Deafness is a form
of mental deficiency or retardation.1) Which of the following is a correct statement?
Deafness is a form
of mental deficiency or retardation.
Deafness is a lack
of or a loss of the ability to hear and the ability to speak.
Deafness is a lack
of or a loss of the ability to hear.
Deafness is a lack
of or a loss of the ability to communicate with other people.
a form of speech.
electromagnetic waves,
similar to radio waves.
a form of telepathy.
vibrations in the
air.
at birth.
in the teen years or young adulthood.
in old age.
at any age.
Most people who are deaf also have some degree of mental retardation.
Most deaf people have perfectly normal intelligence.
6) You are speaking with a deaf person and you notice that his or her speech is different from yours. This is because...
it is very difficult
to control your own voice when you cannot hear your own voice.
they probably had
a very poor speech teacher.
deaf people's voices
are different from hearing people's voices.
this particular deaf
person is probably mentally retarded as well as deaf.
7) Which of the following statements about sign language is true?
Sign language is crude,
but it does help hearing people and deaf people communicate.
Sign language is a poor substitute for a
real language, but it's better than nothing.
Sign language is a beautiful and expressive
form of communication.
Sign language is great because it's universal;
deaf people from all over the world can communicate with one another without
knowing another language.
8) Deafness can be caused by..
diseases.
loud noises.
accidents.
all of the above.
9) One type of noise that can cause deafness is...
loud rock music.
a nearby clap of thunder.
the constant "whirr" of a computer's
fan.
none of the above; noise can't cause deafness.
10) Often deaf people can communicate by...
sign language.
writing notes.
lipreading and speaking.
all of the above.
11) Which of these statements is true about deaf people driving cars?
The
Deaf can't drive because they can't hear other traffic.
The
Deaf can drive, but only in specially equipped cars.
The
Deaf can drive and are often better drivers than hearing people, because
they are more used to watching things going on around them.
The
Deaf can drive, but must have a hearing person with them.
All deaf people can read lips.
It's a natural ability they
get when they lose their hearing.
13) A common way for the Deaf to enjoy television is...
closed captioning.
actors
in TV movies who know sign language.
turning
up their hearing aids.
none
of the above; deaf people don't watch TV.
14) A TTY (sometimes called a "TDD") is...
a "picturephone" used by the Deaf so they can see each
other's faces and read lips.
a keyboard
and display device used together with an ordinary telephone.
a device
used for sending Morse code by flashing light.
none
of the above.
15) Flashing lights are commonly used in Deaf homes to signal...
a crying
baby.
a ringing
doorbell.
a ringing
telephone.
all
of the above.
16) Since deaf people often cannot hear alarm clocks, they often know when to get up in the morning by...
using an alarm clock with a vibrator.
training
a dog or cat to tell time.
having
a friend or relative call them on the phone.
none
of the above; deaf people oversleep a lot.
17) A hearing aid cannot help a person who is...
mildly deaf.
moderately
deaf.
profoundly
deaf.
severely
deaf.
18) Which of these body parts is NOT associated with hearing?
hammer.
auditory
nerve.
appendix.
cochlea.
19) Because a deaf person might not hear the sound of a smoke detector going off in case of a fire, they...
shouldn't live alone.
should
have a fire alarm which connects directly to the fire department.
should
have a smoke detector with a strobe light.
should
ask their neighbors to knock on their door if they hear the smoke detector
going off.
20) Which of the following is true about the Deaf?
The Deaf are very different from hearing people. They don't enjoy
the same activities, like watching TV, going to movies, talking on the phone,
and so on.
The
Deaf have mostly the same interests as hearing people, but because of their
handicap, they usually just sit at home.
The
Deaf are just like hearing people and they never encounter prejudice because
of their deafness.
Except
for the fact that they can't hear or have some degree of hearing loss, the
Deaf are just like hearing people.
