Autism & Applied Behavior Analysis Master Exam Guide: Core ABA Principles,
Discrete Trial Training (DTT), Natural Environment Training (NET), Incidental
Teaching (IT), Task Analysis & Chaining (Forward, Backward, Total Task),
Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA), Functional Communication Training
(FCT), Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence (ABC) Contingencies, Motivating
Operations (EO/AO), Discriminative Stimulus (SD), Prompting & Prompt Fading
(Most-to-Least, Errorless Teaching), Reinforcement (Positive, Negative,
Differential, Schedules: CRF, FR, VR, FI, VI), Punishment (Positive, Negative),
Extinction (Social, Escape, Sensory), Replacement Behavior Interventions (DRA,
DRO, DRI, DRL), Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP), Functions of Behavior (Access,
Attention, Escape, Automatic), Verbal Behavior & Operants (Mand, Tact, Echoic,
Intraverbal, Textual, Transcription, Receptive, Imitation), Ethical Considerations
(Confidentiality, Dual Relationships, Reporting Child Abuse), Pairing &
Instructional Control, Topography, Target Behaviors, Operational Definitions,
Precursor Behavior, Appetitive & Aversive Stimuli, Contingency & Contiguity,
Private Behavior, Socially Mediated & Automatic Reinforcement, Generalization
& Maintenance, Seven Dimensions of ABA (Applied, Behavioral, Analytic,
Technological, Conceptually Systematic, Effective, Generality) Exam Questions
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NET
Natural environment training (maintenance /generalization)
IT
Incidental training
,DTT
Discrete Trail Training
TA
Task Analysis (shaping)
FBA
Functional behavior assessment
FCT
Functional communicative training
ABA
The design, implementation and evaluation of environmental modifications which produce
socially significant behavioral improvements.
Applies interventions/instruction based on principles of learning theory in order to target
socially acceptable behaviors.
Always data driven.
, ABA & ASD
To reduce/eliminate and replace interfering behaviors with appropriate alternatives and needed
skills.
Behavior
An Observable action done by individuals. Maintained and shaped by environment. Always
caused by something.
(Is functional and usually very predictable)
-directly related to the consequences they receive for the behavior (how others respond)
ABC of behavior
Antecedent. Behavior. Consequence.
Antecedent
What happens immediately before the behavior.
(Phone rings)
Behavior/response
The response to the antecedent stimulus
(Person picks up the phone)
Consequence
Discrete Trial Training (DTT), Natural Environment Training (NET), Incidental
Teaching (IT), Task Analysis & Chaining (Forward, Backward, Total Task),
Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA), Functional Communication Training
(FCT), Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence (ABC) Contingencies, Motivating
Operations (EO/AO), Discriminative Stimulus (SD), Prompting & Prompt Fading
(Most-to-Least, Errorless Teaching), Reinforcement (Positive, Negative,
Differential, Schedules: CRF, FR, VR, FI, VI), Punishment (Positive, Negative),
Extinction (Social, Escape, Sensory), Replacement Behavior Interventions (DRA,
DRO, DRI, DRL), Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP), Functions of Behavior (Access,
Attention, Escape, Automatic), Verbal Behavior & Operants (Mand, Tact, Echoic,
Intraverbal, Textual, Transcription, Receptive, Imitation), Ethical Considerations
(Confidentiality, Dual Relationships, Reporting Child Abuse), Pairing &
Instructional Control, Topography, Target Behaviors, Operational Definitions,
Precursor Behavior, Appetitive & Aversive Stimuli, Contingency & Contiguity,
Private Behavior, Socially Mediated & Automatic Reinforcement, Generalization
& Maintenance, Seven Dimensions of ABA (Applied, Behavioral, Analytic,
Technological, Conceptually Systematic, Effective, Generality) Exam Questions
Verified and Provided with Complete A+ Graded Rationales Latest Updated 2026
NET
Natural environment training (maintenance /generalization)
IT
Incidental training
,DTT
Discrete Trail Training
TA
Task Analysis (shaping)
FBA
Functional behavior assessment
FCT
Functional communicative training
ABA
The design, implementation and evaluation of environmental modifications which produce
socially significant behavioral improvements.
Applies interventions/instruction based on principles of learning theory in order to target
socially acceptable behaviors.
Always data driven.
, ABA & ASD
To reduce/eliminate and replace interfering behaviors with appropriate alternatives and needed
skills.
Behavior
An Observable action done by individuals. Maintained and shaped by environment. Always
caused by something.
(Is functional and usually very predictable)
-directly related to the consequences they receive for the behavior (how others respond)
ABC of behavior
Antecedent. Behavior. Consequence.
Antecedent
What happens immediately before the behavior.
(Phone rings)
Behavior/response
The response to the antecedent stimulus
(Person picks up the phone)
Consequence
