ABAT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Jake is a teacher and has been teaching his student, Sarah to write her name. After a few days of teaching, Sarah wrote her name independently for the first time. What type of reinforcement should Jake provide for this response? Sarah's favorite snack or toy. A highly enthusiastic praise statement. Increased physical interaction such as high fives. Any of the above. - Answer- Any of the above. Which of the following is not an example of a prompt? When teaching a client to say the word "Book," waiting to reinforce until the client says "Book." When teaching a client to brush his teeth, the teacher guides the clients hands to complete the task correctly. When teaching a client to spell the word Balloon, the teacher presents a card with the word BALLOON written on it. All of these are examples of prompts. - Answer- When teaching a client to say the word "Book," waiting to reinforce until the client says "Book." A prompt should be selected based on ________________. how easy it is for the teacher to implement its ability to evoke the correct response from the student every time if it allows the student to err. The student should err sometimes, so he knows what the incorrect response is. how the teacher feels in the moment - Answer- its ability to evoke the correct response from the student every time Carla is a Registered Behavior Technician who is teaching her client, James to identify letters of the alphabet when shown on index cards. Carla puts three cards with different letters on each in front of James. She places the card with the letter G closest to James and the other two cards slightly further away from him. She then gives the instruction, "Point to G." James points to the letter G and Carla says, "That's right! you pointed to the letter G." Placing the card with the letter G closer to James is what kind of prompt? Gestural prompt Physical prompt Positional prompt Photographic prompt - Answer- Positional prompt The goal with prompts is to ________________. ensure it is always available so the client responds correctly never remove the prompt because it helps the client respond correctly teach with the prompt for two weeks and then remove the prompt during the third week of teaching remove them systematically so the client is responding without assistance - Answer- rem