NEW QUESTION 1
For which of the following would it be appropriate to measure duration?

• A. Amy responds very slowly to instructions during her discrete trials teaching session
• B. Ethan leaves his work station and wanders around the buildin
• C. Sarah takes so long to begin her math assignments in class that she is never able to finish on tim
• D. Ryan is trying to increase the speed of his typing at the computer keyboar

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 2
A teacher's students were asking for individual assistance at a high rate when they were instructed to work independently using their textbooks and other resource material available in the classroom. The teacher posted a "No Questions" sign and systematically ignored the students' questions when the sign was up. The rate of question-asking decreased to zero. Now the teacher simply puts up the sign whenever the students are to work independently and removes it when the students can ask questions. With respect to asking questions, the sign functions as:

• A. a negative reinforce
• B. an SD
• C. an
• D. an S

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 3
The BEST definition for mouthing behavior would be any instance of LukE.

• A. placing his mouth on any object for at least 5 second
• B. placing his open mouth on a non-nutritive object or placing a non-nutritive object in his mout
• C. making contact with his mouth to any non-nutritive objec
• D. mouthing a non-nutritive item for 3 or more consecutive instances within a 30 second interva

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 4
Why should extinction be used in combination with reinforcement-based procedures?

• A. to ensure effectiveness of the extinction procedure
• B. to eliminate the need for a punishment procedure
• C. to reduce the response effort and resistance to extinction
• D. to reduce undesirable effects such as extinction bursts and aggression

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 5
Trials to criterion is an appropriate measure of which dimension of behavior?

• A. duration of on task behavior
• B. latency of task initiation
• C. accuracy during a shaping procedure
• D. quality of a student's essay writing

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 6
Tact behavior is controlled by a stimulus. The reinforcer for tact behavior is .

• A. non-verbal; non-specific
• B. non-verbal; specific
• C. verbal; non-specific
• D. verbal; specific

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 7
A person "getting wet" in the rain is NOT considered an occurrence of behavior because "getting wet"

• A. does not specify an interaction between an organism and its environmen
• B. can occur under only one, very specific environmental conditio
• C. is a hypothetical construct and cannot therefore meet the criteria for an occurrence of behavio
• D. does not have social or clinical significance in a science of human behavio

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 8
Which situation is the BEST example of contingency-shaped behavior?

• A. A task analysis is used to teach Lilly how to clean her roo
• B. Dean is able to change the scale on a computerized graph after reading “how to” instruction
• C. Billy’s mother tells him not to touch the stove because he could burn himsel
• D. Billy does not touch the stov
• E. Jennifer sees a candy bar and she mands for i
• F. Jennifer’s sister gives her the candy bar and she eats i

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 9
What best defines a discriminative stimulus?

• A. It always elicits a respons
• B. It is defined by its effect on behavio
• C. It is established using either operant or respondent procedure
• D. It is any change in the environmen

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 10
Larry engages in self-injurious behavior which is maintained by automatic reinforcement. This behavior results in abrasions on both of his arms as a result of intense scratching. The behavior analyst decides to have Larry only wear long sleeved shirts as an initial effort to reduce the behavior. This is an example of which type of procedure?

• A. extinction
• B. deprivation
• C. punishment
• D. differential reinforcement

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 11
Two responses (such as putting on a sweater and lighting a fire) that produce the same result describE.

• A. the matching la
• B. functional equivalenc
• C. stimulus generalizatio
• D. response generalizatio

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 12
Which of the following scenarios involves a behavioral contingency?

• A. James ate dinner tonight and came down with indigestio
• B. While throwing a chair, Linda bit her tongu
• C. Susan hit her head on the wall, and a staff person asked her to sto
• D. When asked to do her tasks, Doris said, "I will not do that!"

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 13
Which of the following could NOT function as an unconditioned punisher?

• A. a bitter taste
• B. social disapproval
• C. excessive stimulation
• D. physical restraint

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 14
In the past, Parnelli consistently drove at high speeds on city streets. However, he was pulled over and had to immediately pay a very expensive fine. Afterward, Parnelli very seldom drove at high rates of speed. Which of the following might account for the effect of the lost money resulting from paying the fine?

• A. negative punishment
• B. negative reinforcement
• C. positive punishment
• D. escape conditioning

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 15
When implementing punishment procedures, the behavior analyst:

• A. must include a reinforcement procedur
• B. can use punishment alone if a reinforcement procedure was not effectiv
• C. does not have to include a reinforcement procedure if consented to by the clien
• D. is required to introduce a reinforcement procedure if the problem behavior increase

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 16
Fiona cannot independently open her lunchbox. It is lunch time. The teacher closes the latch on Fiona's lunchbox and places it in front of Fiona. The teacher has manipulated the

• A. consequenc
• B. establishing operatio
• C. contingenc
• D. promp

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 17
All of the following are examples of the use of setting events EXCEPT:

• A. giving consumers choices of which tasks they would like to perform and which reinforcers they would like to receiv
• B. moving activities to locations where maladaptive behaviors are highly unlikely to occu
• C. planning to ignore the target behavior within all environment
• D. prefacing hard tasks with easy task

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 18
Fred does not follow some of the directives imposed by the direct care staff. A behavior analyst has been asked to put a program in place that will get Fred to comply with all directives. The behavior analyst should FIRST

• A. differentiate between compliance rates across different directive
• B. request that staff provide a ratio of compliant behaviors to noncompliant one
• C. determine a list of potential reinforcers for the behavior progra
• D. consider the ethical implications of training Fred to comply with all directive

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 19
When demands are placed on Raoul, he is often observed to hit his head, bite his hand, or slap the therapist. These behaviors are reinforced by termination of the demands. Taken together, these behaviors comprise

• A. an establishing operatio
• B. a functional response clas
• C. respondent behavior
• D. a topographical response clas

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 20
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