1.
The process of breaking a sequence of a series of skills or behaviors into teachable units:
2.
The overall direction taken by the data path is:
3.
A therapist who has read the previous session note, prepared for programs and has all data collection means ready is a:
A.
Therapist ready to go home
B.
Therapist ready for an initial assessment
C.
Therapist ready to abandon the client
D.
Therapist ready for data collection
4.
ABA is a(n) ______, which means it aids with:
A.
Mentalistic approach, enabling individuals to be held accountable
B.
Evidence Based Science, speculations
C.
Speculative Science, optimizing effectiveness
D.
Evidence Based Science, achieving ethical standards and optimizing effectivness
5.
Your client has been receiving services consistently for the past 6 months. His mother calls the scheduling department to let them know that they are going on a cruise for 3 weeks and will not have therapy during this time frame. How might this be represented on a graph?
A.
Dashed condition change line
B.
Solid Condition Change line
C.
Zig zig phase change line
D.
6.
The vertical representation of the average data values is called:
7.
The most common graph used in ABA is a:
8.
Identify the missing condition change: Baseline - Intervention -___________- Maintenance
9.
Identify which measurement procedure was used:
During a 10-second observation interval, if the client chewed his fingernails at any time the therapist would mark this as an "occurrence".
10.
Define whole interval measurement procedure:
A.
Observer records whether the target behavior occurred during an instance of the interval
B.
Observer records whether the target behavior occurred at the end of the interval
C.
Observer records whether the target behavior did not occur
D.
Observer records whether the target behavior occurred during the entire interval
11.
A continuous measurment procedure is defined as:
A.
All instances of the response are detected during an observation period
B.
Some instances of the response are detected during an observation period
C.
No instances of the response are detected during an observation period
D.
All stimuli detected during an observation period
12.
Identify which measurement procedure is used:
Jennifer is keeping track of how long it takes her sister to get started with a task. She asked her sister to bring her the phone charger and started her stopwatch. After 12 minutes, her sister got off the couch and started walking to the charging station (at this time Jennifer stopped the timer).
13.
Identify the measurement procedure used:
Jasmine counted 15 swans at the pool today
14.
Identify the measurement procedure used:
Jasmine tends to procrastinate when she has math homework to do. She decided to self monitor her procrastination during a 1 hour study session and identified the following:
1. Making tea - 12 minutes
2. Checking email - 14 minutes
3. Doodles - 6 minutes
In total, she procrastinated 32 minutes of her 1 hr study session
15.
Define inter-response time:
A.
Presence or absence of behaviors are recorded
B.
Elapsed time between two successive responses
C.
A schedule of reinforcement in alternating succession
D.
Intensity at which a response is identified
16.
______ is defined as a quantifiable measure to or dimension of behavior in ABA.
17.
Joe is taking data on how many times he hiccups during the day. The data is represented below:
Day 1- 14 hiccups
Day 2- 29 hiccups
Day 3- 1 hiccup
Day 4- 17 hiccups
Day 5- 12 hiccups
How might you interpret this data on a graph?
A.
There is a high level of variability
B.
C.
There is some level of variability
D.
18.
A temporary increase in behaviors during a behavior reduction procedure is:
19.
Applied Behavioral Analysis has fundamental roots in behavior reduction and decreasing problem behaviors because:
A.
Behavior Analysts can rationally think of the clients emotions and stop them
B.
The parents of the client are able to operationally define the problem behavior
C.
A behavior analyst and the team are trained to ignore every behavior
D.
Behavior analysts observe, test and prove a hypothesis
20.
Determine whether the scenario was executed appropriately for behavior reduction:
James (client) is engaging in problem behavior at school after lunch time. He will engage in severe tantrums for over 15 minutes which then result in him urinating his pants. After an FBA, the BCBA determined that Jame's was engaging in such behaviors because he needed to use the restroom and did not have the skills to communicate this. The BCBA trained the staff to use his PECS book and exchange the "potty" icon for a trip to the bathroom. His tantrum behavior and soiling himself have now been non-existent.
A.
No, the BCBA did not target the problem behavior
B.
Yes, the BCBA provided a replacement behavior and trained staff
C.
Yes, the client will never engage in problem behavior again
D.
No, the BCBA is causing the client to be embarrassed carrying his PECS book with him everywhere they go
21.
Determine the function of behavior:
Jessa is a new client at ABA4U. She is receiving 40 hours of ABA weekly in a clinic setting. Her therapists have been working on gaining instructional control and taking ABC data to track her behaviors. Below is the data:
Antecedent (A) Behavior (B) Consequence (C)
-- The demand of "give me block" is placed on her (A)
Jessa gets up from her workstation and hides in a corner (B)
The demand is removed and the client plays peekaboo (C)
22.
If a supervisor provides you a behavior reduction procedure, what else needs to be given at the same time?
23.
Assessment is defined as:
A.
The process of gathering information about the client to determine what they currently know and what their needs are
B.
The RBT gathering information for the BCBA to assist with future programming
C.
Gathering only baseline data for the BCBA's knowledge
D.
The formal administration of the test for insurance purposes
24.
Jamie is assisting her BCBA during the assessment process. As her BCBA is struggling to gain compliance with the client Jamie continues to sit with her clipboard taking frequency data due to her understanding that RBT's are not allowed to take part during the direct assessment process. Is Jamie misinformed?
A.
No, Jamie is doing nothing wrong. She should not be helping since that is the BCBA's job and she's doing her BCBA a favor by taking data
B.
Yes, Jamie is allowed to assist during the assessment process. She should be assisting in behavioral management if she sees the BCBA is struggling.
C.
Yes, Jamie should be running the entire assessment and the BCBA should be observing.
D.
No, Jamie is doing nothing wrong. As an RBT she can only take data for her BCBA
25.
Who provides the ASD diagnosis?
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