ABA PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) - Correct Answer Neurological, lifelong, developmental disability
characterized by excesses and deficits
Prevalence of ASD - Correct Answer 1:59 children, 4:1 boys to girls, 1:42 for boys, 1:189 for girls
Founding Fathers in ABA - Correct Answer Lovaas (Early Intensive Behavior Intervention), Skinner
(operant conditioning), Watson (behaviorism), Thorndike (behaviorism), Pavlov (classical
conditioning)
Triad of impairments ASD - Correct Answer Social Communication, Social Interaction, Social
Imagination
Impairment in Social Communication - Correct Answer impairment in ability to communicate with
others socially, may ask repetitive questions or take what others say literally
Impairment in Social Interaction - Correct Answer impairment in how an individual behaves when
around others and how they build friendships, may observe child invading personal space or
inappropriately touching others
Impairment in Social Imagination - Correct Answer impairments in the ability to engage in flexible
thinking related to perspectives, interests, routines, and rules
Serial Thinking - Correct Answer Theory that individuals w ASD cannot process more than one piece
of information at a time
Joint Attention - Correct Answer Sharing attention between another person and an object
Auditory Processing Disorder - Correct Answer typically have normal hearing but struggle to process
and make meaning of sounds
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) - Correct Answer connected to IDEA, students spend as much
time possible mainstreamed in general education classes
, Individualized Education Plan (IEP) - Correct Answer One annual goal w 3 objectives that are smaller
benchmarks the client will meet throughout the year
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 1975 - Correct Answer A special education law that
requires schools to educate students with disabilities in least restrictive environments to the greatest
extent of their abilities using plans tailored to the individual needs of the students.
3 Term Contingency - Correct Answer ABC Antecedent: what occurs immediately before a behavior
Behavior: interaction between individual and environment Consequence: what occurs immediately
after a behavior
Matching Law - Correct Answer intensity of reinforcement matches the intensity of the expected
demand
Satiation - Correct Answer A decrease in the frequency of operant behavior presumed to be the
result of continued contact with or consumption of a reinforcer that has followed the behavior.
"Thanksgiving Effect"
Deprivation - Correct Answer no continuous access to item/activity which increases the frequency of
operant behavior "Diamond Effect"
Reinforcement - Correct Answer INCREASES behavior
Punishment - Correct Answer DECREASES behavior
+ Positive Reinforcement/Punishment - Correct Answer addition to the environment
- Negative Reinforcement/Punishment - Correct Answer removal/subtraction from the environment
Schedules of Reinforcement - Correct Answer Continuous, Fixed/Variable Interval, Fixed/Variable
Ratio, Extinction
Continuous Schedule of Reinforcement - Correct Answer reinforcing the desired operant response
each time it is made
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) - Correct Answer Neurological, lifelong, developmental disability
characterized by excesses and deficits
Prevalence of ASD - Correct Answer 1:59 children, 4:1 boys to girls, 1:42 for boys, 1:189 for girls
Founding Fathers in ABA - Correct Answer Lovaas (Early Intensive Behavior Intervention), Skinner
(operant conditioning), Watson (behaviorism), Thorndike (behaviorism), Pavlov (classical
conditioning)
Triad of impairments ASD - Correct Answer Social Communication, Social Interaction, Social
Imagination
Impairment in Social Communication - Correct Answer impairment in ability to communicate with
others socially, may ask repetitive questions or take what others say literally
Impairment in Social Interaction - Correct Answer impairment in how an individual behaves when
around others and how they build friendships, may observe child invading personal space or
inappropriately touching others
Impairment in Social Imagination - Correct Answer impairments in the ability to engage in flexible
thinking related to perspectives, interests, routines, and rules
Serial Thinking - Correct Answer Theory that individuals w ASD cannot process more than one piece
of information at a time
Joint Attention - Correct Answer Sharing attention between another person and an object
Auditory Processing Disorder - Correct Answer typically have normal hearing but struggle to process
and make meaning of sounds
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) - Correct Answer connected to IDEA, students spend as much
time possible mainstreamed in general education classes
, Individualized Education Plan (IEP) - Correct Answer One annual goal w 3 objectives that are smaller
benchmarks the client will meet throughout the year
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 1975 - Correct Answer A special education law that
requires schools to educate students with disabilities in least restrictive environments to the greatest
extent of their abilities using plans tailored to the individual needs of the students.
3 Term Contingency - Correct Answer ABC Antecedent: what occurs immediately before a behavior
Behavior: interaction between individual and environment Consequence: what occurs immediately
after a behavior
Matching Law - Correct Answer intensity of reinforcement matches the intensity of the expected
demand
Satiation - Correct Answer A decrease in the frequency of operant behavior presumed to be the
result of continued contact with or consumption of a reinforcer that has followed the behavior.
"Thanksgiving Effect"
Deprivation - Correct Answer no continuous access to item/activity which increases the frequency of
operant behavior "Diamond Effect"
Reinforcement - Correct Answer INCREASES behavior
Punishment - Correct Answer DECREASES behavior
+ Positive Reinforcement/Punishment - Correct Answer addition to the environment
- Negative Reinforcement/Punishment - Correct Answer removal/subtraction from the environment
Schedules of Reinforcement - Correct Answer Continuous, Fixed/Variable Interval, Fixed/Variable
Ratio, Extinction
Continuous Schedule of Reinforcement - Correct Answer reinforcing the desired operant response
each time it is made
