FIT BCBA mock exam

Which reinforcement schedules are characterized as NOT having a post-reinforcement pause? A)Fixed-interval and fixed-ratio B)Variable-ratio and variable-interval C)Fixed-ratio and variable-ratio D)Fixed-interval and variable-ratio

B

While working with Omar, you decide that helping generalize the skill of initiating conversation with others will be important. You begin by bringing in other people from his natural environment into the training environment the two of you have been utilizing so that the training environment more closely resembles his natural environment. Which method designed to promote generalization did you implement? A)Environment shifting B)Programming common stimuli C)Teaching loosely D)Behavior traps

B

William was physically aggressive four times today at school. The first instance of aggression lasted 5 minutes, the second instance lasted 9 minutes, the third instance lasted 2 minutes, and the fourth lasted 6 minutes. William's school day lasts for 8 hours. What is the rate of William's aggressive behavior? A)4 instances B)0.5 instances per hour C)4 instances per hour D)8 hours per 4 instances

B

You decide to train one of your behavior therapists on a new "respond to name" intervention that you created for your 3-year-old client, Kelly. What would be the MOST effective way that you could model this intervention for the behavior therapist you are training? A)The trainer role-playing the intervention at a training in his office. B)The trainer role-playing the intervention in the natural setting where the intervention will occur. C)The trainer demonstrating the intervention with the intended client in the natural setting where the intervention will occur. D)The trainee working directly with the intended client.

C

You have developed a new intervention strategy to teach 3 children how to independently pack their own lunch in the morning for school. You want to use a multiple baseline across subjects design but you don't have the time to track the behavior of all 3 kids every single day, especially since the ones who haven't started the intervention will likely still not be able to pack their lunch independently. What experimental design would be most beneficial in this situation? A)A brief multiple baseline design B)A multiple baseline across settings design C)A multiple probe design D)An A-B-A-B reversal design

C

_______________ is a behavior that occurs due to verbal descriptions of a behavior and the consequence that follows at a later time._______________ is behavior that occurs due to direct-acting consequences. A)Respondent behavior; Operant behavior B)Contingency-shaped behavior; Rule-governed behavior C)Rule-governed behavior; Contingency-shaped behavior D)(None of the above)

C

marksman team is split up into 4 different groups, each containing 2 marksmen. Each marksman gets to shoot their firearm once at a bullseye target down the firing range. Then, each 2-marksman group finds the mean distance of their groups shots from the center of the bullseye by adding the distances from the center of the bullseye to where they hit on the target, divided by 2. The group that has the smallest average distance from the bullseye (that hit closest to the bullseye on average per hit) gets to go home early (a reward). What type of group contingency is this? A)The Good Behavior Game B)A dependent group contingency C)An interdependent group contingency D)An independent group contingency

C

An 8-year-old slaps at his dad for sweets even though his verbal and manding repertoires are age appropriate. What would be a functionally-appropriate replacement behavior to teach the child using a Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI) procedure? . A)Teach the child to say, "Dad, could you get me some sweets right now?" B)Teach the father to only provide attention when his son appropriately requests for sweets and to withhold sweets when his son slaps at him. C)Teach the child to politely tap his father on the shoulder to request his attention and sweet. D)Teach the child to politely say, "Hey Dad, could I have a dessert?" while standing 5 feet away from him.

D

What is the ultimate goal of mand training? A)The mand will be controlled solely by the motivation for that item. B)The mand will be controlled solely by the sight of that item. C)The mand will be controlled solely by someone asking the learner what he/she wants. D)(None of the above)

A

When using incidental teaching, the therapist should: A)reinforce every correct response, even if the response was prompted. B)reinforce every response, whether it is correct or not. C)reinforce every unprompted correct response and withhold reinforcement for every prompted correct response. D)(None of the above)

A

Which of the following statements regarding self-management is TRUE? A)A person does not have to deliver his own reinforcement or punishment. Someone else can do this for them. B)Someone has to deliver the reinforcement or punishment to the person who is using self-management. C)A person cannot deliver punishment to themselves. D)(None of the above)

A

Which behavior is a behavior analyst most likely to track? A)How many scary thoughts his client has when he puts his hand over his eyes B)The number of times the client puts his hand over his eyes C)The posters of violent video game characters on the client's bedroom walls D)The name of the vitamins the client's mother gives him each morning

B

You are a behavior analyst leaving your current company that has given you the opportunity to work with several dozen different clients over the span of a few years. You plan to work for a new company in another state that has offered you a job working as a behavior analyst. How long should you keep your client's records from the time of termination of your services with them? A)7 years B)7 months C)Until the behavior analyst no longer works with that client D)7 years OR until the records are handed over to the next behavior analyst who will be working with this client

A

You enter your client's third-grade classroom to observe their behavior in an environment outside of the one you typically observe them in (their home). You notice the teacher is using a teaching style that involves teaching the students with a script and having them all answer with choral responding. You identify that it leaves her little room to deviate from her lesson plan, but is effective nonetheless. Which teaching method is the school teacher using? A)Direct Instruction B)Personalized System of Instruction C)Self-Management D)Precision Teaching

A

You begin to work with an 8 year-old client by the name of Seth, your new client. His parents informed you in an interview of a few items that he prefers, but said that what he enjoys to play with is very limited. You decide that you will attempt to identify some new stimuli that will function as effective reinforcers for Seth. You consider several options and decide that ___________ is the LEAST effective method out of those you are considering for determining whether a particular stimulus will or will not function as a reinforcer for this client. A)A multiple-stimuli preference assessment B)A concurrent schedule reinforcer assessment C)A multiple schedule reinforcer assessment D)A progressive-ratio schedule reinforcer assessment

A

A behavior analyst identifies that her client Susan throws rolled up paper balls at classmates to get their attention. She then creates a replacement behavior that serves the same function, instructs the teacher and classroom aide on the replacement behavior as well as the created function-based operational definition so that they can record how frequently Susan utilizes this new replacement behavior. What would be a function-based operational definition for gaining a peer's attention? A)Saying, "Hello", waving, tapping on a peer's shoulder, or any other behavior that results in gaining eye contact from a peer B)Verbally saying, "Hello," loud enough for a peer to hear from 10 feet away C)Having a conversation with a peer (A peer can be any classmate of his, whether they are friends or not) D)(All of the above)

A

A boyfriend tells lies at similar rates at both home and at work. One day, his girlfriend realizes he is telling lies to her at their apartment and begins to verbally scrutinize him each time he does so. Now when he is at work, he tells lies more often than he previously did. This is an example of: A)Behavior contrast B)Matching law C)Behavioral momentum D)Time-out

A

A changing criterion experimental design would be most beneficial to use for which of the following behaviors? A)Decreasing the amount of times a person bites their nails each day B)Teaching a child how to appropriately brush their teeth C)Teaching your cousin how to drive D)Decreasing a child's elopement behavior in unsafe locations

A

A cumulative record would be most appropriate to use for tracking which of the following behaviors? A)Whether or not an employee goes to work each day he was supposed to B)How much the temperature decreased last night C)The number of seconds you can hold a handstand D)How much time it takes a student to write 25 words

A

A preschooler often headbutts her fellow classmates who sit next to her during circle sing-along time, resulting in her being taken away by the classroom assistant from the other children and the activity. It is determined that the headbutting behavior is escape-maintained. Which function-based intervention would likely be the most effective for reducing the headbutting behavior? A)Non-contingent negative reinforcement B)Non-contingent positive reinforcement C)Edible reinforcement contingent upon completion of the assignment D)Social reinforcement contingent upon completion of the assignment

A

Andrew, a BCBA®, overhears his supervisee calling interventions by the incorrect name. The supervisee calls a token economy an "exchange program" and calls high-probability command sequencing procedures a "series of easy behavior procedures" when he is talking with other BCBAs® at the ABA center they work at. Andrew corrects his supervisee and reminds him that behavior analysts should use uniform terms to describe behavior-analytic procedures so that they remain lawful and orderly. Which dimension of applied behavior analysis (Baer, Wolf, & Risley, 1968) does this describe? A)The "conceptually systematic" dimension B)The "technological" dimension C)The "behavioral" dimension D)The "generality" dimension

A

Andria is a behavior analyst who is working with a client that attends a classroom with a teacher and the teacher's assistant. Andria conducts an interview with the teacher's assistant in the classroom to gain more information on her client's flopping (laying on the ground or nearby objects) behavior. The teacher's assistant says, "The antecedent to his flopping is me asking him to do his class work. The consequence to his flopping is that I talk to the teacher about how poorly he is behaving. I'm tired of putting up with his constant lazy behavior and I don't deserve to have to put all of my time here in the classroom in dealing with him." What kind of behavioral assessment did Andria conduct? A)An indirect assessment B)A direct assessment C)A functional analysis D)(None of the above)

A

Crimson made a New Year's resolution to exercise more. He keeps a cumulative record of the number of miles that he runs. On which day did Crimson run the most miles? A)Day 8 B)Day 7 C)Day 10 D)Day 1

A

Denny is a carpenter who makes wooden bowls. Today, his foreman said, "For every oak wood bowl you make, you will receive $6. For every cedar wood bowl you make, you will receive $4." It takes about 15 minutes to craft a wooden bowl, no matter the wood type. It also takes the same amount of effort to craft an oak or cedar wood bowl. Denny crafts 30 oak wood bowls today. According to the Matching Law, Denny also likely crafted _______________ cedar wood bowls today. A)0 B)30 C)60 D)15

A

During the contingent attention phase of a functional analysis, what should a therapist do prior to the target behavior occurring? A)The therapist should be in the same room but withhold attention by engaging in an activity such as drawing a picture. B)The therapist should enter the room only when the behavior of interest occurs. C)The therapist should provide attention at all times. D)(None of the above)

A

In order to identify a punishing stimulus that can be used during a punishment procedure, a BCBA® first presents items non-contingently to the client and records the number of times the client moves away from that particular item. This is an example of: A)A stimulus avoidance punisher assessment B)A brief punisher assessment C)An activity punisher assessment D)(None of the above)

A

Interval: 1 2 3 4 5 Observer 1: 2 4 3 2 2 Observer 2: 4 4 2 1 2 What is the Total Count IOA? A)100% B)40% C)20% D)60%

A

Jill is a behavior analyst who works with the elderly in group homes. She receives a referral to work with a child diagnosed with autism and traumatic brain injury, but has never worked with a child or an individual diagnosed with traumatic brain injury before. Of the following options, what is the most appropriate course of action she could take? A)Politely decline the referral. B)Take on the client. Conduct an FA and write the intervention. Then ensure a behavior analyst who is familiar working with children and those diagnosed with traumatic brain injury reviews her plan prior to implementation. C)Refer the client to a behavior analyst who is familiar working with children and the those with the diagnosis of traumatic brain injury to supervise that behavior analyst. D)Contact the BACB® to file a complaint.

A

The goal of most behavior-analytic interventions is to use __________ reinforcement to teach the skill during the intervention and for ____________ reinforcement to control the behavior after the intervention is over. A)contrived; natural B)intermittent; continuous C)Primary; secondary D)(None of the above)

A

When delivering edible reinforcement to a client, it is important to deliver social praise at the same time because: A)it shows other clients what responses they can engage in to receive edible reinforcement. B)it can establish social praise as a reinforcer itself, which is easier to deliver than tangible reinforcers. C)it can be traded in for secondary reinforcers such as more food. D)(None of the above)

B

A behavior analyst is teaching her coworker how to use a new data collection software to create a graph of aggressive behavior with one of her clients. She writes down all the steps that her coworker needs to complete to learn how to operate the data collection software. The behavior analyst created a: A)component analysis. B)task analysis. C)backward chain. D)parametric analysis.

B

A behavior analyst begins working with a client who has several target behaviors. Which one of his problem behaviors would be considered the MOST important to address immediately? A)Setting fires. He has done this twice but it has not occurred in 13 years. B)Visual self-stimulatory behavior of looking up at the ceiling lights. He engages in this behavior 4 hours per day, on average, and it gets in the way of him interacting with peers and performing tasks at home and school. C)Self-induced vomiting. He has made himself vomit in the past 1 time per month on average. It typically occurs in the morning before breakfast. D)Pica. He swallowed a coin when he was a toddler but has not engaged in pica since.

B

A behavior analyst develops an intervention for his client that includes a DRA procedure, a timeout procedure, and a token economy. He wants to conduct a component analysis to see which component(s) of the intervention are responsible for the behavior change. What would be his first step? A)Withdraw all 3 components of the intervention package. Then add one component to the intervention package along with a distractor intervention to see if there is a placebo effect. B)Withdraw one of the three components of the intervention. C)Withdraw 2 components at a time to determine if the remaining component is responsible for the behavior change .D)Withdraw all components of the intervention package and then add two of them back.

B

A behavior analyst is assigned to a new client. He reviews the client's records, who has had a history of 6 years in Applied Behavior Analysis services, from the behavior analyst who previously worked with the client. The behavior analyst reads that a particular intervention was unsuccessful with the client. The behavior analyst is now working on creating new programs and methods for skill acquisition. Can the new behavior analyst rule out that intervention when developing the client's treatment plan? A)No, the last behavior analyst was probably implementing it incorrectly. B)No, just because an intervention has been proven ineffective in the past does not mean that it will forever be ineffective. C)Yes, if the intervention was unsuccessful in the past, it would be a waste of time and resources to try that intervention again. D)(None of the above)

B

A behavior analyst is going to conduct an experiment with a school student to see if a particular intervention is successful in decreasing property destruction. The student engages in this behavior in gym class, in social studies class, in math class, and at home. In this scenario, which experimental design would likely be the most effective to demonstrate experimental control? A)A multiple baseline across subjects design B)A multiple baseline across settings design C)A multiple baseline across behaviors design D)An alternating treatments design

B

When teaching echoics, it is crucial that the learner has: A)high motivation for the word he is echoing. B)a verbally imitative repertoire. C)already learned how to tact that item. D)(None of the above)

B

A child, does not yet have language, screams loud noises towards his mother in the grocery store because he has a history receiving a small piece of candy from his mother for this behavior. A behavior analyst teaches the American Sign Language (ASL) gesture for candy to the child to do so towards his mother at the grocery store, rather than screaming. The behavior analyst then teaches the mother what the ASL gesture for candy is, so she can identify it. The behavior analyst also instructs the mother to ignore screaming and only give candy to him when he uses the proper ASL gesture. What is teaching the child to use the ASL gesture for candy an example of? A)Differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior B)Functional Communication Training C)Differential reinforcement of other behavior D)(All of the above)

B

A dog is watching a movie filled with other animals with its owner. When a dog appears on the television screen and begins to stand on its hind legs so too does the pet dog. In this example, the dog movie star on screen serves as a(n) ___________ and the pet dog serves as a(n) ____________. A)Planned model; imitator B)Unplanned model; imitator C)Imitator; unplanned model D)Imitator; planned model

B

A manager at an office scolds a worker's cellphone use. This scolding resulted in the worker never using his cellphone at work again. During the worker's lunch break, the worker asks his coworkers, "Wasn't it funny how upset Mr. ToughGuy got when I took a call?" All of his coworkers thought it was hilarious and said he should start doing comedy shows down at the theater as his new job. In this scenario, the manager's scold is considered a(n): A)negative punisher. B)positive punisher. C)positive reinforcer. D)neutral stimulus.

B

A researcher is conducting an experiment to determine if a workout program is successful at improving a client's balance. In this experiment, the __________ is the independent variable and the ___________ is the dependent variable. A)client's balance; workout program B)workout program; client's balance C)workout program; client D)client; balance

B

A school teacher asks his student if she wants to read a comic book or magazine, while holding each item up to show her. His student chooses the magazine to read. Which type of preference assessment did the teacher conduct? A)A paired-stimuli reinforcer assessment B)A paired-stimuli preference assessment C)A forced-choice reinforcer assessment D)A forced-choice reinforcer assessment without replacement

B

An 11-year-old is having difficulty waking up on time in the morning for school, taking a shower, and preparing her school lunch. Her parents begin a rewards system where each day of the week she will receive a smiley-face sticker if she does all of her morning routine and an "X" if she does not complete all of them. If she has 5 smiley-face stickers by the end of the week, she gets to pick out a $10 item from a nearby store of her choice. They keep the chart on their daughter's bedroom wall that includes what behaviors are expected, what it will take to earn the reward, and when the reward will be delivered. What type of procedure did her parents use? A)Behavior momentum B)A contingency contract C)Differential reinforcement of other behavior D)High-probability request sequencing

B

Andy lives at a group home and knows how to take a shower by himself, but he doesn't when the staff asks him to. Therefore, staff members first deliver several easier and smaller tasks prior to asking him to take a shower, such as to make his bed or take his daily medication. Andy takes a shower this time.In this scenario, the staff member who helped Andy establish: A)high-probability command sequencing. B)behavioral momentum. C)a motivating operation. D)a discriminative stimulus.

B

Lenny frequently throws objects at his family's dog. You conduct a functional analysis and determine he is throwing objects at the family dog to gain attention from his parents. What would be a functionally-appropriate replacement behavior for you to teach Lenny? A)Teaching him to throw something appropriate such as horseshoes at a metal post in the ground in the backyard. B)Teaching him how to discuss shared interests that he has with his parents. C)(Both A and B) D)(None of the above)

B

Rank these functional behavior assessment procedures from most accurate to least accurate, when it comes to determining the function of behavior. A)Indirect assessments, direct assessments, functional behavior assessments. B)Functional analyses, direct assessments, indirect assessments. C)Direct assessments, indirect assessments, functional analyses. D)(All of these assessments are equally accurate in determining the function of behavior)

B

The completion of one step in a behavioral chain always results in: A)token reinforcers. B)a discriminative stimulus to complete the next step of the behavior chain (except during the last step) .C)the ability to do so correctly in the future. D)social praise.

B

You are a behavior analyst that has developed a program to teach Ned how to socially interact with others more effectively by utilizing both a DRA and extinction procedure. Ned has made much progress during the six weeks he has received your services. His behavior therapist is well-trained and has been working with you for over a year. When should you evaluate the effectiveness of this behavior program? A)Before the behavior program is implemented and after the behavior program is implemented B)Throughout the entire implementation of the behavior program and during follow-up probes C)Before the behavior program is implemented, while the behavior program is being implemented, and after the behavior program has been implemented D)After the behavior therapist has implemented the program for a week

B

You are performing a functional analysis of shouting behavior that lasts an average of 3 seconds with a range of 12-26 seconds between each response. The functional analysis reveals that the shouting happens at relatively high rates in all conditions except the demand. What is the most likely function of this problem behavior? A)Escape B)Automatic reinforcement C)Access to tangibles D)(All of the above)

B

You are sitting near your campfire when suddenly some annoying bugs begin to fly by you and on you. You reach into your camping bag and grab your bug spray and cover yourself with it. The annoying flying bugs function as a(n): A)abative effect. B)motivating operation. C)discriminative stimulus. D)a punisher.

B

You are the supervising behavior analyst working with a behavior therapist and your shared client. During supervision, you notice that the therapist implements one of your interventions with a minor mistake, but does so consistently. You reread the intervention you wrote and confirm that you are correct. How should your corrective feedback be given? A)Provide immediate praise for the parts of the performance that were correct. Ignore the flaw in her performance; since it was not reinforced it will not happen again B)Provide immediate praise for the parts of the performance that were correct. At a later time, and before her next opportunity to perform the intervention, address the minor flaw and describe what actions she can take to perform better next time. C)Immediately pull her aside to address the flaw in performance. Then praise her correct performance to end on a good note. D)Make note of the flaw and address i

B

You begin writing behavioral interventions and a treatment plan for your client Benny. You are certain you would like to implement your interventions with Benny. When should you obtain consent from a guardian? A)ONLY if the guardian requested to be asked for their approval before changes are made B)before changing an intervention goal. C)ONLY before a more restrictive intervention is used. D)(All of the above)

B

You have five picture cards with different animal pictures on them. You printed the pictures off so that the picture of the cow is brighter than all the other pictured animals. You then present these five picture cards to a client and you tell him to point to the picture of the cow. He successfully points to it. What type of stimulus prompt did you use? A)Response prompt B)Redundancy cue C)Movement cue D)Position cue

B

Your factory foreman walks onto the operating floor and says, "I need you to complete this shipment of metal plating as soon as you can. I've been waiting all week!" You say, "Absolutely, I will get that done right away," even though that is what you have told him the previous 5 times that he has asked you this week. Even though you said you would get the metal plating to him right away, you do not do so. What type of verbal operant did you use? A)A tact B)An intraverbal C)An echoic D)Listener responding

B

A therapist has just begun working with a child named Jenson. She wants to determine what Jenson likes to do for fun. She walks with him to the play area of the clinic and he gains access to dozens of toys and different activities. Jenson begins playing with a picture book with buttons that make sounds. He plays with the book for an entire hour. In this scenario, we can confirm that the book is: A)an unconditioned reinforcer. B)a reinforcer. C)a stimulus D)(All of the above)

C

A 5-year-old client, named Wesley, has had difficulty learning spoken language for months. As a result, Wesley has had severe aggressive behavior because he cannot communicate effectively. His behavior analyst decides that an alternative way to communicate may be necessary because Wesley is not gaining much traction with spoken/vocal language. The behavior analyst decides that an augmentative communication device would be a good option for this learner. Which procedure(s) could the behavior analyst use to teach a learner how to communicate using the augmentative communication device? A)Differential schedules of reinforcement for the undesired behavior B)Differential reinforcement of other behavior C)Differential reinforcement of alternative behavior D)(All of the above)

C

A 7-year-old leaves his bedroom at night and goes to sleep in the family home's living room on the couch. The parents want their son sleeping in his own room and bed. The parents determine that their son is doing this because his room is bright at night due to the brightly lit restaurant signs across the street from the home. What would be the most practical course of action the parents could do to attempt to decrease this behavior of sleeping on the couch in the living room? A)Installing door alarms on his bedroom door B)Contacting a behavior analyst to have her conduct a functional analysis C)Putting up blinds in the windows of the child's bedroom and making sure all sources of light in the room are turned off D)Setting up a token economy where every hour the child stays in his room, he earns a token

C

A bcba is working with a young client while performing supervision with the client's therapist. The therapist notices that the child they are working with has a red rash on his arm and brings it to her supervisor's attention. The bcba contacts the boy's mother regarding this identified concern. The child's mother asks the behavior analyst what she thinks is causing the rash. Choose the most appropriate response that the behavior analyst should make. A)"Looks like poison ivy to me. Let's continue to track his behavior for a couple of days and see how it affects behavior. If his behavior changes, he may need to see a physician." B)"Looks like poison ivy to me. I'll modify his behavior plan to ensure he doesn't itch his arm, since itching will cause it to spread." C)"It looks like poison ivy to me but that is not my area of expertise. I suggest taking him to his physician to get it checked out." D)(None of the above)

C

A grandmother is driving down the road. Her grandchild is sitting in the back seat when he sees a pool near the community center. The grandmother says, "Did you see that pool?" The child replies, "Yeah, pools are so fun!" What verbal operant(s) did the child use? A)A mand B)A tact C)An intraverbal D)(Cannot be determined)

C

A school teacher sits at her desk much of the day. However, a few times each class she will randomly walk up and down the aisles of her student's desks and provide praise to each student who is actively completing their classwork. What schedule of reinforcement is the teacher using? A)Variable ratio B)Fixed ratio C)Variable interval D)Fixed interval

C

An elderly man eating at the dining area of his group home loudly releases flatulence with a smirk, which causes his dining mates to either laugh or frown in disgust. This has caused disruptions in the dining area before. The staff begin withholding his meal from him during dinner time to decrease his likelihood of flatulence. What is wrong with this scenario? A)The staff member did not consider practical issues associated with this intervention. He may still be able to fart even though the food is withheld. B)The staff did not consider ethical issues associated with this intervention. She should have attempted reinforcement procedures prior to taking his food away. C)The staff did not consider ethical issues associated with this intervention. The elderly man should not be denied basic human rights. D)The staff did not consider practical issues associated with this intervention. He will likely get "bootleg" reinforc

C

Dennis is a BCBA® who has worked with his company for a few years. He is well-known and well-liked by his coworkers and supervisees. He has supervised several BCBA® candidates while at this company and each of them have become behavior analyst themselves. Today Dennis has been asked to supervise a new BCBA® candidate at his company. Before providing supervision, what should Dennis provide? A)a written description of the purpose of providing supervision and the requirements and expectations of the supervisee. B)the criteria that will be used to evaluate the performance of the supervisee. C)(Both A and B) D)Dennis does not need to provide any information, he is well-known at his company and his company has already told the BCBA® candidate what to expect.

C

Donald had four hours to complete his BCBA® exam, which included 160 questions. Donald finished the exam in 14 minutes. He broke a record for the quickest exam time ever (and also broke the record for the worst exam score of all time). With regards to recording an answer on the test, next time Donald takes the test he should work on: A)decreasing his interresponse time. B)decreasing his latency. C)increasing his interresponse time. D)increasing his rate of responding.

C

Event recording would be MOST appropriate to use with which behavior? A)The number of times a woodpecker pecks wood in a day B)The number of steps a child takes in one day C)The number of lollipop suckers a child eats in a day D)The number of hours a child spends sitting in one day

C

Jannis works as an aide in a school. One of the students she works with has a behavior plan. One of the components of the behavior plan is that the student can earn crackers. One day, the student kicks another student in class, so Jannis takes away a cracker, just as the behavior plan states to do. It works very well and the student stops the aggression immediately. Therefore, Jannis begins taking crackers away from the student whenever he does anything she does not want him to do, despite what the behavior plan says. Why did Jannis begin to take crackers away from the student for behaviors that weren't being targeted in the behavior plan? A)What was believed to be a reinforcer was actually a punisher. B)She lacks the education and training to implement a behavior plan accurately. C)Her behavior of taking a cracker away had powerful negative reinforcement effects that have generalized to other stimuli because the ef

C

Last week, Will's head was aching because of the Summer sun and the heat exposure he experienced one day. He went to an ice cream stand down the street from his home and ordered a triple scoop ice cream cone. He really enjoyed the taste of the ice cream and his headache from overheating went away. Now, he goes to the ice cream stand when his head begins to ache from heat exposure. He also goes back there even when his head doesn't ache because he loved the taste of the triple scoop ice cream and likes to eat it occasionally. This is an example of: A)Positive reinforcement B)Negative reinforcement C)(Both A and B) D)(Neither A nor B)

C

Personalized System of Instruction is beneficial because: A)each student is given an individualized learning curriculum that will maximize their potential of learning difficult subject matter. B)students get to choose what they want to learn and this increases motivation to stay on task. C)students learn at their own pace, which may reduce frustration for some students. D)All the above.

C

When using punishment, the person delivering the punishment should: A)deliver the punishing stimulus intermittently, at least at first, to avoid the learner having strong emotional responses. B)start with very mild punishment and increase the magnitude of punishment each time it is delivered so that it decreases the learner's motivation to repeat the punished behavior. C)deliver the punishment immediately, whenever it is possible, to maximize its effectiveness. D)(None of the above)

C

Which of the following behaviors is a private event? A)You whispering to a friend B)You texting a person in a one-on-one phone chat C)You whispering to yourself and no one is around to hear you doing so D)All the above

C

A behavior analyst is considering two different interventions that may work well for her 12-year-old client's severe self-injurious head-banging behavior on hard surfaces. However, she doesn't have enough time to collect baseline data due to the safety concern of her client. Her client needs an intervention immediately. The best experimental design for her to use would be: A)a brief multiple baseline across treatments design. B)a changing criterion design. C)a multiple-probe design. D)an alternating treatments design.

D

A behavior analyst is working with an adult who engages in self-injurious behavior. One day, the client's psychiatrist discontinues one of the client's medications and prescribes him a new one. Since this switch, the client's self-injurious behavior has tripled. What should the behavior analyst do? A)Tell the psychiatrist that the new medication is not working. B)Tell the psychiatrist that the old medication worked better than the new one. C)Refer the client to a new psychiatrist. D)(None of the above)

D

A behavior analyst wants to begin using generalized conditioned reinforcers with her client. She believes this will help decrease the likelihood that her client will become satiated on a particular reinforcer. Which of the following stimuli can be used as a generalized conditioned reinforcer? A)Saying, "Well done." B)A thumbs up C)Coins D)(All of the above)

D

A behavior analyst wants to decrease her adult client's offensive language toward others. The behavior is tracked at the client's group home during meal times and social times in the lounging area and the behavior analyst records 12 occurrences per hour during baseline conditions. The behavior analyst begins the intervention in the client's personal quarter's of the group home and the behavior occurs 3 time per hour on average there. Which of the following statements regarding the intervention is true? A)The intervention is not working. B)The intervention appears to be working but it should be extended to show the intervention itself was responsible for the behavior change. C)The intervention appears to be working. D)(None of the above)

D

A client frequently attempts to elope in high-traffic areas such as parking lots. A behavior analyst determines that the client is eloping in high-traffic areas for attention. The behavior analyst implements a planned ignoring procedure. What is wrong with this scenario? A)An extinction burst could result in serious injury or death. B)A functionally appropriate replacement behavior to gain attention should have been taught. C)The behavior analyst is unlikely able to control all stimuli in the natural environment. D)(All of the above)

D

A client that works with therapists in a center politely asks his therapists to take him to the nearby playground around 30 times per day. However, it is only feasible to take him to the playground 2 times per day and the therapists are annoyed that he constantly asks them to take him. Which differential reinforcement procedure would be best to use for decreasing his "asking to go to the playground" behavior? A)DRH B)DRA C)DRO D)DRL

D

A parametric analysis could be used to determine: A)which component(s) of an intervention package are necessary to maintain the treatment effects. B)if a DRA, timeout, and token economy intervention package is effective. C)whether or not a DRA, timeout, and token economy intervention package is necessary. D)what is the most effective number of tokens to give for appropriate behavior in a DRA, timeout, and token economy intervention package.

D

A therapist is using Discrete Trial Training (DTT) with her 4-year-old client in the client's home. The client loves playing on his tablet and frequently chooses to work for it during DTT sessions. The therapist points to a toy helicopter and says, "What is it?" The client says, "That's a helicopter!" The therapist immediately gives the client the tablet he has been working for. After 8 minutes, the therapist calls the client over and asks him what the color of a banana is. What is wrong with this scenario? A)The therapist should have made sure the client could utilize a tablet correctly. B)The therapist should not have intermixed tact training and listener responding by feature, function, and class training within the same session. C)Discrete Trial Training should not be conducted in the home. D)The client likely had access to the reinforcer for too long.

D

After observing your client in at home, school, and clinic environment, you notice that many behaviors only occur in the clinical environment. You then decide that you will best increase the likelihood of generative learning taking place, by teaching your client: A)to use the behavior only in the environmental conditions that were taught. B)to ask for help. C)every possible environmental condition the behavior will be used for. D)the basic skills he will need to allow him to respond generatively in untrained environmental conditions.

D

After six weeks of an intervention you implemented for your 7-year-old client Landon, his screaming behavior that serves the function of acquiring attention is now at a near-zero frequency each day. You want to ensure that the progress achieved maintains over time and having people in his natural environments that are familiar with the intervention that respond accordingly would help the likelihood of success. Who may be used as a behavior change agent? A)A client's teacher B)A client's siblings C)A cashier at the client's favorite store D)(All of the above)

D

An experimenter is analyzing the effects of 3 particular interventions on a single behavior of one person. After a steady baseline was achieved, the first intervention was introduced. When steady responding was achieved with this intervention over the course of 3 days, the experimenter returned to baseline by removing this intervention. After 5 days of steady baseline, the experimenter implemented the second intervention. The second intervention was conducted for 3 days before the experimenter withdrew this intervention and returned to baseline. After 4 days of steady baseline, the experimenter introduced the third intervention for 3 days. The third intervention lasted for 3 days before the experimenter withdrew it and returned to baseline. After 3 days of steady baseline, the experimenter re-introduced the first intervention. What kind of experimental design was the experimenter using? A)An A-B-A-B design B)An alte

D

Every day, Martin answers questions as quickly as he can for 60 seconds to practice for the television show Jeopardy. He then counts the amount of questions he answers correctly and records that number. Over time, he notices that he is able to answer more and more questions correctly per minute. Which teaching procedure is he most likely using? A)Functional communication training B)Incidental teaching C)Direct Instruction D)Precision teaching

D

George and Velma are both 13-year-olds with autism that live at a foster home. Every time George throws his homework materials during the family's designated study time after school, Velma does so as well. You conduct a functional behavior assessment for George first and it determines that his throwing behavior is maintained by attention from his foster parents. Based on these findings, we can also determine that Velma's throwing behavior is maintained by: A)attention. B)access to her foster parents. C)escape from demands. D)(None of the above)

D

Jack is a behavior analyst conducting research on aggressive behavior in a clinical setting. He begins collecting data on three different clients that attend the same clinic. Under which of the following baseline conditions is it appropriate for Jack to start the intervention phases for each of his participants? A)A stable baseline B)A baseline that has an increasing trend, if the goal is to decrease that behavior C)A baseline that has a decreasing trend, if the goal of the intervention is to increase that behavior D)(All of the above)

D

Jebb is a bcba who works with a client named Brandon, who lives in a rural and poverty-stricken area. During a session with Brandon, his guardian says to Jebb, "Hey, I remember that you said that you enjoyed working on cars. Mine stopped working and I can't afford a mechanic right now. Could you take a look at it to see what is wrong?" What would be the most appropriate response for Jebb? A)"Sure, no problem. I can take a look and tell you what is wrong with it. But I cannot fix it since this would be considered a dual relationship." B)"I apologize. Since I already work as a behavior analyst for your family, I cannot ethically work on your car. If you'd like, I can you help bring it into town and have a auto-repair shop look at it." C)"Sure. But I cannot do this on my company's time. I can come over this weekend and take a look." D)"I apologize. But according to the ethical code that I have to follow, I cannot work

D

Jerry takes part in short-distance sprint competitions. After walking up to the starting line, he must wait for the sound of a gunshot before he can start sprinting forward, or he will be disqualified. However, Jerry consistently sprints across the starting line before the sound of the gunshot, resulting in disqualification. With regards to starting to sprint, Jerry needs to work on: A)increasing his latency. B)decreasing his latency. C)decreasing his interresponse time. D)(None of the above)

D

Jillian is travelling to see the Eiffel Tower in France. She did not know how to speak French before she arrived there. When she arrives, she is taught to say, "Salut" when someone waves to her. Then, without being taught, she begins waving to people when they say, "Salut." What type of stimulus equivalence is this an example of? A)Reversibility B)Transitivity C)Reflexivity D)Symmetry

D

Kenneth is a newly certified behavior analyst who has just begun supervising BCBA® candidates. What should Kenneth do? A)have his own supervision performance monitored by another BCBA® who can then provide performance feedback to him. B)allow supervisees to anonymously provide feedback on his own performance. C)allow supervisees to contact him at any time with questions regarding supervision. D)(All of the above)

D

Money can be a: A)natural reinforcer. B)secondary reinforcer. C)generalized conditioned reinforcer. D)(All of the above)

D

Travis, a behavior analyst, accepts a referral for a new client. Shortly after, he identifies that he will need to conduct a functional behavior assessment due to a frequent behavior that the parents would like reduced. What can the conducted functional behavior assessment tell Travis? A)if a particular intervention is effective. B)which interventions could worsen the target behavior. C)the function of the target behavior. D)(All of the above)

D

Wayne, an 10-year-old boy, does not follow a morning routine to get ready for school each day, often not brushing his teeth, combing his hair, or packing his lunch. His behavior analyst decides to write an intervention that he will have the family implement each morning for Wayne. What should the behavior analyst consider prior to writing the intervention that the child's family will implement? A)Will the family have enough time to implement the intervention effectively? B)Will the family have the funding to purchase the materials necessary to implement the intervention? C)Will the family be able to understand the intervention the way it is written? D)(All of the above)

D

What type of graph is this? A)BABA Design B)ABAB Design C)Changing Criterion Design D)(Cannot determine)

D

When Michelle was a child, a centipede crawled on her and bit her on her arm in her parent's basement while playing hide and seek with her siblings. This resulted in Michelle having an extreme fear of centipedes in adulthood. Last week, a behavior analyst began working with Michelle to decrease her fear of centipedes. She took Michelle to her parent's basement where she had been bitten by a centipede and the behavior analyst brought a couple centipedes and exposed her to them without them biting her or crawling on her. Eventually, Michelle was no longer afraid of centipedes. What procedure did the behavior analyst use with Michelle, to make her no longer fearful of centipedes? A)Respondent conditioning B)Operant extinction C)Operant conditioning D)Respondent extinction

D

Yesterday, Leslie found out she passed the BCBA® exam. She had waited a month to receive her score and was relieved when she heard the news. This morning at her apartment, her boyfriend congratulated her and told her how proud he was of her. Leslie could not stop smiling all day. Her boyfriend congratulating her is an example of: A)imitation. B)extinction. C)positive reinforcement. D)(None of the above)

D

You are a bcba visiting your client at his group home. You are collecting partial-interval data on his group-time contribution behavior. During the first minute of a 10-minute interval, your client contributes during the group time activity. After you record that the response occurred, you immediately go to the group home's kitchen and grab a glass of water while briefly chatting with another resident of the group home. You make it back shortly before the next interval begins. Since you went to the kitchen in the middle of an interval, what should you do with the data you collected this session? A)Void the entire datasheet for this session since you were absent during a portion of one interval. B)Don't dispose of the datasheet for this session. Simply void out the interval in which you went to the kitchen since you were not absent for any of the other intervals. C)Don't dispose of the datasheet since you were only ab

D

You are working with an elderly man who frequently gives out his private contact information (phone number, address, etc) to random people because he does not understand the risks of giving out personal information to others. You help him make a list of people he can give personal information to, which includes only family and friends. Making a list of ONLY people he can give personal information to is an example of: A)Stimulus maintenance B)Stimulus generalization C)Stimulus equivalence D)Stimulus discrimination

D

You begin to work at a clinic with children diagnosed with autism and other developmental disabilities. You sit down for supervision with your behavior therapist (supervisee) and your shared client. You begin writing notes about their performance, feedback you give to the therapist, as well as a couple interventions you design there on the spot to help decrease aggressive behavior on behalf of the client. Your service notes should be written in a manner such that: A)they may be used in court proceedings. B)they may be read by a behavior analyst who will someday implement these interventions. C)you can refer back to your notes and determine which interventions did or did not work. D)(All of the above)

D

You consider one of your clients and after consulting his parents you all decide it is time to focus on teaching a new skill that will allow him to significantly increase his repertoire now that higher priorities, such as his self-injurious behaviors, have been reduced to a zero frequency for the last couple weeks. Which of the following skills would be most likely to result in a behavioral cusp and a good option for this client to increase their skill set? A)Teaching him to tolerate eating vegetables B)Teaching him a new mathematical operation C)Teaching him to differentiate between the colors pink and red D)Teaching him to use the public transportation system

D

You just began a new case with a 7-year-old client, James, who engages in self-injurious head-hitting behavior. You interview James's mother regarding the self-injurious behavior. His mother reports that whenever she asks James to eat his lunch or dinner, he is likely to engage in head-hitting. What is the function of the target behavior? A)Escape B)Attention C)Automatic D)(Cannot determine with the information provided)

D

You show up to your client's home and the client's parents seem eager to see you. They say, "Zack has not had a bowel movement in 3 days. Every time we put him on the toilet, he screams and throws anything he finds nearby. Could you please fix this?" How should you respond? A)"Sure, I'll be glad to help. Let me first run a functional assessment to see why this behavior is occurring." B)"Sure, that's what I'm here for. Let's pair healthy foods rich in fiber with some laxatives to help him defecate and give him more motivation to do so." C)"I can't help with refusing to use the bathroom." D)"Sure, I'd love to help. Because he hasn't had a bowel movement in 3 days, there might be something else going on such as an illness, an unfavorable side effect of a new medication, etc. Why don't you first take him to his physician to rule out any medical causes, medical conditions, or dietary problems? Then I can come back and wo

D

____________ reinforcement should be used to establish new behaviors and ____________ reinforcement should be used to maintain behaviors. A)Backup; token B)Token; backup C)Intermittent; continuous D)Continuous; intermittent

D