EDF 6222 Final Exam Review Actual 2026/2027 with Detailed
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Total Questions: 50 | Time: 90 min | Pass: 100%
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1 | Applied Behavior Analysis Foundations | Q1 – Q10
Section 2 | Measurement, Data Collection & Display | Q11 – Q20
Section 3 | Functional Assessment & Analysis | Q21 – Q30
Section 4 | Behavior Change Procedures & Interventions | Q31 – Q40
Section 5 | Ethics, Supervision & Professional Practice | Q41 – Q50
Instructions: Choose the single best answer. Pass: 100% in 90 minutes.
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SECTION 1: APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS FOUNDATIONS Q1 – Q10
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Question 1 of 50
A BCBA is conducting a descriptive assessment of a 4-year-old's tantrum behavior
across the school day. She notices that tantrums occur most frequently during
transitions between activities and rarely during free play. The BCBA is using this
information to determine what aspect of the behavior?
A. The antecedent conditions that occasion the behavior ✓ CORRECT
B. The consequence maintaining the tantrum
C. The response class of the target behavior
D. The internal motivating operation for the behavior
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The BCBA is identifying the antecedent conditions, specifically transitions,
that reliably precede and occasion tantrum behavior. This is not identifying
,consequences, which would require analyzing what happens after the tantrum.
Understanding antecedent patterns is the first step toward developing effective
prevention strategies.
Question 2 of 50
A graduate student in ABA is reviewing Skinner's verbal operants and notes that a child
says "cookie" when seeing a cookie on the counter. The student recognizes this as an
example of which verbal operant?
A. An intraverbal, because the response is evoked by a verbal stimulus
B. A tact, because the response is evoked by a nonverbal stimulus and receives
generalized reinforcement ✓ CORRECT
C. A mand, because the child is requesting the desired item
D. An echoic, because the response form matches the stimulus
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A tact is a verbal response under the control of a nonverbal stimulus, such as
seeing a cookie, and is reinforced by social praise or access to the item in a generalized
sense. An intraverbal requires a verbal stimulus, such as someone asking "What do you
like to eat?" A mand requires a specific motivating operation and the response specifies
its own reinforcer, which is not clearly established here.
Question 3 of 50
During a supervision session, a BCBA reviews a graph showing a client's rate of
aggression per session. The BCBA notices that the data points are highly variable, with
no clear trend or level change despite 10 sessions of intervention. The BCBA concludes
that the intervention is demonstrating what?
A. A stable baseline that is ready for intervention
B. A high degree of interobserver agreement
C. A lack of experimental control or intervention effect ✓ CORRECT
,D. A socially significant change in behavior
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Highly variable data with no discernible trend or level change across 10
sessions suggests the intervention has not produced a reliable effect, indicating poor
experimental control. A stable baseline would show minimal variability before
intervention, not during. Interobserver agreement is a measurement issue unrelated to
the pattern of data on a single graph.
Question 4 of 50
An RBT is working with a client who has been taught to mand for a break using the
phrase "I need a break." The client now says "I need a break" whenever the work
demands increase, even when the client is not actually tired. The BCBA explains that the
phrase has come under the control of the work demands rather than the actual need for
rest. This is an example of what?
A. Stimulus generalization across settings
B. Response generalization to novel phrases
C. A faulty stimulus control or impure mand
D. A discriminative stimulus that signals reinforcement availability ✓ CORRECT
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The mand has come under faulty stimulus control because the response is
evoked by the presence of work demands rather than the motivating operation for a
break, making it an impure mand. Stimulus generalization would involve saying the
phrase in new settings but still under the appropriate motivating operation. Response
generalization would involve using novel forms to request a break.
Question 5 of 50
, A behavior analyst is designing a program to teach a teenager with developmental
disabilities to fold laundry. The analyst breaks the task into discrete steps: picking up
the shirt, laying it flat, folding the sleeves, folding the body, and placing it in the basket.
The analyst then teaches each step in sequence, providing prompts and reinforcement
for each component. This approach is best described as what?
A. A task analysis with forward chaining ✓ CORRECT
B. A task analysis with backward chaining
C. Discrete trial training with massed trials
D. Naturalistic teaching with incidental learning
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The analyst has created a task analysis by breaking the complex behavior
into smaller steps, and teaching from the first step forward with prompts and
reinforcement for each component describes forward chaining. Backward chaining
would begin with the last step. Discrete trial training typically involves repeated trials of
single responses in a controlled setting, not sequential task completion.
Question 6 of 50
A researcher is comparing the effects of two different reinforcement schedules on the
rate of problem solving in adults with traumatic brain injury. Group A receives a token
for every correct response, while Group B receives a token after a varying number of
correct responses. The researcher is comparing which two schedules of reinforcement?
A. Fixed interval and variable interval
B. Continuous reinforcement and variable ratio ✓ CORRECT
C. Fixed ratio and variable ratio
D. Continuous reinforcement and fixed interval
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Delivering a token for every correct response describes continuous
reinforcement, while delivering a token after a varying number of responses describes a
Rationales | Complete Exam-Style Questions | 100% Verified |
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Total Questions: 50 | Time: 90 min | Pass: 100%
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1 | Applied Behavior Analysis Foundations | Q1 – Q10
Section 2 | Measurement, Data Collection & Display | Q11 – Q20
Section 3 | Functional Assessment & Analysis | Q21 – Q30
Section 4 | Behavior Change Procedures & Interventions | Q31 – Q40
Section 5 | Ethics, Supervision & Professional Practice | Q41 – Q50
Instructions: Choose the single best answer. Pass: 100% in 90 minutes.
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SECTION 1: APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS FOUNDATIONS Q1 – Q10
══════════════════════════════════════
Question 1 of 50
A BCBA is conducting a descriptive assessment of a 4-year-old's tantrum behavior
across the school day. She notices that tantrums occur most frequently during
transitions between activities and rarely during free play. The BCBA is using this
information to determine what aspect of the behavior?
A. The antecedent conditions that occasion the behavior ✓ CORRECT
B. The consequence maintaining the tantrum
C. The response class of the target behavior
D. The internal motivating operation for the behavior
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The BCBA is identifying the antecedent conditions, specifically transitions,
that reliably precede and occasion tantrum behavior. This is not identifying
,consequences, which would require analyzing what happens after the tantrum.
Understanding antecedent patterns is the first step toward developing effective
prevention strategies.
Question 2 of 50
A graduate student in ABA is reviewing Skinner's verbal operants and notes that a child
says "cookie" when seeing a cookie on the counter. The student recognizes this as an
example of which verbal operant?
A. An intraverbal, because the response is evoked by a verbal stimulus
B. A tact, because the response is evoked by a nonverbal stimulus and receives
generalized reinforcement ✓ CORRECT
C. A mand, because the child is requesting the desired item
D. An echoic, because the response form matches the stimulus
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A tact is a verbal response under the control of a nonverbal stimulus, such as
seeing a cookie, and is reinforced by social praise or access to the item in a generalized
sense. An intraverbal requires a verbal stimulus, such as someone asking "What do you
like to eat?" A mand requires a specific motivating operation and the response specifies
its own reinforcer, which is not clearly established here.
Question 3 of 50
During a supervision session, a BCBA reviews a graph showing a client's rate of
aggression per session. The BCBA notices that the data points are highly variable, with
no clear trend or level change despite 10 sessions of intervention. The BCBA concludes
that the intervention is demonstrating what?
A. A stable baseline that is ready for intervention
B. A high degree of interobserver agreement
C. A lack of experimental control or intervention effect ✓ CORRECT
,D. A socially significant change in behavior
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Highly variable data with no discernible trend or level change across 10
sessions suggests the intervention has not produced a reliable effect, indicating poor
experimental control. A stable baseline would show minimal variability before
intervention, not during. Interobserver agreement is a measurement issue unrelated to
the pattern of data on a single graph.
Question 4 of 50
An RBT is working with a client who has been taught to mand for a break using the
phrase "I need a break." The client now says "I need a break" whenever the work
demands increase, even when the client is not actually tired. The BCBA explains that the
phrase has come under the control of the work demands rather than the actual need for
rest. This is an example of what?
A. Stimulus generalization across settings
B. Response generalization to novel phrases
C. A faulty stimulus control or impure mand
D. A discriminative stimulus that signals reinforcement availability ✓ CORRECT
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The mand has come under faulty stimulus control because the response is
evoked by the presence of work demands rather than the motivating operation for a
break, making it an impure mand. Stimulus generalization would involve saying the
phrase in new settings but still under the appropriate motivating operation. Response
generalization would involve using novel forms to request a break.
Question 5 of 50
, A behavior analyst is designing a program to teach a teenager with developmental
disabilities to fold laundry. The analyst breaks the task into discrete steps: picking up
the shirt, laying it flat, folding the sleeves, folding the body, and placing it in the basket.
The analyst then teaches each step in sequence, providing prompts and reinforcement
for each component. This approach is best described as what?
A. A task analysis with forward chaining ✓ CORRECT
B. A task analysis with backward chaining
C. Discrete trial training with massed trials
D. Naturalistic teaching with incidental learning
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The analyst has created a task analysis by breaking the complex behavior
into smaller steps, and teaching from the first step forward with prompts and
reinforcement for each component describes forward chaining. Backward chaining
would begin with the last step. Discrete trial training typically involves repeated trials of
single responses in a controlled setting, not sequential task completion.
Question 6 of 50
A researcher is comparing the effects of two different reinforcement schedules on the
rate of problem solving in adults with traumatic brain injury. Group A receives a token
for every correct response, while Group B receives a token after a varying number of
correct responses. The researcher is comparing which two schedules of reinforcement?
A. Fixed interval and variable interval
B. Continuous reinforcement and variable ratio ✓ CORRECT
C. Fixed ratio and variable ratio
D. Continuous reinforcement and fixed interval
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Delivering a token for every correct response describes continuous
reinforcement, while delivering a token after a varying number of responses describes a
