's
communication needs and accommodations for meeting those needs.
A second-grade student with spastic cerebral palsy and a moderate intellectual disability will begin
attending a general education class for two hours twice a week. Which of the following approaches
would be the most effective for a special education teacher in facilitating the student's integration
into the new setting?
a. assigning a peer within the general education class to provide assistance to the student as needed.
b. assuring the student that if he does not feel comfortable in the classroom by a specific date, then
he can stop attending the class.
c. working with the general education teacher to modify activities so that the student can participate
to the best of his ability.
d. asking the student's parents to provide extrinsic rewards to him for the first month he attends the
new class. - ANSWER-c. working with the general education teacher to modify activities so that the
student can participate to the best of his ability.
A special education teacher would like to create a classroom climate that fosters students' respect for
diversity. Which of the following strategies would likely be the MOST effective for this purpose?
a. assigning students to research a culture they are unfamiliar with.
b. ensuring that instructional materials reflect the diversity of students.
c. organizing a diversity day on which students can try food and games from various cultures.
d. celebrating important holidays from various cultures throughout the school year. - ANSWER-b.
ensuring that instructional materials reflect the diversity of students.
,An elementary school special education teacher routinely assigns jobs (e.g. watering plants, setting
the table for snacks, being the line leader) to students to this self-contained coordinated class. This
practice would be especially effective for helping the students:
a. develop a sense of responsibility as members of the classroom community.
b. establish friendships with one another.
c. develop intrinsic motivation to succeed at school.
d. learn to work cooperatively with one another to complete various tasks. - ANSWER-a. develop a
sense of responsibility as members of the classroom community.
A special education teacher has noticed an increase in verbal arguments between the middle school
students in the self-contained class. The teacher is concerned that the students' arguments will
escalate into a physical altercation. Which of the following steps should the teacher take FIRST in an
effort to prevent this behavior from escalating?
a. Telephone each student's parents/guardians to discuss his concerns.
b. Request that the school administrator talk to the students.
c. Meet with the students to discuss why they have been arguing and discuss possible solutions.
d. Arrange for one of the students to be placed in a different class. - ANSWER-c. Meet with the
students to discuss why they have been arguing and discuss possible solutions.
A new special education teacher will soon begin working with a class of high school students who
have emotional impairments. Several of the students have a significant history of physical aggression.
Which of the following steps would be most important for the teacher to take in preparing for the
upcoming school year?
a. Request that a full-time aide be assigned to the class specifically to monitor students' behavior.
b. Collaborate with other team members to establish a crisis intervention plan.
c. Meet with the class before the school year begins to discuss classroom expectations.
d. Read recent journal articles regarding the use of behavior management techniques. - ANSWER-
b. Collaborate with other team members to establish a crisis intervention plan.
A fourth-grade teacher asks the special education teacher to recommend a strategy for helping a
student with an emotional impairment make transitions between academic tasks. The most
appropriate initial response from the special educator would be to:
a. identify in measurable terms the specific behaviors expected of the student.
b. assign the student a peer who can model appropriate behaviors.
c. create a visual or auditory prompt tp cue the student before a new task.
, d. post a daily schedule prominently in the classroom to which the student can refer. - ANSWER-a.
identify in measurable terms the specific behaviors expected of the student.
Which of the following strategies would be most effective for a special educator to use in creating a
motivating learning environment for students with Down syndrome?
a. providing tangible rewards from teachers and support staff continuously throughout the day.
b. planning activities in which the students' own efforts bring them success.
c. encouraging students to master one skill completely before moving on to a new skill.
d. focusing on independent activities to avoid having students compare their performance with that
of their peers. - ANSWER-b. planning activities in which the students' own efforts bring them
success.
A special education teacher is most likely to have a positive effect on the education of students with
disabilities by recognizing that:
a. teacher need to use the same instructional strategies throughout teach students school
experience.
b. students understand themselves better than anyone else and know the instructional strategies
that are best for them.
c. teachers need several months to experiment with a variety of curriculum modifications before
finding one that works.
d. students have unique strengths and needs that form the basis for individualized instruction. -
ANSWER-d. students have unique strengths and needs that form the basis for individualized
instruction.
When selecting software to supplement math instruction for students with learning disabilities in
math, a special educator should look for software that:
a. presents discrete concepts or tasks using a variety of problem types and formats.
b. allows the modification of features such as instructional level and presentation speed.
c. offers the student an unlimited number of attempts to solve a given problem.
d. provides an alternative instructional approach to the one used by the teacher. - ANSWER-b.
allows the modification of features such as instructional level and presentation speed.
Which of the following behaviors best indicates that the student has begun to gain an understanding
of letter-sound relationships?
a. A student writes "hwg" and tells the teacher it says "dragon."
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH MOST TESTED
QUESTIONS// GRADED A+
A special education teacher in a middle school wishes to establish a token economy system with the
students in his self-contained classroom. Which of the following guidelines would be most important
for the teacher in helping ensure this system's effectiveness?
a. Provide tokens immediately after students demonstrate targeted behavior.
b. Emphasize group rewards rather than individual rewards for earning a specific number of tokens.
c. Give at least one verbal warning before taking tokens away for inappropriate behavior.
d. Chart the number of tokens each student earns so that students can easily compare their
performances. - ANSWER-a. Provide tokens immediately after students demonstrate targeted
behavior.
A new special educator will be teaching elementary students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in
a self-contained classroom. Which of the following guidelines would be most important for the
special educator to follow in planning and managing the learning environment?
a. Incorporate multisensory experiences into instruction.
b. Establish behavioral expectations that are the same for all students.
c. Provide a variety of activities each day to maintain students' attention.
d. Develop consistent and predictable daily routines. - ANSWER-d. Develop consistent and
predictable daily routines.
A new special education teacher will be working in a self-contained classroom with elementary
students. Which of the following strategies would be most effective for the teacher to use in creating
classroom rules?
a. writing a list of classroom rules on a board in front of the classroom and having students copy the
list to keep at their desks or in their notebooks for reference.
b. working with students to create a list of five to seven positively stated classroom rules and using
modeling to teach students the behaviors reflected by these rules.
c. telling students the classroom rules on the first day of school and beginning each day by briefly
reviewing behavioral expectations with them.
d. sending home a list of rules for parents/guardians to review and having students sign a contract
stating that they agree to follow the rules. - ANSWER-b. working with students to create a list of
five to seven positively stated classroom rules and using modeling to teach students the behaviors
reflected by these rules.
,A middle school student with learning disabilities and a moderate bilateral hearing loss who wears
behind-the-ear hearing aids will be attending general education classes throughout the school day. A
special educator will be servicing as a consultant to the student's general education teachers. To
promote the student's success in the general education setting, the special educator's first step
should be to:
a. develop a daily schedule for the student that minimizes the number of classroom transitions the
student needs to make each day.
b. discuss grading practices with the teachers to help ensure that they are consistent in evaluating
the student's work.
c. ask a peer in each of the student's classes to check that the student understands homework and
in-class assignments.
d. ensure that the teachers understand the student's communication needs and accommodations for
meeting those needs. - ANSWER-d. ensure that the teachers understand the student's
communication needs and accommodations for meeting those needs.
A second-grade student with spastic cerebral palsy and a moderate intellectual disability will begin
attending a general education class for two hours twice a week. Which of the following approaches
would be the most effective for a special education teacher in facilitating the student's integration
into the new setting?
a. assigning a peer within the general education class to provide assistance to the student as needed.
b. assuring the student that if he does not feel comfortable in the classroom by a specific date, then
he can stop attending the class.
c. working with the general education teacher to modify activities so that the student can participate
to the best of his ability.
d. asking the student's parents to provide extrinsic rewards to him for the first month he attends the
new class. - ANSWER-c. working with the general education teacher to modify activities so that the
student can participate to the best of his ability.
A special education teacher would like to create a classroom climate that fosters students' respect for
diversity. Which of the following strategies would likely be the MOST effective for this purpose?
a. assigning students to research a culture they are unfamiliar with.
b. ensuring that instructional materials reflect the diversity of students.
c. organizing a diversity day on which students can try food and games from various cultures.
d. celebrating important holidays from various cultures throughout the school year. - ANSWER-b.
ensuring that instructional materials reflect the diversity of students.
,An elementary school special education teacher routinely assigns jobs (e.g. watering plants, setting
the table for snacks, being the line leader) to students to this self-contained coordinated class. This
practice would be especially effective for helping the students:
a. develop a sense of responsibility as members of the classroom community.
b. establish friendships with one another.
c. develop intrinsic motivation to succeed at school.
d. learn to work cooperatively with one another to complete various tasks. - ANSWER-a. develop a
sense of responsibility as members of the classroom community.
A special education teacher has noticed an increase in verbal arguments between the middle school
students in the self-contained class. The teacher is concerned that the students' arguments will
escalate into a physical altercation. Which of the following steps should the teacher take FIRST in an
effort to prevent this behavior from escalating?
a. Telephone each student's parents/guardians to discuss his concerns.
b. Request that the school administrator talk to the students.
c. Meet with the students to discuss why they have been arguing and discuss possible solutions.
d. Arrange for one of the students to be placed in a different class. - ANSWER-c. Meet with the
students to discuss why they have been arguing and discuss possible solutions.
A new special education teacher will soon begin working with a class of high school students who
have emotional impairments. Several of the students have a significant history of physical aggression.
Which of the following steps would be most important for the teacher to take in preparing for the
upcoming school year?
a. Request that a full-time aide be assigned to the class specifically to monitor students' behavior.
b. Collaborate with other team members to establish a crisis intervention plan.
c. Meet with the class before the school year begins to discuss classroom expectations.
d. Read recent journal articles regarding the use of behavior management techniques. - ANSWER-
b. Collaborate with other team members to establish a crisis intervention plan.
A fourth-grade teacher asks the special education teacher to recommend a strategy for helping a
student with an emotional impairment make transitions between academic tasks. The most
appropriate initial response from the special educator would be to:
a. identify in measurable terms the specific behaviors expected of the student.
b. assign the student a peer who can model appropriate behaviors.
c. create a visual or auditory prompt tp cue the student before a new task.
, d. post a daily schedule prominently in the classroom to which the student can refer. - ANSWER-a.
identify in measurable terms the specific behaviors expected of the student.
Which of the following strategies would be most effective for a special educator to use in creating a
motivating learning environment for students with Down syndrome?
a. providing tangible rewards from teachers and support staff continuously throughout the day.
b. planning activities in which the students' own efforts bring them success.
c. encouraging students to master one skill completely before moving on to a new skill.
d. focusing on independent activities to avoid having students compare their performance with that
of their peers. - ANSWER-b. planning activities in which the students' own efforts bring them
success.
A special education teacher is most likely to have a positive effect on the education of students with
disabilities by recognizing that:
a. teacher need to use the same instructional strategies throughout teach students school
experience.
b. students understand themselves better than anyone else and know the instructional strategies
that are best for them.
c. teachers need several months to experiment with a variety of curriculum modifications before
finding one that works.
d. students have unique strengths and needs that form the basis for individualized instruction. -
ANSWER-d. students have unique strengths and needs that form the basis for individualized
instruction.
When selecting software to supplement math instruction for students with learning disabilities in
math, a special educator should look for software that:
a. presents discrete concepts or tasks using a variety of problem types and formats.
b. allows the modification of features such as instructional level and presentation speed.
c. offers the student an unlimited number of attempts to solve a given problem.
d. provides an alternative instructional approach to the one used by the teacher. - ANSWER-b.
allows the modification of features such as instructional level and presentation speed.
Which of the following behaviors best indicates that the student has begun to gain an understanding
of letter-sound relationships?
a. A student writes "hwg" and tells the teacher it says "dragon."
