NEW QUESTION 1
Billy, a 20-year-old male, has the capacity to give consent for treatment. The behavior analyst has developed a program and explained it to Billy. Procedures, benefits, rights, and other information also were shown to him. The one element still needed for informed consent is approval from

• A. Bill
• B. clinical review committe
• C. human rights committe
• D. Billy's parent

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 2
Narrative recording is used to compilE.

• A. data on various tasks the person can perform, such as putting on a shirt or tying shoe laces, to further identify skills training goal
• B. demographic data such as age, marital status, sex, and educational experience and to identify appropriate intervention
• C. information, which can be used to set inclusion goals, concerning proximity and social contacts with non-disabled peers in segregated setting
• D. a running account of the behaviors and environmental circumstances to identify further behaviors and related variables worthy of analysi

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 3
Margarita exhibited the following counts of maladaptive behaviors. The previously implemented procedure to help her (Procedure A) was discontinued on 10/5 and the present procedure (Procedure B) was implemented. Procedures were implemented 2 times per day (once in the morning and once in the evening) for 20 minutes per session.
The AM and PM data for each procedure were graphed separately. What can be inferred from the data?

• A. The data across Procedure A and Procedure B show no change or tren
• B. The data for Procedure A show an increasing tren
• C. The data for Procedure A show the desired change in behavio
• D. The data for Procedure A suggest that it is more effective than Procedure

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 4
An extinction procedure involves:

• A. withholding all reinforcemen
• B. withholding the maintaining reinforcer after the occurrence of the target behavio
• C. removing all attention from the client when the target behavior occur
• D. removing the SD for the target behavio

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 5
Robert has been referred because he is losing significant amounts of weight due to refusal of most foods. What should the behavior analyst consider first?

• A. possible medical conditions
• B. meal content/texture of food
• C. caloric content of preferred foods
• D. ecological variables during mealtimes

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 6
Which of the following would BEST contribute to a behavior analyst’s professional development?

• A. attending a workshop that provides videotaped examples and practice activities for innovative interventions
• B. reading articles from a peer-reviewed applied behavior analysis journal that describe techniques that are applicable to her client population
• C. becoming a member of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, which is a rich resource for behavior analysts
• D. contributing an article to the newsletter of the local Association for Behavior Analysis chapter

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 7
A punishment contingency is LEAST likely to produce which effect?

• A. Undesirable emotions may resul
• B. Aggressive or violent behavior may be evoke
• C. A more appropriate replacement behavior may develo
• D. The person delivering the punisher may become an aversive stimulu

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 8
To address hitting others, two procedures were compareD. differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior and time-out. The outcomes were examined within and across subjects. A withdrawal design was employed. The BEST response measure to use in this study is frequency oF.

• A. the incompatible behavio
• B. being sent to time-ou
• C. hitting other
• D. reinforcer deliver

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 9
Sue consults with her supervisor to be certain her procedures are conceptually systematic. Conceptually systematic procedures are

• A. based on empirical evidence of their effectivenes
• B. derived from experimental analysis of similar behavior in the fiel
• C. identifiers of functional relations between a behavioral dimension and an environmental even
• D. linked to and described in terms of the basic principles of behavio

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 10
Disruptive behavior occurs at a moderate rate and consistent intensity level throughout the school day. How should the teacher collect data on the behavior?

• A. Keep a running tally of the occurrences on the chalk boar
• B. Record each occurrence using a portable counte
• C. Use a timer and record the number of minutes for each occurrenc
• D. Document whether or not the behavior occurred every hou

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 11
A descriptive assessment generally includes all of the following EXCEPT:

• A. development of hypothese
• B. gathering of historical information as well as current source
• C. graphic representation of dat
• D. manipulation of variable

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 12
A behavior analyst is asked to consult about a 10-year-old child who gets out of his seat during class at least once every 15 minutes. The behavior analyst wants the teacher to collect data on the child’s on-task behavior. Given that the teacher works alone in the classroom with 30 children, the BEST procedure to employ would bE.

• A. interval recordin
• B. latency recordin
• C. duration recordin
• D. time samplin

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 13
Holly is learning to use a spoon to feed herself. Applesauce is known to function as a reinforcer. Her teacher has selected the following objective for Holly: "Given a spoon and a 3-ounce dish of applesauce, Holly will independently scoop the applesauce to her mouth." This objective is incomplete. Which component is missing?

• A. antecedent stimulus
• B. consequence condition
• C. prerequisite skill criteria
• D. standard of performance

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 14
When shopping with her dad, Sally knocks items off the shelf, especially canned goods. The cans make a loud noise when they hit the floor. Her dad decides to teach her an alternative behavior.
What alternative behavior is the BEST choice to teach?

• A. Sally pushes the shopping cart with both hand
• B. Sally drops items into the cart when her dad gives them to he
• C. Sally keeps her hands in her pockets while in the stor
• D. Sally holds dad's hand while shopping and gets to let go when quie

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 15
John's instructional program has successfully increased the number of words he reads correctly per minute. The procedures used include special worksheets, contingent reinforcement for number of words read correctly, and peer tutoring. The behavior analyst wants to determine which part or parts of the treatment have been effective, so he systematically dismantles the treatment and withdraws elements until the reading no longer improves. The behavior analyst is completing A.

• A. component analysi
• B. multi-element desig
• C. parametric examinatio
• D. reversal desig

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 16
Steven lives in a group home with four other men. Most of his housemates spend about equal amounts of time in the living room and the recreation room. Steven spends about 75% of his free time in the living room and 25% in the recreation room. Staff observations have shown that staff attention is very reinforcing for Steven. If the matching law is operating in this scenario, what is the predicted rate of staff attention to Steven in the living room?

• A. It is 1/3 of the rate in the recreation roo
• B. It is 3 times the rate in the recreation roo
• C. It matches the rate of attention in the recreation roo
• D. It matches the average rate of attention in the two room

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 17
A 4-year-old child is lying in bed at night while the parents are sitting in the living room talking to guests. The child begins to make loud noises. In the past, the parents have gone into the child's room to quiet him. The parents and guests agree to ignore the child completely and continue to talk. If the parents stick with this approach and the child stops making noises, the parents have successfully useD.

• A. time-ou
• B. planned ignorin
• C. extinctio
• D. negative reinforcemen

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 18
During three 30-minute observations, Linda gouged her eye 8, 17, and 12 times, respectively. Each incident lasted between 1 and 3 seconds, with an average duration of 1.3 seconds. Which is the BEST dimension to continue to measure?

• A. duration
• B. inter-response time
• C. latency
• D. rate

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 19
Once a stimulus has been determined to function as a reinforcer in a particular contingency, which of the following is likely to be true?

• A. The reinforcer should be adjusted to vary during the observation perio
• B. The reinforcer should be used with others in the immediate environmen
• C. The effect of the reinforcer may strengthen with relevant deprivatio
• D. The effect of the reinforcer will weaken if a variable interval schedule is use

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 20
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