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VERIFIED ANSWERS|ACTUAL COMPLETE EXAM|
ALREADY GRADED A+
Due to a parent only implementing punishment procedures, she finds that her son begins to avoid
her. Which of the following best explains this effect?
A)
The parent became a discriminative stimulus for negative reinforcement.
B)
The parent became a conditioned aversive stimulus.
C)
The parent elicited emotional responses.
D)
The parent became an unconditioned aversive stimulus. ✔Correct Answer-B
When teaching a client to engage in recreational activities, which of the following strategies is the
least likely to be used when programming for maintenance?
A)
Set a behavior trap for the leisure skills that are targeted by the plan.
B)
Ensure that there is sufficient contact with reinforcement from the start.
C)
Assess the performance of the skill after instruction has ended.
D)
Use a CRF schedule to reinforce until the activity is no longer preferred. ✔Correct Answer-D
Don is a BCBA with a license in Marriage and Family Therapy. Don provides both behavior analysis
and marriage therapy to his clients. He is considering hiring a behavior specialist that has no training
in Marriage and Family Therapy. Of the following, which is best practice?
A)
,Don should only hire behavior analysts that also have a background in marriage and family therapy,
then provide supervision as needed.
B)
Ensure that the new employee only engages in behavior analytic practice. Supervise the new
employee only regarding the practice of ABA.
C)
Teach the new employee the techniques required to do marriage therapy and family therapy, if that's
what the client needs. Supervise the employee.
D)
Teach and supervise the new employee on both behavior analytic practice and marriage and family
therapy. Ensure that the client receives the treatment(s) they need. ✔Correct Answer-B
Of the following procedures, which is likely the best generative instruction strategy?
A)
A teacher shows her students the formulas for determining every geometric shape in the text, and
assesses the student's ability to remember the formulas.
B)
A student is taught to match a picture of a car to a picture of a car, then is taught to match a picture
of an apple to a picture of an apple. The student's matching skills are assessed.
C)
A student is taught the sounds that each letter and common letter blends make, then the student is
assessed on his ability to form and pronounce untaught combinations of those letters.
D)
A teacher develops a stack of flash cards with whole words on them, and teaches his students to
fluently respond correctly to each card, when the card is presented. ✔Correct Answer-C
A loud noise elicits the activation syndrome. In the past, a bright light has been paired with a loud
noise. Now, a bright light elicits the activation syndrome. What type of relation is this?
A)
CS-CR
B)
US-UR
,C)
S-R-S
D)
A-B-C ✔Correct Answer-A
Trina reviewed a video recording of a student 3 times, and took data on the student's eye contact
using a stopwatch, each time she counted 17 seconds. The client actually engaged in 23 seconds of
eye contact. The fact that these two numbers don't match is because Trina's measurements lack:
A)
Reliability
B)
Treatment integrity
C)
Validity
D)
Accuracy ✔Correct Answer-D
Data indicate no progress for a client; however, other members of a school interdisciplinary team
state the client seems happy and that the intervention plan should not change. What is the best
course of action for the behavior analyst to take?
A)
Continue to make treatment suggestions and decisions based on data.
B)
Maintain confidentiality when reporting ethical violations to the principal.
C)
Tell the team members how to use the current data to guide treatment decision making.
D)
Independently implement programs using data to guide intervention decisions. ✔Correct Answer-
A
Which of the following is a core feature of precision teaching?
, A)
Teachers graph student performance on equal-interval graphs improving the speed and accuracy of
teaching decisions.
B)
Teachers use scripts and choral responding to better identify exactly which students are and are not
meeting mastery objectives.
C)
Students move through curricula as they demonstrate mastery of academic skills by achieving at
least 90% on any particular skill.
D)
Teaching decisions are continuously made based upon data that is graphed immediately following
student performance. ✔Correct Answer-D
Shirley is working with a two-year-old client, Maura. She is teaching Maura to put the square shape
in the square hole. According to the table, how long did it take Maura to reach criterion?
Criterion = 3 consecutive correct responses
1+ 2- 3+ 4+ 5- 6+ 7- 8+ 9- 10- 11+ 12+ 13+ 14+ 15+
A)
4 trials
B)
15 trials
C)
13 trials
D)
3 trials ✔Correct Answer-C
Basma wants her student to correctly tact as many pictures as possible from a very large array of
pictures. Of the following, which best describes a free-operant arrangement?
A)
Basma places all of the cards face up on a table at the same time, asks the student to name them,
and counts tacts per minute.
B)
VERIFIED ANSWERS|ACTUAL COMPLETE EXAM|
ALREADY GRADED A+
Due to a parent only implementing punishment procedures, she finds that her son begins to avoid
her. Which of the following best explains this effect?
A)
The parent became a discriminative stimulus for negative reinforcement.
B)
The parent became a conditioned aversive stimulus.
C)
The parent elicited emotional responses.
D)
The parent became an unconditioned aversive stimulus. ✔Correct Answer-B
When teaching a client to engage in recreational activities, which of the following strategies is the
least likely to be used when programming for maintenance?
A)
Set a behavior trap for the leisure skills that are targeted by the plan.
B)
Ensure that there is sufficient contact with reinforcement from the start.
C)
Assess the performance of the skill after instruction has ended.
D)
Use a CRF schedule to reinforce until the activity is no longer preferred. ✔Correct Answer-D
Don is a BCBA with a license in Marriage and Family Therapy. Don provides both behavior analysis
and marriage therapy to his clients. He is considering hiring a behavior specialist that has no training
in Marriage and Family Therapy. Of the following, which is best practice?
A)
,Don should only hire behavior analysts that also have a background in marriage and family therapy,
then provide supervision as needed.
B)
Ensure that the new employee only engages in behavior analytic practice. Supervise the new
employee only regarding the practice of ABA.
C)
Teach the new employee the techniques required to do marriage therapy and family therapy, if that's
what the client needs. Supervise the employee.
D)
Teach and supervise the new employee on both behavior analytic practice and marriage and family
therapy. Ensure that the client receives the treatment(s) they need. ✔Correct Answer-B
Of the following procedures, which is likely the best generative instruction strategy?
A)
A teacher shows her students the formulas for determining every geometric shape in the text, and
assesses the student's ability to remember the formulas.
B)
A student is taught to match a picture of a car to a picture of a car, then is taught to match a picture
of an apple to a picture of an apple. The student's matching skills are assessed.
C)
A student is taught the sounds that each letter and common letter blends make, then the student is
assessed on his ability to form and pronounce untaught combinations of those letters.
D)
A teacher develops a stack of flash cards with whole words on them, and teaches his students to
fluently respond correctly to each card, when the card is presented. ✔Correct Answer-C
A loud noise elicits the activation syndrome. In the past, a bright light has been paired with a loud
noise. Now, a bright light elicits the activation syndrome. What type of relation is this?
A)
CS-CR
B)
US-UR
,C)
S-R-S
D)
A-B-C ✔Correct Answer-A
Trina reviewed a video recording of a student 3 times, and took data on the student's eye contact
using a stopwatch, each time she counted 17 seconds. The client actually engaged in 23 seconds of
eye contact. The fact that these two numbers don't match is because Trina's measurements lack:
A)
Reliability
B)
Treatment integrity
C)
Validity
D)
Accuracy ✔Correct Answer-D
Data indicate no progress for a client; however, other members of a school interdisciplinary team
state the client seems happy and that the intervention plan should not change. What is the best
course of action for the behavior analyst to take?
A)
Continue to make treatment suggestions and decisions based on data.
B)
Maintain confidentiality when reporting ethical violations to the principal.
C)
Tell the team members how to use the current data to guide treatment decision making.
D)
Independently implement programs using data to guide intervention decisions. ✔Correct Answer-
A
Which of the following is a core feature of precision teaching?
, A)
Teachers graph student performance on equal-interval graphs improving the speed and accuracy of
teaching decisions.
B)
Teachers use scripts and choral responding to better identify exactly which students are and are not
meeting mastery objectives.
C)
Students move through curricula as they demonstrate mastery of academic skills by achieving at
least 90% on any particular skill.
D)
Teaching decisions are continuously made based upon data that is graphed immediately following
student performance. ✔Correct Answer-D
Shirley is working with a two-year-old client, Maura. She is teaching Maura to put the square shape
in the square hole. According to the table, how long did it take Maura to reach criterion?
Criterion = 3 consecutive correct responses
1+ 2- 3+ 4+ 5- 6+ 7- 8+ 9- 10- 11+ 12+ 13+ 14+ 15+
A)
4 trials
B)
15 trials
C)
13 trials
D)
3 trials ✔Correct Answer-C
Basma wants her student to correctly tact as many pictures as possible from a very large array of
pictures. Of the following, which best describes a free-operant arrangement?
A)
Basma places all of the cards face up on a table at the same time, asks the student to name them,
and counts tacts per minute.
B)
