EDF 6226 – Behavioral Assessment in Applied
Behavior Analysis (Exam 2 Review 2025–2026)
Focus: Functional behavior assessment, data
collection, measurement systems, and behavior
intervention planning.
EDF 6226 – Behavioral Assessment in ABA: Exam 2 Review (100 Q&A)
Section 1: Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) Foundations & Processes
1. What is the primary purpose of a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)?
a) To diagnose a medical or psychological disorder.
b) To determine the function(s) maintaining a problem behavior. ✓
c) To write a permanent product data sheet.
d) To assign a specific level of intellectual disability.
2. Which of the following is NOT a typical function of behavior identified in an FBA?
a) Attention
b) Access to Tangibles
c) Escape/Avoidance
d) Cognitive Dissonance ✓
3. The process of systematically manipulating environmental variables to test hypotheses
about their functional relationship with a behavior is called a(n):
a) Descriptive Assessment
b) Indirect Assessment
c) Functional Analysis ✓
d) Scatterplot Analysis
4. Which FBA method involves interviews, checklists, and rating scales?
a) Functional Analysis
b) Descriptive Assessment
c) Indirect Assessment ✓
d) Experimental Analysis
,5. In a functional analysis, the condition where social reinforcers are withheld and the
environment is made sparse is the:
a) Attention Condition
b) Tangible Condition
c) Alone/Avoidance Condition ✓
d) Control Play Condition
6. A key ethical consideration when conducting a functional analysis is:
a) Always running at least 10 sessions per condition.
b) Deliberately evoking problem behavior in a safe and controlled manner. ✓
c) Only conducting it after a treatment has been implemented.
d) Using it for every client, regardless of the behavior's severity.
7. Which descriptive assessment method involves recording the specific events that occur
immediately before and after the behavior?
a) Scatterplot
b) ABC Continuous Recording ✓
c) Whole Interval Recording
d) Duration Recording
8. A hypothesis statement in an FBA should include:
a) The client's medical history and IQ score.
b) The antecedent, behavior, and maintaining consequence. ✓
c) A specific punishment procedure to implement.
d) The parent's opinion on why the behavior occurs.
9. The "B" in the ABC model of assessment stands for:
a) Baseline
b) Behavior ✓
c) Belief
d) Back-up reinforcer
10. Which FBA method is considered the most precise and conclusive?
a) Indirect Assessment
b) Functional Analysis ✓
c) A-B-C Narrative Recording
d) Teacher Interview
Section 2: Data Collection & Measurement Systems
, 11. This measurement procedure records whether the behavior occurred at any time during
the interval.
a) Whole Interval Recording
b) Momentary Time Sampling
c) Partial Interval Recording ✓
d) Planned Activity Check
12. Measuring the number of times a behavior occurs is known as:
a) Duration
b) Latency
c) Rate/Frequency ✓
d) Interresponse Time (IRT)
13. You are measuring the time between the presentation of a demand and the client's first
response. This is measuring:
a) Duration
b) Latency ✓
c) Interresponse Time (IRT)
d) Rate
14. Which measurement system is best for a behavior that has a clear beginning and end, and
you are interested in how long it persists?
a) Frequency
b) Duration ✓
c) Percentage
d) Momentary Time Sampling
15. A teacher records whether a student was on-task at the exact moment the timer went off
every 5 minutes. This is an example of:
a) Partial Interval Recording
b) Whole Interval Recording
c) Momentary Time Sampling ✓
d) PLACHECK
16. Whole Interval Recording is most appropriate for measuring behaviors you want to:
a) Decrease, as it underestimates the actual duration.
b) Increase, as it provides a conservative estimate of duration. ✓
c) Count quickly, as it overestimates occurrence.
d) Ignore, as it is the least accurate method.
Behavior Analysis (Exam 2 Review 2025–2026)
Focus: Functional behavior assessment, data
collection, measurement systems, and behavior
intervention planning.
EDF 6226 – Behavioral Assessment in ABA: Exam 2 Review (100 Q&A)
Section 1: Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) Foundations & Processes
1. What is the primary purpose of a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)?
a) To diagnose a medical or psychological disorder.
b) To determine the function(s) maintaining a problem behavior. ✓
c) To write a permanent product data sheet.
d) To assign a specific level of intellectual disability.
2. Which of the following is NOT a typical function of behavior identified in an FBA?
a) Attention
b) Access to Tangibles
c) Escape/Avoidance
d) Cognitive Dissonance ✓
3. The process of systematically manipulating environmental variables to test hypotheses
about their functional relationship with a behavior is called a(n):
a) Descriptive Assessment
b) Indirect Assessment
c) Functional Analysis ✓
d) Scatterplot Analysis
4. Which FBA method involves interviews, checklists, and rating scales?
a) Functional Analysis
b) Descriptive Assessment
c) Indirect Assessment ✓
d) Experimental Analysis
,5. In a functional analysis, the condition where social reinforcers are withheld and the
environment is made sparse is the:
a) Attention Condition
b) Tangible Condition
c) Alone/Avoidance Condition ✓
d) Control Play Condition
6. A key ethical consideration when conducting a functional analysis is:
a) Always running at least 10 sessions per condition.
b) Deliberately evoking problem behavior in a safe and controlled manner. ✓
c) Only conducting it after a treatment has been implemented.
d) Using it for every client, regardless of the behavior's severity.
7. Which descriptive assessment method involves recording the specific events that occur
immediately before and after the behavior?
a) Scatterplot
b) ABC Continuous Recording ✓
c) Whole Interval Recording
d) Duration Recording
8. A hypothesis statement in an FBA should include:
a) The client's medical history and IQ score.
b) The antecedent, behavior, and maintaining consequence. ✓
c) A specific punishment procedure to implement.
d) The parent's opinion on why the behavior occurs.
9. The "B" in the ABC model of assessment stands for:
a) Baseline
b) Behavior ✓
c) Belief
d) Back-up reinforcer
10. Which FBA method is considered the most precise and conclusive?
a) Indirect Assessment
b) Functional Analysis ✓
c) A-B-C Narrative Recording
d) Teacher Interview
Section 2: Data Collection & Measurement Systems
, 11. This measurement procedure records whether the behavior occurred at any time during
the interval.
a) Whole Interval Recording
b) Momentary Time Sampling
c) Partial Interval Recording ✓
d) Planned Activity Check
12. Measuring the number of times a behavior occurs is known as:
a) Duration
b) Latency
c) Rate/Frequency ✓
d) Interresponse Time (IRT)
13. You are measuring the time between the presentation of a demand and the client's first
response. This is measuring:
a) Duration
b) Latency ✓
c) Interresponse Time (IRT)
d) Rate
14. Which measurement system is best for a behavior that has a clear beginning and end, and
you are interested in how long it persists?
a) Frequency
b) Duration ✓
c) Percentage
d) Momentary Time Sampling
15. A teacher records whether a student was on-task at the exact moment the timer went off
every 5 minutes. This is an example of:
a) Partial Interval Recording
b) Whole Interval Recording
c) Momentary Time Sampling ✓
d) PLACHECK
16. Whole Interval Recording is most appropriate for measuring behaviors you want to:
a) Decrease, as it underestimates the actual duration.
b) Increase, as it provides a conservative estimate of duration. ✓
c) Count quickly, as it overestimates occurrence.
d) Ignore, as it is the least accurate method.
