ABA 624 FINAL ACTUAL EXAM PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ You are implementing SAFMEDS into your study skill routine. Upon the
analysis of the data, you see that it took 30 responses in order to achieve the
performance goal. This is known as.
Answer: Trials -to-Criterion
◍ The lab assistant recorded conditions where confounding variables
interacted with each other, effecting the outcome of later events of the
experiment. This is known as the.
Answer: Sequence Effects
◍ The experimenter reintroduced the independent variable to show reliability
of behavior change. She wanted to see if she could make it happen again to
see if it is believable. This is.
Answer: Replication
◍ The teacher recorded a tally mark every time Samantha raised her hand to
answer a question during whole group instruction. What is being measured?.
Answer: Frequency
◍ 7-15. The same behavior exhibited by two different students may serve two
different functions..
Answer: True
◍ The value on the vertical axis scale around which a set of behavior measures
converge. This is.
Answer: Level
◍ Melissa is trying to increase the number of classes that she attends each
, week, so she writes a behavioral contract with the school counselor. An
agreement between one person who is attempting to change a target
behavior and a contract manager who implements the contingencies is
referred to as a ____________ contract..
Answer: one party
◍ Twenty seconds passed in between the two instances of the dog barking at
the mailman. What is this measuring?.
Answer: Interresponse Time
◍ Stimulus control develops as a result of.
Answer: stimulus discrimination training
◍ The Speech Pathologist wanted to measure how often her client engaged in
vocal preservations. The behavior occurred so fast and often. It was difficult
for the pathologist to record baseline data. What is the best method for the
speech pathologist to measure the vocal preservations?.
Answer: Partial-Interval Recording
◍ 2-16. __________ refers only to procedures derived from experimental
analysis of human behavior.a. cognitive modificationb. behavior
modificationc. systematic analysisd. all of the above.
Answer: b. behavior modification
◍ telling the correct way to swing a bat.
Answer: verbal prompt
◍ 10-6.Prompts are offered before an SD is presented and failed to occasion a
response..
Answer: False
◍ A group of stimuli having the same functional effect on a certain behavior
are said to belong to a stimulus:.
Answer: class
◍ 10-21. By making prompts used as "weak" as possible, the teacher has: a.
increased the power of S-deltas presentb. increased the amount of time a
, prompt will be neededc. guarded against delay of development of stimulus
controld. done nothing to affect the instructional program.
Answer: c. guarded against delay of development of stimulus control
◍ The scientist was able to capture the range of deviance of the data points
around the line. The data points that are close to the line are considered low,
conversely, the data points further from the line is considered high. This is
known as.
Answer: Variability
◍ This type of design is used to study the effect of a treatment on the behavior
of a single participant. Baseline, intervention, baseline, intervention. This is
called a/an.
Answer: A-B-A-B Design
◍ 12-9. In classrooms self-punishment has been used for the administration of
aversive stimuli..
Answer: False
◍ 6-19. The basic AB design does not provide for the replication within an
experiment that establishes a functional relation between the independent
and dependent variables..
Answer: True
◍ 7-30. Which of the following is NOT considered a behavior rating scale? a.
A-B-C Descriptive Analysisb. Functional Analysis Screening Tool
(FAST)c. Motivation Assessment Scale (MAS)d. Problem Behavior
Questionnaire (PBQ).
Answer: a. A-B-C Descriptive Analysis
◍ During this type of experimental design, has baseline, the interventions and
then return to baseline. What type of design is this?.
Answer: A-B-A Design
◍ 4-2. The period between the presentation of a discriminative stimulus and
the initiation of a response is called the latency period..
Answer: True
, ◍ In ____________ desensitization an individual maintains relaxation while
imagining the fear-producing stimulus, and in ____________
desensitization an individual maintains relaxation while being exposed to
the fear-producing stimulus..
Answer: systematic; in vivo
◍ During this type of experimental design, the Researcher reverses responding
to a level obtained in a previous condition. For this to occur, the behavior
must approximate the initial baseline level..
Answer: Reversal Design
◍ You weigh yourself daily at home. Everyday your bathroom scale measures
you 5 pounds less than the calibrated scale at your Doctor's office. Your
bathroom scale has high __..
Answer: Reliability
◍ 2-5. Behavior analysis has the power to remove the ability of the individual
to choose alternative responses..
Answer: False
◍ hand over hand assistance in swinging a bat.
Answer: physical prompt
◍ The IEP team inquired about Abbot's on-task performance during a writing
activity. The Behavior Analyst measured the ongoing behavior by __ __ __
to see if Abbot could remain on-task during the activity..
Answer: Whole Interval Recording
◍ in behavior modification, an aversive stimulus is defined in terms of.
Answer: its effect on behavior
◍ 9-42. All of the following reduce behavior by removing a desired stimulus
EXCEPT: a. time outb. response costc. contingent observationd.
noncontingent reinforcement.
Answer: d. noncontingent reinforcement
◍ which research design is this.
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ You are implementing SAFMEDS into your study skill routine. Upon the
analysis of the data, you see that it took 30 responses in order to achieve the
performance goal. This is known as.
Answer: Trials -to-Criterion
◍ The lab assistant recorded conditions where confounding variables
interacted with each other, effecting the outcome of later events of the
experiment. This is known as the.
Answer: Sequence Effects
◍ The experimenter reintroduced the independent variable to show reliability
of behavior change. She wanted to see if she could make it happen again to
see if it is believable. This is.
Answer: Replication
◍ The teacher recorded a tally mark every time Samantha raised her hand to
answer a question during whole group instruction. What is being measured?.
Answer: Frequency
◍ 7-15. The same behavior exhibited by two different students may serve two
different functions..
Answer: True
◍ The value on the vertical axis scale around which a set of behavior measures
converge. This is.
Answer: Level
◍ Melissa is trying to increase the number of classes that she attends each
, week, so she writes a behavioral contract with the school counselor. An
agreement between one person who is attempting to change a target
behavior and a contract manager who implements the contingencies is
referred to as a ____________ contract..
Answer: one party
◍ Twenty seconds passed in between the two instances of the dog barking at
the mailman. What is this measuring?.
Answer: Interresponse Time
◍ Stimulus control develops as a result of.
Answer: stimulus discrimination training
◍ The Speech Pathologist wanted to measure how often her client engaged in
vocal preservations. The behavior occurred so fast and often. It was difficult
for the pathologist to record baseline data. What is the best method for the
speech pathologist to measure the vocal preservations?.
Answer: Partial-Interval Recording
◍ 2-16. __________ refers only to procedures derived from experimental
analysis of human behavior.a. cognitive modificationb. behavior
modificationc. systematic analysisd. all of the above.
Answer: b. behavior modification
◍ telling the correct way to swing a bat.
Answer: verbal prompt
◍ 10-6.Prompts are offered before an SD is presented and failed to occasion a
response..
Answer: False
◍ A group of stimuli having the same functional effect on a certain behavior
are said to belong to a stimulus:.
Answer: class
◍ 10-21. By making prompts used as "weak" as possible, the teacher has: a.
increased the power of S-deltas presentb. increased the amount of time a
, prompt will be neededc. guarded against delay of development of stimulus
controld. done nothing to affect the instructional program.
Answer: c. guarded against delay of development of stimulus control
◍ The scientist was able to capture the range of deviance of the data points
around the line. The data points that are close to the line are considered low,
conversely, the data points further from the line is considered high. This is
known as.
Answer: Variability
◍ This type of design is used to study the effect of a treatment on the behavior
of a single participant. Baseline, intervention, baseline, intervention. This is
called a/an.
Answer: A-B-A-B Design
◍ 12-9. In classrooms self-punishment has been used for the administration of
aversive stimuli..
Answer: False
◍ 6-19. The basic AB design does not provide for the replication within an
experiment that establishes a functional relation between the independent
and dependent variables..
Answer: True
◍ 7-30. Which of the following is NOT considered a behavior rating scale? a.
A-B-C Descriptive Analysisb. Functional Analysis Screening Tool
(FAST)c. Motivation Assessment Scale (MAS)d. Problem Behavior
Questionnaire (PBQ).
Answer: a. A-B-C Descriptive Analysis
◍ During this type of experimental design, has baseline, the interventions and
then return to baseline. What type of design is this?.
Answer: A-B-A Design
◍ 4-2. The period between the presentation of a discriminative stimulus and
the initiation of a response is called the latency period..
Answer: True
, ◍ In ____________ desensitization an individual maintains relaxation while
imagining the fear-producing stimulus, and in ____________
desensitization an individual maintains relaxation while being exposed to
the fear-producing stimulus..
Answer: systematic; in vivo
◍ During this type of experimental design, the Researcher reverses responding
to a level obtained in a previous condition. For this to occur, the behavior
must approximate the initial baseline level..
Answer: Reversal Design
◍ You weigh yourself daily at home. Everyday your bathroom scale measures
you 5 pounds less than the calibrated scale at your Doctor's office. Your
bathroom scale has high __..
Answer: Reliability
◍ 2-5. Behavior analysis has the power to remove the ability of the individual
to choose alternative responses..
Answer: False
◍ hand over hand assistance in swinging a bat.
Answer: physical prompt
◍ The IEP team inquired about Abbot's on-task performance during a writing
activity. The Behavior Analyst measured the ongoing behavior by __ __ __
to see if Abbot could remain on-task during the activity..
Answer: Whole Interval Recording
◍ in behavior modification, an aversive stimulus is defined in terms of.
Answer: its effect on behavior
◍ 9-42. All of the following reduce behavior by removing a desired stimulus
EXCEPT: a. time outb. response costc. contingent observationd.
noncontingent reinforcement.
Answer: d. noncontingent reinforcement
◍ which research design is this.
