SectionD & A
Tom gives his son skittles every time he goes to the bathroom on his own. This has increased his son’s independent toileting. Some months later, Tom is at his aunt’s house, where Tom offers his niece some skittles to go to the bathroom. His niece refused to go to the bathroom.
A.) Negative Reinforcement
B.) Functional Control
C.)External Validity
D.) Technological
External Validity
Sarah didn’t take out the trash, like she was supposed to for 3 weeks in a row. Sarah’s mom wanted to increase Sarah’s rate of behavior, so she offered her 5 dollars for every time she took out the trash. Sarah took out the trash 5 days per week after this. Her mother then stopped paying her after another month, and Sarah went back to her previous levels of trash removal. Her mother, being upset, decided to offer Sarah 5 dollars again for every time she took out the trash. This strategy seemed to work for the next 4 weeks. Sarah’s mother can be reasonably sure that her payments made a difference, because of her:
A.) Replication
B.) Prediction
C.) verification
D.) Validity
A 13-year-old child is struggling to develop their matching-to-sample skills. They requested that they do not want to match cards anymore and would rather play matching games. What is the best solution?
A. Continue using card-matching tasks until mastery, then move onto matching games for generalization.
B. Transition to matching games, incorporating matching-to-sample skills into the preferred format.
C. Use punishment procedures to reduce refusal and maintain the original card-matching task.
D. Discontinue matching-to-sample training entirely and focus on other skills the child enjoys.
Transition to matching games, incorporating matching-to-sample skills into the preferred format.
While running a functional analysis on Richard's property destruction behavior, the data averaged out to the following values listed below:
○ Attention: 5.6 per minute
○ Escape: 3.1 per minute
○ Ignore: 5 per minute
○ Play: 4.9 per minute
What is the best conclusion for the function of behavior?
A. Attention
B. Escape
C. Automatic
Automatic
A toy cat, tiger, rat, and lion are all laid out in front of the child to train naming of each of them. Which of the following stimulus properties is required to be differentiated for proper naming?
A. Formal B. Temporal C. Functional D. Prompting
formal
naming the toy cat, tiger, rat, and lion requires the child to differentiate between the formal properties of the stimuli, such as their appearance.
•Scott is developing a sight word fluency program for his client. Scott is measuring the effectiveness of having each client write the same words five times vs. reading the words five times, using a withdrawal/reversal experimental design. Scott finds similar success with both methods. Analyzing the graph, which is the most likely explanation of the results?
A. Writing words is more effective than reading words
B. Reading words is more effective than writing words
C. This behavior may be irreversible
D. Another baseline is require
This behavior may be irreversible
Consequences change the likelihood of __________
A.) Motivating operations
B.) Present behavior
C.) Postive or negative reinforcement
D.) Future Behavior
Future Behavior
Jenny and her school-aged son, Sam, are shopping at Target. After making the customary stop to the in-store Starbucks, Jenny begins to walk blissfully around the store, shopping for nothing and everything at the same time. The bliss ended as soon as Sam started pestering his mom for a taste of her white chocolate mocha as he could see the whipped cream topping coming through the lid. After about five minutes of non-stop asking for a sip to which Jenny repeatedly told Sam it would be too hot, Jenny had enough and let Sam have a sip. Sam, who has never had coffee before, took a big gulp. He yelped and spat the coffee all over the floor. In the future at Target, Sam no longer asked his mother for a drink. Which term best describes the reason for Sam's nagging behavior?
A. Rule-governed behavior
B. Contingency-shaped behavior
C. Non-compliance
D. Negative punishment
Contingency shaped behavior
Contingency-shaped behavior develops when a behavior is controlled by direct consequences from the environment when it occurs
Is providing supervision for an individual and employing them as a direct therapist a conflict of interest?
A. It could be, but as long as clear boundaries are discussed and established, it can be managed appropriately.
B. It is not a conflict because the supervisory role and the employment role are distinct.
C. It is not a conflict as long as the supervisee does not work with any of the supervisor’s clients.
D. Yes, it is always a conflict of interest regardless of boundaries.
It could be, but as long as clear boundaries are discussed and established, it can be managed appropriately.
Which of the following does a type 1 error refer to?
A. False positive B. False negative C. Invalid data
D. Inaccurate data
•It has been reported that Annie is spitting both at school and at home throughout the day. Sarah, Annie’s BCBA is recording the instance of Annie’s spitting per hour, both at home and at school. Upon looking over the data, Sarah noticed that usually spitting occurred when staff or parents were not attending to Annie. Given this information, Sarah has recommended a time-based schedule of attention of 5 minutes in both settings. What are the dependent and independent variables, respectively?
A. Rate of spitting / FI 5 minutes
B. Spitting rate / NCR
C. FR 5 / IRT of spitting
D. NCR for attention / spitting rate
SPITTING RATE / NCR
Jamar has an a 11-year-old client on his caseload who the RBT reported is starting to engage in fecal smearing at school an average of twice per school day over the past 2 days. Which of the following is the best step for Jamar to take first?
A. Set up a meeting with the client’s parents to begin the FBA process.
B. Isolate him at school in an effort to maintain his dignity.
C. Conduct a trial-based functional analysis (FA).
D. Encourage the parents to take him to his pediatrician or family doctor to rule out medical factors.
Encourage the parents to take him to his pediatrician or family doctor to rule out medical factors
Which of the following is an example of conditional discrimination?
A student says "Dog!" when asked, "What animal says woof?"
B. A child touches the red square from an array of colored shapes only when the teacher says, "Touch red."
C. A worker presses a green button when a machine shows a green light and avoids pressing it when the light is red.
A child touches the red square from an array of colored shapes only when the teacher says, "Touch red.
What is the best method for determining if significant behavioral change is occurring?
A. Functional analysis
B. Visual analysis
C. FBA
D. Table of data
When strengthening behavior during the beginning stages of acquisition, what is the most effective schedule of reinforcement?
A. Continuous reinforcement
B. Intermittent reinforcement
C. Interval schedule of reinforcement
D. Post reinforcement pause after every correct response
Continuous reinforcement
For the past two weeks, Sarah has not taken out the trash. Sarah’s mom wants to increase the frequency of Sarah taking out the trash, and she offers her 5 dollars every time she does so. Sarah’s mom keeps track daily, and has Sarah taken out the garbage every day for a week. If her mom then stops paying her and Sarah stops taking the garbage out, the mother has demonstrated:
A.) Verification
B.)Prediction
C.) Replication
Which of the following is not part of the FBA process?
A. Descriptive Assessment
B. Functional Analysis
C. Component analysis
D. Indirect Assessment
Component analysis
Change in one component of a multiple schedule that increases or decreases the rate of responding on that component is accompanied by a change in the response rate in the opposite direction in the other, unaltered component of the schedule is referred to as __________
A. Matching law effects
B. Premack principle
C. Differential reinforcement of lower rates of behavior D. Behavior contrast
Behavior contrast
You are conducting an intake for a new client who has been on your waitlist for months. Evan, is a 9 year old boy with limited communication skills whose parents report that he engages in severe aggression towards his siblings and parents. They also report that recently at school, he has been throwing chairs and attempting to flip tables when upset. What pre-assessment question would be most crucial to be asking yourself?
A. Am I qualified enough as a BCBA to handle this behavior?
B. Will the parents trust me?
C. Will the client allow me to conduct a functional analysis on their behaviors? D. Do I have the proper training and resources?
Do I have the proper training and resources
Claudia is a great cook; she can sauté onions, cook chicken in the air fryer, steam rice, and cook mac n cheese. These behaviors describe Claudia’s ________________.
A.Cooking repertoire
B. Response topography for cooking
C. Stimulus generalization in the kitchen
D. Cooking stimulus class
Cooking repertoire
Upon him coming back to table. say “we are working for _______”. If he has for the original reinforcer say “Not available”
If he touches face quietly replace the current fidget with an alternative fidget item without verbal comments or reprimands.
A.). External Validity
B.) Internal Validity
C.) Replication
D.) Prediction
Internal Validity
After you witness or become aware of an ethical concern with a fellow BCBA, what should your first step be?
A. Talk to their supervisor about the ethical issue.
B. Check the federal laws to see if they are engaging in illegal activity.
C. Talk to them about the situation and determine solutions to resolve the conflict.
D. Alert the BACB of the ethical issue.
Talk to them about the situation
56. Which of the following below best describes the statement: A speaker can play the role of both the speaker and listener in verbal behavior.
A. Correct; A speaker can be both speaker and listener.
B. Incorrect; The speaker can only be one role.
C. This is dependent upon the mode of communication such as sign language, verbal speech or picture exchange.
D. Incorrect; The listener can only be one role.
A speaker can be both speaker and listener
In Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior, an individual can act as both the speaker and the listener. For example, a person giving themselves instructions ("I need tostudy now") and following those instructions is playing both roles
You are conducting an assessment for a 5-year-old client whose family recently immigrated from another country. During the interview, the parents mention that they do not prioritize teaching independence in daily living skills, as in their culture, children are cared for by family members well into adulthood. How should you proceed to integrate relevant cultural variables into the assessment
A. Focus on teaching independence in daily living skills despite the family's cultural values.
B. Modify the assessment to align with the family's cultural values and focus on skills they prioritize.
C. Avoid addressing cultural differences during the assessment to maintain neutrality.
D. Kindly suggest that the family adopt different priorities to align with the new experiences and cultural expectations they will now face.
Modify the assessment to align with the family's cultural values and focus on skills they prioritize.
Momentary time sampling is classified as a discontinuous measurement because:
A. It involves presenting the reinforcer contingent upon the passing of a given interval.
B. It requires tracking the duration of the whole behavior during a given interval.
C. You are not tracking each relevant dimension of the behavior throughout the interval.
D. You are recording each instance of the behavior the moment that it occurs.
You are not tracking each relevant dimension of the behavior throughout the interval. ✓