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Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following would be best at tracking frequency? a. A Stopwatch b. Your hand c. Counting in your head d. A clicker counter | A clicker counter |
| You are recording how long it takes your client to get dressed in the morning. What type of date are you taking? a. Frequency b. IRT c. Duration d. Latency | Duration |
| Billys mom gave him a list of items to buy at the grocery store while Billy's om was at work. When she returned home, she checked to make sure Billy had bought all of the items on the list. What type of data collection is this? a. Frequency b. Checker d | Permanant Product |
| Your role in a functional assessment as an RBT is? a. to criticize the assessment b. to conduct the assessment c. to let the client play freely d. to assist with the assessment | To assist with the assessment |
| What is your primary role as an RBT? a. Treatment planning b. Playing with the client c. Implementation d. Talking to the BCBA | Implementation |
| Which of the following behaviors is defined as the most observable and measurable terms? a. Susie snapped her pencil in half after she incorrectly answered the math problem. b. Susie was angry so she snapped her pencil in half. c. Susie snapped her pen | Susie snapped her pencil in half after she incorrectly answered the math problem. |
| You want to decrease the time it takes your client to eat their meal. You are told to record the length of time in between bites. What kind of data are you taking? a. Rate b. Duration c. Latency d. IRT | IRT (Interresponse time) *Because you are measuring the time between to successive responses. Latency would be the amount of time between the Sd and the time it takes for a response. |
| What is the difference between Latency and IRT (Interresponse time)? | Latency: The elapsed time from the onset of a stimulus to the time that the response started. Interresponse time (IRT): Elapsed time between two successive responses. |
| What is the difference between frequency and rate? a. Rate requires the duration data b. There is no difference because they are the same c. Rate is more accurate than frequency d. Rate is frequency with a time component added | Rate is frequency with a time component added. |
| Before you start collecting data, what is the first thing that should be done? a. Collect your required materials b. Call your BCBA c. Select what data collection method you will be using d. Define the target behavior | Define the target behavior |
| What type of interval recording underestimates the occurrence of behavior? a. Partial Interval b. Whole Interval c. Momentary time sampling d. Rate | Whole Interval |
| Which of the following is a discontinuous method? a. Rate b. Frequency c. Duration d. Partial Interval recording | Partial Interval |
| What is the goal of preference assessment? a. Find out what is reinforcing to the client b. Determine punishers for the individual c. Allow the client to choose what they want to work on during session d. Identify the stimuli that may be motivating | Identify the stimuli that may be motivating to the client |
| You are teaching your client to say "dada." Your client says "d" and you deliver reinforcement. Next time your client says"d" you dont deliver reinforcement. Instead you wait until your client says "da". This is an example of what? a. Forwards Chaining | Shaping |
| You are trying to teach your client to wash your hands. Your BCBA instructs you to use backwards chaining to teach this. What step might you teach first? a. Turning the water on b. Putting soap on their hands c. Entering the bathroom d. Drying their | Drying their hands |
| When should you deliver a prompt? a. After the consequence b. Before the SD c. After the response d. After the SD, before the prompt | After the SD, before the prompt |
| The process of breaking down a skill into smaller, more manageable components by doing the task yourself, or watching someone else do it, is called? a. Task Analysis b. Task Chaining c. Forward Chaining d. DTT | Task Analysis |
| Your clients parents whom you've known for several years, asks you to babysit. If you accepted you would be violating? a. HIPPA b. Dual Relationships c. Legal Compliance d. Effective Communication | Dual Relationships |
| What are the four functions of behavior? | -Automatic Sensory -Attention -Escape -Tangible |
| Which of the following is a response to prompt? a. Verbal b. Modeling c. Full physical d. All of the above | All of the above |
| The behavior results in the addition of something that increases the behavior in the future. What does this describe? a. Negative Reinforcement b. Positive Reinforcement c. Positive Punishment d. Negative Punishment | Positive Reinforcement |
| Every time Alex yells out in class he is sent to the principals office. This goes on for weeks, and his yelling increases. What happened? a. It cannot be determined b. Alex's behavior is being put on extinction c. Alex's behavior is being reinforced | Alex's behavior is being reinforced |
| Extinction requires what? a. Withholding some reinforcement b. Withholding all reinforcement c. Proper implementation only some of all the time d. Punishment | Withholding all reinforcement |
| What is the graph most used in ABA? a. Bar graph b. A Histogram c. A line Graph d. A scattersplot | a line graph |
| Which of the following describes a contingency? a. Increases behavior b. An if-then statement c. A punishment procedure d. A way to measure how long something takes | An if-then statement |
| RBT's should record session notes: a. Each Session b. Weekly c. When Applicable d. Quarterly | Each session |
| You are recording the time it takes from the presentation of the demand (Sd) to the first instance of behavior. What are you measuring? a. Duration b. Frequency c. Latency. d. IRT | Latency *Because you are measuring the time from the Sd to the instance of behavior. IRT would be between two successive responses* |
| What comes before the behavior? a. Consequence b. Response c. Punishment d. Antecedent | Antecedent |
| Freezing temperatures and electric shocks are examples of what type of punisher? a. Conditioned b. Positive c. Negative d. Unconditioned | Unconditioned *An unconditioned response is a reaction to something that is automatic and natural. * |
| Which of the following is an antecedent technique? a. Prompting b. DRA c. Task Analysis d. Punishment | Prompting |
| Every time you say "put your shoes on" your client says "put your shoes on" What type of verbal operant is this? a. Verbal b. Mirroring c. Echoic d. Modeling | Echoic |
| a crisis situation is: a. not a big deal b. A situation where you, the client, or someone else is in danger c. rarely happens d. comes with the job | A situation where you, the client, or someone else is in danger. |
| Which of the following increases or decreases the value of a reinforcer? a. Motivating Operation b. Abolishing Operation c. Discrimitive Stimuli d. Sd | Motivating Operation |
| What is the best reinforcement for schedule for teaching a new skill? a. VR2 b. FR1 c. FR6 d. VR1 | FR1 *Fixed Ratio of 1, for a new skill we the RBT want to reinforce the behavior after each correct trial* |
| What is a predetermined program containing antecedent interventions, escalation, crisis, post crisis actions called? a.Treatment plan b..crisis aversion c.emergency plan d. crisis plan | Crisis plan |
| The process of conditioning the RBT to be reinforcing, by associating themselves with preferred items is known as a. Pairing b. Preference assessment c. Positive Reinforcement d. Generalization | Pairing |
| Two observers collected frequency data for 10 two-minute intervals. They agreed on 7 of the intervals. What is the percentage of inter-rater reliability? a.40% b.80% c.70% d.140% | 70% |
| In errorless teaching, prompts are provided a. At random b. From Most intrusive-Lease intrusive c. From Least intrusive-Most intrusive d. never | From most-least intrusive *Remember: Most-Least, starts with Full physical, Partial physical, modeling, gestural, to verbal* |
| What is baseline data? a. Data collected before intervention b. Data of a stagnant behavior c. Data taken of a control group in low moderate trend d. Data of behavior | Data collected before intervention |
| You’re recording data on your learner’s self-hitting. You identify that he hit 6 times in a 2-hour session, so you record the data as 3x/hour. Which type of measurement did you use? a.Rate b.Count c.frequency d.duration | Rate |
| When recording data on a line graph, on which axis would you put the date? a.Legend b.X-Axis c.Y-Axis d.trend | x-Axis |
| Response Latency is to blank as whole interval is to blank | Continous measurement, discontinuous measurment |
| Which of the following is an objective and measurable description of behavior? a.Harriet was mean to her friend b.Harriet was aggressive toward her friend c.Harriet punched her friend’s face with a closed fist d.All of the above | Harriet punched her friend with a closed fist |
| Milana wants to know how much time passes between occurrences of her client asking for a break. What type of data would she collect? a.Response latency b.Rate c.Interresponse time d.Duration | Interresponse time (IRT) |
| You want to make changes to your own behavior to be healthier. You begin by self-monitoring how often you exercise. During week 1, you record exercising 3x/week and 90 minutes total. What types of measurement did you use? | Duration and Rate |
| What is the purpose of a preference assessment? a.identify items and activities that are reinforcing b.To identify items and activities that an individual likes c.To identify why the individual engages in a behavior d To assess skill deficits | To identify items and activities that an individual likes |
| In what type of assessment would you record ABC data? a.Functional analysis b.Descriptive assessment c.Skill-based assessment d.Indirect assessment | Descriptive assessment |
| A functional communication training (FCT) program teaches a client to: | Replace problem bx with more appropriate communicative responses |
| Which intervention is likely safer than consequence strategies? a Reprimand b Timeout c Antecedent d Extinction | Antecedent |
| A motivating operation temporarily alters the value of a consequence and can? | Increase or decrease a reinforcer |
| What should you remove as quickly as possible when conducting stimulus control transfers? | Reinforcers |
| An RBT must always discuss ethical concerns with their: | BCBA supervisor |
| A former client's parent asks you on a date. You worked with the client 6mo.s ago, according to the ethics code can you accept? | Refer to the code |
| What are the components of a four term contingency | Motivating Operation, Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence |
| Functional assessments assume that bx... occurs b/c of the learners mental capabilities occurs in a vacuum and is not related to the environment occurs w/in context and is related to the environment | occurs w/in context and is related to the environment |
| A visual reminding a learner to ask for help is a type of antecedent manipulation consequence strategy functional analysis preference assessment | antecedent manipulation |
| Which of the following is an unconditional reinforcer? Tokens Music Money Sleep | Sleep |
| Rbt's can conduct initial assessments preference assesments ethical investigations functional analyses | preference assessments |