AEPA PRACTICE TEST // SPED EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
According to the Assistive Technology Act, assistive devices are:
a. Electronic devices that support learning such as computers, calculators, student responders,
electronic self-teaching books and electronic reading devices.
b. Any mechanical, electrical or electronic device that helps teachers streamline efficiency.
c. Any device that could help a disabled student in school or life functions.
d. Experimental, high-tech teaching tools that teachers can obtain by participating in one of 67
government-funded research projects. - ANS c.
A seventh grader with mild intellectual disabilities is having considerable trouble with algebra.
His stepfather is trying to help, but the more he drills the girl, the less she seems to understand.
The teacher suggests:
a. He continues drilling and enhances with pop quizzes. It may take the student longer to
understand algebraic terms, expressions and equations, but with hard work she will eventually
learn them.
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,b. He calls a moratorium on at-home algebra work. The student is becoming less willing to work
at school and the teacher is concerned she is losing confidence due to failure at home.
c. He continues drilling but breaks the study sessions into no more than 3 five-minute periods
per day.
d. He substitutes fun activities for math drills. Incorporating algebra blocks, math games, and
applications of algebra to real-life situations will make math more fun and more relevant. -
ANS d.
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices, forearm crutches and a head
pointer are assistive devices that might be used by a student with:
a. Severe intellectual disabilities.
b. Cerebral palsy.
c. Tourette syndrome.
d. Minor skeletal birth defects. - ANS b.
A four-year-old child has difficulty sorting plastic cubes, circles and triangles by color and shape,
doesn't recognize patterns or groups and doesn't understand the relationship between
little/big, tall/short, many/few. The child enjoys counting, but does not say the numbers in
proper order nor recognize the meaning of different numbers. This child most likely:
a. Is exhibiting signs of intellectual disabilities.
b. Is developing within an acceptable range.
c. Has dysgraphia.
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,d. Has dyscalculia. - ANS d.
Response to Intervention (RTI) is:
a. Parents, classroom teacher, special education teacher and other caring persons stage an
intervention to express how a student's socially unacceptable behavior upsets them.
b. An opportunity for a student to openly and freely respond to specific interventions without
fear of reprimand.
c. A strategy for diagnosing learning disabilities in which a student receives research-supported
interventions to correct an academic delay. If the interventions do not result in considerable
improvement, the failure to respond suggests causal learning disabilities.
d. A formal complaint lodged by a parent or guardian in response to what they consider an
intrusion by a teacher into private matters. - ANS c.
Sixth graders Alfie and Honesty ride the same bus. Honesty constantly teases Alfie. Alfie is
embarrassed because he believes she is berating him. The bus driver told their teacher it was
possible that Honesty is actually interested in Alfie, but doesn't express it well. The best form of
conflict resolution would be for the teacher to:
a. Take Honesty aside and explain boys don't like overly aggressive girls.
b. Take Honesty aside and teach her less embarrassing methods of getting a boy's attention.
c. Explain to Alfie that Honesty probably teases him because she likes him and he should take it
as a compliment.
d. Suggest to Alfie that if he is disturbed by Honesty's teasing, he have a calm, assertive
conversation with her and tell her he doesn't like it and insist she stop. - ANS d.
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, When transitioning from one subject to another and when she becomes anxious, a student
always taps her front tooth 5 times then opens and closes her eyes 11 times before leaving her
desk. The child most likely has:
a. Repetitive Disorder
b. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
c. Anxiety Disorder
d. Depression - ANS b.
By law, a child with a disability is defined as one with:
a. Intellectual disabilities, hearing, speech, language, visual, orthopedic or other health
impairments, emotional disturbance, autism, brain injury caused by trauma or specific learning
disabilities and needs special education and related services.
b. Intellectual disabilities, emotional disturbance, autism, brain injury caused by trauma or
specific learning disabilities who needs special education and related services.
c. A child who is unable to reach the same academic goals as his peers, regardless of cause, and
needs special education and related services.
d. The term "disability" is no longer used. The correct term is "other ability". - ANS a.
Which classroom environment is most likely to support a student with ADHD?
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QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
According to the Assistive Technology Act, assistive devices are:
a. Electronic devices that support learning such as computers, calculators, student responders,
electronic self-teaching books and electronic reading devices.
b. Any mechanical, electrical or electronic device that helps teachers streamline efficiency.
c. Any device that could help a disabled student in school or life functions.
d. Experimental, high-tech teaching tools that teachers can obtain by participating in one of 67
government-funded research projects. - ANS c.
A seventh grader with mild intellectual disabilities is having considerable trouble with algebra.
His stepfather is trying to help, but the more he drills the girl, the less she seems to understand.
The teacher suggests:
a. He continues drilling and enhances with pop quizzes. It may take the student longer to
understand algebraic terms, expressions and equations, but with hard work she will eventually
learn them.
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,b. He calls a moratorium on at-home algebra work. The student is becoming less willing to work
at school and the teacher is concerned she is losing confidence due to failure at home.
c. He continues drilling but breaks the study sessions into no more than 3 five-minute periods
per day.
d. He substitutes fun activities for math drills. Incorporating algebra blocks, math games, and
applications of algebra to real-life situations will make math more fun and more relevant. -
ANS d.
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices, forearm crutches and a head
pointer are assistive devices that might be used by a student with:
a. Severe intellectual disabilities.
b. Cerebral palsy.
c. Tourette syndrome.
d. Minor skeletal birth defects. - ANS b.
A four-year-old child has difficulty sorting plastic cubes, circles and triangles by color and shape,
doesn't recognize patterns or groups and doesn't understand the relationship between
little/big, tall/short, many/few. The child enjoys counting, but does not say the numbers in
proper order nor recognize the meaning of different numbers. This child most likely:
a. Is exhibiting signs of intellectual disabilities.
b. Is developing within an acceptable range.
c. Has dysgraphia.
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,d. Has dyscalculia. - ANS d.
Response to Intervention (RTI) is:
a. Parents, classroom teacher, special education teacher and other caring persons stage an
intervention to express how a student's socially unacceptable behavior upsets them.
b. An opportunity for a student to openly and freely respond to specific interventions without
fear of reprimand.
c. A strategy for diagnosing learning disabilities in which a student receives research-supported
interventions to correct an academic delay. If the interventions do not result in considerable
improvement, the failure to respond suggests causal learning disabilities.
d. A formal complaint lodged by a parent or guardian in response to what they consider an
intrusion by a teacher into private matters. - ANS c.
Sixth graders Alfie and Honesty ride the same bus. Honesty constantly teases Alfie. Alfie is
embarrassed because he believes she is berating him. The bus driver told their teacher it was
possible that Honesty is actually interested in Alfie, but doesn't express it well. The best form of
conflict resolution would be for the teacher to:
a. Take Honesty aside and explain boys don't like overly aggressive girls.
b. Take Honesty aside and teach her less embarrassing methods of getting a boy's attention.
c. Explain to Alfie that Honesty probably teases him because she likes him and he should take it
as a compliment.
d. Suggest to Alfie that if he is disturbed by Honesty's teasing, he have a calm, assertive
conversation with her and tell her he doesn't like it and insist she stop. - ANS d.
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, When transitioning from one subject to another and when she becomes anxious, a student
always taps her front tooth 5 times then opens and closes her eyes 11 times before leaving her
desk. The child most likely has:
a. Repetitive Disorder
b. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
c. Anxiety Disorder
d. Depression - ANS b.
By law, a child with a disability is defined as one with:
a. Intellectual disabilities, hearing, speech, language, visual, orthopedic or other health
impairments, emotional disturbance, autism, brain injury caused by trauma or specific learning
disabilities and needs special education and related services.
b. Intellectual disabilities, emotional disturbance, autism, brain injury caused by trauma or
specific learning disabilities who needs special education and related services.
c. A child who is unable to reach the same academic goals as his peers, regardless of cause, and
needs special education and related services.
d. The term "disability" is no longer used. The correct term is "other ability". - ANS a.
Which classroom environment is most likely to support a student with ADHD?
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