ABAT Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
ASD and common characteristics and deficits - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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impaired communication, impaired reciprocal social interaction and
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restricted, repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behaviors or interests.
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Autism as a spectrum disorder with a triad of primary impairments -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Social and Emotional Interaction: Standing too
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close to people, unaware of different ways of interacting with others,
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has desire to have friends and relationships but struggles to initiate
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them
Imagination and Flexibility of Thought: does not understand understand
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others points of view or feelings, takes everything literally, and agitated
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by change in routine
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Social Communication and Language: asks repetitive questions, cannot
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'read between the lives' of what people mean, communicates for one
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needs rather than for 'social' engagement, and makes factual comments
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inappropriate to the context
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,'Red flags' used in early diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Any loss of
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speech, babbling, gestures or social skills should be taken very seriously,
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|as regression is a major red flag for autism.
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Overview of diagnosis; how and when - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Doctors
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look at the child's developmental history and behavior to make a
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diagnosis. ASD can sometimes be detected at 18 months or younger. By
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age 2, a diagnosis by an experienced professional can be considered
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very reliable. However, many children do not receive a final diagnosis
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until much older.
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Identify risk factors to ASD - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Your child's sex.
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Boys are about four times more likely to develop autism spectrum
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disorder than girls are. | | |
Family history. Families who have one child with autism spectrum
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disorder have an increased risk of having another child with the
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disorder. ... |
Other disorders. ...| |
Extremely preterm babies. ... | | |
Parents' ages |
Pragmatic Language - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the use of appropriate
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communication in social situations (knowing what to say, how to say it, | | | | | | | | | | | |
and when to say it)
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,Receptive Language - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the understanding of
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information provided in a variety of ways such as sounds and words;
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movement and gestures; and signs and symbols.
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Expressive Language - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-our ability to
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communicate our thoughts and feelings through words, gestures, signs,
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and/or symbols |
Sensory-Motor - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the process whereby a child | | | | | | | |
gains use and coordination of his/her muscles of the trunk, arms, legs
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and hands (motor development), and begins to experience (through
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sensory input) the environment through sight, sounds, smell, taste and
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hearing
Social Skills - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the skills we use everyday to
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interact and communicate with others. They include verbal and non-
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verbal communication, such as speech, gesture, facial expression and
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body language.
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Joint Attention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-When the child points to
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something, not because they want it, but to show it to someone for a
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social purpose.|
, Stereotypy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-suppressible, repetitive, rhythmical,
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coordinated, purposeless, fixed, and nonfunctional pattern of
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movements.
Disorders commonly associated in differential diagnosis, such as
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learning disabilities, processing disorders, etc. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Learning Disabilities: Learning disabilities are disorders that affect the
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ability to understand or use spoken or written language, do
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mathematical calculations, coordinate movements, or direct attention.
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Processing Disorders: are conditions in which the brain has difficulty
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receiving and responding to information that comes through the senses.
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Identify comorbid disorders associated with ASD - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Anxiety, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, | | | | | |
Down Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, Gastrointestinal Symptoms,
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Intellectual Disability and Developmental Delays, Motor Difficulties,
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OCD, Seizures and Epilepsy, Tourette Syndrome, and Tuberous Sclerosis
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Scope and role of practice for the ABAT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ABA!
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The application of experimental analysis of behavior to problems of
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social importance
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Answers
ASD and common characteristics and deficits - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | |
impaired communication, impaired reciprocal social interaction and
| | | | | | |
restricted, repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behaviors or interests.
| | | | | | | |
Autism as a spectrum disorder with a triad of primary impairments -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Social and Emotional Interaction: Standing too
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close to people, unaware of different ways of interacting with others,
| | | | | | | | | | |
has desire to have friends and relationships but struggles to initiate
| | | | | | | | | | |
them
Imagination and Flexibility of Thought: does not understand understand
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others points of view or feelings, takes everything literally, and agitated
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by change in routine
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Social Communication and Language: asks repetitive questions, cannot
| | | | | | |
'read between the lives' of what people mean, communicates for one
| | | | | | | | | | | |
needs rather than for 'social' engagement, and makes factual comments
| | | | | | | | |
inappropriate to the context
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,'Red flags' used in early diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Any loss of
| | | | | | | | | | |
speech, babbling, gestures or social skills should be taken very seriously,
| | | | | | | | | |
|as regression is a major red flag for autism.
| | | | | | | |
Overview of diagnosis; how and when - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Doctors
| | | | | | | | |
look at the child's developmental history and behavior to make a
| | | | | | | | | | |
diagnosis. ASD can sometimes be detected at 18 months or younger. By
| | | | | | | | | | | |
age 2, a diagnosis by an experienced professional can be considered
| | | | | | | | | | |
very reliable. However, many children do not receive a final diagnosis
| | | | | | | | | | |
until much older.
| |
Identify risk factors to ASD - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Your child's sex.
| | | | | | | | | |
Boys are about four times more likely to develop autism spectrum
| | | | | | | | | | |
disorder than girls are. | | |
Family history. Families who have one child with autism spectrum
| | | | | | | | | |
disorder have an increased risk of having another child with the
| | | | | | | | | | |
disorder. ... |
Other disorders. ...| |
Extremely preterm babies. ... | | |
Parents' ages |
Pragmatic Language - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the use of appropriate
| | | | | | | |
communication in social situations (knowing what to say, how to say it, | | | | | | | | | | | |
and when to say it)
| | | |
,Receptive Language - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the understanding of
| | | | | | |
information provided in a variety of ways such as sounds and words;
| | | | | | | | | | | |
movement and gestures; and signs and symbols.
| | | | | |
Expressive Language - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-our ability to
| | | | | | |
communicate our thoughts and feelings through words, gestures, signs,
| | | | | | | | |
and/or symbols |
Sensory-Motor - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the process whereby a child | | | | | | | |
gains use and coordination of his/her muscles of the trunk, arms, legs
| | | | | | | | | | | |
and hands (motor development), and begins to experience (through
| | | | | | | | |
sensory input) the environment through sight, sounds, smell, taste and
| | | | | | | | | |
hearing
Social Skills - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the skills we use everyday to
| | | | | | | | | |
interact and communicate with others. They include verbal and non-
| | | | | | | | |
verbal communication, such as speech, gesture, facial expression and
| | | | | | | | |
body language.
|
Joint Attention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-When the child points to
| | | | | | | | |
something, not because they want it, but to show it to someone for a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
social purpose.|
, Stereotypy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-suppressible, repetitive, rhythmical,
| | | | |
coordinated, purposeless, fixed, and nonfunctional pattern of
| | | | | | | |
movements.
Disorders commonly associated in differential diagnosis, such as
| | | | | | | |
learning disabilities, processing disorders, etc. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | |
Learning Disabilities: Learning disabilities are disorders that affect the
| | | | | | | | |
ability to understand or use spoken or written language, do
| | | | | | | | | |
mathematical calculations, coordinate movements, or direct attention.
| | | | | |
Processing Disorders: are conditions in which the brain has difficulty
| | | | | | | | | |
receiving and responding to information that comes through the senses.
| | | | | | | | |
Identify comorbid disorders associated with ASD - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Anxiety, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, | | | | | |
Down Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, Gastrointestinal Symptoms,
| | | | | | |
Intellectual Disability and Developmental Delays, Motor Difficulties,
| | | | | | |
OCD, Seizures and Epilepsy, Tourette Syndrome, and Tuberous Sclerosis
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Scope and role of practice for the ABAT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ABA!
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The application of experimental analysis of behavior to problems of
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social importance
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