QASP-S CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Components of BIP. Answer: 1) Problem Behaviors 2) Function of Behaviors 3)
Behavioral Strategies/Interventions 4) Data Collection
● Backup Reinforcers. Answer: Activity, item, or privilege that the child enjoys that acts as a
reward.
● Generalized Reinforcers. Answer: Reinforcer that has become such due to a history of
being paired with other reinforcers.
● Response-Cost. Answer: Removing reinforcement for undesirable or disruptive behavior.
Ex) Removing token from token board.
● Ratio Strain. Answer: Occurs if the reinforcement schedule was thinned too quickly and the
amount of requests required to earn reinforcement is too large.
● Time-Out Procedure. Answer: Reinforcement is removed or added. Also may involve
removing an individual from the reinforcing environment. Used to decrease the frequency of a
target behavior.
● Differential-Reinforcement Procedure. Answer: Reinforcing target behavior while
withholding reinforcement from an unwanted behavior. Used to replace unwanted behaviors
with a desirable behavior.
● Behavior Contrast. Answer: What happens when a change in the schedule of one part of
the reinforcement or punishment changes a behavior in an opposite direction in the other
component of the schedule. Ex) Behavior at the clinic versus at home.
● Functional Assessments. Answer: Identified problem behaviors, hypothesize function,
and guides treatment development. Ex) Indirect, observational, and experimental/functional
analysis.
● Functions of Behaviors. Answer: Access, attention, escape, and automatic reinforcement.
● Group Contingencies. Answer: Provides reinforcements and rewards for more than one
person. Group setting.
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Components of BIP. Answer: 1) Problem Behaviors 2) Function of Behaviors 3)
Behavioral Strategies/Interventions 4) Data Collection
● Backup Reinforcers. Answer: Activity, item, or privilege that the child enjoys that acts as a
reward.
● Generalized Reinforcers. Answer: Reinforcer that has become such due to a history of
being paired with other reinforcers.
● Response-Cost. Answer: Removing reinforcement for undesirable or disruptive behavior.
Ex) Removing token from token board.
● Ratio Strain. Answer: Occurs if the reinforcement schedule was thinned too quickly and the
amount of requests required to earn reinforcement is too large.
● Time-Out Procedure. Answer: Reinforcement is removed or added. Also may involve
removing an individual from the reinforcing environment. Used to decrease the frequency of a
target behavior.
● Differential-Reinforcement Procedure. Answer: Reinforcing target behavior while
withholding reinforcement from an unwanted behavior. Used to replace unwanted behaviors
with a desirable behavior.
● Behavior Contrast. Answer: What happens when a change in the schedule of one part of
the reinforcement or punishment changes a behavior in an opposite direction in the other
component of the schedule. Ex) Behavior at the clinic versus at home.
● Functional Assessments. Answer: Identified problem behaviors, hypothesize function,
and guides treatment development. Ex) Indirect, observational, and experimental/functional
analysis.
● Functions of Behaviors. Answer: Access, attention, escape, and automatic reinforcement.
● Group Contingencies. Answer: Provides reinforcements and rewards for more than one
person. Group setting.
