ABA 622 PRETEST MIDTERM
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ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
⩥ Which of the following is an antecedent intervention to increase the
likelihood of a behavior technician to sanitize the work environment
following a session at a clinic? Answer: Reduce other demands placed
on the behavior technician immediately following a session.
⩥ The teacher tells a group of students that they are able to go to recess
early as soon as everyone has completed the math worksheet. This
exemplifies which type of contingency? Answer: interdependent group
contingency
⩥ Poppy's parents are working on teaching their child to stay in bed.
Getting out of bed seems to be reinforced by being out of the bed and
having free access to her toys. They decide to utilize a green light and a
red light that they can turn on and off using a timer. The green light
would be a stimulus delta for getting out of bed if which of the following
consequences took place when the green light was illuminated? Answer:
If Poppy gets out of her bed, she is immediately redirected to the bed.
⩥ Mari has received reports that Nathan is "creating a toxic workplace".
As Nathan's supervisor, and in reference to addressing this behavior,
what is Mari's first step? Answer: Gather further information to
operationally define Nathan's behavior.
,⩥ In regards to his client's reward program, Drake wants to determine
what size of stickers he needs to use on the chart. What analysis would
be most useful in determining this? Answer: Parametric Analysis
⩥ The special education teacher informed the paraprofessionals in her
classroom, that any paraprofessional who is on time for class each day
during the week, and completes three sessions of trainings with each
student per day will be given a $10 gift card each Friday. Which type of
group contingency is presented in this scenario? Answer: independent
group contingency
⩥ Amber earns tokens for completing household chores. Staff are also to
deliver praise following completion of the chores. How might you
conduct a parametric analysis for Amber? Answer: Experimentally
change the number of tokens delivered to Amber and measure the effect
on chore completion.
⩥ Melinda teaches 3rd graders. While her student teacher is leading the
class, Melinda checks on the children at the end of every 5-minute
interval. Melinda does a count of all of the children that are participating
in the activity. Which measurement strategy is best exemplified by this
scenario? Answer: PLACHECK
⩥ You are implementing an intervention and the results being measured
are contrary to what you were expecting to occur. You worry that this
may impact your ability to retain the client, however you continue to
, measure the behavior objectively, producing unbiased data. Your
measurement system demonstrates validity and reliability. You
understand that data must be unbiased and open to anyone's observation
rather than the subjective belief of one single scientist. This refers to
which attitude of science? Answer: empiricism
⩥ You are attempting to implement a punishment procedure by using a
response cost in your token economy. Specifically, a token is removed
whenever your client engages in elopement. Whenever you have
removed the token, aggression increases. Which of the following is true
about this scenario? Answer: Aggression is likely an unwanted effect of
the punishment procedure.
⩥ Which of the following is not true when establishing a token exchange
ratio in a token economy? Answer: Initial exchange ratios should be
high.
⩥ Which of the following is an example of code violation under item
6.08 Appropriate Credit in the Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts?
Answer: The researcher humbly puts their name as fourth author when
seeking to be published, when they clearly contributed the most to the
project.
⩥ James is using a changing criterion design to increase the number of
widgets his employee assembles every 10 minutes. Which of the
following is not a recommended component of the procedure? Answer:
CERTIFICATION PAPER 2026 FULL
ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
⩥ Which of the following is an antecedent intervention to increase the
likelihood of a behavior technician to sanitize the work environment
following a session at a clinic? Answer: Reduce other demands placed
on the behavior technician immediately following a session.
⩥ The teacher tells a group of students that they are able to go to recess
early as soon as everyone has completed the math worksheet. This
exemplifies which type of contingency? Answer: interdependent group
contingency
⩥ Poppy's parents are working on teaching their child to stay in bed.
Getting out of bed seems to be reinforced by being out of the bed and
having free access to her toys. They decide to utilize a green light and a
red light that they can turn on and off using a timer. The green light
would be a stimulus delta for getting out of bed if which of the following
consequences took place when the green light was illuminated? Answer:
If Poppy gets out of her bed, she is immediately redirected to the bed.
⩥ Mari has received reports that Nathan is "creating a toxic workplace".
As Nathan's supervisor, and in reference to addressing this behavior,
what is Mari's first step? Answer: Gather further information to
operationally define Nathan's behavior.
,⩥ In regards to his client's reward program, Drake wants to determine
what size of stickers he needs to use on the chart. What analysis would
be most useful in determining this? Answer: Parametric Analysis
⩥ The special education teacher informed the paraprofessionals in her
classroom, that any paraprofessional who is on time for class each day
during the week, and completes three sessions of trainings with each
student per day will be given a $10 gift card each Friday. Which type of
group contingency is presented in this scenario? Answer: independent
group contingency
⩥ Amber earns tokens for completing household chores. Staff are also to
deliver praise following completion of the chores. How might you
conduct a parametric analysis for Amber? Answer: Experimentally
change the number of tokens delivered to Amber and measure the effect
on chore completion.
⩥ Melinda teaches 3rd graders. While her student teacher is leading the
class, Melinda checks on the children at the end of every 5-minute
interval. Melinda does a count of all of the children that are participating
in the activity. Which measurement strategy is best exemplified by this
scenario? Answer: PLACHECK
⩥ You are implementing an intervention and the results being measured
are contrary to what you were expecting to occur. You worry that this
may impact your ability to retain the client, however you continue to
, measure the behavior objectively, producing unbiased data. Your
measurement system demonstrates validity and reliability. You
understand that data must be unbiased and open to anyone's observation
rather than the subjective belief of one single scientist. This refers to
which attitude of science? Answer: empiricism
⩥ You are attempting to implement a punishment procedure by using a
response cost in your token economy. Specifically, a token is removed
whenever your client engages in elopement. Whenever you have
removed the token, aggression increases. Which of the following is true
about this scenario? Answer: Aggression is likely an unwanted effect of
the punishment procedure.
⩥ Which of the following is not true when establishing a token exchange
ratio in a token economy? Answer: Initial exchange ratios should be
high.
⩥ Which of the following is an example of code violation under item
6.08 Appropriate Credit in the Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts?
Answer: The researcher humbly puts their name as fourth author when
seeking to be published, when they clearly contributed the most to the
project.
⩥ James is using a changing criterion design to increase the number of
widgets his employee assembles every 10 minutes. Which of the
following is not a recommended component of the procedure? Answer:
