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- 1. Multiple ChoiceKeeping in mind immediate and long lasting results, applied behavior analysts work to improve:behaviors that are annoying teachersunwanted behaviorscommunication skillssocially significant behaviors
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich 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 criteriafollowing uppinpointing the target behaviors to be treatedending services
- 3. Multiple ChoiceGeorge 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 playKicking his 1:1 staff in the shinUsing the iPadEarning all his tokens
- 4. Multiple ChoiceRoger 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 observationreactivityquestionsinterfering behavior
- 5. Multiple ChoiceFour major methods for obtaining assessment information are:interviews, checklists, tests, and direct observationinterviews, lists, tests, and direct observationinterviews, checklists, indirect assessments, and direct observationinterviews, checklists, tests, and indirect observation
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich is not an example of normalization?Teaching an adult with autism to order from restaurant menusTaking a teenager with autism to her high school sports gamesBuying children's toys for an adult with autism that attends and participates in a day program and has a part time jobA student with autism joining the debate team at school
- 7. Multiple ChoiceSarah 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 happyreduce screaming and increase requestingincrease screaming and increase requestingincrease requesting hoping screaming will decrease naturally
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat 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 ChoiceBehavior analysts create definitions based on:topography of the behaviorinterpretation of the behaviorfunction of the behaviormagnitude of the behavior
- 10. Multiple ChoiceA good behavioral definition must include three characteristics. Which of the following is not one?objectiveclearcompletecompetent
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is not a behavior John is engaging in?John picks up a pencil with his right handJohn writes his name at the top of the pageA mosquito lands on Johns left arm and "bites" himJohn puts down his pencil and scratches the mosquito bite
- 12. Multiple ChoiceRemember, Best Answer
Respondent conditioning is most effective when the neutral stimulus is presented:immediately after or simultaneous with the unconditioned stimulusimmediately before or simultaneous with the unconditioned stimuluswith an extra reinforceras a consequence following the behavior - 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat is not part of the definition of behavior?An organism's interaction with its environmentdetectable displacement in space through time of some part of the organismA property or attribute of the organismresults in a measurable change in at least one aspect of the environment
- 14. Multiple ChoiceBrenda 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 ClassResponse TopographyStimulus ClassReflex Class
- 15. Multiple ChoiceConsequences affect:only current behavioronly future behavioronly past behavioronly observable
- 16. Multiple ChoiceOperant conditioning refers to the process and selective effects of ___________ on behavior.antecedentsstimulireinforcersconsequences
- 17. Multiple ChoiceRemember, 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 reinforcementnegative punishmentreinforcementnegative reinforcement - 18. Multiple ChoiceRoger 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:reinforcementnegative reinforcementpositive reinforcementpunishment
- 19. Multiple ChoiceA behavior change tactic is:a non-evidence based attempt at changing behaviornothing more than briberya principle of behaviora research based method for changing behavior
- 20. Multiple ChoiceA behavior that occurs more frequently under some antecedent conditions than it does in others is called a(n):discriminative stimulusconditioned reinforcerdiscriminated operantunconditioned reinforcer
- 21. Multiple Choice
The systematic covariation between two events:
Description
Correlation
Control
Prediction
- 22. Multiple Choice
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ChoiceDirect and repeated measurement of behavior provides behavior analysts with:graphsdatanumberstrends
- 32. Multiple ChoiceA visual display of relationships between relevant variables that allows behavior analysts to organize, store, interpret, and communicate the results of their work:datavisual analysisgraphsexcel file
- 33. Multiple ChoiceThis data pattern displays a(n):increasing trenddecreasing trendincreasing leveldecreasing level
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhich is not a benefit of displaying behavioral data using a graph?Immediate access to an ongoing visual record of the participant's behaviorGraphs enable and encourage independent judgments and interpretations of the meaning and significance of behavior changeGraphs can be effective sources of feedback to the people whose behavior they representGraphs allow practitioners to skips steps in their interventions because seeing the data shows success consistently
- 35. Multiple ChoiceThe most common graphic format for displaying data in applied behavior analysis is the:cumulative graphsemilogarithmic graphline graphbar graph
- 36. Multiple ChoiceOn 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 variablethe passage of time; a range of values of the dependent variablea range of values of the dependent; the passage of timea range of values of the independent variable; the passage of time
- 37. Multiple ChoiceWhat represents the level and trend of behavior between successive data points on a graph?The data pathA lineCondition labelsA condition change line
- 38. Multiple ChoiceWhich color should graphs be printed in?blueblackblack and blueany color
- 39. Multiple ChoiceIf you saw data plotted on a graph in this ascending format on a behavior, you may describe the data as showing a(n):decreasing trendincreasing levelincreasing trendvariable trend
- 40. Multiple ChoiceHow often and the extent to which multiple measures of behavior yield different outcomes is called:stabilitydata pathvariabilitytrend line
- 41. Multiple ChoiceTo be most useful for science, measurement must be:valid, accurate, and reliableobjective, accurate, and reliablevalid, clear, and reliablevalid, accurate, and succinct
- 42. Multiple ChoiceBest 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:accuratevalidreliablecomplete - 43. Multiple ChoiceThe 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?reliabilityvalidityaccuracymeasurement bias
- 44. Multiple ChoiceTomTom 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:reliabilityaccuracyvaliditydirect measurement
- 45. Multiple ChoiceThe 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:directcontinuousindirectdiscontinous
- 46. Multiple ChoiceSomething that appears to exist because of the way it is measured:datameasurement artifactsinaccurate dataaccurate data
- 47. Multiple ChoiceThe 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 observerinterobserver disagreementobserver driftobserver reactivity
- 48. Multiple ChoiceRoger 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 IOAtrial-by-trial IOAmean count-per-interval IOAtotal count IOA
- 49. Multiple ChoiceThe most stringent description of IOA for most data sets obtained by event recording is,exact count-per-intervalmean count-per-intervaltrail-by-trial IOAtotal count IOA
- 50. Multiple ChoiceOnly intervals in which either or both observers recorded the nonoccurrence of the target behavior are considered when calculating:scored-interval IOAinterval-by-interval IOAunscored-interval IOAno-interval IOA
- 51. Multiple ChoiceWhat are three dimensional quantities of behavior?Repeatability, temporal extent, temporal locusRepeatability, temporal extent, weightColor, temporal extent, temporal locusRepeatability, height, temporal locus
- 52. Multiple ChoiceRoger 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:CountRateDurationPercentage
- 53. Multiple ChoiceDuration is a measure of:RepeatabilityTemporal extentTemporal locusCeleration
- 54. Multiple ChoiceLeila 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 timePercentage of opportunitiesDurationResponse latency
- 55. Multiple ChoiceRoger 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-criterionPercentageFrequencyRate
- 56. Multiple ChoiceUsing the plain old pencil and paper method, Leila was tracking each time her student requested the iPad. This procedure for measuring behavior is:Event recordingtimingtime samplingdata tracking
- 57. Multiple ChoiceThe 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 samplingWhole-interval recordingPartial-interval recordingPlanned activity check
- 58. Multiple ChoiceA 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.overestimatesunderestimatesis exactlyis proportional to - 59. Multiple ChoiceThe 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-criterionPercentage of opportunitiesMeasurement by permanent productRate
- 60. Multiple ChoiceWhich is not an advantage of permanent product?Practitioner is free to do other tasksFacilitates data collection for interobserver agreement and treatment integrityProvides access to immediate dataMakes possible measurement of some behaviors that occur at inconvenient times and places
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