ABAT EXAMINATION SET 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Who were the first to define incidental teaching?
Baer and Wolf
Risley and Baer
Hart and Baer
Hart and Risley - ✔✔Hart and Risley
✔✔Incidental teaching begins when__________________.
the teacher initiates a conversation
the learner initiates a conversation
the teacher gives an instruction
the learner turns away from the teacher - ✔✔the learner initiates a conversation
✔✔Incidental teaching can only be initiated by using a vocal response.
True
False - ✔✔False
✔✔According to the incidental teaching steps reviewed, immediately after the child
initiates, the teacher ___________________.
walks away
requests that the child sits down
requests an elaboration from the child
ignores the child - ✔✔requests an elaboration from the child
✔✔According to the incidental teaching steps reviewed, after the child makes an
elaboration, the teacher ______________ the response by providing reinforcement.
ignores
initiates
prompts
confirms - ✔✔confirms
✔✔The following are important factors about incidental teaching except:
Increases spontaneous language
Promotes generalization
Facilitates language that is contextual
Decreases requests - ✔✔Decreases requests
✔✔What are the two ways incidental teaching episodes can begin? - ✔✔Capturing and
contriving
✔✔When a teacher "captures" an incidental teaching episode, he or she identifies
appropriate situations as they happen _________.
,in a contrived manner
naturally
every other day
during discrete trial instruction - ✔✔naturally
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an example of contriving an incidental teaching
episode:
The teacher removes pieces of a puzzle that the child is working on
The teacher begins tickling the child and then abruptly stops
The child can't button her coat before going outside
The teacher dances with the child and then abruptly stops - ✔✔The child can't button
her coat before going outside
✔✔When a teacher "contrives" an incidental teaching episode, he or she
_____________ the environment to encourage child initiations.
arranges
stands in
reinforces
scores behavior in - ✔✔arranges
✔✔The following is an example of when a teacher contrives an incidental teaching
episode:
The child can't button her coat before going outside.
The crayon the child is using breaks.
The child encounters a new toy.
The teacher begins tickling the child and then abruptly stops. - ✔✔The teacher begins
tickling the child and then abruptly stops.
✔✔We know that incidental teaching is working because of continuous assessment.
True
False - ✔✔true
✔✔Incidental teaching and discrete trial teaching:
are the same
are different
are both teacher initiated
are both child initiated - ✔✔are different
✔✔One main difference between incidental teaching and discrete trial teaching is that
incidental teaching is ______________ and discrete trial teaching is _____________.
teacher initiated; child initiated
fast; slow
child initiated; teacher initiated
, less preferred by teachers; more preferred by teachers - ✔✔child initiated; teacher
initiated
✔✔Discrete trial teaching occurs in a ______________ learning environment, whereas
incidental teaching occurs in a _____________ environment.
natural; structured
structured; natural
large; small
teacher created; teacher initiated - ✔✔structured; natural
✔✔In incidental teaching, the reinforcer is ______________ whereas in discrete trial
teaching the reinforcer is ______________________.
teacher initiated; child initiated
structured; unstructured
natural; prearranged
prearranged; natural - ✔✔natural; prearranged
✔✔Motivating operations are environmental events that alter how effective a
__________is and the __________ of behavior.
discriminative stimulus; frequency
reinforcer; value
discriminative stimulus; value
reinforcer; frequency - ✔✔reinforcer; frequency
✔✔__________is when continued exposure or overexposure to a reinforcer makes it
less effective as a reinforcer.
Satiation
Deprivation
Reinforcer value
Frequency of behavior - ✔✔Satiation
✔✔___________ is when restricted or limited access to a reinforcer makes it more
effective as a reinforcer.
Satiation
Deprivation
Reinforcer value
Frequency of behavior - ✔✔Deprivation
✔✔Bob just ate a lot of chips. Mom offers him chips for cleaning his room. He refuses.
This is an example of______.
Satiation
Deprivation
Stimulus control
Bad parenting - ✔✔Satiation
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Who were the first to define incidental teaching?
Baer and Wolf
Risley and Baer
Hart and Baer
Hart and Risley - ✔✔Hart and Risley
✔✔Incidental teaching begins when__________________.
the teacher initiates a conversation
the learner initiates a conversation
the teacher gives an instruction
the learner turns away from the teacher - ✔✔the learner initiates a conversation
✔✔Incidental teaching can only be initiated by using a vocal response.
True
False - ✔✔False
✔✔According to the incidental teaching steps reviewed, immediately after the child
initiates, the teacher ___________________.
walks away
requests that the child sits down
requests an elaboration from the child
ignores the child - ✔✔requests an elaboration from the child
✔✔According to the incidental teaching steps reviewed, after the child makes an
elaboration, the teacher ______________ the response by providing reinforcement.
ignores
initiates
prompts
confirms - ✔✔confirms
✔✔The following are important factors about incidental teaching except:
Increases spontaneous language
Promotes generalization
Facilitates language that is contextual
Decreases requests - ✔✔Decreases requests
✔✔What are the two ways incidental teaching episodes can begin? - ✔✔Capturing and
contriving
✔✔When a teacher "captures" an incidental teaching episode, he or she identifies
appropriate situations as they happen _________.
,in a contrived manner
naturally
every other day
during discrete trial instruction - ✔✔naturally
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an example of contriving an incidental teaching
episode:
The teacher removes pieces of a puzzle that the child is working on
The teacher begins tickling the child and then abruptly stops
The child can't button her coat before going outside
The teacher dances with the child and then abruptly stops - ✔✔The child can't button
her coat before going outside
✔✔When a teacher "contrives" an incidental teaching episode, he or she
_____________ the environment to encourage child initiations.
arranges
stands in
reinforces
scores behavior in - ✔✔arranges
✔✔The following is an example of when a teacher contrives an incidental teaching
episode:
The child can't button her coat before going outside.
The crayon the child is using breaks.
The child encounters a new toy.
The teacher begins tickling the child and then abruptly stops. - ✔✔The teacher begins
tickling the child and then abruptly stops.
✔✔We know that incidental teaching is working because of continuous assessment.
True
False - ✔✔true
✔✔Incidental teaching and discrete trial teaching:
are the same
are different
are both teacher initiated
are both child initiated - ✔✔are different
✔✔One main difference between incidental teaching and discrete trial teaching is that
incidental teaching is ______________ and discrete trial teaching is _____________.
teacher initiated; child initiated
fast; slow
child initiated; teacher initiated
, less preferred by teachers; more preferred by teachers - ✔✔child initiated; teacher
initiated
✔✔Discrete trial teaching occurs in a ______________ learning environment, whereas
incidental teaching occurs in a _____________ environment.
natural; structured
structured; natural
large; small
teacher created; teacher initiated - ✔✔structured; natural
✔✔In incidental teaching, the reinforcer is ______________ whereas in discrete trial
teaching the reinforcer is ______________________.
teacher initiated; child initiated
structured; unstructured
natural; prearranged
prearranged; natural - ✔✔natural; prearranged
✔✔Motivating operations are environmental events that alter how effective a
__________is and the __________ of behavior.
discriminative stimulus; frequency
reinforcer; value
discriminative stimulus; value
reinforcer; frequency - ✔✔reinforcer; frequency
✔✔__________is when continued exposure or overexposure to a reinforcer makes it
less effective as a reinforcer.
Satiation
Deprivation
Reinforcer value
Frequency of behavior - ✔✔Satiation
✔✔___________ is when restricted or limited access to a reinforcer makes it more
effective as a reinforcer.
Satiation
Deprivation
Reinforcer value
Frequency of behavior - ✔✔Deprivation
✔✔Bob just ate a lot of chips. Mom offers him chips for cleaning his room. He refuses.
This is an example of______.
Satiation
Deprivation
Stimulus control
Bad parenting - ✔✔Satiation
