SPCE 611 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE | SPCE 611 ADVANCED APPLIED BEHAVIOR
ANALYSIS FINAL EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | COMPREHENSIVE
REVIEW 2026/2027
One advantage to free operant preference assessments is: - ANS ✔✔there is less potential for children to
satiate on the stimuli than with the force choice and approach responding assessments.
they provide a rank order of preferences, unlike forced choice assessments
they can be less time consuming than forced choice and approach responding assessments
Which type of CMO often evokes problem behavior? - ANS ✔✔CMO reflexive
If you are teaching a client to make a peanut butter sand which, which of the following represents a
total-task presentation approach? - ANS ✔✔Having the student complete all steps of the task, while the
trainer provides the necessary level of prompt for each step
Which of the following populations has errorless learning been implemented with? - ANS ✔✔individuals
with psychiatric conditions
individuals with traumatic brain injury
individuals with developmental disabilities
Why do we need to operationally define target behavior? - ANS ✔✔(A) For clinical purposes, we need for
accurate, ongoing evaluation of behavior
(B) For research purposes, need to accurately and reliably collect data within and across studies.
All of the following are threats to internal validity except: - ANS ✔✔generalization to additional
populations
Evie's teacher wants to implement DRO with Evie. Evie's problem behavior is hitting others to get their
attention when she wants to talk to them. Why would sit quietly and wait not be a good replacement
behavior for hitting someone to get their attention? - ANS ✔✔it does not have the same function
The _______ _______ reinforcement schedule results in "break and run" patterns if responding. - ANS
✔✔fixed ratio
The primary purpose of providing examples and non-examples is to: - ANS ✔✔help data collectors
carefully discriminate between ocurrence of the target behavior and non-occurrence
Identify a critical component of FCT: - ANS ✔✔reinforcement of an appropriate alternative behavior
The behavior analyst is working with a teacher that has identified many problems. The behavior analyst
might want to select the target behavior based on any of these variables except: - ANS ✔✔the one that
irritates the teacher
David is a sixth grade boy whose math teacher is utilizing DRL with David. If David yells out two or less
times during the entire class period, he will get a treat at the end of math class. Which type of DRL is the
teacher implementing? - ANS ✔✔full session DRL
ANALYSIS FINAL EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | COMPREHENSIVE
REVIEW 2026/2027
One advantage to free operant preference assessments is: - ANS ✔✔there is less potential for children to
satiate on the stimuli than with the force choice and approach responding assessments.
they provide a rank order of preferences, unlike forced choice assessments
they can be less time consuming than forced choice and approach responding assessments
Which type of CMO often evokes problem behavior? - ANS ✔✔CMO reflexive
If you are teaching a client to make a peanut butter sand which, which of the following represents a
total-task presentation approach? - ANS ✔✔Having the student complete all steps of the task, while the
trainer provides the necessary level of prompt for each step
Which of the following populations has errorless learning been implemented with? - ANS ✔✔individuals
with psychiatric conditions
individuals with traumatic brain injury
individuals with developmental disabilities
Why do we need to operationally define target behavior? - ANS ✔✔(A) For clinical purposes, we need for
accurate, ongoing evaluation of behavior
(B) For research purposes, need to accurately and reliably collect data within and across studies.
All of the following are threats to internal validity except: - ANS ✔✔generalization to additional
populations
Evie's teacher wants to implement DRO with Evie. Evie's problem behavior is hitting others to get their
attention when she wants to talk to them. Why would sit quietly and wait not be a good replacement
behavior for hitting someone to get their attention? - ANS ✔✔it does not have the same function
The _______ _______ reinforcement schedule results in "break and run" patterns if responding. - ANS
✔✔fixed ratio
The primary purpose of providing examples and non-examples is to: - ANS ✔✔help data collectors
carefully discriminate between ocurrence of the target behavior and non-occurrence
Identify a critical component of FCT: - ANS ✔✔reinforcement of an appropriate alternative behavior
The behavior analyst is working with a teacher that has identified many problems. The behavior analyst
might want to select the target behavior based on any of these variables except: - ANS ✔✔the one that
irritates the teacher
David is a sixth grade boy whose math teacher is utilizing DRL with David. If David yells out two or less
times during the entire class period, he will get a treat at the end of math class. Which type of DRL is the
teacher implementing? - ANS ✔✔full session DRL
