Practice Exam

Connor is told to provide reinforcement in the form of a video on a FI 4-minute schedule for his client’s independent work. Which of the following best describes how Conrad should do that?

Which of the following statements about extinction are FALSE?

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An RBT® discussed and trained for their client’s physical aggression with their BCBA® to better understand how to implement the BIP. The RBT® does a fidelity check with the BCBA® during the next supervision session to ensure proper implementation. Which of the following is TRUE about the RBT®'s behavior in this scenario?

When teaching a client to tie their shoes, the RBT® prompted all the steps except for the last one, letting the client attempt it on their own. What procedure is the RBT® implementing in this scenario?

At drop off, Timmy’s Mom says he had the flu over the weekend. What should the RBT® do with this information?

A BCBA® wants to collect the number of times her client asks for help during sessions. To do this she decides to use the duration data collection method. What’s wrong with this choice by the BCBA®?

When Sally flops to the floor her RBT®, Abby, starts a timer. When she stands back up, marking the end of the flop, she stops her timer. What data collection method is this?

What assessment aims to determine the function of a behavior?

Luke has not eaten in several hours. When his Mom asks him if he would like something to eat, he immediately says, “Yes!” In this scenario, what type of motivating operation is hunger?

Lynn is working with her client Adam. Adam is very good at labeling common kitchen items, as this is something they worked on in previous weeks. Just to be sure he knows them, Lynn asks Joe to label common kitchen items from time to time. What type of intervention is Lynn conducting here?

Michelle is conducting a preference assessment for her client Evan. She decides to grab a bunch of toys from the clinic and present them two at a time to Evan. Once he makes his choice, Michelle writes it down and presents the next two items. She does this until every pair is presented. What preference assessment is Michelle running?

Lainey, a 5-year-old girl with autism, is great at labeling things around her ABA clinic. However, she has significantly more trouble doing it at school. What should her BCBA® work on to address this issue?

During a 4-hour session, a client threw an item 24 times. What would be the rate per hour for this behavior?

Julie would like to reduce her client’s throwing behavior. Her client will throw something across the room, look at Julie, and say, “Did you see that?” Julie wants use extinction and differential reinforcement of alternative behavior to reduce the throwing. What is both the function of the client’s behavior and the best way to implement these strategies?

The biggest difference between whole-interval recording and partial-interval recording is:

Every time Carlos climbs on a table is Mom yells, “Carlos, get down right now!” Carlos is then less likely to climb in the future. What type of consequence is this?

Sally is unsure how to score a client’s tacting target if prompting is used. What should she do in this scenario?

Molly is trying to reduce her client’s physical aggression. She wants to reinforce a behavior that makes it impossible to also headbang simultaneously. What type of differential reinforcement should Molly use to accomplish her goal?

Manuel is taking data on his client, Frank’s, physical aggression. While observing, a peer sat down next to Frank and began playing with a blue car. The peer then took Frank’s red car. Frank then hit the peer, and the peer gave it back. In this scenario, what is the antecedent to Frank’s physical aggression?

Which of the following is NOT a form of continuous measurement?

Ellie is hungry so she makes a sandwich for lunch. Which of the following is TRUE about this scenario?

Cole is working with a client in an ABA clinic. This client is reinforced by verbal praise, cookies, and the trampoline. To increase communication, Cole provides verbal praise to his client every time he mands for an item. Which of the following best describes what type of reinforcement Cole is using?

What are the four functions of behavior?

A Dad takes his son to the dollar store every Saturday to pick a toy. Every time they go, the son screams and cries to get more than one toy, and the Dad provides him with what he wants. However, after talking with his BCBA®, the next time they go to the dollar store, the Dad does not get extra toys when his son screams and cries. Which behavior analytic principle did the Dad implement after speaking to the BCBA®?

Emily counts the number of times Aaron pinches his friend, Susan. Emily is using what data collection method?

Which of the following is NOT an unconditioned reinforcer?

Joe notices his friend has his favorite blue train. Joe walks up to the friend and slaps him on the arm. The friend then gives him the blue train. What is most likely the function of Joe’s slapping?

Sabrina is working with her client, Oliver. They sit at the table and run some DTT targets. Every time Oliver gets a question correct, Sabrina delivers her a coin. They do this until Oliver earns 5 coins and can cash them in for a preferred item/activity. Which of the following procedures is being utilized in this scenario?

Hadley, a BCBA®, wants to figure out how many times per hour her client physically aggresses towards others. What data collection method should she use?

Anna is trying to reduce mouthing for her client. To do this, she sets a timer that goes off every 5 minutes. If at that 5-minute mark, her client does anything other than mouth, Anna provides her with reinforcement. What type of differential reinforcement is this?

Richard’s Mom asks the RBT® to babysit for the family this weekend. What should the RBT® do?

Dorothy is starting with a new client in the home setting. She wants to see what the client naturally plays with in his home to determine some of his favorite things to do. What preference assessment should she use on her first day?

True or false. You should ask your BCBA® how to implement a behavior intervention plan before reading the target instructions.

Read the following session note from an ABA session: Kyle was observed interacting with peers and requested a turn with the marbles 10 times. Kyle was also 100% independently on tacting common items in a field of 3. Lastly, Kyle was observed pushing others because he thought it was funny. Which of the following is TRUE about the session note?

AJ is working with his client, John, in a clinic setting. John will often hit others to gain their attention. AJ tells his colleagues to ignore the hitting and to only pay attention to John if he says, “look at me!” What type of differential reinforcement is AJ using in this scenario?

Peyton yelled at his brother when they couldn’t agree on what to watch on TV. His Mom immediately took his phone away. Peyton was then less likely to yell at his brother in the future. What type of consequence is taking away the phone?

Lyndsay is working with a client who has difficulty with receptive identification of silverware. She starts teaching her client using a 0-second hand-over-hand prompt for 5 days. She then uses a partial physical prompt for the next 5 days. After that, she uses a model prompt for 5 days. Lastly, she uses a gesture prompt for 5 days, which is when her client can exhibit the skill independently. This process of using progressively less intrusive prompts systematically over time is known as:

Kate’s client, Jack, manded 60 times during a 3-hour session, meaning he manded 20 times per hour. “20 times per hour” is what form of continuous data collection?

Mike realizes he has an unconverted session from three weeks ago. He decides to write the session summary to the best of his ability based on what he remembers. Is this the correct course of action for Mike, and why?

Sarah’s Mom goes out to run errands and asks her to clean her room while she’s home alone. When her Mom returns from the store, she goes upstairs and sees that her room is clean. Sarah’s Mom then gives her an extra hour of TV for cleaning her room. In this scenario, Sarah’s Mom is using what data collection method as it relates to Sarah’s room cleaning?

Which of the following is the best example of an objective description included in a session note?

Pat is teaching her client about silverware. She lays out a fork, spoon, and knife and says, “give me the spoon.” Her client then hands her the spoon and gets a token for correct responding. What type of procedure is Pat conducting in this scenario?

Jess is conducting a preference assessment in which a single stimulus is presented to a client and their reaction to it is recorded. Jess also records how long they play with the item. What preference assessment is Jess running?

Which of the following preference assessments presents clients with an array of stimuli and replaces it in the array when it is chosen?

Which of the following is the best definition for inter-response time?

Which of the following best describes differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior?

Every time Blake answers a “wh” question correctly, his RBT® provides him with a token. Blake is then more likely to answer “wh” questions in the future. What reinforcement schedule is being implemented here, and what type of reinforcement is being utilized?

Ian’s Teacher, Ms. Sanders, is taking data on Ian completing independent work tasks. She sets a timer for every 10 minutes and begins grading papers. When the timer goes off, she looks up and checks if Ian is still on task. What data collection method is this?

Belly wash teaching her client the steps to a hand washing routine. She let the client try the first step and then prompted her through the rest of the routine. What procedure is Belly using in this scenario?

Which of the following statements is true about writing a session note?

Jack notices his friend has his favorite blue train. Jack walks up to the friend and slaps him on the arm. The friend does not give him the train. An adult sees this, walks over, and prompts Jack to ask for the train instead of hitting. Jack then says, “Can I have the train?” The adult then prompts his friend to give Jack the train. Which of the following describes the behavior analytic strategies used in this scenario?

Jake has been asked to visually display the data that he has collected so that it can be analyzed across sessions. What should he use to do this?

Johnny wants to use a data collection method for his client’s SIB, but it occurs far too often to track each occurrence. He decides to use a data collection method that breaks the session up into intervals, and an occurrence is recorded if SIB happens at any part of the interval. What data collection method is Johnny using?

Tate's Mom yells at him whenever he pours milk on the ground. Tate then does this more often in the future. What type of consequence is Tate's Mom yelling in this scenario?

Connie wanted to determine a hierarchy of preferences for her client. What would be the best preference assessment to do this?

Lucy is working on tacting with her client. She provides him with a token on average every 4th trial he answers correctly. What type of reinforcement schedule is Lucy using here?

Rose is teaching her client to tact a chair. To do this her BCBA® instructs her to ask the client “what is this?” and then immediately say the answer. What prompting procedure is Rose using in this scenario?

Which of the following best describes shaping?

Which of the following matches the type of reinforcement to the function of behavior?

Every time Brett screams, his therapist turns off the lights in the center. Brett is more likely to scream when the lights are on in the future. What type of consequence is turning off the lights?

Betty walks into a room with the TV on volume 100, playing nothing but static. She yells, “Turn that off!” to the person in the room. The TV is then turned off. What is most likely the function of yelling “Turn that off!” in this scenario?

Mark loves to quote his favorite TV show. His parents will often look through the window and see Mark doing this alone in the backyard. Given this information, what is the likely function of the behavior of quoting his favorite TV show?

You see a new behavior for reduction appear on your client’s data sheet. This is not a behavior you have tracked before as an RBT®. What is the first thing you should do in this scenario?

Which of the following best describes ABC data?