Deck 4: Intellectual Disabilities

Question 1

Which of the following is the best example of self-determination?

A)Frances refuses to take a consumer math class because she hates math.
B)Gina asks to ride the bus to town with her cousin so she can learn to use public transportation.
C)Holly decides to leave school during lunch period to celebrate a friend's birthday at a restaurant.
D)Janelle decides to ride to school with her mother because her mother says the students on the bus are too wild

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following best represents a deficit in adaptive behavior?

A)Three-year-old Joey is afraid of the dark.
B)Five-year old Darrell cannot tie his shoes.
C)Twelve-year-old Chandler cannot cross the street without assistance.
D)Fourteen-year-old Rodney calls his friend a sissy for wearing a hat in cold weather.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT true of learned helplessness and outer-directedness?

A)They may be caused by frequent failure.
B)They are often seen as a lack of motivation.
C)They often result from dependency on other people.
D)They are an inherent characteristic of intellectual disabilities.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following adaptive behavior assessments includes questions about adaptive and maladaptive behaviors?

A)ABS II
B)ABS-S2
C)DABS
D)Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales

Question 5

IQ tests are useful for all of the following purposes except

A)predicting school achievement
B)measuring a hypothetical construct
C)determining objectives for an IEP
D)identifying overall deficits in cognitive functioning

Question 6

Which of the following exemplifies learned helplessness?

A)Ayden listens to the teacher as she gives directions.
B)Brenda asks for help when she does not understand how to solve a math problem.
C)Colleen counts on her fingers to multiply 4 × 9 because she does not know the answer.
D)Darla has studied for a spelling test but she refuses to write any of the words the teacher dictates.

Question 7

Which of the following changed all references to mental retardation in federal statutes to intellectual disabilities?

A)Diana v.Board of Education
B)IDEA 2004
C)PARC v.Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
D)Rosa's Law

Question 8

Which of the following statements about IQ tests is NOT true?

A)IQ test scores tend to be static.
B)Intelligence tests can be culturally biased.
C)Intelligence testing is not an exact science.
D)IQ tests measure performance at one point in time.

Question 9

Caleb is a student who needs limited supports to function at school and in the community.Based on this knowledge,which of the following is most likely to represent his level of intellectual disability?

A)mild
B)moderate
C)severe
D)profound

Question 10

Many students with mild intellectual disabilities are not identified until

A)shortly after birth
B)middle school
C)second or third grade
D)high school when curriculum becomes content oriented

Question 11

A person's adaptive behavior is usually assessed by

A)interviewing the person
B)administering a written test
C)watching a person perform specific tasks
D)interviewing someone who knows the person well

Question 12

The first public school special education classes in the United States were for

A)children with hearing impairments
B)children with intellectual disabilities
C)children with physical disabilities
D)children with visual impairments

Question 13

The difference between the AAIDD and the IDEA definitions of intellectual disabilities is

A)the qualifying IQ score is lower in the AAIDD definition
B)significantly subaverage intellect is found only in the IDEA definition
C)the effect on educational performance is mentioned only in the IDEA definition
D)manifestation during the developmental period is not a part of the AAIDD definition

Question 14

An intellectual disability is usually defined by an IQ that falls at or below

A)70
B)80
C)90
D)100

Question 15

Early researchers suggested that students with intellectual disabilities have ability similar to people without disabilities in

A)long-term memory retention
B)metacognition
C)short-term memory
D)working memory

Question 16

All of the following are criteria for a diagnosis of intellectual disability except

A)deficits in adaptive behavior
B)concurrent sensory disabilities
C)significantly subaverage intelligence
D)manifestation during the developmental period

Question 17

Which of the following is not one of the 5 factors influencing human functioning as depicted in the AAIDD theoretical model?

A)health
B)adaptive behavior
C)academic success
D)intellectual abilities

Question 18

Carlos is a student with an intellectual disability.Mrs.Busby,his teacher,just saw him copying from Jasmine's paper rather than attempt a writing assignment on his own.How can she help Carlos be more independent?

A)She should punish Carlos for cheating.
B)She should give Carlos a lower grade for copying.
C)She should allow Carlos to choose a topic to write about.
D)She should assign each student a different topic so that copying would be useless.

Question 19

Tony is a typically developing student in preschool.He learned to discriminate between a circle and a triangle in 3 trials.His classmate,Jay,has an intellectual disability.How many trials might Jay require to perform the same task?

A)3
B)10
C)30
D)50

Question 20

Which of the following statements about attention and students with intellectual disabilities is most accurate?

A)They have a great capacity for sustained attention.
B)They are slower to attend to relevant features of a task.
C)They are more likely to focus on complex tasks rather than simple ones.
D)They have extreme difficulty coming to attention but can focus once a stimulus grabs their attention.

Question 21

An instructional strategy that incorporates students' familiarity with technology to teach needed skills in a variety of settings is

A)digital dramas
B)Wii simulations
C)cell phone prompting
D)iPod video modeling

Question 22

All of the following are environmental causes of intellectual disabilities except

A)poverty
B)child abuse
C)diseases or syndromes
D)chronic sensory deprivation

Question 23

The two most common genetic causes of intellectual disabilities are

A)Down syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
B)Down syndrome and fragile X syndrome
C)fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and Tay-Sachs disease
D)Prader-Willi syndrome and PKU

Question 24

Social deficits displayed by students with intellectual disabilities include all of the following except

A)inability to recall names
B)poor communication skills
C)inability to recognize emotional states of others
D)unusual or inappropriate behavior during social interactions

Question 25

Which of the following is a maternal screening test that can identify pregnancies at risk for a congenital disability?

A)amniocentesis
B)maternal serum (AFP)alpha-fetoprotein
C)chorionic villi sampling
D)tandem mass spectrometry

Question 26

Which of the following students would not need training in recruiting teacher attention?

A)a student who rarely asks questions
B)a student who rushes through the task before the teacher finishes explaining
C)a student who asks appropriate subject-oriented questions
D)a student who displays a disruptive manner

Question 27

Which of the following statements about self-determination is least accurate?

A)Self-determination is a lofty goal.
B)Self-determination requires a complex set of skills.
C)Self-determination cannot be taught to students in elementary school.
D)Self-determination is both a goal and a means for achieving other goals.

Question 28

The difference in the prevalence rates of intellectual disabilities is largely due to

A)differences in poverty rates
B)differences in parental education
C)differences in availability of services
D)differences in criteria used for identification

Question 29

Which of the following statements about challenging behaviors and students with intellectual disabilities is true?

A)The challenging behaviors displayed are usually caused by mental illness.
B)Students with mild intellectual disabilities rarely display challenging behaviors.
C)Students with severe intellectual disabilities generally exhibit fewer challenging behaviors.
D)Students with severe intellectual disabilities generally display more challenging behaviors.

Question 30

During the 2009-2010 school-year,what percentage of school-aged children received special education services under the disability category of intellectual disabilities?

A)3.2%
B)7.8%
C)10.1%
D)12.4%

Question 31

Which of the following statements about functional academic skills is true?

A)They are standardized.
B)They are easy to identify.
C)They are the skills that are the easiest to learn.
D)They are the skills that are most useful parts of the subject.

Question 32

Who was the first person to develop methods for educating people with intellectual disabilities?

A)Edgar Doll
B)Jean Itard
C)Bengt Nirje
D)Lewis Terman

Question 33

Marvin is a second grade student with a moderate intellectual disability.His teachers claim that his gnome costume for Halloween was perfect for him.They say that he is always happy and that he never meets a stranger.Recently his teacher had to stop him from leaving the classroom with a man who had come to fix the computer.Marvin displays characteristics of a person with

A)PKU
B)fragile X syndrome
C)Prader-Willi syndrome
D)Williams syndrome

Question 34

Which of the following students would be identified as having difficulty with generalization of learning?

A)Billy can tie his sneakers but not his dress shoes.
B)Keelee can add three-digit numbers but she can't subtract them.
C)Jacob has learned how to read music but he refuses to help his brother learn it.
D)Melvin has learned to write his name in cursive at school,so he wants to write it at home and at church.

Question 35

During the practice stage of learning,feedback for students with intellectual disabilities should

A)be given after every response
B)be given after every correct response
C)emphasize the correct rate of skill performance
D)emphasize the effort that the student displayed during performance

Question 36

Which of the following causes of intellectual disabilities can be combated with education and training?

A)poverty
B)child neglect
C)lead poisoning
D)spina bifida

Question 37

Which question is critical for teachers in determining which skills to include in a functional curriculum?

A)Will it be needed when the student is 21?
B)Will learning this knowledge/skill be frustrating?
C)Will this skill make the student more acceptable to peers without disabilities?
D)Will learning the skill result in negative consequences?

Question 38

A new test for genetic abnormalities that can be done as early as 5 weeks into the pregnancy is done by

A)performing an ultrasound
B)examining maternal serum
C)removing chorionic tissue
D)detecting fetal DNA and RNA in the mother's bloodstream

Question 39

Which of the following strategies is least likely to promote successful inclusion for students with intellectual disabilities?

A)peer tutoring
B)common recess time
C)collaborative learning
D)direct training in social skills

Question 40

Breaking down complex skills into smaller subskills or steps to make learning easier is known as

A)task analysis
B)applied learning
C)direct instruction
D)programmed instruction

Question 41

What is the cause of mild ID presumed to be when there is no biological factor evident? What is the term or explanation for this environmental factor?

Question 42

A student with an IQ score higher than 70 cannot be classified as intellectually disabled.

Question 43

Name the two broad categories of instructional feedback.

Question 44

The etiological factors of ID are categorized by the AAIDD as prenatal,perinatal,and postnatal.What do each of these terms mean?

Question 45

Teachers of students with intellectual disabilities should provide instruction at a slow pace.

Question 46

Define task analysis to include an explanation of the process.

Question 47

Define transfer of stimulus control and explain the process.

Question 48

Define generalization and maintenance.

Question 49

List four of the five characteristics of effective feedback.

Question 50

An intellectual disability is a permanent condition.

Question 51

What are the four levels of intensity of needed supports for individuals with ID,and how do they relate to the range of ID from mild to severe?

Question 52

In one report,10% of all people with intellectual disabilities had mental health problems.

Question 53

Students with intellectual disabilities are outer-directed in their approach to solving problems.

Question 54

The cause of an intellectual disability is known in approximately 2/3 of the cases.

Question 55

Educational outcomes for students with intellectual disabilities have improved greatly.

Question 56

Newborn screening tests for inherited conditions are voluntary in most states.

Question 57

Students with intellectual disabilities cannot be taught metacognitive skills.

Question 58

What are two potential mistakes that teachers may make if they fail to directly and frequently measure student performance?

Question 59

IQ tests are given by the school psychologist or other trained professional.

Question 60

What term describes a discussion between a specially trained medical counselor and prospective parents about the possibility that they may give birth to a child with disabilities? Explain the population of parents to which this tool is directed.

Question 61

In your own words,explain the cycle of environmentally caused intellectual disabilities.

Question 62

What are some important considerations for a teacher when developing a functional curriculum for a student with ID?

Question 63

Explain why using only IQ scores as a factor in diagnosing ID is not appropriate.

Question 64

All students with intellectual disabilities should receive basic skills instruction in reading,writing,and math.