Roger's 60 Question Quiz

1.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Keeping in mind immediate and long lasting results, applied behavior analysts work to improve:

behaviors that are annoying teachers

unwanted behaviors

communication skills

socially significant behaviors

2.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Which of the following is not one of the 5 phases of behavioral assessment proposed by Hawkins (1979):

defining and generally quantifying problems or desired achievement criteria

following up

pinpointing the target behaviors to be treated

ending services

3.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

George plays Lego Batman on his iPad during earns after having received 10 tokens on his token board. He does not like playing any other games on the iPad during his earn. George kicks his 1:1 classroom staff in the shin every time he is told iPad time is all done. What is the target behavior?

Choosing another game to play

Kicking his 1:1 staff in the shin

Using the iPad

Earning all his tokens

4.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Roger entered a classroom to conduct an observation on a specific student. When he first entered he conversed with the teacher and the staff and then talked to all the students in the classroom while they were on break. Some students raised their hands for help once classwork started and Roger took the time to help a few of them. Roger did all this at three different scheduled observations before sitting in the back of the classroom and doing his observation with the hopes of reducing:

anecdotal observation

reactivity

questions

interfering behavior

5.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Four major methods for obtaining assessment information are:

interviews, checklists, tests, and direct observation

interviews, lists, tests, and direct observation

interviews, checklists, indirect assessments, and direct observation

interviews, checklists, tests, and indirect observation

6.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Which is not an example of normalization?

Teaching an adult with autism to order from restaurant menus

Taking a teenager with autism to her high school sports games

Buying children's toys for an adult with autism that attends and participates in a day program and has a part time job

A student with autism joining the debate team at school

7.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Sarah screams when she wants a special snack while her favorite t.v. show Arthur. Her mother asked Roger to assist with reducing Sarah's screaming when she wants a snack during this time. Roger created a plan to:

reduce screaming and make the parent happy

reduce screaming and increase requesting

increase screaming and increase requesting

increase requesting hoping screaming will decrease naturally

8.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What is the least important question when prioritizing behaviors to change?

Does this behavior pose any danger to the client or to others?

Is this behavior annoying the individual's staff?

How long has this been a problem or skill deficit?

Will changing the behavior produce higher rates of reinforcement for the individual?

9.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Behavior analysts create definitions based on:

topography of the behavior

interpretation of the behavior

function of the behavior

magnitude of the behavior

10.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

A good behavioral definition must include three characteristics. Which of the following is not one?

objective

clear

complete

competent

11.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Which of the following is not a behavior John is engaging in?

John picks up a pencil with his right hand

John writes his name at the top of the page

A mosquito lands on Johns left arm and "bites" him

John puts down his pencil and scratches the mosquito bite

12.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Remember, Best Answer

Respondent conditioning is most effective when the neutral stimulus is presented:

immediately after or simultaneous with the unconditioned stimulus

immediately before or simultaneous with the unconditioned stimulus

with an extra reinforcer

as a consequence following the behavior

13.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What is not part of the definition of behavior?

An organism's interaction with its environment

detectable displacement in space through time of some part of the organism

A property or attribute of the organism

results in a measurable change in at least one aspect of the environment

14.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Brenda was laying in bed and did not want to step onto the cold floor to turn the light off. Brenda tried reaching the light switch with her arm, she then tried using the selfie stick by her bed to reach the light switch, when both of these options were unsuccessful she threw her book and hit the target! These behaviors would all be in the same:

Response Class

Response Topography

Stimulus Class

Reflex Class

15.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Consequences affect:

only current behavior

only future behavior

only past behavior

only observable

16.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Operant conditioning refers to the process and selective effects of ___________ on behavior.

antecedents

stimuli

reinforcers

consequences

17.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Remember, Best Answer

If a behavior is followed closely in time by a stimulus event and as a result the future frequency of that type of behavior increases in similar conditions, _____________ has taken place.

positive reinforcement

negative punishment

reinforcement

negative reinforcement

18.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Roger is sitting at a coffee shop reading Walden Two and notices a pair of siblings sitting with their mother. One child falls to her side and the sibling laughs. The first child falls over again and the sibling laughs again. The siblings continue this -fall and laugh- routine for 10 minutes. The laugh functions as:

reinforcement

negative reinforcement

positive reinforcement

punishment

19.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

A behavior change tactic is:

a non-evidence based attempt at changing behavior

nothing more than bribery

a principle of behavior

a research based method for changing behavior

20.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

A behavior that occurs more frequently under some antecedent conditions than it does in others is called a(n):

discriminative stimulus

conditioned reinforcer

discriminated operant

unconditioned reinforcer

21.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

The systematic covariation between two events:

Description

Correlation

Control

Prediction

22.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Roger was teaching a player on his basketball team how to shoot a free-throw effectively. His intervention package included antecedent task analysis instructions (bend knees, elbow in, push from legs, flick wrist), physical prompts, and immediate feedback. Roger ran an ABABAB experiment with A being baseline (no intervention) and B being the above intervention.

During A sessions,the player made an average of 45% of his free-throws. During B sessions, the player made an average of 75% or better of his free throws. Roger's experiment could be said to have:

External Validity

Internal Validity

Description

Prediciton

23.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Which option is false?

All experiments in applied behavior analysis include these essential components:

At least one participant

At least one behavior

A system for measuring the behavior and ongoing visual analysis of the data

A system to distribute behavioral variability among individuals in a given population

24.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

The target behavior in an applied behavior analysis experiment, or more precisely a measurable dimensional quantity of that behavior is called the:

Iindependent variable

Dependent variable

Control behavior

Participants problem

25.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

By controlling the independent variable and holding constant extraneous variables, the researcher can achieve:

Valid data

Environmental change

Experimental control

Behavior change

26.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Roger wanted to test one of his basketball players shooting percentage from 5 feet, 10 feet, and 20 feet away from the hoop aligned with the free throw line. By assessing these different independent variables Roger was likely conducting a(n):

non-parametric analysis

component analysis

parametric analysis

non-component analysis

27.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Isaac, one of the players on Roger's basketball team attended all team practices and had a free-throw shooting percentage average of 60% by the end of the first two weeks of practice. Roger started a new intervention after the first two weeks of practice and John's free throw percentage average increased to 80% for data collected in the next two weeks of practice. (Always be aware of irreversibility from a clinical and educational standpoint)

The first two weeks of data served as a(n):

dependent variable

independent variable

baseline

replication

28.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

From 3/8/18 to 3/13/18 Roger accumulated baseline date on one of his players shooting skills. Out of 10 shots per session, the player consistently made 1,2, or 3 shots in the hoop. If Roger had not applied his intervention on 3/14/18, it could be assumed that data points would remain at low levels of 3 and under. This would have been (a):

verification

prediction

replication

confounding variable

29.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Assuming practice effects did not effect Rogers player's performance after applying his intervention, the data points after the second phase line could be considered:

prediction

verification

replication

decreasing trend

30.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Roger took baseline, applied an intervention, returned to baseline, and then re-applied his intervention.

The data points in the rectangle would be considered:

prediciton

verification

replication

decreasing trend

31.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Direct and repeated measurement of behavior provides behavior analysts with:

graphs

data

numbers

trends

32.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

A visual display of relationships between relevant variables that allows behavior analysts to organize, store, interpret, and communicate the results of their work:

data

visual analysis

graphs

excel file

33.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

This data pattern displays a(n):

increasing trend

decreasing trend

increasing level

decreasing level

34.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Which is not a benefit of displaying behavioral data using a graph?

Immediate access to an ongoing visual record of the participant's behavior

Graphs enable and encourage independent judgments and interpretations of the meaning and significance of behavior change

Graphs can be effective sources of feedback to the people whose behavior they represent

Graphs allow practitioners to skips steps in their interventions because seeing the data shows success consistently

35.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

The most common graphic format for displaying data in applied behavior analysis is the:

cumulative graph

semilogarithmic graph

line graph

bar graph

36.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

On a line graph, the horizontal axis most often represents ___________, while the vertical axis most often represents ____________:

the passage of time; a range of values of the independent variable

the passage of time; a range of values of the dependent variable

a range of values of the dependent; the passage of time

a range of values of the independent variable; the passage of time

37.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

What represents the level and trend of behavior between successive data points on a graph?

The data path

A line

Condition labels

A condition change line

38.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Which color should graphs be printed in?

blue

black

black and blue

any color

39.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

If you saw data plotted on a graph in this ascending format on a behavior, you may describe the data as showing a(n):

decreasing trend

increasing level

increasing trend

variable trend

40.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

How often and the extent to which multiple measures of behavior yield different outcomes is called:

stability

data path

variability

trend line

41.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

To be most useful for science, measurement must be:

valid, accurate, and reliable

objective, accurate, and reliable

valid, clear, and reliable

valid, accurate, and succinct

42.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Best Answer
At the gym, Roger wanted to know how many times he could bench press 145lbs. He asked his friend to track this for him while he completed the exercise. His friend took out his stopwatch and timed the length of time it took Roger to complete the entire set. This measurement method was not:

accurate

valid

reliable

complete

43.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

The GPS company TomTom was worried they would send wrong directions to customers if they used their own clocks to measure the exact time. Knowing that atomic clocks can keep time to the second for 15 billion years, they sent a satellite to space with an atomic clock to test their own clocks hear on earth. What were they keeping in mind?

reliability

validity

accuracy

measurement bias

44.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

TomTom grew as a GPS company and decided to send a second satellite to space with an atomic clock (atomic clocks can keep time to the second for 15 billion years). On earth they tested their own clock 30 times in one day and found it to be 1 second ahead of the atomic clock every time they tested it. This is dangerous as 1 second could be fatal for an individual receiving directions through their GPS. They were having a problem with:

reliability

accuracy

validity

direct measurement

45.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

The teacher wanted to know why her two students were fighting on the playground during recess. She asked for each individuals account of what happened and decided there was no need to check the video tape. Her measurement method was:

direct

continuous

indirect

discontinous

46.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Something that appears to exist because of the way it is measured:

data

measurement artifacts

inaccurate data

accurate data

47.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

The BCBA trained the ABA staff to take data when the child opened his mouth until the time he closed his mouth. After a month of the BCBA not watching the staff take data, the staff unknowingly began tracking the behavior from the time the child's teeth clenched his own skin until his mouth closed. This unintended change in data collection is known as...

naive observer

interobserver disagreement

observer drift

observer reactivity

48.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Roger had his RBT take data on the amount of times the child hugged her during their session. Roger simultaneously took data during the session. The RBT counted 7 hugs and Roger counted 8. Roger divided 7 by 8 and then multiplied that number by 100. Roger calculated:

mean duration-per-occurrence IOA

trial-by-trial IOA

mean count-per-interval IOA

total count IOA

49.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

The most stringent description of IOA for most data sets obtained by event recording is,

exact count-per-interval

mean count-per-interval

trail-by-trial IOA

total count IOA

50.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

Only intervals in which either or both observers recorded the nonoccurrence of the target behavior are considered when calculating:

scored-interval IOA

interval-by-interval IOA

unscored-interval IOA

no-interval IOA

51.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What are three dimensional quantities of behavior?

Repeatability, temporal extent, temporal locus

Repeatability, temporal extent, weight

Color, temporal extent, temporal locus

Repeatability, height, temporal locus

52.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Roger trained Leila, the RBT, to mark how many times the student stood up during a ten minute time frame. This unit of measure would be:

Count

Rate

Duration

Percentage

53.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Duration is a measure of:

Repeatability

Temporal extent

Temporal locus

Celeration

54.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Leila was taking data on a client's responding to simple staff requests. Each time she provided a request, she would record the amount of time that elapsed before the client responded appropriately to the request (client initiating the response). Leila was tracking:

Interresponse time

Percentage of opportunities

Duration

Response latency

55.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Roger was teaching his cousin to perfect his basketball shot from the free-throw line. His cousin shot 10 free-throws and made 7 shots in the basket. Roger took the 7 shots he made and divided it by the 10 opportunities and then multiplied that number by 100. He told his cousin he made 70% of his shots. This method of measure is:

Trials-to-criterion

Percentage

Frequency

Rate

56.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Using the plain old pencil and paper method, Leila was tracking each time her student requested the iPad. This procedure for measuring behavior is:

Event recording

timing

time sampling

data tracking

57.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

The BCBA asked the RBT to take data on a behavior using a time sampling procedure. If the behavior occurred at any point in a 30 minute block the RBT would mark the occurrence. This method of time sampling is:

Momentary time sampling

Whole-interval recording

Partial-interval recording

Planned activity check

58.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

A BCBA is using partial-interval recording to track instances of a high frequency behavior (pinching himself). The BCBA is likely to collect data that ____________ the rate of the behavior.
*Pinching happens 20 times in a ten minute block.

overestimates

underestimates

is exactly

is proportional to

59.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

The classroom teacher has her students complete 10 math worksheets over a 30 day period with the 10 exact problems on each worksheet. The teacher would like to know how many worksheets it takes each student before correctly answering each question. Reviewing these completed worksheets for grading would be considered:

Trials-to-criterion

Percentage of opportunities

Measurement by permanent product

Rate

60.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Which is not an advantage of permanent product?

Practitioner is free to do other tasks

Facilitates data collection for interobserver agreement and treatment integrity

Provides access to immediate data

Makes possible measurement of some behaviors that occur at inconvenient times and places

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