Sample Questionnaires for Licensure Examination for Teachers (Sped)

Ms. Jackson is teaching her class how to fill out a job application. She starts by reminding them of other forms they have completed. She then helps the members of the class enter their information into the application, gradually reducing her intervention until the members of the class can accomplish the task independently. What instructional strategy has Ms. Jackson been using?
A: experiential learning

B: peer tutoring

C: collaborative learning

D: scaffolding

2. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of curriculum-based measurement (CBM)?
A: assessments can be scored by teachers

B: assessment content is drawn from outside the curriculum

C: assessments occur frequently

D: assessment data can be organized graphically

3. Which is the most appropriate instructional strategy for nonalphabetic readers?
A: activities that increase phonological awareness

B: instruction on using context clues to determine meaning

C: exercises in reading comprehension

D: independent reading

4. During an oral reading fluency assessment, how are self-corrections treated?
A: they are subtracted from the number of words read correctly

B: they are not subtracted from the number of words read correctly

C: they are partially subtracted from the number of words read correctly

D: they are ignored

5. For mentally retarded students, which is the most appropriate curriculum?
A: life-skills curriculum

B: vocational curriculum

C: academic curriculum

D: collaborative curriculum

Practice Questions
1. What is the best explanation for why deaf children take longer to acquire reading comprehension skills?
A: they do not understand the concept of language

B: they cannot make the connections between graphemes and phonemes

C: they have never been spoken to

D: they are busy learning American Sign Language

2. Which of the following contrasts between deaf or hard of hearing students who use oral communications and students who use sign language is true?
A: Students who use sign language are more socially adept.

B: Students who use oral communications interact more with hearing peers.

C: Students who use oral communication do better on standardized tests.

D: Students who use sign language have more friends.

3. According to IDEA, what is the role of a parent in developing an individualized education program?
A: Parents can submit recommendations in writing but are not allowed to attend meetings.

B: Parents are expected to be equal partners in the development of the IEP.

C: Parents are allowed to attend planning meetings but cannot participate.

D: Parents are expected to lead all planning meetings.

4. Which of the following expressions would be the most difficult for a deaf student to understand?
A: The cow jumped over the moon.

B: My name is Mrs. Bailey.

C: He screamed at the top of his lungs.

D: Welcome to my humble home!

5. Which of the following syntactic structures CANNOT be indicated through facial morphology in American Sign Language?
A: negation

B: conditionals

C: questioning

D: subordinate clause

Practice Questions
1. Which of the following individuals does NOT need to be involved in the planning of an IEP?
A: parent

B: teacher

C: counselor

D: student

2. What is an aural habilitation curriculum?
A: a program in American Sign Language

B: a program that teaches vocational skills

C: a program to help deaf or near-deaf students make use of their residual hearing

D: a program that concentrates on music education

3. A special education teacher has recently begun incorporating natural supports in her classroom. Which of the following changes can he NOT expect to see in his students?
A: improved self-esteem

B: improved fine motor skills

C: improved sociability

D: improved content-area performance

4. Which of the following activities would be the most problematic for a group of students with moderate intellectual disabilities?
A: drawing a picture of their families

B: crossword puzzle

C: using addition rules to keep score of a basketball game

D: reading a short story

5. One of the students in Mr. Reynolds' class has recently become very disruptive. Which of the following initial measures would be most appropriate?
A: Sending the student to the principal's office

B: Talking to the student to determine the cause of the disruptive behavior

C: Calling the students' parents

D: Ignoring the disruptive behavior

1. Which of the following best demonstrates the associative property of multiplication?
A: 6(4 x 7) = 7(6 x 4)

B: 4(6 + 8) = 4(6) + 4(8)

C: 5 x 3 x 6 = 3 x 5 x 6

D: 5 x 5 x 5 = 25 x 5

2. What was the result of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
A: railroads were required to provide "equal but separate" accommodations for whites and blacks

B: public schools were integrated

C: new states were allowed to decide whether or not they would permit slavery

D: freed slaves were allowed to vote

3. What is the median of the set {4, 4, 8, 12, 17}?
A: 4

B: 8

C: 9

D: 17

Read the poem by Thomas Hardy called "Heredity" and answer the two questions that follow.
I am the family face;Flesh perishes, I live on,Projecting trait and traceThrough time to times anon,And leaping from place to place Over oblivion.
The years-heired feature that canIn curve and voice and eyeDespise the human spanOf durance -- that is I;The eternal thing in man,That heeds no call to die

4. Which sentence best summarizes the theme of the poem?
A: Everyone dies eventually, so it is best to live for the present.

B: The members of a family share physical characteristics.

C: The similarities in appearance among family members allow for a kind of immortality.

D: Humans die, but memories last forever.

5. The phrase "trait and trace" is an example of what literary device?
A: metaphor

B: assonance

C: simile

D: alliteration

1. Which of the following terms is used to describe educational interventions that require child participation and imitate everyday behaviors?
A: non-aggressive

B: naturalistic

C: artificial

D: mechanistic

2. In the following sentence, identify the underlined section that contains a grammatical error: "As long as you're going to leave", he said, "you may as well take the wheelbarrow."
A: "As

B: you're

C: leave",

D: wheelbarrow."

3. Which of the following sentences contains a spelling error that would be detected by a typical word-processing program?
A: You're going to have a problem learning this knew material.

B: After the reign, John went back outside.

C: That is'nt such a bad idea.

D: Look out for the grizzly bare!

4. Which of the following is an example of purely formative assessment?
A: class discussion

B: final exam

C: written report

D: parent-teacher conference

5. What is the mode of the data set {4, 5, 5, 5, 7, 7, 9}?
A: 4

B: 5

C: 6

D: 7

What are the four criteria of creativity as measured by the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT)?
A: flexibility, intelligence, elaboration, and fluency

B: intelligence, originality, elaboration, and flexibility

C: fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality

D: fluency, originality, intelligence, and charisma

2. According to Piaget, what occurs during the development phase known as equilibrium?
A: schemata are proven to be inadequate to explain environment

B: responses to environment are adjusted to agree with schemata

C: schemata are adjusted to agree with environment

D: schemata become adequate to explain the child's environment

3. What is the name of the instructional strategy that entails learning complex behaviors through a sequence of connected stimulus-response interactions?
A: fading

B: chaining

C: scaffolding

D: coding

4. Which school of educational psychology asserts that individuals react to their entire field of experience rather than to individual elements?
A: Gestalt psychology

B: behaviorism

C: Freudian psychoanalysis

D: classical conditioning

5. Which of the following is NOT one of Marcia's four stages of adolescent development?
A: crisis

B: identity diffusion

C: moratorium

D: foreclosure

1. A school counselor notices that one of her students is failing several classes but is excelling in one. What is the most likely explanation for this scenario?
A: The student is autistic.

B: The student is gifted.

C: The student only has one good teacher.

D: The student has a traumatic family life.

2. What is the best description of the role of the student support team (SST)?
A: It provides discounted school lunches.

B: It assesses student needs and provides relevant services.

C: It makes sure that students have transportation to and from school.

D: It provides financial assistance to students who love in foster care.

3. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of a student who has been physically or sexually abused?
A: guilt

B: distrust of adults

C: intense interest in family privacy

D: gregariousness

4. When dealing with an unruly child, school counselors will often recommend avoiding open-ended questions. For instance, a teacher might ask "Would you like a blue pen or a black pen" rather than asking "What would you like?" What is the name for this technique?
A: controlled choice

B: implied attribution

C: circumscribed boundaries

D: limited efficacy

5. A school has five fulltime counselors. What is the best way for these individuals to coordinate their activity?
A: email

B: weekly meetings

C: by electing a leader to set tasks for the others

D: meetings called whenever necessary

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