,When behavior analysts perform contingency analyses, they are:
A. Identifying the relations between behaviors and their consequences and antecedents
B. Determining the internal causes for why certain reinforcers are affecting a student's behavior
C. Assisting the contingency manager to implement an intervention procedure
D. Experimentally analyzing the reaction between dependent and independent variables
– Correct Answer – A. Identifying the relations between behaviors and their consequences and
antecedents
Rationale: Contingency analysis focuses on the ABCs—antecedent, behavior, consequence.
The best way to determine the function of a behavior is to use:
A. Narrative recordings
B. Contingency analyses
C. Interviews
D. Experimental methodology
– Correct Answer – D. Experimental methodology
Rationale: Experimental (functional) analysis directly tests conditions to reveal true behavior
function.
Based upon an understanding of a behavior's function, when the function is to gain attention, do
not use _____________ as an intervention:
A. Timeout
B. Redirection
C. Extinction
D. Reinforcement of alternative behaviors
– Correct Answer – B. Redirection
Rationale: Redirecting gives attention, which reinforces attention-seeking behavior.
Indirect assessment should include all but the following:
A. Topography of the behavior
B. Immediate antecedents and setting events
C. An ecobehavioral assessment
D. Consequences that typically follow the behavior
E. What unsuccessful interventions have been conducted in the past
– Correct Answer – C. An ecobehavioral assessment
Rationale: Ecobehavioral assessments are more complex and not typically part of indirect
assessments.
A functional analysis can best be demonstrated by:
A. An ABC analysis
,B. An experimental design
C. Information collected through interviews
D. Observation of behavior under natural conditions
E. None of the above
– Correct Answer – B. An experimental design
Rationale: Functional analysis requires controlled manipulation of variables to identify function.
Which of the following does not apply to the above illustration?
A. Sequence analysis
B. Narrative recording
C. Contingency analysis
D. ABC analysis
– Correct Answer – B. Narrative recording
Rationale: Narrative recording is open-ended; the others involve structured ABC/sequence
analysis.
Effective management of contingencies is dependent upon all of the following except:
A. Diagnosis
B. A supportive context
C. Adherence to procedural guidelines
D. The appropriateness of objectives to a person's repertoire
– Correct Answer – A. Diagnosis
Rationale: Behavior analysis focuses on behavior–environment interactions, not medical
diagnoses.
Behavior analysis procedures are selected on the bases of:
A. What could be counter to a person's learning history in order to reverse behavior
B. The behavior's function
C. Empirical evidence
D. Both b & c
E. All of the above
– Correct Answer – E. All of the above
Rationale: Procedures must match function, be evidence-based, and consider learning history.
A contingency analysis examines the sequence of:
A. Consequential stimuli, behavior, and responses
B. Antecedents, behavior, and consequence stimuli
C. Stimuli, response patterns, and chains of response
D. Behavior, response patterns, and antecedents
– Correct Answer – B. Antecedents, behavior, and consequence stimuli
Rationale: Contingency analysis is built on the ABC model—antecedent → behavior →
consequence.
, QUESTION: The term functional implies:
A. The manner in which the behavior occurs is related to the way its antecedents and
consequences have influenced it in the past
B. The manner in which the behavior occurs is related to the way its consequences have
influenced it in the past
C. The manner in which the behavior occurs is related to the way its antecedents have influenced
it in the past
D. None of the above
– Correct Answer – B. The manner in which the behavior occurs is related to the way its
consequences have influenced it in the past
Rationale: “Functional” focuses on the effect of consequences—what the behavior gains or
avoids.
QUESTION: A functional consequence is:
A. The reinforcer the individual seeks to attain or rid him- or herself of at that moment
B. A high preference reinforcer
C. A high frequency reinforcer
D. Obtained from a reinforcer survey
– Correct Answer – A. The reinforcer the individual seeks to attain or rid him- or herself of at
that moment
Rationale: Functional consequences are defined by the actual effect they have on the behavior
right then.
QUESTION: A functional behavioral assessment is based on the assumption that an unwanted
behavior can best be eliminated by:
A. Eliminating reinforcement for the unwanted behavior
B. Punishing the unwanted behavior
C. Placing the unwanted behavior on extinction and teaching a functional alternative behavior
D. Teaching alternative behaviors
– Correct Answer – C. Placing the unwanted behavior on extinction and teaching a functional
alternative behavior
Rationale: FBA-based interventions remove reinforcement for the problem behavior and replace
it with an appropriate behavior serving the same function.
QUESTION: Behaviors have various functions, including:
A. Escape or avoidance (negative reinforcement)
B. Access to attention, items or activities (positive reinforcement)
C. Sensory (positive and/or negative reinforcement)
D. Abating
E. All the above except d
– Correct Answer – E. All the above except d
Rationale: Escape, access, and sensory functions are the three major behavior functions;
“abating” is not a behavioral function.
A. Identifying the relations between behaviors and their consequences and antecedents
B. Determining the internal causes for why certain reinforcers are affecting a student's behavior
C. Assisting the contingency manager to implement an intervention procedure
D. Experimentally analyzing the reaction between dependent and independent variables
– Correct Answer – A. Identifying the relations between behaviors and their consequences and
antecedents
Rationale: Contingency analysis focuses on the ABCs—antecedent, behavior, consequence.
The best way to determine the function of a behavior is to use:
A. Narrative recordings
B. Contingency analyses
C. Interviews
D. Experimental methodology
– Correct Answer – D. Experimental methodology
Rationale: Experimental (functional) analysis directly tests conditions to reveal true behavior
function.
Based upon an understanding of a behavior's function, when the function is to gain attention, do
not use _____________ as an intervention:
A. Timeout
B. Redirection
C. Extinction
D. Reinforcement of alternative behaviors
– Correct Answer – B. Redirection
Rationale: Redirecting gives attention, which reinforces attention-seeking behavior.
Indirect assessment should include all but the following:
A. Topography of the behavior
B. Immediate antecedents and setting events
C. An ecobehavioral assessment
D. Consequences that typically follow the behavior
E. What unsuccessful interventions have been conducted in the past
– Correct Answer – C. An ecobehavioral assessment
Rationale: Ecobehavioral assessments are more complex and not typically part of indirect
assessments.
A functional analysis can best be demonstrated by:
A. An ABC analysis
,B. An experimental design
C. Information collected through interviews
D. Observation of behavior under natural conditions
E. None of the above
– Correct Answer – B. An experimental design
Rationale: Functional analysis requires controlled manipulation of variables to identify function.
Which of the following does not apply to the above illustration?
A. Sequence analysis
B. Narrative recording
C. Contingency analysis
D. ABC analysis
– Correct Answer – B. Narrative recording
Rationale: Narrative recording is open-ended; the others involve structured ABC/sequence
analysis.
Effective management of contingencies is dependent upon all of the following except:
A. Diagnosis
B. A supportive context
C. Adherence to procedural guidelines
D. The appropriateness of objectives to a person's repertoire
– Correct Answer – A. Diagnosis
Rationale: Behavior analysis focuses on behavior–environment interactions, not medical
diagnoses.
Behavior analysis procedures are selected on the bases of:
A. What could be counter to a person's learning history in order to reverse behavior
B. The behavior's function
C. Empirical evidence
D. Both b & c
E. All of the above
– Correct Answer – E. All of the above
Rationale: Procedures must match function, be evidence-based, and consider learning history.
A contingency analysis examines the sequence of:
A. Consequential stimuli, behavior, and responses
B. Antecedents, behavior, and consequence stimuli
C. Stimuli, response patterns, and chains of response
D. Behavior, response patterns, and antecedents
– Correct Answer – B. Antecedents, behavior, and consequence stimuli
Rationale: Contingency analysis is built on the ABC model—antecedent → behavior →
consequence.
, QUESTION: The term functional implies:
A. The manner in which the behavior occurs is related to the way its antecedents and
consequences have influenced it in the past
B. The manner in which the behavior occurs is related to the way its consequences have
influenced it in the past
C. The manner in which the behavior occurs is related to the way its antecedents have influenced
it in the past
D. None of the above
– Correct Answer – B. The manner in which the behavior occurs is related to the way its
consequences have influenced it in the past
Rationale: “Functional” focuses on the effect of consequences—what the behavior gains or
avoids.
QUESTION: A functional consequence is:
A. The reinforcer the individual seeks to attain or rid him- or herself of at that moment
B. A high preference reinforcer
C. A high frequency reinforcer
D. Obtained from a reinforcer survey
– Correct Answer – A. The reinforcer the individual seeks to attain or rid him- or herself of at
that moment
Rationale: Functional consequences are defined by the actual effect they have on the behavior
right then.
QUESTION: A functional behavioral assessment is based on the assumption that an unwanted
behavior can best be eliminated by:
A. Eliminating reinforcement for the unwanted behavior
B. Punishing the unwanted behavior
C. Placing the unwanted behavior on extinction and teaching a functional alternative behavior
D. Teaching alternative behaviors
– Correct Answer – C. Placing the unwanted behavior on extinction and teaching a functional
alternative behavior
Rationale: FBA-based interventions remove reinforcement for the problem behavior and replace
it with an appropriate behavior serving the same function.
QUESTION: Behaviors have various functions, including:
A. Escape or avoidance (negative reinforcement)
B. Access to attention, items or activities (positive reinforcement)
C. Sensory (positive and/or negative reinforcement)
D. Abating
E. All the above except d
– Correct Answer – E. All the above except d
Rationale: Escape, access, and sensory functions are the three major behavior functions;
“abating” is not a behavioral function.
