KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT ON ASD(Neurodevelopmental Disorder)

Instructions:

The purpose of this questionairre is to estimate your current knowledge on ASD.We request you
to answer the questions without consulting external source of information.

SECTION A: General knowledge regarding ASD

1.What is the full form of ASD?

a) Auto-immune System Disorder

b) Autism Spectrum Disorder
c) Autism Syndrome Disorder
d) Asperger Syndrome Disease

2.What is ASD?

a) Impairment of consciousness,disorientation and disturbances in perception and

restlessness
b) Impairment of memory
c) Developmental disability caused by differences in the brain
d) Extreme need to taken care of

3.People with ASD avoid eye contact

a) Always
b) Sometimes
c) Never
d) Both A and B

4.How is ASD diagnosed?

a) Biological(blood test)
b) Genetics(karyotype)
c) Clinical(observation of absence or presence of behavior)
d) All of the above

5.ASD are more common among

a) Girls
b) Boys
c) Adult
d) Geriatric

6.People with ASD are usually:

 a) Adapt easily to changes
b) Could not adapt easily to changes
c) Never adapt to changes
d) Both a and b

7.People with ASD have extraordinary talents like:

a) Tip-toeing
b) Destruction of property
c) Echolalia
d) All of the above

SECTION B(Related to ASD)

8.People with ASD have____delays:

a) Growth
b) Oral language
c) Communication
d) Both b and c

9.ASD is a heterogenous group of neurodevelopmental symptoms characterised by a wide range

of :

a) Communication impairment
b) Repetitive behaviors
c) Restricted behavior
d) All of the above

10.The category of ASD encompasses a broad spectrum of associated diagnosis than included:-

a) Autistic Disorder
b) Retts Disorder
c) Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
d) All of the above

11.ASD is characterised by :

a) Withdrawal of the child into an integral fantasy world of his/her own creation
b) Hyperactivity and impulsivity
c) Difficulty regulating attention and focus
d) None of the above

12.People with ASD have the following signs except:

 a) Social impairment
b) Echolalia
c) Echopraxia
d) Unusualn gestures

13.Common signs and symptoms of ASD are:

a) Hallucinations
b) Avoid or does not keep eye contact
c) Shaky Voice
d) Claustrophobia

SECTION –C (Causes and diagnosis of ASD)

14.Risk factors of ASD are:

a) Having a siblings with ASD

b) Experiencing complication at birth
c) Being born to older parents
d) All of the above

15.Common causes of ASD are:

a) Consanguinous marriage
b) Blood disorder
c) Genetics and biochemical factors
d) None of the above

16.Course and prognosis of ASD takes:

a) Short period of prognosis

b) Long course and guarded prognosis
c) It can take a lifetime
d) Within a month

17.Onset of ASD can be varies from the age of:

a) 1-3 years
b) 5-7 years
c) 6-8 years
d) All of the above.

18.Environmental factors that can cause ASD except:

 a) Bleeding during pregnancy
b) Air pollution
c) Infectious disease
d) Noise pollution

19.Biochemical factors responsible for the cause of ASD are :

a) Increased Human Chorionic Gonadotropins level

b) Decreased Human Chorionic Gonadotropins level
c) Increased plasma serotonin level
d) Decreased plasma serottonin level

20.Psychosocial factors related to the cause of ASD are:

a) Parental rejections
b) Lack of communication pattern
c) Faulty communication pattern
d) All of the above

SECTION D(TREATMENT)

21.Common treatment for ASD in younger chilren to improve intelectual performance :

a) Play therapy
b) Medication
c) Applied behavior Analysis(ABA)
d) All of the above

22.Most Autistic children require:

a) To attend regular schooling like others

b) To attend special schooling
c) Never need schooling
d) None of the above

23.In Autistic children:

a) Parents acts as co-thrapist and plays integral role

b) Parents do not involve in treatment
c) The children alone can manage themselves in treatment course
d) All of the above
24.Pharmacotherapy used for Autistic Disorder are:

a) Antidepressants
b) Antipsychotic drugs
c) Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
d) All of the above