ABA Final Exam Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
A "screening assessment" is another name for:
A. a baseline phase
B. a treatment phase
C. an intake phase
D. a follow-up phase —Answer: C. an intake phase
A questionnaire that asks significant others or professionals involved with a client to indicate
on a checklist the frequency and/or quality of certain behaviors that the client may emit is called
a:
A. third-party rating scale
B. survey schedule
C. problem checklist D. life-history questionnaire —Answer: A. third-party rating scale
Data collected during __________ informs program design.
A. baseline phase
B. validation phase
C. intake phase
D. treatment phase —Answer: A. baseline phase
If displaying data on an individual's behavior influences that individual to improve apart from
any further treatment program, this process is referred to as:
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,A. recording and graphing
B. self-monitoring
C. a successful baseline
D. reactivity —Answer: D. reactivity
__________ occurs when an individual's behavior changes due only to observation of that
behavior.
A. Proactivity
B. Self-reinforcement
C. Habituation
D. Reactivity —Answer: D. Reactivity
One purpose of the ________ phase is to identify the urgency for intervention.
A. baseline phase
B. intake phase
C. validation phase
D. treatment phase —Answer: B. intake phase
Questionnaires, client self-monitoring, role-playing, information from consulting professionals,
and interviews with the client and significant others are
the main types of __________ assessment procedures.
A. direct
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,B. psychodiagnostic
C. psychological
D. indirect —Answer: D. indirect
The __________ phase allows the behavior modifier to assess the persistence of behavioral
change.
A. screening
phase
B. intervention phase
C. maintenance
phase
D. baseline phase —Answer: C. maintenance
phase
The behaviors to be improved in a behavior modification program are frequently called:
A. baseline behaviors
B. behavioral goals
C. client objectives
D. target behaviors —Answer: D. target behaviors
The main advantage of direct assessment procedures over indirect assessment procedures is
that the former:
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, A. are
likely to be more accurate
B. are cheaper
C. are
convenient
D. can be used to provide information about covert behaviors —Answer: A. are
likely to be more accurate
The phase used to determine if a particular agency is the appropriate one
to deal with an individual's behavior and what behaviors should be assessed if this agency is
the appropriate one is called the:
A. intervention phase
B. follow-up phase
C. validation phase
D. screening phase —Answer: D. screening phase
The preprogram assessment phase allows the behavior modifier to:
A. diagnose the individual according to the DSM criteria
B. identify possible causes of the behavioral excess or behavioral deficiency
C. obtain measures using a pre-test survey instrument
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Answers)
A "screening assessment" is another name for:
A. a baseline phase
B. a treatment phase
C. an intake phase
D. a follow-up phase —Answer: C. an intake phase
A questionnaire that asks significant others or professionals involved with a client to indicate
on a checklist the frequency and/or quality of certain behaviors that the client may emit is called
a:
A. third-party rating scale
B. survey schedule
C. problem checklist D. life-history questionnaire —Answer: A. third-party rating scale
Data collected during __________ informs program design.
A. baseline phase
B. validation phase
C. intake phase
D. treatment phase —Answer: A. baseline phase
If displaying data on an individual's behavior influences that individual to improve apart from
any further treatment program, this process is referred to as:
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,A. recording and graphing
B. self-monitoring
C. a successful baseline
D. reactivity —Answer: D. reactivity
__________ occurs when an individual's behavior changes due only to observation of that
behavior.
A. Proactivity
B. Self-reinforcement
C. Habituation
D. Reactivity —Answer: D. Reactivity
One purpose of the ________ phase is to identify the urgency for intervention.
A. baseline phase
B. intake phase
C. validation phase
D. treatment phase —Answer: B. intake phase
Questionnaires, client self-monitoring, role-playing, information from consulting professionals,
and interviews with the client and significant others are
the main types of __________ assessment procedures.
A. direct
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,B. psychodiagnostic
C. psychological
D. indirect —Answer: D. indirect
The __________ phase allows the behavior modifier to assess the persistence of behavioral
change.
A. screening
phase
B. intervention phase
C. maintenance
phase
D. baseline phase —Answer: C. maintenance
phase
The behaviors to be improved in a behavior modification program are frequently called:
A. baseline behaviors
B. behavioral goals
C. client objectives
D. target behaviors —Answer: D. target behaviors
The main advantage of direct assessment procedures over indirect assessment procedures is
that the former:
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, A. are
likely to be more accurate
B. are cheaper
C. are
convenient
D. can be used to provide information about covert behaviors —Answer: A. are
likely to be more accurate
The phase used to determine if a particular agency is the appropriate one
to deal with an individual's behavior and what behaviors should be assessed if this agency is
the appropriate one is called the:
A. intervention phase
B. follow-up phase
C. validation phase
D. screening phase —Answer: D. screening phase
The preprogram assessment phase allows the behavior modifier to:
A. diagnose the individual according to the DSM criteria
B. identify possible causes of the behavioral excess or behavioral deficiency
C. obtain measures using a pre-test survey instrument
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