BEHV 5612 - CUM EXAM #1 QUESTIONS
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LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
What does ABA improve? - ANS socially significant behaviors that have immediate and long
lasting effects
What is ABA concerned with? - ANS producing predictable and replicable improvements in
behavior
What are the four phases of systematic instruction? - ANS 1. assessment 2. planning 3.
implementation 4. evaluation
What does comprehensive behavioral assessment do? - ANS informs planning, provides
guidance for implementation and assists with evaluation
What does a behavioral assessment include? - ANS indirect and direct procedures to identify
and define target behavior
What is the principal goal of a behavioral assessment? - ANS identify environmental variables
that are related to increases or decreases in target behavior; discovers function of the behavior
it serves
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, What are the phases of a behavioral asssessment? - ANS 1. screening 2. defining and
quantifying problems/establishing outcome criteria 3. pinpointing target behavior 4. monitoring
progress 5. following up
Target behavior - ANS specific behavior selected for change
What do indirect assessments involve? - ANS recollections, reconstructions, subjective
ordinal scale ratings of events
What is an example of an indirect assessment? - ANS interviews, checklists, rating scales -
can be open or close ended
What does a behavior checklist provide? - ANS description of specific behaviors and the
conditions under which each behavior occurs
What does a direct assessment provide? - ANS provides measurable and validated
information about learner behavior
What is an example of direct assessment? - ANS tests (criterion-referenced, curriculum-
based), direct observation
What is a criterion-referenced-assessment? - ANS measures skill performance across
recognized and commonly accepted developmental milestones
What is a curriculum-based assessment? - ANS data obtained bear uniquely on the daily or
weekly tasks performed in response to planned lessons
What are direct observations useful for? - ANS determining target behavior to assess
What is anecdotal (ABC) observation? - ANS records descriptive, temporally sequenced
account of all behaviors of interest and the antecedent conditions and consequences for those
behaviors as events occur
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WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS |
LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
What does ABA improve? - ANS socially significant behaviors that have immediate and long
lasting effects
What is ABA concerned with? - ANS producing predictable and replicable improvements in
behavior
What are the four phases of systematic instruction? - ANS 1. assessment 2. planning 3.
implementation 4. evaluation
What does comprehensive behavioral assessment do? - ANS informs planning, provides
guidance for implementation and assists with evaluation
What does a behavioral assessment include? - ANS indirect and direct procedures to identify
and define target behavior
What is the principal goal of a behavioral assessment? - ANS identify environmental variables
that are related to increases or decreases in target behavior; discovers function of the behavior
it serves
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, What are the phases of a behavioral asssessment? - ANS 1. screening 2. defining and
quantifying problems/establishing outcome criteria 3. pinpointing target behavior 4. monitoring
progress 5. following up
Target behavior - ANS specific behavior selected for change
What do indirect assessments involve? - ANS recollections, reconstructions, subjective
ordinal scale ratings of events
What is an example of an indirect assessment? - ANS interviews, checklists, rating scales -
can be open or close ended
What does a behavior checklist provide? - ANS description of specific behaviors and the
conditions under which each behavior occurs
What does a direct assessment provide? - ANS provides measurable and validated
information about learner behavior
What is an example of direct assessment? - ANS tests (criterion-referenced, curriculum-
based), direct observation
What is a criterion-referenced-assessment? - ANS measures skill performance across
recognized and commonly accepted developmental milestones
What is a curriculum-based assessment? - ANS data obtained bear uniquely on the daily or
weekly tasks performed in response to planned lessons
What are direct observations useful for? - ANS determining target behavior to assess
What is anecdotal (ABC) observation? - ANS records descriptive, temporally sequenced
account of all behaviors of interest and the antecedent conditions and consequences for those
behaviors as events occur
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