Question 1
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What can an RBT do to assist the BCBA who is giving a formal assessment to the learner?
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a. The RBT can administer the assessment and doesn't need the BCBA
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b. The RBT can keep the client engaged during down time by playing with him or reading a book with him
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c. The RBT cannot assist with assessments
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d. The RBT can talk to the parents about the assessment
Question 2
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You are implementing a new extinction procedure with a client. The BCBA wrote a plan for the client's screaming behavior. The screaming seems to be maintained by attention. Within the first 3 minutes of implementing extinction during a break, the client's screaming has increased in frequency and intensity. The client is now stomping his feet and banging objects. You should ____
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A. Continue with extinction by ignoring the behavior (as long as safety is not a concern) because the increase in behavior is the likely result of an extinction burst and will eventually decrease
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b. Stop using extinction and give the child attention because the intervention is not working
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c. Continue with extinction by ignoring the behavior and immediately offer the client several different play activities to engage in
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d. Continue with extinction by ignoring the behavior and take away a preferred toy from the client as a result of the screaming
Question 3
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Leslie has limited communication skills. When she is hungry, she cries and bangs her hand against her leg, which results in her parents offering her food. The BCBA supervisor has decided to use Functional Communication Training (FCT) as an antecedent intervention for this behavior. Which of the following exemplifies this approach?
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a. Giving Leslie free access to food every 10 minutes throughout her day
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b. Teaching Leslie to say the food items she wants when hungry, (e.g., "apple", "chips") before she starts to cry
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C. eaching Leslie to open the refrigerator and get her own food out when hungry
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d. All of the above
Question 4
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If an instructor is teaching naturalistically, he should __
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a. Speak in a natural voice
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b. Only work at a teaching table
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c. Always use teaching cards
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d. Speak in a louder more authoritative voice
Question 5
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When using discrete trial teaching to teach body parts to Millie, the RBT presents the instruction, "Touch nose." What would be the next step in the learning process?
Question 6
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You are working at a school with one of your clients, and you are collecting data on skill acquisition targets and challenging behaviors. Who are you allowed to share the data with?
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a. The parents of other students in the classroom
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b. The other students in the classroom
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c. Your program supervisor, the parents of the client, anyone the parents have given written consent to share the information with
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d. Any of the school staff since the school is paying for your services
Question 7
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Claire's therapy team taught her to wash her hands. Three months later, Claire can still wash her hands independently with no prompts, and she does so on her own at appropriate times. Claire's hand washing behavior has been successfully ______.
Question 8
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After you session, the caregivers of your client asks to talk to you. They ask you how much longer your client will need behavioral therapy. You should
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a. Tell them you will go home and research the answer to their question
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b. Tell them you will have the BCBA contact you to discuss that question
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c. Tell them that with your experience, you think two more years of intense therapy and the client will be done
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d. Tell them that you think the client is done now and that they should discontinue services
Question 9
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essica, an RBT, notices marks on the back and legs of her student. The student tells her than the marks are from the other day when her step-father got mad. What should Jessica do?
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a. Ask the other staff working with the child if they have noticed anything or think that the client is being abused
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b. Immediately set up a phone call with the mother and step-father to investigate what happened
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c. Call the local child protective services agency to report the information as soon as possible
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d. Do nothing as the client has been known to exaggerate and make up stories in the past
Question 10
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The staff person looks at his watch at the 1 minute mark of each observation period to see if the client is engaged with his work. The staff person looks again at the 2 minute, 3 minute, and 4 minute mark, etc. If the client is engaged with work at that specific moment, the staff person records a "plus mark" indicating that the client was on task. What type of measurement is this?
Question 11
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Monica, an RBT, is providing training to the parent of one of her client. While training, the parent ask Monica if she could help him to introduce a new goal to his child. The parent wants to teach his child to start eating new types of food. This has not been discussed with the BCBA on the case yet. Monica should _____.
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a. Agree to work on this during because it is important to the parents
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b. Not agree to work on the goal since it has not been discussed first with the supervisor of the program, and instead mention the parent's request to her supervisor
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C. Not agree to work on the goal but provide some referrals to get an evaluation from a feeding specialist
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d. Agree to work on this during training because it is important for children to have a balanced diet and good nutrition
Question 12
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Liam's therapists are supposed to provide him intermittent reinforcement for his socially appropriate comments. Which answer reflects intermittent reinforcement?
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a. A high five or thumbs up for every other appropriate comment he makes
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b. Giving Liam candy every time he speaks
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c. Taking a sticker away after each inappropriate comment
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d. All of the above
Question 13
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our client is laying on the floor and is not as energetic as he typically is. He is slow to respond and his data scores are lower than usual due to his delay in responding. His mother tells you that he was awake most of the night. What should you do with this information?
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a. Nothing, it is not important if it is not a repeated pattern
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b. Document the information in the program book and inform the BCBA so that she is aware of the decrease in the scores
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c. Ask the mother to not tell the other technicians, to see if they notice a difference
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d. Tell the parents to take the child to the doctor immediately, something must be wrong with him
Question 14
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The procedure that teaches an individual to distinguish between two or more discriminative stimuli is called _____.
Question 15
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The ___ is the horizontal line across the bottom of the graph which represents the passage of time. The ___ is the vertical line of the left of the graph which represents some value of the summary measure for the graphed items or targets.
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a. Y-axis; X-axis
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b. Legend; axis labels
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c. Condition; Y-axis
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d. X-axis; Y-axis
Question 16
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When preparing for a session, the RBT should _____.
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a. Review previous notes from other staff working with the client
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b. Review the BCBA's notes since your last session
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c. Collect the stimuli needed to complete the skill acquisition plan
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d. All of the above
Question 17
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Caroline is teaching her client to identify objects when asked. She brings the client to the living room of his house and gives the instruction, "Get your shoes," which are placed near the back door. The client picks up his shoes and after putting them on is allowed to go outside and play. This teaching sequence is an example of
Question 18
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Sergio is an RBT working with several clients in a clinic setting. The families of two of his clients, Henry and Sam, know each other and often spend time together socially. One day Sergio is working in a social skills group at the clinic with both of the clients. Afterward, Henry's mother approaches Sergio and asks how the session went, for both Henry and Sam. What is Sergio allowed to discuss with Henry's mother?
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a. Sergio can discuss both Henry and Sam since the families are connected socially
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b. Sergio can only discuss matters concerning Henry, since it would be a violation of confidentiality to discuss Sam with another parent
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c. Sergio should not discuss anything related to either Henry or Same since he is not the teacher or supervisor
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d. None of the above
Question 19
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Judah spent 3 minutes chewing, 1.5 minutes commenting, and 1 minute staring out the window during the snack break. What was the duration of time he spent commenting?
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a. 3 minutes
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b. 4.5 minutes
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c. 1.5 minutes
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d. 5.5 minutes
Question 20
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Skill repertoire building is when instructors modify antecedents and consequences to ____ learning of new skills. Behavior management is when instructors modify antecedents and consequences to ____ challenging behaviors.
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a. Stop; start
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b. Increase; decrease
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c. Decrease; increase
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d. Start; stop
Question 21
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When using whole interval data recording, it is important to know _____.
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a. The definition of the target behavior
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b. The duration of the intervals
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c. How many intervals you will need to track and record the data
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d. All of the above
Question 22
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Which of the following is a true statement regarding an RBT having a dual relationships with a client?
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a. Dual relationships with clients are acceptable and result in good working relationships between professionals and clients
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b. Dual relationships should be avoided at all times as they can impair the clinical judgment of the professionals to do what is right for the client
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c. Dual relationships are impossible to avoid and typically do not have a detrimental effect on the client's treatment
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d. Only romantic or sexual relationships are considered dual relationships
Question 23
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When a learner receives a reinforcer for every occurrence of a specific behavior, that form of reinforcement is called _____.
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a. Intermittent
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b. Continuous
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c. Extinction
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d. Inter-trial
Question 24
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Continuous reinforcement is for ___ and intermittent reinforcement is for ____.
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a. Targets in acquisition; 1:1 reinforcement
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b. Mastered targets; new skills
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c. Targets in acquisition; targets that are being generalized and maintained
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d. Targets in acquisition; reinforcing every response
Question 25
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The program supervisor asks the RBT to sign a timesheet. The RBT notices that the timesheet is wrong because she has never worked with that particular learner. She tells the program supervisor that there must have been a mistake. The program supervisor tells the RBT, "That's okay, you should just sign it anyway, that is the only way we will get paid." The most ethical choice for the RBT is to ____.
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a. Follow the instruction of her supervisor and sign the timesheet because her supervisor told her to
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b. Sign the timesheet but do not use her full name
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c. Not sign the timesheet
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d. Not sign the timesheet and report her program supervisor because this is fraudulent
Question 26
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You are preparing to teach object labels to your client. You look at the written skill acquisition plan, and you should be able to identify ____.
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a. The SD or instruction being given
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b. The current target response being taught and a list of previously learned responses
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c. Dates indicating when responses were introduced and when they reached learning criteria
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d. All of the above
Question 27
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A behavior chain is best defined as ____.
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a. The systematic reinforcement of successive approximations of a target behavior while no longer providing reinforcement for previous approximations
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b. The repeated presentation of one stimulus over consecutive trials
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c. Teaching discrimination between two or more stimuli
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d. A sequence of discriminative stimuli and responses where each response in the sequence produces the discriminative stimulus for the next response
Question 28
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When preparing to take duration data, what tool is most important to gather and use?
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a. Stopwatch/ timer
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b. Clicker
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c. Token economy system
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d. Scatter plot sheet
Question 29
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A motivating operation (MO) is _____.
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a. The outcome that immediately follows the learner's response
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b. An antecedent condition that momentarily affects the value of an item and affects the likelihood that behaviors which have produced that item in the past will occur
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c. The procedure of providing consequences for a behavior that increases or maintains the strength of that behavior
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d. The time between the end of one trial and the start of the next
Question 30
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Gianna is learning to purchase food at the grocery store with cash. Her therapist is helping her to identify different coins and dollar bill amounts. First, Gianna learned to identify a nickel versus a dime, and is now learning to identify a quarter versus a dime and nickel. After she can accurately identify the coins when mixed together, she will be taught to identify different dollar amounts. Gianna is learning to identify money through a process called ____.
Question 31
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When using partial interval recording, a behavior is marked on the data sheet during an interval ____.
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a. If the behavior occurs during the entire interval
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b. If the behavior occurs at any time during the interval
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c. If the behavior occurs at least twice during the interval
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d. If the behavior occurs only at the end of the interval
Question 32
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Lucinda is learning to make her bed. In the electronic data notes, there is a section that describes everything you need to know about teaching Lucinda to make her bed. You find instructions for bed making as well as exactly what Lucinda needs to do. What is this part of the electronic data called?
Question 33
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Which of the following situation(s) would be reportable as instances of suspected abuse or neglect?
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a. Causing an intentional physical injury
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b. Making terrorizing or threatening statements
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c. Withholding nourishment and water as a form of punishment
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d. All of the above
Question 34
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Showing an adult client how to perform a task at work (for example, emptying the trash can) after the discriminative stimulus is delivered is considered a(n) ______ prompt.
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a. Echoic/ verbal
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b. Physical
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c. Textual
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d. Modeling
Question 35
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ustin engages in yelling during break time at his adult work placement. The yelling behavior is maintained by attention from his instructor and peers. After realizing the issue, the instructor starts to give Justin attention every 5 minutes throughout his day in the form or praise, pats on the back, and thumbs up, regardless of Justin's behavior. Justin's rate of yelling begins to decrease. This is an example of what antecedent intervention?
Question 36
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Which is the most complete definition of behavior?
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a. When a person engages in a destructive action
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b. Anything a person says or does
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c. Any socially inappropriate action a person engages in
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d. Any socially appropriate action a person engages in
Question 37
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The essential components of a written behavior reduction plan include:
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a. An operational definition of the behavior
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b. Identified function of the behavior
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c. Antecedent modifications, replacement behaviors and consequences manipulations
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d. All of the above
Question 38
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You are working in the community with your 18 year-old client that is a recovering addict. You are taking data to track how often he references drugs within his conversation. Which of the following needs to be removed from the data sheet you are using?
Question 39
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What is not an essential component of a behavior plan?
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a. Function of the behavior
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b. Antecedent modifications
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c. Operational definition of the target behavior
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d. Joint attention
Question 40
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If you are working with a client that engages in severe aggressive behavior, it is more important that when you work with her, you ____.
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a. Keep your back to the corner
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Stay out of the corner or away from the wall
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c. Stay seated at the work table
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d. Work in a chair with arms/sides
Question 41
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You suspect your learner is being abused. It is Friday night and no one from your office will be working with the learner over the weekend. You have tried to call your supervisor and she is not answering her phone. You should _____.
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a. Try to explain your concern to the learner's family
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b. Leave a message for your supervisor and discuss it with him when he calls you back
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c. Call your local child protective services hotline and report your concern
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d. Take the learner home with you to protect him
Question 42
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Your client's rate self-injurious behavior has increased. The previous rate was 1 time per hour and the rate for your last session was 27 times per hour. You should ____.
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a. Contact the BCBA immediately and inform her of the behavior change after the session is over
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b. Contact the other therapists to see if they are documenting the behavior correctly
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c. Wait and see if the behavior decreases over the next several days
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d. Tell the parent to cancel sessions for the rest of the week, he is obviously not feeling well and needs a chance to rest
Question 43
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t is always important to start with function-based behavior intervention plans. Which most accurately describes some of the most commonly found functions of behavior in research?
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A . Maladaptive behavior, antecedent, behavior, and consequence
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b. Anger, frustration, emotional self-control and protesting
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c. Social positive reinforcement (attention and access to tangible), social negative reinforcement (escape), and automatic reinforcement
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d. All of the above
Question 44
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Three functions of problem behavior commonly identified in research are ____
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a. Deprivation, satiation, and EO
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b. Socially-mediated positive reinforcement, socially-mediated negative reinforcement, and automatic
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c. Topography, frequency, and intensity
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d. FBA, BIP, and consequence based modifications
Question 45
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Prior to beginning your session, you read the general session notes from the previous RBT. The note says: "Alex had a fantastic session, great job big guy! He engaged in self-injurious behavior at a rate of 3/hr. He manded for his videos using full sentence responses, including the person's name on his ACD. He mastered expressively identifying purple, imitating pointing and completing the puzzle of the truck." Which part of the note should not be included?
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a. He engaged in self-injurious behavior at a rate of 3/hr.
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b. He manded for his videos using full sentence responses, including the person's name on his ACD.
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c. Alex had a fantastic session, great job big guy!
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d. He mastered expressively identifying purple, imitating pointing and completing the puzzle of the truck.
Question 46
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An RBT can help perform individual assessments for the client by ____.
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bing to see if a client can perform certain skills
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Selecting appropriate assessments for the client
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c. Independently completing the assessments
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d. All of the above
Question 47
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An RBT may be asked to help with a functional assessment procedure. All of the following forms could be used by an RBT when assisting with functional assessments, EXCEPT _____.
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a. A standardized assessment tool
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b. An open ended A-B-C form
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c. A structured A-B-C form
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d. A scatter plot
Question 48
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Which behavior is the easiest to measure?
Question 49
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It is important to share pertinent information with the supervisor about your client, and sometimes necessary to contact your supervisor between scheduled visits if important issues arise. Which of the following should you share with the BCBA immediately?
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a. The client did not eat his broccoli at lunch
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b. The client has a slight cough
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c. The caregiver is consistently forgetting to give the client her medication in the mornings
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d. The client learned to identify a new body part
Question 50
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When updating a caregiver, parent or grandparent regarding how the client performed during a session, it is important to ____.
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a. Balance out the difficult feedback with positive feedback
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b. Discuss in length the challenging behaviors of the client during the session so that the parent can adequately discipline the child afterward
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c. Only share the positive information; they are dealing with difficult things outside of session and do not need to be further burdened
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d. Not share with the caregiver how the session was, as you are not the supervisor of the program
Question 51
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Here is the skill acquisition plan for teaching Hannah to pour juice from the pitcher to the cup. 1) Gather all materials (juice, cup, and napkin) 2) Hold your hand over Hannah's hand and prompt her to put it on the pitcher 3) Therapist holds the cup 4) Help Hannah pour the juice into the cup while the therapist holds the cup 5) Prompt Hannah to wipe up anything that spills with the napkin. What do you need in order to be prepared to teach this lesson?
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a. Flash cards
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b. A pitcher of juice, a cup, a napkin, and a reinforcer
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c. A clear spot in the kitchen
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d. All of the above
Question 52
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Choose the answer that best describes what an RBT CAN do to help the BCBA with a formal assessment.
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a. Help monitor the client's behavior during the assessment
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b. Determine which types of assessments are most appropriate for this client
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c. Hold a meeting with the client's teachers to discuss what is most appropriate for this client and what assessments would work best
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d. Administer the assessment to the client while the BCBA takes notes
Question 53
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The skill acquisition plan for the lesson teaching toileting says that each of the staff should be sure to have a digital timer ready in the bathroom. The skill acquisition plan also mentions that Bob prefers wet wipes over actual toilet paper when having a bowel movement. What should you be prepared for when the toilet training lesson arises in your session with Bob?
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a. Bob will likely not want to go to the bathroom
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b. Make sure that no other family member is in the bathroom
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c. Be prepared with wet wipes
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d. Make sure you have a digital timer as well as wet wipes so you are prepared for this program
Question 54
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When recording the duration of a behavior during an observation period, which of the following is true?
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a. You start the timer as soon as the behavior starts
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b. You start the timer as soon as the behavior ends
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c. You record the time that elapses between the behavior stopping and the next occurrence
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d. You count the number of times the behavior occurs
Question 55
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When working on a new morning routine Giana engages in high levels of tantrum behavior. As a consequence, each time Giana engages in tantrum behavior you immediately place her in time-out for a brief period and then return back to the morning routine. This goes on for some time. What is a possible reason why time-out may not be reducing the tantrum behavior?
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a. Giana does not find the time-out location to be reinforcing
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b. The therapists are different throughout the week, but they each follow the behavior plan
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C. Giana is getting to escape the routine and is not engaged in a reinforcing activity prior to the time-out procedure
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d. All of the above
Question 56
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All of these are methods for establishing chains of behavior EXCEPT _____.
Question 57
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Jose's therapists put a check mark on the data sheet if he sits in his seat during any portion of the 2 minute interval. This type of measurement is called ____.
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a. Duration
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b. Partial interval recording
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c. Whole interval recording
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d. Momentary time sampling
Question 58
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Suset, a teenage client, has started her monthly female cycle. The staff have to assist with all personal care issues in this group home. In order to preserve her dignity the RBT should ____.
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a. Write, "buy feminine products for Suset" on the kitchen wipe board to remind the other staff to get supplies for Suset
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b. In the group meeting with the other teens make sure to ask Suset, "Hey, do you need any feminine products?"
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c. Approach Suset when she is by herself and ask her if she needs any supplies this week for hygiene
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d. Don't talk to Suset about this because it is private
Question 59
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An antecedent condition that temporarily increases, the effectiveness of a reinforcer and evokes behaviors which has produced that reinforcer in the past is called _____.
Question 60
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When working with a client, it is important to maintain the client's dignity. Which is an example of maintaining a client's dignity?
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a. Allowing the client to choose which leisure time activity he would like to do
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b. Choose all of your client's activities for the day, to make it easier on him
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c. Leave the bathroom door open when conducting toilet training so that you have more room
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d. Talk about your client's problem behaviors in front of him to other staff
Question 61
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which term describes that indicate the availability of the reinforces
Question 62
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which of the following will establish stimulus control?
Question 63
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John engaged in an angry outburst 3 seconds after being prompted to complete a chore. This in an example of which measure
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Latency
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Frencuency
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DURATION
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IRT
Question 64
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Which dimension of the behavior states that behavior can occur repeatedly through time, and can be counted
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Temporal locus
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Repeatability
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Rate
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Temporal extended
Question 65
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Which one is not a measurable dimension of behavior?
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Temporal locus
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topography
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Repeatability
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temporal extent
Question 66
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Which dimension of behavior states that behavior occurs during some amount of time
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Temporal locus
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Temporal extended
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Repeatability
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Rate
Question 67
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Which dimension of behavior states that behavior occurs at a certain in time?
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Temporal locus
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Temporal Extent
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Repeatability
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Frequency
Question 68
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Mary engages in hand flapping frequently, making it difficult to record this behavior.You create intervals and document of the behavior occurred during th ENTIRE interval. this is an example of:
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Momentary time sampling
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Partialinterval
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Whole interval
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event recording