ABA EXAM STUDY
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
A. Prediction, description & control - ANS-The levels of understanding science provides
includes:
A. Prediction, description & control
B. Prediction, description & calculation
C. Prediction, depiction & illustration
D. Picture, description & control
Response class - ANS-A __________ ________ is a group of responses of varying
topography, all of which produce the same effect on the environment.
Stimulus response - ANS-A reflex is a ___________ _________ relation consisting of an
antecedent stimulus and the respondent behavior it elicits (e.g., knee-jerk to tap just
below a patella)
Reinforcement, punishment - ANS-Operant conditioning, which encompasses
__________________ and _____________, refers to the process and selective effects of
consequences on behavior.
Empiricism-A
Applied-B
Prediction-A
Experimentation-A
,Conceptual-B
Mentalism-C
Determinism-A
Technological-B - ANS-Determine whether each of the following is
A - An attitude of science
B - A defining characteristic of applied behavior analysis
C - Neither an attitude of science nor a defining characteristic of ABA
Empiricism, Applied, Prediction, Experimentation, Conceptual, Mentalism,
Determinism, Technological
Functional relation - ANS-A principle of behavior describes a ____________ __________
between behavior and one or more of its controlling variables.
A. Stimulus class - ANS-A ____________ ___________ is a group of stimuli that share
specified common elements along formal, temporal, and/or functional dimensions.
A. Stimulus class
B. Response class
C. Antecedent class
D. Stimulus change
Operant, respondent - ANS-______________ and _____________ are two functionally
distinct types of behavior important to behavior analysis.
Environment - ANS-The controlling variables of primary importance in applied
behavior analysis are located in the _________________.
B. Parsimony - ANS-The idea that simple, logical explanations must be ruled out,
experimentally or conceptually, before more complex or abstract explanations are
considered.
A. Experimentation
B. Parsimony
, C. Prediction
D. Philosophic doubt
Functional - ANS-A ____________ definition designates responses in terms of their effect
on the environment.
A. Ease of evaluation
C. Accurate measurement of behavior
D. Demonstration of effectiveness - ANS-Explicit behavior definitions are important to
the practitioner of applied behavior analysis for which of the following reasons
A. Ease of evaluation
B. Increased likelihood of behavior change
C. Accurate measurement of behavior
D. Demonstration of effectiveness
Objective, clear, and complete - ANS-A good behavior definition should be ___________,
_____________, and ___________.
Social validity - ANS-Behaviors have _________________ if they affect a person's life in a
positive and meaningful manner.
D. Pivotal behavior - ANS-A behavior that produces corresponding modifications or co-
variations in other adaptive, untrained behaviors is a ___________.
A. Behavior cusp
B. Critical behavior
C. Initiating behavior
D. Pivotal behavior
Response latency - ANS-If you are interested in the amount of time it takes a student to
begin a task after the teacher has given an instruction you would measure
______________________.
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
A. Prediction, description & control - ANS-The levels of understanding science provides
includes:
A. Prediction, description & control
B. Prediction, description & calculation
C. Prediction, depiction & illustration
D. Picture, description & control
Response class - ANS-A __________ ________ is a group of responses of varying
topography, all of which produce the same effect on the environment.
Stimulus response - ANS-A reflex is a ___________ _________ relation consisting of an
antecedent stimulus and the respondent behavior it elicits (e.g., knee-jerk to tap just
below a patella)
Reinforcement, punishment - ANS-Operant conditioning, which encompasses
__________________ and _____________, refers to the process and selective effects of
consequences on behavior.
Empiricism-A
Applied-B
Prediction-A
Experimentation-A
,Conceptual-B
Mentalism-C
Determinism-A
Technological-B - ANS-Determine whether each of the following is
A - An attitude of science
B - A defining characteristic of applied behavior analysis
C - Neither an attitude of science nor a defining characteristic of ABA
Empiricism, Applied, Prediction, Experimentation, Conceptual, Mentalism,
Determinism, Technological
Functional relation - ANS-A principle of behavior describes a ____________ __________
between behavior and one or more of its controlling variables.
A. Stimulus class - ANS-A ____________ ___________ is a group of stimuli that share
specified common elements along formal, temporal, and/or functional dimensions.
A. Stimulus class
B. Response class
C. Antecedent class
D. Stimulus change
Operant, respondent - ANS-______________ and _____________ are two functionally
distinct types of behavior important to behavior analysis.
Environment - ANS-The controlling variables of primary importance in applied
behavior analysis are located in the _________________.
B. Parsimony - ANS-The idea that simple, logical explanations must be ruled out,
experimentally or conceptually, before more complex or abstract explanations are
considered.
A. Experimentation
B. Parsimony
, C. Prediction
D. Philosophic doubt
Functional - ANS-A ____________ definition designates responses in terms of their effect
on the environment.
A. Ease of evaluation
C. Accurate measurement of behavior
D. Demonstration of effectiveness - ANS-Explicit behavior definitions are important to
the practitioner of applied behavior analysis for which of the following reasons
A. Ease of evaluation
B. Increased likelihood of behavior change
C. Accurate measurement of behavior
D. Demonstration of effectiveness
Objective, clear, and complete - ANS-A good behavior definition should be ___________,
_____________, and ___________.
Social validity - ANS-Behaviors have _________________ if they affect a person's life in a
positive and meaningful manner.
D. Pivotal behavior - ANS-A behavior that produces corresponding modifications or co-
variations in other adaptive, untrained behaviors is a ___________.
A. Behavior cusp
B. Critical behavior
C. Initiating behavior
D. Pivotal behavior
Response latency - ANS-If you are interested in the amount of time it takes a student to
begin a task after the teacher has given an instruction you would measure
______________________.
