ILTS 290 – Questions With Comprehensive Solutions
Which of the following milestones of cognitive development have most three-
and four-year-olds achieved?
A: Distinguishing between left and right
B: Stating the months of the year in correct order
C: Understanding of past and present
D: Reading text accurately from a picture book Correct Answer - C:
Understanding of past and present
(Objective 0001) Children follow a predictable sequence when developing
cognitive skills. Most three- and four-year-olds are developing an
understanding of past and present at this age.
Which of the following utterances made by a six-year-old is most closely
associated with a speech impairment?
A: "I goed swimming yesterday." (I went swimming yesterday
B: "Yoot a de bue tain." (Look at the blue train.)
C: "I saw a wabbit." (I saw a rabbit.)
D: "My mommy loves fishes." (My mommy loves fish.) Correct Answer -
B: "Yoot at de bue tain." (Look at the blue train.)
(Objective 0001) Children develop speech sounds in predictable sequences.
This pattern of errors is indicative of a probable speech impairment if
observed in a six-year-old.
Which of the following developmental milestones of communication is most
closely related to a typically developing five-month-old infant?
A: following one-step directions (e.g., "Roll the ball.")
B: pointing to body parts when prompted (e.g., "Where's your nose?")
C: saying one or two words (e.g., Mommy)
D: making babbling sounds (e.g., dadada) Correct Answer - D: making
babbling sounds (e.g., dadada)
(Objective 0001) Most typically developing five-month-old infants are able to
make these types of babbling sounds.
,A high school student with moderate autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may
likely require additional support in which of the following areas of social-
emotional development?
A: responding in an expected way to the facial expressions of others
B: expressing positive emotional reactions to situations
C: engaging in high-interest tasks for extended periods of time
D: separating from family members at the beginning of the school day
Correct Answer - A: responding in an expected way to the facial
expressions of others
(Objective 0001) People with ASD often have challenges with knowing how to
respond to nonverbal cues such as facial expressions in ways that the other
person may be expecting.
Which of the following emotional responses to accidentally breaking a toy
would be typical of a two-year-old child who is developing along expected
timelines?
A: refusing to continue playing for the rest of the day
B: crying and asking for the toy to be fixed
C: displaying fearfulness of the adult who provided the toy
D: becoming withdrawn and unresponsive to attempts to engage Correct
Answer - B: crying and asking for the toy to be fixed
(Objective 0001) Two-year-old children often struggle to manage big
emotions such as feeling frustrated when a toy breaks, resulting in behaviors
such as crying.
Which of the following processes for learning across domains best supports
early elementary school students' development?
A: teaching students explicit academic skills to work on for a specified number
of minutes a day
B: ensuring students are meeting expected developmental milestones at the
same rate
C: encouraging students to review new content learning independently each
day
D: engaging students in frequent unstructured play and exploration Correct
Answer - D: engaging students in frequent unstructured play and
exploration
,(Objective 0001) Research shows that children at this age learn best through
play activities that engage cognitive skills through a sense of discovery and
exploration.
A young child is exposed to rich, meaningful conversations and engages in
many discussions with family members. This will most likely support the
child's development in which of the following areas of literacy development?
A: phonemic awareness
B: reading fluency
C: vocabulary knowledge
D: reading comprehension Correct Answer - C: vocabulary knowledge
(Objective 0001) Research demonstrates a positive correlation between oral
language development and vocabulary knowledge.
A second-grade student recently arrived from another country to the US. The
students demonstrates a speech sound disorder when speaking their home
languages, which had a different alphabetic system than English. As a results
of these factors, which of the following language milestones will be most
directly impacted when the student learns English?
A: accurately decoding written words
B: acquiring the meaning of social vocabulary
C: using appropriate greetings with teachers and peers
D: understanding one- and two-step directions Correct Answer - A:
accurately decoding written words
(Objective 0001) A speech sound disorder would affect the pronunciation of
speech sounds in both the home language and in English.
Which of the following descriptions best characterizes a student with a
developmental delay?
A: A 15-year-old resists changes in the daily routine and refuses to complete
transitions.
B: A 12-year-old struggles to retain the meaning of academic vocabulary
C: A 10-year-old develops physical symptoms associated with fear and anxiety
D: A 5-year-old does not yet understand the concept of counting or sorting
objects by color Correct Answer - D: A 5-year-old does not yet
understand the concept of counting or sorting objects by color
, (Objective 0001) Illinois defines developmental delay for the purpose of
school-based special education services as applying to children between the
ages of three and nine. Based on appropriate diagnostic testing, the five-year-
old child in this scenario may have a developmental delay in the area of
cognition.
A six-year-old student with mixed hearing loss often struggled to hear some
word endings. Which of the following challenged related to language
development may the student face as a result?
A: misinterpreting the facial expressions and gestures of others
B: struggling to understand the concept of letter-sound associations
C: misunderstanding and misusing verb tenses and plural word forms
D: comprehending orally presented information with many details Correct
Answer - C: misunderstanding and misusing verb tenses and plural word
forms
(Objective 0002) If a student does not correctly hear the work endings -s and -
ed, this could result in the misuse of verb tense and pluralization.
Early in the school year, a parent of a five-year old with a developmental delay
has noticed their child has been having more difficulty with behavior at home
since school started and asks the child's teacher for suggestions on
establishing a more predictable schedule for the child when not at school.
Which of the following resources should the teacher suggest?
A: a web site that shares the importance and positive impacts of home
routines for young children
B: a list of after-school child-care services that advertise strengths in structure
and routine
C: an article recommending age-appropriate chores that can be added to the
child's daily routine
D: a list of sample home routines for the parent to model and adapt as needed
Correct Answer - D: a list of sample home routines for the parent to model
and adapt as needed
(Objective 0002) Providing examples of home routines best meets the
parent's need for guidance on establishing a predictable routine in their own
home.
Which of the following milestones of cognitive development have most three-
and four-year-olds achieved?
A: Distinguishing between left and right
B: Stating the months of the year in correct order
C: Understanding of past and present
D: Reading text accurately from a picture book Correct Answer - C:
Understanding of past and present
(Objective 0001) Children follow a predictable sequence when developing
cognitive skills. Most three- and four-year-olds are developing an
understanding of past and present at this age.
Which of the following utterances made by a six-year-old is most closely
associated with a speech impairment?
A: "I goed swimming yesterday." (I went swimming yesterday
B: "Yoot a de bue tain." (Look at the blue train.)
C: "I saw a wabbit." (I saw a rabbit.)
D: "My mommy loves fishes." (My mommy loves fish.) Correct Answer -
B: "Yoot at de bue tain." (Look at the blue train.)
(Objective 0001) Children develop speech sounds in predictable sequences.
This pattern of errors is indicative of a probable speech impairment if
observed in a six-year-old.
Which of the following developmental milestones of communication is most
closely related to a typically developing five-month-old infant?
A: following one-step directions (e.g., "Roll the ball.")
B: pointing to body parts when prompted (e.g., "Where's your nose?")
C: saying one or two words (e.g., Mommy)
D: making babbling sounds (e.g., dadada) Correct Answer - D: making
babbling sounds (e.g., dadada)
(Objective 0001) Most typically developing five-month-old infants are able to
make these types of babbling sounds.
,A high school student with moderate autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may
likely require additional support in which of the following areas of social-
emotional development?
A: responding in an expected way to the facial expressions of others
B: expressing positive emotional reactions to situations
C: engaging in high-interest tasks for extended periods of time
D: separating from family members at the beginning of the school day
Correct Answer - A: responding in an expected way to the facial
expressions of others
(Objective 0001) People with ASD often have challenges with knowing how to
respond to nonverbal cues such as facial expressions in ways that the other
person may be expecting.
Which of the following emotional responses to accidentally breaking a toy
would be typical of a two-year-old child who is developing along expected
timelines?
A: refusing to continue playing for the rest of the day
B: crying and asking for the toy to be fixed
C: displaying fearfulness of the adult who provided the toy
D: becoming withdrawn and unresponsive to attempts to engage Correct
Answer - B: crying and asking for the toy to be fixed
(Objective 0001) Two-year-old children often struggle to manage big
emotions such as feeling frustrated when a toy breaks, resulting in behaviors
such as crying.
Which of the following processes for learning across domains best supports
early elementary school students' development?
A: teaching students explicit academic skills to work on for a specified number
of minutes a day
B: ensuring students are meeting expected developmental milestones at the
same rate
C: encouraging students to review new content learning independently each
day
D: engaging students in frequent unstructured play and exploration Correct
Answer - D: engaging students in frequent unstructured play and
exploration
,(Objective 0001) Research shows that children at this age learn best through
play activities that engage cognitive skills through a sense of discovery and
exploration.
A young child is exposed to rich, meaningful conversations and engages in
many discussions with family members. This will most likely support the
child's development in which of the following areas of literacy development?
A: phonemic awareness
B: reading fluency
C: vocabulary knowledge
D: reading comprehension Correct Answer - C: vocabulary knowledge
(Objective 0001) Research demonstrates a positive correlation between oral
language development and vocabulary knowledge.
A second-grade student recently arrived from another country to the US. The
students demonstrates a speech sound disorder when speaking their home
languages, which had a different alphabetic system than English. As a results
of these factors, which of the following language milestones will be most
directly impacted when the student learns English?
A: accurately decoding written words
B: acquiring the meaning of social vocabulary
C: using appropriate greetings with teachers and peers
D: understanding one- and two-step directions Correct Answer - A:
accurately decoding written words
(Objective 0001) A speech sound disorder would affect the pronunciation of
speech sounds in both the home language and in English.
Which of the following descriptions best characterizes a student with a
developmental delay?
A: A 15-year-old resists changes in the daily routine and refuses to complete
transitions.
B: A 12-year-old struggles to retain the meaning of academic vocabulary
C: A 10-year-old develops physical symptoms associated with fear and anxiety
D: A 5-year-old does not yet understand the concept of counting or sorting
objects by color Correct Answer - D: A 5-year-old does not yet
understand the concept of counting or sorting objects by color
, (Objective 0001) Illinois defines developmental delay for the purpose of
school-based special education services as applying to children between the
ages of three and nine. Based on appropriate diagnostic testing, the five-year-
old child in this scenario may have a developmental delay in the area of
cognition.
A six-year-old student with mixed hearing loss often struggled to hear some
word endings. Which of the following challenged related to language
development may the student face as a result?
A: misinterpreting the facial expressions and gestures of others
B: struggling to understand the concept of letter-sound associations
C: misunderstanding and misusing verb tenses and plural word forms
D: comprehending orally presented information with many details Correct
Answer - C: misunderstanding and misusing verb tenses and plural word
forms
(Objective 0002) If a student does not correctly hear the work endings -s and -
ed, this could result in the misuse of verb tense and pluralization.
Early in the school year, a parent of a five-year old with a developmental delay
has noticed their child has been having more difficulty with behavior at home
since school started and asks the child's teacher for suggestions on
establishing a more predictable schedule for the child when not at school.
Which of the following resources should the teacher suggest?
A: a web site that shares the importance and positive impacts of home
routines for young children
B: a list of after-school child-care services that advertise strengths in structure
and routine
C: an article recommending age-appropriate chores that can be added to the
child's daily routine
D: a list of sample home routines for the parent to model and adapt as needed
Correct Answer - D: a list of sample home routines for the parent to model
and adapt as needed
(Objective 0002) Providing examples of home routines best meets the
parent's need for guidance on establishing a predictable routine in their own
home.
