Test #3 Autism Spectrum Disorders
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
T/F An Autistic Disorder is described in three main characteristics:
• Impaired communication
• Impaired social interaction
• Restricted, repetitive and stereotyped patterns and behavior interest - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
•Autistic Disorder
•Aspersers' Disorder
•Rett's Disorder
•PDD-Not Otherwise Specified
•Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
The above are described under the umbrella of
-Autism Specrum Disorders
-Pragmatic Disorders
-Pervasive Developmental Disorders - CORRECT ANSWER - Pervasive Developmental
Disorders
T/F Asperser's Disorder and Child disintegrative disorder have gone away because the DSM-5 no
longer uses them. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
T/F ASD Continuum comprised of autism, Asperser's and PDD- - CORRECT ANSWER -
True
,"the concept of autism is evolving from the singular autistic disorder into the plural ______"
-autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs)
-Asperger's
-ADHD - CORRECT ANSWER - autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs)
Wing (1997) said that attempt to differentiate b/t these disorders have been "arbitrary...difficult to
apply and _______in clinical practice"
Helpful or unhelpful - CORRECT ANSWER - Unhelpful
Changes in ASD diagnostic suggest that there are not 3 core features, but rather 2:
Select one.
-social and communication deficits exist together
-Gestures and language
-echolalia and associated conditions - CORRECT ANSWER - social and communication
deficits exist together
T/F Diagnosticians are good at distinguishing ASD vs. not ASD, but lack consistency regarding
autism vs. PDD-NOS vs. Aspersers' - CORRECT ANSWER - True
The goal was not to exclude people with ASD but rather to be ____________ (correct inclusion)
and more ___________ (correct exclusion)
Sensitive and/or specific - CORRECT ANSWER - Sensitive; specific
_________the description of behaviors from etiology and associated conditions
, Unite or Separate - CORRECT ANSWER - Seprate
T/F Deficits in Social Communication/ Social Interaction both DO NOTt need to be met -
CORRECT ANSWER - False
-Decreased sharing of interests
-Decreased sharing of affect
-Decreased/ total lack of initiation of social interaction
The above Describe.
-Deficits in social emotional reciprocity
-Deficits in nonverbal communication behaviors used for social interaction
- Deficits in developing and maintaining relationship adjusting behavior to social contexts
appropriate to developmental level - CORRECT ANSWER - Deficits in social emotional
reciprocity
-Deficits in eye contact
-Lack of facial expression and gesture
The above describe.
-Deficits in social emotional reciprocity
-Deficits in nonverbal communication behaviors used for social interaction
- Deficits in developing and maintaining relationship adjusting behavior to social contexts
appropriate to developmental level - CORRECT ANSWER - Deficits in nonverbal
communication behaviors used for social interaction
Decreased imaginative play, lack of interest in making friends, absence of interest in people
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
T/F An Autistic Disorder is described in three main characteristics:
• Impaired communication
• Impaired social interaction
• Restricted, repetitive and stereotyped patterns and behavior interest - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
•Autistic Disorder
•Aspersers' Disorder
•Rett's Disorder
•PDD-Not Otherwise Specified
•Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
The above are described under the umbrella of
-Autism Specrum Disorders
-Pragmatic Disorders
-Pervasive Developmental Disorders - CORRECT ANSWER - Pervasive Developmental
Disorders
T/F Asperser's Disorder and Child disintegrative disorder have gone away because the DSM-5 no
longer uses them. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
T/F ASD Continuum comprised of autism, Asperser's and PDD- - CORRECT ANSWER -
True
,"the concept of autism is evolving from the singular autistic disorder into the plural ______"
-autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs)
-Asperger's
-ADHD - CORRECT ANSWER - autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs)
Wing (1997) said that attempt to differentiate b/t these disorders have been "arbitrary...difficult to
apply and _______in clinical practice"
Helpful or unhelpful - CORRECT ANSWER - Unhelpful
Changes in ASD diagnostic suggest that there are not 3 core features, but rather 2:
Select one.
-social and communication deficits exist together
-Gestures and language
-echolalia and associated conditions - CORRECT ANSWER - social and communication
deficits exist together
T/F Diagnosticians are good at distinguishing ASD vs. not ASD, but lack consistency regarding
autism vs. PDD-NOS vs. Aspersers' - CORRECT ANSWER - True
The goal was not to exclude people with ASD but rather to be ____________ (correct inclusion)
and more ___________ (correct exclusion)
Sensitive and/or specific - CORRECT ANSWER - Sensitive; specific
_________the description of behaviors from etiology and associated conditions
, Unite or Separate - CORRECT ANSWER - Seprate
T/F Deficits in Social Communication/ Social Interaction both DO NOTt need to be met -
CORRECT ANSWER - False
-Decreased sharing of interests
-Decreased sharing of affect
-Decreased/ total lack of initiation of social interaction
The above Describe.
-Deficits in social emotional reciprocity
-Deficits in nonverbal communication behaviors used for social interaction
- Deficits in developing and maintaining relationship adjusting behavior to social contexts
appropriate to developmental level - CORRECT ANSWER - Deficits in social emotional
reciprocity
-Deficits in eye contact
-Lack of facial expression and gesture
The above describe.
-Deficits in social emotional reciprocity
-Deficits in nonverbal communication behaviors used for social interaction
- Deficits in developing and maintaining relationship adjusting behavior to social contexts
appropriate to developmental level - CORRECT ANSWER - Deficits in nonverbal
communication behaviors used for social interaction
Decreased imaginative play, lack of interest in making friends, absence of interest in people
