SPCE 611 Final Exam Questions and Answers
Question 1
Cam is a sixth grade boy who screams obscenities when it is time to complete
independent math work. He gets louder when the teacher tells him to stop or when
peers tell him he is disrupting them. His teacher will talk to him until he stops yelling.
The function of his behavior has been determined to be attention. His teachers decide
to implement a procedure in which they provide no attention for his verbal outbursts.
What procedure have they implemented?
Correct Answer
extinction
Question 2
Which type of CMO often evokes problem behavior?
Correct Answer
CMO reflexive
Question 3
Operant stimulus control has been achieved when:
Correct Answer
A response occurs more frequently in the presence of a specific stimuus but rarely
occurs in the absence of the stimulus.
Question 4
An S-delta is:
Correct Answer
A stimulus in the presence of which a response will not be reinforced.
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, Question 5
Identify a critical component of FCT:
Correct Answer
reinforcement of an appropriate alternative behavior
Question 6
Evie's teacher wants to implement DRO with Evie. Evie's problem behavior is hitting
others to get their attention when she wants to talk to them. Why would sit quietly
and wait not be a good replacement behavior for hitting someone to get their
attention?
Correct Answer
it does not have the same function
Question 7
In stimulus discrimination, which responses are reinforced?
Correct Answer
Responses that occur in the presence of the SD
Question 8
Which of the following is an incompatible behavior with being out of your seat?
Correct Answer
sitting
Question 9
Assume you give a student in your class a forced-choice preference assessment. On
this preference assessment, computer time was ranked highest (that is, it was selected
the most frequently). What can you say about computer time, based on this
information?
Correct Answer
computer time may be a reinforcer for this student
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Question 1
Cam is a sixth grade boy who screams obscenities when it is time to complete
independent math work. He gets louder when the teacher tells him to stop or when
peers tell him he is disrupting them. His teacher will talk to him until he stops yelling.
The function of his behavior has been determined to be attention. His teachers decide
to implement a procedure in which they provide no attention for his verbal outbursts.
What procedure have they implemented?
Correct Answer
extinction
Question 2
Which type of CMO often evokes problem behavior?
Correct Answer
CMO reflexive
Question 3
Operant stimulus control has been achieved when:
Correct Answer
A response occurs more frequently in the presence of a specific stimuus but rarely
occurs in the absence of the stimulus.
Question 4
An S-delta is:
Correct Answer
A stimulus in the presence of which a response will not be reinforced.
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, Question 5
Identify a critical component of FCT:
Correct Answer
reinforcement of an appropriate alternative behavior
Question 6
Evie's teacher wants to implement DRO with Evie. Evie's problem behavior is hitting
others to get their attention when she wants to talk to them. Why would sit quietly
and wait not be a good replacement behavior for hitting someone to get their
attention?
Correct Answer
it does not have the same function
Question 7
In stimulus discrimination, which responses are reinforced?
Correct Answer
Responses that occur in the presence of the SD
Question 8
Which of the following is an incompatible behavior with being out of your seat?
Correct Answer
sitting
Question 9
Assume you give a student in your class a forced-choice preference assessment. On
this preference assessment, computer time was ranked highest (that is, it was selected
the most frequently). What can you say about computer time, based on this
information?
Correct Answer
computer time may be a reinforcer for this student
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