FBA CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ (1.0) Direct access (DA)(2.0) Socially mediated access (SMA)(3.0) Direct
escape (DE)(4.0) Socially mediated escape (SME).
Answer: The major categories of Cipani and Schock function based
classification categories
◍ Which of the following best describes an analysis using four different
experimental conditions?.
Answer: brief structural analysis
◍ What do you do if behavior does not occur during alone condition?.
Answer: Still no interaction
◍ Cons of FBA: Limited Generalizability.
Answer: conduct FA in natural environments, use indirect and descriptive
assessments to inform FA, involve caregivers to improve real-world
relevance
◍ Touchette et al (1985) used scatterplots to identify times that produce high
probabilities of problems to create.
Answer: hypotheses about the function of problem behaviors and the
antecedents to the behaviors.
◍ What do all levels/methods of FBA produce?.
Answer: a functional hypotheses related to problem behavior
◍ A type of analysis that may be used as a "stand alone" analysis or part of a
FA, where antecedent conditions are manipulated, not consequences.
Involves arranging and manipulating antecedent conditions only and
observing/comparing rates of problem behavior..
Answer: structural analysis
,◍ Cons of FBA: Time consuming and resource heavy.
Answer: use screening tools like FACTS or use trial-based FA which is
more in the natural environment and faster.
◍ At the start: "I have some work to do. I'll talk to you later.".
Answer: What is said during attention condition
◍ Indirect preference assessments are usually completed by a.
Answer: teacher or parent, or someone who knows the target person
◍ Is designed at least partially to reduce time and resources required for
implementing.
Answer: Applies to all types of FA alternatives
◍ - 3.1 DE: Unpleasant social situations (specify situation(s))- 3.2 DE:
relatively lengthy tasks/chores (specify length of task)- 3.3 DE: relatively
difficult tasks/chores (specify task or component of task that is difficult)- 3.4
DE: aversive physical stimuli/events (specify aversive physical stimulus).
Answer: (3.0) Direct escape (DE)
◍ Involves manipulating consequences in different conditions in very
structured ways repeatedly across time (in analogue setting or in-vivo -
actual setting where problem behavior occurs). Several conditions are
tested..
Answer: Full/Classical Functional Analysis
◍ Does not involve manipulation of contingencies as part of analysis.
Answer: Structural analysis
◍ Full FAs can be time consuming and some environments (e.g. schools) may
not have the resources to conduct them..
Answer: A reason that alternative procedures to a full FA have been
considered important to develop
◍ Functional interviews are needed for a.
Answer: functional analysis.
◍ What aspects of the FA described in the Ishuin article would qualify it as a
, brief FA?.
Answer: sessions were only 5 min
◍ What is a contingency reversal phase?.
Answer: provides a brief assessment of a treatment
◍ Involves arranging and manipulating antecedent conditions only and
observing/comparing rates of problem behavior..
Answer: Structural analysis
◍ Use of consistent controlled conditions and an experimental design makes
functional hypotheses from a functional analysis more likely to be.
Answer: correct than those from structural analysis or scatterplots
◍ A child in Cipani's classifcation system could have a different set of
behavior problems but.
Answer: not necessarily be in different categories if the function proves to
be the same
◍ A functional analysis could not be done in a classroom setting T/F.
Answer: False
◍ In a function based diagnostic system the form or topography of the
behavior does not relate to the diagnosis, which is in sharp contrast with the
more traditional diagnostic system such as the.
Answer: DSM - V
◍ Trials end when target behavior occurs.
Answer: Trial based FA
◍ How to calculate rate.
Answer: Rate = Total # of occurrences / time
◍ One significant characteristic of a function based system is that treatment.
Answer: is differentiated by diagnostic category.
◍ Three children each have the same set of problem behaviors in the same
setting. In Cipani and Schock's system, they should be in the same
diagnostic category. T/F.
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ (1.0) Direct access (DA)(2.0) Socially mediated access (SMA)(3.0) Direct
escape (DE)(4.0) Socially mediated escape (SME).
Answer: The major categories of Cipani and Schock function based
classification categories
◍ Which of the following best describes an analysis using four different
experimental conditions?.
Answer: brief structural analysis
◍ What do you do if behavior does not occur during alone condition?.
Answer: Still no interaction
◍ Cons of FBA: Limited Generalizability.
Answer: conduct FA in natural environments, use indirect and descriptive
assessments to inform FA, involve caregivers to improve real-world
relevance
◍ Touchette et al (1985) used scatterplots to identify times that produce high
probabilities of problems to create.
Answer: hypotheses about the function of problem behaviors and the
antecedents to the behaviors.
◍ What do all levels/methods of FBA produce?.
Answer: a functional hypotheses related to problem behavior
◍ A type of analysis that may be used as a "stand alone" analysis or part of a
FA, where antecedent conditions are manipulated, not consequences.
Involves arranging and manipulating antecedent conditions only and
observing/comparing rates of problem behavior..
Answer: structural analysis
,◍ Cons of FBA: Time consuming and resource heavy.
Answer: use screening tools like FACTS or use trial-based FA which is
more in the natural environment and faster.
◍ At the start: "I have some work to do. I'll talk to you later.".
Answer: What is said during attention condition
◍ Indirect preference assessments are usually completed by a.
Answer: teacher or parent, or someone who knows the target person
◍ Is designed at least partially to reduce time and resources required for
implementing.
Answer: Applies to all types of FA alternatives
◍ - 3.1 DE: Unpleasant social situations (specify situation(s))- 3.2 DE:
relatively lengthy tasks/chores (specify length of task)- 3.3 DE: relatively
difficult tasks/chores (specify task or component of task that is difficult)- 3.4
DE: aversive physical stimuli/events (specify aversive physical stimulus).
Answer: (3.0) Direct escape (DE)
◍ Involves manipulating consequences in different conditions in very
structured ways repeatedly across time (in analogue setting or in-vivo -
actual setting where problem behavior occurs). Several conditions are
tested..
Answer: Full/Classical Functional Analysis
◍ Does not involve manipulation of contingencies as part of analysis.
Answer: Structural analysis
◍ Full FAs can be time consuming and some environments (e.g. schools) may
not have the resources to conduct them..
Answer: A reason that alternative procedures to a full FA have been
considered important to develop
◍ Functional interviews are needed for a.
Answer: functional analysis.
◍ What aspects of the FA described in the Ishuin article would qualify it as a
, brief FA?.
Answer: sessions were only 5 min
◍ What is a contingency reversal phase?.
Answer: provides a brief assessment of a treatment
◍ Involves arranging and manipulating antecedent conditions only and
observing/comparing rates of problem behavior..
Answer: Structural analysis
◍ Use of consistent controlled conditions and an experimental design makes
functional hypotheses from a functional analysis more likely to be.
Answer: correct than those from structural analysis or scatterplots
◍ A child in Cipani's classifcation system could have a different set of
behavior problems but.
Answer: not necessarily be in different categories if the function proves to
be the same
◍ A functional analysis could not be done in a classroom setting T/F.
Answer: False
◍ In a function based diagnostic system the form or topography of the
behavior does not relate to the diagnosis, which is in sharp contrast with the
more traditional diagnostic system such as the.
Answer: DSM - V
◍ Trials end when target behavior occurs.
Answer: Trial based FA
◍ How to calculate rate.
Answer: Rate = Total # of occurrences / time
◍ One significant characteristic of a function based system is that treatment.
Answer: is differentiated by diagnostic category.
◍ Three children each have the same set of problem behaviors in the same
setting. In Cipani and Schock's system, they should be in the same
diagnostic category. T/F.
