The overwhelming majority of at-risk learners receive special education services.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 2] Youngsters who are homeless are three times more likely to have emotional problems, and twice as likely to repeat a grade than their classmates who are not homeless.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 3] Family homelessness is not necessarily a factor of socioeconomic status.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 4] Brain research proves that genetics have a stronger influence than environmental variables on the development of gifts and talents.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 5] The No Child Left Behind Act (PL 107-110) includes language that identifies individuals with gifts and talents.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 6] In most states, the definition of gifted and talented children includes psychomotor ability as a form of giftedness.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 7] IDEA defines gifted and talented children as those whose needs cannot be met in the general education classroom because of their exceptional intellectual development, as well as their outstanding abilities in math, creative writing, or the visual and performing arts.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 8] The learning and psychosocial characteristics of students who have had a traumatic brain injury (TBI) vary widely because of all the following factors, EXCEPT:
a. gender of the student.
b. age of the student.
c. severity and location of the injury.
d. the time elapsed since the injury.
[Ques. 9] Physical and health disabilities such as muscular dystrophy, sickle cell anemia, and cystic fibrosis are believed to be the result of:
a. congenital infections.
b. prematurity.
c. genetic defects.
d. complications from pregnancy.
[Ques. 10] The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can be transmitted in all of the following ways, EXCEPT:
a. drinking from the same cup.
b. having sex with an infected partner.
c. sharing contaminated needles during drug use.
d. passing on the infection from mother to infant.
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