Question 1

Medicaid is an example of a funding program that is considered an entitlement because when the child meets the eligibility criteria, the child is guaranteed all services covered by the program.

Accepted Answer

Entitlement programs provide all services to every eligible child under the program. In an entitlement program, once children meet eligibility criteria, they are guaranteed all the benefits of the program.

Question 2

The best role of a physical therapist in an Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) evaluation is to

Accepted Answer

The physical therapist is an expert in motor skills and therefore has unique skills for determining how the child might best access an AAC. The speech therapist is more likely to have expertise in picking out the exact device.

Question 3

Which of the following is not an aided communication system?

Accepted Answer

Sign language does not require an external device and therefore is not considered an aided communication system.

Question 4

Which of the following characteristics does not describe a simple voice output device?

Accepted Answer

Leveling or layered devices increase the amount of stored messages and vocabulary without the need for reprogramming.

Question 5

Your professional responsibility in justifying assistive technology costs include

Accepted Answer

Different funding sources have different requirements for justifying equipment; however, documenting the child's capabilities, area of need, and equipment trials is always needed.

Question 6

Johanna is a 6-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who is nonverbal. Her school team wants to try a picture symbols system with her. They think she will use eye gaze as a direct selection technique when she starts using a low-tech Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) system. How should Johanna's communication partners interact with her when she starts learning to use the AAC? The team should

Accepted Answer

Seeing the system modeled in various settings by numerous people is the best way to help the child learn a new system.

Question 7

All of the following are examples of mouse alternatives for children who cannot use a regular computer mouse except

Accepted Answer

A keyboard requires more dexterity than a mouse. The alternatives help minimize the physical requirements for success.

Question 8

Which of the following areas are important to consider when assisting a child to use scanning to access a communication device or computer?

Accepted Answer

All of the above items will have an impact on the child's success.

Question 9

Gloria is a 15-year-old with spinal muscular atrophy. She uses a wheelchair for mobility, which she controls using head switches. She is interested in learning to use a computer so she can apply for a job after school entering data. After completing a computer access evaluation, you determine that Gloria's best method for typing on a computer will be to use a switch and a scanning program in conjunction with an on-screen keyboard. Gloria can use row-column scanning to select letters of the alphabet consistently. This method of access is considered

Accepted Answer

Gloria cannot directly interact with the device, so a scanning system enables her to do so.

Question 10

For a child with serious limitations in activity, play can be facilitated with which of the following technologies?

Accepted Answer

For children who are unable to interact directly with toys and other recreational devices, the use of simple technology components such as switches, battery adapters, environmental control units, and latch timers may provide options for play.

Question 11

Which of the following activities should not routinely occur during ongoing assessment and follow up after successful intervention with an assistive technology device?

Accepted Answer

Assistive technology devices are provided to improve a child's function and continued assessment needs to focus on the progress toward the goals of the child and family and continued long-term success with the device.

Question 12

The following are all examples of rate enhancement strategies for text to speech devices, except

Accepted Answer

Rate-enhancement strategies may include letter prediction, word prediction, or abbreviation expansion.

Question 13

Sticky keys, toggle keys, and filter keys are all examples of

Accepted Answer

Both Mac and Windows operating systems include computer accessibility options, which can sometimes be useful when testing options for computer accessibility.

Question 14

Children who have literacy skills below a third-grade level can benefit from a communication device that is "text-to-speech."

Accepted Answer

A third-grade level is generally required for a communication device of this level of sophistication.

Question 15

Environmental control units consist of which of the following components?

Accepted Answer

Environmental control units consist of three main components-the input device, the control unit, and the appliance.

Question 16

Which of the following most accurately describes a physical therapist's role in assessing a child for assistive technology, including augmentative communication and computer access?

Accepted Answer

Physical therapists are involved in positioning and mobility, but they must also be involved in indentifying the best positions to promote motor control and matching the features of the device to the abilities of the child. Being involved after the device is purchased is too late, and only identifying abnormal movement patterns to use with a device is very restrictive.

Question 17

Factors associated with successful long-term use of assistive technology include all of the following except

Accepted Answer

The written report will have little to do with successful assistive technology use.

Quiz 18: Assistive Technology: Augmentative Communication and Other Technologies