NEW QUESTION 1
When LeRoy sees his father arrive home, he begins to clean his room. Given this information, we can conclude ONLY that the father's arrival is:

• A. an anteceden
• B. a discriminative stimulu
• C. an establishing operatio
• D. a visual promp

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 2
Steve is a behavior analyst working with staff members who are not implementing programs on a consistent basis. Staff report that the heavy workload interferes with their ability to run the programs consistently. What should Steve do FIRST to address this problem?

• A. Go to the direct supervisor and request that an incentive system be implemented for all staf
• B. Begin to assess the staff's daily routine in order to identify any time conflicts that might exis
• C. Revise the daily work schedules and routines, with the assistance of the supervisor, so that potential time conflicts can be avoide
• D. Implement additional training for staff that are not able to perform to criterio

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 3
Intraverbal behavior is controlled by A.

• A. verbal stimulus; the behavior does not match that stimulus; and the reinforcer is non-specifi
• B. verbal stimulus; the behavior matches that stimulus; and the reinforcer is specifi
• C. verbal stimulus; the behavior matches that stimulus; and the reinforcer is non-specifi
• D. verbal stimulus; the behavior does not match that stimulus; and the reinforcer is specifi

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 4
When setting criteria for behavior change, behavior analysts attempt to implement the simplest mode of intervention necessary to elicit the desired outcome. As such, the identified outcome criteria should be

• A. applied to ecological assessments to generalize skill
• B. developed prior to the identified interventio
• C. initially broad in focus with subsequent reduction to a target respons
• D. measured independent of practice effects or reactivit

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 5
Wilma argues with her coworker, who shares the same workstation. Even though Wilma and her coworker can articulate the workplace rules, repeated instructions to cease this behavior have gone unheeded and they are becoming enemies. What would be the MOST appropriate antecedent-based solution?

• A. Instruct the coworker to stay away from Wilm
• B. Give Wilma breaks away from her coworker whenever arguments begi
• C. Assign Wilma to a different workstatio
• D. Place signs in the workstations identifying appropriate workplace behavio

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 6
Tony is supervising a work crew at the post office. Every day, his clients are supposed to check each waste bin and empty those that contain trash. Tony takes data on the number of waste bins emptied by the crew. In order to report data in terms of percentage of occurrence Tony MUST also know:

• A. that some waste bins contained tras
• B. how many waste bins contained tras
• C. how many waste bins were in the offic
• D. This behavior is not amenable to percent of occurrence reportin

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 7
When developing a task analysis, a behavior analyst would first:

• A. assess the mastery level of the individua
• B. conduct a functional assessment of the target skill
• C. determine the necessary component step
• D. observe the individual to collect baseline dat

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 8
Unwanted side-effects associated with the use of an extinction procedure are MOST likely to appear:

• A. immediately after the extinction burs
• B. after the individual realizes that the procedure will be implemented consistentl
• C. when ratio schedules are increased too rapidl
• D. shortly after the procedure is first implemente

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 9
What determines the amount of change at each step in a changing-criterion design?

• A. a 20% change at each step
• B. a standard five increment change
• C. the function of the behavior to be changed
• D. the particular behavior to be changed and its current incidence

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 10
Mrs. Carr's 4-year-old son, Jack, often interrupted her and asked her to play with him. Mrs. Carr would tell Jack that she would play later, but she often followed him and played for a few minutes. On a very busy day, Mrs. Carr told Jack that she could not play with him. Jack began to cry and ran out of the room. Mrs. Carr followed him, calmed him down, and played for a few minutes. This pattern was repeated several times so Mrs. Carr decided to be firm with Jack and to ignore future interruptions. The next day Jack came in sobbing and screaming, “Play now!” Mrs. Carr gave in and played with him. The most likely explanation for Jack’s increasingly disruptive behavior is that:

• A. Mr
• B. Carr has used respondent conditioning to train Jack to scream for attentio
• C. Jack is experiencing an extinction burst which will cease shortl
• D. Mr
• E. Carr has accidentally shaped a more intense interrupting behavior from Jac
• F. Mr
• G. Carr has negatively reinforced Jack’s interrupting because he stops screaming when played wit

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 11
At the point in time when non-contingent reinforcement is delivered, the treatment provider is reinforcinG.

• A. a behavior in the acquisition phas
• B. all of the student's behaviors at that momen
• C. incompatible or alternative behavior
• D. the target behavior

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 12
The BEST definition for head banging would be any instance of Susan:

• A. making contact between her head and her hand or her head and any other objec
• B. hitting her head with her open hand, closed fist, or another object when others tease he
• C. repeatedly using her hand to hit her head until there is an observable change in tissue coloratio
• D. making contact with her head using either her hand or another object causing sound that is audible at a distance of 5 or more fee

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 13
A behavioral assessment indicates that the problem behavior of a young woman is maintained by others bringing things to her or taking things away following occurrence of the behavior. Since the behavior results in physical injury, the decision to decrease its occurrence has been made. Which is the BEST general approach?

• A. Determine a potential punisher and deliver it following every occurrence of the behavior, but do not provide or remove other things following the occurrenc
• B. Prevent the behavior by physically blocking each respons
• C. Stop providing or removing things following the behavior and allow it to undergo extinctio
• D. Use protective equipment that prevents injury and establish a replacement behavior that results in things being provided to or removed from the woma

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 14
Fara has identified two procedures that have an equal probability of being effective. In order to select the better procedure, she should

• A. choose the procedure that falls within the staff's level of competenc
• B. determine which procedure is most clinically popular based on the rate of use by professional
• C. select the procedure that best utilizes the existing funding strea
• D. use a random number table to rule out bia

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 15
If a client exhibits problem behaviors throughout the day and evenings regardless of what is going on in the environment and what activities he/she is participating in, which would be the BEST way to reduce the high frequency and increase latency?

• A. Use a differential reinforcement procedure for the absence of problem behaviors for an amount of time with a high magnitude reinforcer as a rewar
• B. Use a high magnitude punishment procedure every time he/she exhibits the problem behavio
• C. Use a low magnitude punishment procedure every time he/she exhibits the problem behavio
• D. Use a fixed ratio reinforcer every time he/she exhibits appropriate behavio

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 16
Jamie frequently falls to the floor and screams at school. Preliminary behavioral assessment data indicate that his tantrums are maintained by attention and escape from demand situations. Jamie's behavior analyst wants to examine precisely how attention and escape conditions affect these behaviors. The behavior analyst does not want to conduct the analysis in Jamie's classroom because she would not be able to control for potentially important factors. Relating to this scenario, which statement is TRUE?

• A. Analyses that involve experimental conditions are almost always conducted in the person's natural environmen
• B. The behavior analyst could conduct the analysis in a vacant classroom, but the generality of the findings is an issue to be considere
• C. The behavior analyst should conduct detailed interviews with the teacher and school staff to determine functional relation
• D. Only if the analysis is conducted in Jamie's classroom can a reasonable hypothesis be generate

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 17
A behavior analyst has taught a student to look at the teacher when the teacher is speaking. Later, the student is observed looking at a classmate when the classmate is speaking. The student looking at the classmate is a result oF.

• A. discrimination trainin
• B. response maintenanc
• C. stimulus generalizatio
• D. response generalizatio

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 18
A stimulus is defined as

• A. a change in behavior brought about by alterations of the physical environmen
• B. a change in the environment that can affect behavio
• C. a change in the environment that elicits a response with or without prior conditionin
• D. any environmental event exclusive of private event

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 19
In order to evoke a mand for "cookie," the behavior analyst shoulD.

• A. give the child a cooki
• B. deprive the child of cookie
• C. show the child a picture of a cooki
• D. say "cookie" and praise repeating the wor

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 20
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