ABAT PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS
◉ Contriving learning opportunities involves:
a.Taking natural opportunities as they arise throughout the day to
teach general skills
b.Setting up learning opportunities in order to target specific skills
c.Teaching in a structured, distraction-free environment
d.Teaching skills on worksheets Answer: b.Setting up learning
opportunities in order to target specific skills
◉ Capturing learning opportunities involves:
a.Taking natural opportunities as they arise throughout the day to
teach general skills
b.Setting up learining opportunities in order to target specific skills
c.Teaching skills on worksheets
d.Teaching in a structured, distraction-free environment Answer:
a.Taking natural opportunities as they arise throughout the day to
teach general skills
◉ Name the discriminative stimulus in the following scenario: A
Behavior Technician says, "What is it?" while pointing to a tree on a
walk around the neighborhood, the client continues walking without
,changing behavior, the Behavior Technician taps the client's
shoulder and says, "Ooops, I don't think you heard me. Let's try
again."
a.the client continues walking without changing behavior
b.There is no discriminative stimulus in this scenario
c.the Behavior Technician taps the client's shoulder and says,
"Ooops, I don't think you heard me. Let's try again."
d.A Behavior Technician says, "What is it?" while pointing to a tree
on a walk around the neighborhood Answer: d.A Behavior
Technician says, "What is it?" while pointing to a tree on a walk
around the neighborhood
◉ Examples of stimulus generalization will include many:
a.consequences such as reinforcement and punishment
b.responses (e.g. things we do such as naming objects and solving
math problems)
c.schedules to promote remembering over time
d.stimlui (e.g. things we see, smell, hear, etc.) Answer: d.stimlui (e.g.
things we see, smell, hear, etc.)
Stimulus Generalization: the ability to apply a behavior learned in
one situation or with one stimulus to similar situations or stimuli
,◉ Name the type of generalization described in the scenario below:
My little sister just started reading. Her favorite word is red. She
reads the word "red" in several different books, on street signs, and
at the grocery store.
a.Stimulus Generalization
b.Response Generalization
c.Maintenance
d.This is not an example of Generalization Answer: a.Stimulus
Generalization
◉ Name the teaching methodology described in the following
scenario: A behavior interventionist contrives opportunities to work
on labeling the colors red, green, and blue, when asking for crayons
during a Coloring lesson, as well as captures opportunities to work
on responding to questions and comments from peers.
a.Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT)
b.Task Analysis (TA)
c.Shaping
d.Natural Environment Teaching (NET) Answer: d.Natural
Environment Teaching (NET)
◉ Name the type of generalization described in the scenario below:
Back in second grade, I could recite the fifty states in order when
asked. I can still recite the fifty states in order now decades later.
a.Response Generalization
, b.This is not an example of Generalization
c.Maintenance
d.Stimulus Generalization Answer: c.Maintenance
◉ Name the teaching methodology described in the following
scenario: At soccer practice when working on passing the ball, a
coach first reinforces kicking towards the ball, then kicking the ball
with any part of the foot, and then kicking the ball with the inside of
the foot.
a.Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT)
b.Shaping
c.Natural Environment Teaching (NET)
d.Task Analysis (TA) Answer: b.Shaping
Shaping: breaking down a desired behavior into smaller, manageable
steps, allowing individuals to gradually progress towards the desired
outcome
◉ Two of the main goals of Natural Environment Teaching (NET)
are:
a.Teaching learning to learn skills and increasing flexibility
b.Teaching complex tasks and increasing effort
c.Teaching using high levels of prompts and patterns
ANSWERS
◉ Contriving learning opportunities involves:
a.Taking natural opportunities as they arise throughout the day to
teach general skills
b.Setting up learning opportunities in order to target specific skills
c.Teaching in a structured, distraction-free environment
d.Teaching skills on worksheets Answer: b.Setting up learning
opportunities in order to target specific skills
◉ Capturing learning opportunities involves:
a.Taking natural opportunities as they arise throughout the day to
teach general skills
b.Setting up learining opportunities in order to target specific skills
c.Teaching skills on worksheets
d.Teaching in a structured, distraction-free environment Answer:
a.Taking natural opportunities as they arise throughout the day to
teach general skills
◉ Name the discriminative stimulus in the following scenario: A
Behavior Technician says, "What is it?" while pointing to a tree on a
walk around the neighborhood, the client continues walking without
,changing behavior, the Behavior Technician taps the client's
shoulder and says, "Ooops, I don't think you heard me. Let's try
again."
a.the client continues walking without changing behavior
b.There is no discriminative stimulus in this scenario
c.the Behavior Technician taps the client's shoulder and says,
"Ooops, I don't think you heard me. Let's try again."
d.A Behavior Technician says, "What is it?" while pointing to a tree
on a walk around the neighborhood Answer: d.A Behavior
Technician says, "What is it?" while pointing to a tree on a walk
around the neighborhood
◉ Examples of stimulus generalization will include many:
a.consequences such as reinforcement and punishment
b.responses (e.g. things we do such as naming objects and solving
math problems)
c.schedules to promote remembering over time
d.stimlui (e.g. things we see, smell, hear, etc.) Answer: d.stimlui (e.g.
things we see, smell, hear, etc.)
Stimulus Generalization: the ability to apply a behavior learned in
one situation or with one stimulus to similar situations or stimuli
,◉ Name the type of generalization described in the scenario below:
My little sister just started reading. Her favorite word is red. She
reads the word "red" in several different books, on street signs, and
at the grocery store.
a.Stimulus Generalization
b.Response Generalization
c.Maintenance
d.This is not an example of Generalization Answer: a.Stimulus
Generalization
◉ Name the teaching methodology described in the following
scenario: A behavior interventionist contrives opportunities to work
on labeling the colors red, green, and blue, when asking for crayons
during a Coloring lesson, as well as captures opportunities to work
on responding to questions and comments from peers.
a.Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT)
b.Task Analysis (TA)
c.Shaping
d.Natural Environment Teaching (NET) Answer: d.Natural
Environment Teaching (NET)
◉ Name the type of generalization described in the scenario below:
Back in second grade, I could recite the fifty states in order when
asked. I can still recite the fifty states in order now decades later.
a.Response Generalization
, b.This is not an example of Generalization
c.Maintenance
d.Stimulus Generalization Answer: c.Maintenance
◉ Name the teaching methodology described in the following
scenario: At soccer practice when working on passing the ball, a
coach first reinforces kicking towards the ball, then kicking the ball
with any part of the foot, and then kicking the ball with the inside of
the foot.
a.Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT)
b.Shaping
c.Natural Environment Teaching (NET)
d.Task Analysis (TA) Answer: b.Shaping
Shaping: breaking down a desired behavior into smaller, manageable
steps, allowing individuals to gradually progress towards the desired
outcome
◉ Two of the main goals of Natural Environment Teaching (NET)
are:
a.Teaching learning to learn skills and increasing flexibility
b.Teaching complex tasks and increasing effort
c.Teaching using high levels of prompts and patterns
