Question 1

Blindness in children may be due to

Accepted Answer

A)  Intellectual impairments and genetic mutations
B)  Birth defects and nutritional deficiencies
C)  Poor living condition and low socio-economic
D)  High exposure to bright light B

Question 2

The European enlightenment toward special education began in

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A)  18th century
B)  Mid 18th century
C)  Late 18th century
D)  Early 19th century B

Question 3

Children with special needs are mostly identified with

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A)  Personality test
B)  Interest inventories
C)  Intelligence test
D)  Study habits inventories C

Question 4

Which among the following is the characteristic of positive exceptional children?

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A)  Excellent memory
B)  Reasons well
C)  Long attention span
D)  All of the above

Question 5

Exceptional children differ markedly from

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A)  Children within same age group
B)  Normal children
C)  Children of same sex
D)  One who possess high IQ

Question 6

The term 'exceptionality' refers to those children with

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A)  Posttraumatic stress disorder
B)  Alcohol abuse or dependence
C)  Poverty and deficiency
D)  Difficulties in learning and whose performance is so superior

Question 7

Gifted and talented children are students who

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A)  Perform high in some of the subjects
B)  Perform high if they prepared well
C)  Perform remarkably high in single subject
D)  Perform remarkably high levels of accomplishment

Question 8

Who need special education?

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A)  Children of weaker section of society
B)  Exceptional children
C)  Every children of school going age
D)  War refugee children

Question 9

The field of special education is concerned with children who deviate from

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A)  Superior children
B)  Emotional disturbance children
C)  Children in needs of humanitarian assistance
D)  Average children

Question 10

A factor that contributes to Giftedness and Talent is

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A)  Previous learning
B)  Heredity or genes
C)  Training of the senses
D)  Early schooling

Question 11

Seguin's first private school in Paris set up around 1840, was meant for the education of

Accepted Answer

A)  The visually impaired children
B)  The hearing impaired children
C)  The mentally handicapped children
D)  Physically challenged children

Question 12

Unable to see distant objects clearly, commonly called near-sighted or short-sighted is known as

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A)  Night blindness
B)  Myopia
C)  Tunnel vision
D)  Colour blindness

Question 13

The partially blind are those who have a visual acuity of

Accepted Answer

A)  20/20
B)  20/60
C)  20/70
D)  20/90

Question 14

On the Positive side of exceptional there are

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A)  Gifted and creative children
B)  Deaf and dumb children
C)  Blind and socially disadvantages children
D)  Stammering and stuttering children

Question 15

Children who are on the positive dimension need

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A)  Similar subject as their peers
B)  Advanced and inclusive curriculum
C)  A large amount leisure and free time
D)  Recreation and sports

Question 16

Who was the most important figure in the history of education of the blind?

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A)  Louis Braille
B)  Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
C)  Eglantyne Jebb
D)  Herbert Hoover

Question 17

One of the most prominent identification of Visual disorder is

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A)  Case history
B)  Observation
C)  Psychological test
D)  Interview of the patient

Question 18

Unable to see close objects clearly, commonly called far-sighted or long-sighted is known as

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A)  Hyperopia
B)  Retinitis Pigmentosa
C)  Amblyopic
D)  Cataract

Question 19

Visual impairment is also known as

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A)  Vision defect
B)  Visual defect
C)  Visual disorder
D)  All of the above

Question 20

Anne Sullivan, who served as Helen Keller's tutor suffered from

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A)  Orthopedically handicapped
B)  Speech defective
C)  Mental retardation
D)  Visual impairment

Exam 2: Exploring the History and Education of Exceptional Children and Visual Impairments