Foundations of Special and Inclusive Education

1. Which terms to the act of educating a child with special education needs partially
in a special education classroom and partially in a regular classroom?
A. Mainstreaming
B. Inclusion
2. A tenth-grade student with posttraumatic stress disorder will soon return to
school after receiving six weeks of inpatient psychiatric care. The student is
stabilized, but unrelated stressors have the potential to trigger angry outbursts
and symptoms of depression. Which of the following strategies should the special
education teacher implement first to prevent the student from experiencing
unnecessary anxiety?
A. Establishing a predictable routine for the student with advanced notice of
changes.
B. Requesting that the student’s parents meet with their son each morning to
review his daily schedule.
3. Which of the following strategies by a special education teacher would best
facilitate effective communication during conferences with secondary students
with disabilities and their parents/guardians?
A. Having resources on hand to research questions or concerns that arise.
B. Using straightforward language that is free of educational jargon.
4. A high school student with ADHD has difficulty organizing her ideas in writing.
Which of the following interventions is likely to be most effective in improving the
student’s writing skills?
A. Engaging the student in prewriting activities in which she brainstorms lists of
words and phrases related to the topic of a writing assignment.
B. Teaching the student how to use concept mapping that allows her to visually
represent and manipulate her ideas.
5. Which would be a valid academic reason for needing special education services?
A. Sub average intellectual performance
B. Experiencing difficulties in completing assignments in a timely manner.
6. A type of developmental disability characterized by problems with social
communication and interaction, and restricted or repetitive behaviors or
A. Autism
B. Intellectual disability
7. A condition characterized by below-average intelligence or mental ability and a
lack of skills necessary for day-to-day living.
A. Intellectual disability
B. Down syndrome
8. The primary purpose of specially designed instruction (SDI) for a student with
disabilities is to:
A. Provide the necessary support for the student to make progress in the
general education curriculum
B. Establish an alternative set of academic standards on which to base short
and long-term learning goals for the student.
9. Poverty can contribute to the incidence of mild mental retardation by:
A. Malnutrition from restricted dietary intake
B. Limited experiences with learning prior to enrollment in school
10. This condition, also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the
presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21.
A. Down syndrome
B. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
11. A grade III pupil tutors grade II pupils in a face-to-face interaction, under the
supervision of a teacher. What strategy was described?
A. Tiering
B. Peer-tutoring
12. The inted wordslligence test was first developed in 1905 following the request by
the Minister of Public Instruction in Paris, France, to devise a method of
differentiating between normal children and those with mental retardation. This
test is considered the grandfather of all intelligence tests. What is the name of
this test?
A. Wechsler Intelligence scales
B. Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales
13. A special education teacher has noticed that a student with a cognitive
impairment regularly shows considerable academic regression during breaks in
the school schedule. The teacher is becoming increasingly concerned that the
student may experience significant setbacks over summer vacation. Under these
circumstances, the teacher could best advocate for the student by:
A. Making a recommendation that the student receive extended educational
services during the upcoming summer
B. Providing the student’s family with materials and activities designed to help
the student maintain the skills learned in the current year.
14. This is a learning disability that affects writing abilities.
A. Dyslexia
B. Dysgraphia
15. This is a learning disability characterized by difficulty in reading due to problems
in identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words.
A. Dyslexia
B. Dyscalculia
16. This is a learning disability that impairs an individual’s ability to learn number
related concepts, perform accurate math calculations; reason and problem solve,
and perform other basic math skills.
A. Dyslexia
B. Dyscalculia
17. What is the concept that refers to the reduced function or loss of a specific part of
the body or organ?
A. Impairment
B. Disability
18. A special education teacher who works in a high school resource room overhears
students making disparaging remarks about themselves and their ability to obtain
jobs in the future. The teacher wishes to increase students’ self-confidence so
that they will be more likely to experience successful transitions from high school
into the workplace. Which of the following strategies would most effectively meet
the teacher’s goal?
A. Pairing each student with a successful adult mentor who has a similar
disability who can serve as a positive role model.
B. Encouraging students to obtain a part-time job while still in high school
19. Which provides free appropriate public education to children with disabilities?
A. RA 10533
B. Senate Bill 1298
20. Individuals with exceptional potential and performing high ability skills despite
having impairments or disabilities have the following descriptions, except:
A. Gifted with disabilities
B. Special children
21. Miss Valerie is a teacher in an inclusive school. As a way of integrating her
students with and without disabilities, she allows them to spend their mealtimes
together. What kind of integration does Miss Valerie practice in this situation?
A. Social Integration
B. Academic Integration
22. Melody got a score of 30 in her IQ test. Which level of intellectual disability does
Melody likely have?
A. Mild
B. Severe
23. A child got a score of less than 20 on his IQ test. Which level of intellectual
disability does the child likely have?
A. Moderate
B. Profound
24. We want to determine how loud the sound is. Which of the following would give
us that information?
A. Decibels
 B. Hertz
25. An elementary school is implementing a positive behavioral support program for
all students, including students with special needs. The basis for this type of
educational practice has its foundation in which of the following principles of
behavior theory?
A. Modeling
B. Reinforcement
26. Learning disabilities include
A. Cerebral palsy
B. Dysgraphia
27. Which of the following characteristics is associated with a student with mild
mental retardation?
A. An IQ score below 50
B. An IQ score between 50 and 75
28. A child has difficulty creating or forming speech sounds needed for
communication.
A. Phonological disorder
B. Speech disorder
29. The cognitive reasons for needing special education include.
A. Average intellectual performance
B. Gifted intellectual performance
30. The short arm of a chromosome is known as
A. Q arm
B. P arm
31. Compared to a young child with normal vision, a young child with a visual
impairment is likely to find it significantly more challenging to:
A. Acquire incidental information from the environment
B. Comprehend concrete concepts through direct instruction
32. A French educator and the inventor of a reading and writing system intended for
use by visually impaired people.
A. Friedrich Froebel
B. Louis Braille
33. A special education teacher who works with three high school students in a life
skills class would like to promote the students’ food preparation skills. Which of
the following strategies would best address this goal?
A. Providing direct instruction to students by planning opportunities for them to
prepare various foods in school on a consistent basis.
B. Arranging for students to observe cafeteria staff while they are preparing food
for lunch and meeting with the students to discuss their observations.
34. What standardized intelligence test was normed on different groups of white,
Hispanic, African-American, Native American, and Asian-American children in
 addition to a population of individuals with disabilities? This test also minimizes
students’ verbal skills in responding to test items.
A. Wechsler Intelligence scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R)
B. Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC).
35. The following questions must be answered before determining that a child has a
learning disability, except:
A. Can the students be integrated into a regular class?
B. At what level is the child performing in reading, spelling, writing, and math?
36. These are derived scores that indicate the percentage of people or scores that
occur at or below a given raw score, what do you call this derived score?
A. Percentile rank
B. Developmental score
37. Extreme inattention, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity are symptoms of:
A. Traumatic brain injury
B. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
38. He discovered Down syndrome which is known as trisomy 21.
A. Dr. John Langdon Down
B. Sir George Still
39. This DepEd order implemented the institutionalization of SPED Program in all
schools in support of Republic Act 7277 to achieve the target set for the Asian
and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (1993-2002) that 75% of the 4 million
children with disabilities should be provided equal educational opportunities,
special needs education shall be institutionalized in all schools.
A. DO 26, S. 1997
B. DO 29, s. 1997
40. This is locating where Filipino children with disabilities are through family napping
surveys, advocacy campaigns, and networking with local health workers.
A. Child Find
B. SPED Survey
41. It is known as the deletion of chromosomes 15.
A. Prader Will Syndrome
B. Down Syndrome
42. Special Education in the Philippines has only served 2% of the targeted 2.2
million children with disabilities in the country who lived without access to a basic
human right: the right to education. As such, DepEd has organized the urgency
to address this problem and therefore, guarantees the right for these children to
receive appropriate education within the regular or inclusive Classroom setting.
This is stated in:
A. DO 72, s, 2009
B. DO 67, s, 2009
43. This is the continuous process of identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the
child through the use of formal and informal tools for proper program grade
placement.
A. Assessment
B. Curriculum Modification
44. This shall be implemented in the form of adaptations and accommodations to
foster optimum learning based on the SPED children’s needs and potentials.
A. Assessment
B. Curriculum Modification
45. A language disorder caused by damage in a specific area of the brain that
controls language expression and comprehension:
A. Aphasia
B. Dyslexia
46. It is designed for children with special needs and aimed primarily at developing
adaptive skills.
A. Modified Curriculum
B. Special Education
47. It means that all students in school, regardless of their strengths or weaknesses,
become part of the school community.
A. Inclusive Education
B. Special Education
48. A movement disorder caused by problems in the brain.
A. Ataxia
B. Amnesia
49. An act providing for the rehabilitation, self-development and self-reliance of
disabled persons and their integration into the mainstream society and for other
purposes known as Magna Carta for Disabled Persons.
A. Republic Act 7277
B. Republic Act 7722
50. The capacity to perceive the visual-spatial world accurately and to perform
transformation upon these perceptions.
A. Spatial Intelligence
B. Existential Intelligence