ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH SOLVED SOUTIONS.
1. Orientation: the process of using the sense to establish one's position and
relationship to other significant objects in the environment
2. Mobility: the capacity or facility for safe, effective, and efficient movement through
one's environment
3. O&M Professional: -O&M instructor, O&M specialist, or COMS
4. O&M Professional Studies: -grad school program
-vision
-the eye
-low vision
-psych of vision loss
-environmental access
-precane & cane methodologies
5. COMS are certified by:: Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and
Education Professionals
(ACVREP)
6. Who provides the credential?: National Blindness Professional Certification
Board
-NOMC
7. COMS usually works:: one on one with student following a customized plan of
instruction, with independence and safety as goals
8. Why is O&M important?: -basic independence involves self-determined human
locomotion
-comfort and effectiveness of movement aids ADLs for individuals who are visually
impaired and deaf-blind
-restricted movement has negative physical and psychosocial impact
9. When should O&M begin?: AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE
-to effect long term outcomes
-learning capacity is at its greatest at ages 0-6
-research shows birth to age 3 intervention improves learning for ages 3-5
10. T/F: Many young children continue to be denied O&M instruction despite
educational regulations and laws.: True
11. Persons with blindness or visual impairments should be referred for O&M
services when he/she:: -has experienced a significant change in vision
1/7
, -needs to beome familiar with a new environment or route
-when vision loss infringes on movement typical for the consumer
-when seeking evaluation to learn a special mobility device, such as a dog guide or
GPS
12. Conceptual prerequisites O&M foundations are built upon:: -spatial relation-
ships: self and objects
2/7
WITH SOLVED SOUTIONS.
1. Orientation: the process of using the sense to establish one's position and
relationship to other significant objects in the environment
2. Mobility: the capacity or facility for safe, effective, and efficient movement through
one's environment
3. O&M Professional: -O&M instructor, O&M specialist, or COMS
4. O&M Professional Studies: -grad school program
-vision
-the eye
-low vision
-psych of vision loss
-environmental access
-precane & cane methodologies
5. COMS are certified by:: Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and
Education Professionals
(ACVREP)
6. Who provides the credential?: National Blindness Professional Certification
Board
-NOMC
7. COMS usually works:: one on one with student following a customized plan of
instruction, with independence and safety as goals
8. Why is O&M important?: -basic independence involves self-determined human
locomotion
-comfort and effectiveness of movement aids ADLs for individuals who are visually
impaired and deaf-blind
-restricted movement has negative physical and psychosocial impact
9. When should O&M begin?: AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE
-to effect long term outcomes
-learning capacity is at its greatest at ages 0-6
-research shows birth to age 3 intervention improves learning for ages 3-5
10. T/F: Many young children continue to be denied O&M instruction despite
educational regulations and laws.: True
11. Persons with blindness or visual impairments should be referred for O&M
services when he/she:: -has experienced a significant change in vision
1/7
, -needs to beome familiar with a new environment or route
-when vision loss infringes on movement typical for the consumer
-when seeking evaluation to learn a special mobility device, such as a dog guide or
GPS
12. Conceptual prerequisites O&M foundations are built upon:: -spatial relation-
ships: self and objects
2/7
