1. In an A-B design, what is the main limitation compared to an A-B-A-B design?

2. A therapist records data for two weeks before introducing a new token system. This is the “A” phase of which design?

3. During a reversal (A-B-A-B) design, what confirms that the treatment (B) is functionally controlling the behavior?

4. A student’s disruptive behavior decreases when a reinforcement plan is implemented, then increases again when it is withdrawn, and decreases again when reintroduced. Which design is illustrated?

5. Food ingestion reducing the current likelihood of food-seeking behavior is an example of:

After lunch, a child no longer works for edible reinforcers. What process is occurring?

7. Which of the following best defines accuracy of measurement?

15. A therapist notices that a client taps their pencil repeatedly between reinforcement trials. This is best described as:

9. Which statement best illustrates affirmation of the consequent in experimental logic?

10. A teacher alternates between two strategies (visual schedule vs. verbal prompts) every day to see which reduces tantrums more. This is an example of:

11. In an alternating treatments design, why are conditions switched rapidly?

12. Under an alternative schedule, reinforcement occurs:

13. A therapist writes detailed notes on everything the child does, including what happened before and after each behavior. This is known as:

14. Which of the following best describes an antecedent stimulus class?

15. A therapist modifies the environment by presenting high-probability requests before a low-probability task to increase compliance. This is an example of:

1. Which of the following behaviors is defined in the MOST observable and measurable terms?

2. The goal of a stimulus preference assessment is to:

3. A behavior reinforced on a continuous schedule would look like________.

You need to take data on tantruming behavior. What is the best type of measurement to use?

5. Which is an example of a prompt?

6. We can say that a skill has been generalized when__________.

7. When we are thirsty, water quenches that thirst and satiates us. This makes water a ________.

8. A young man with autism is thought to need instruction in communicating with family. Using e-mail is decided upon as the best way for him to do this. He needs to be able to check his e-mail first. Then, he can be assisted to compose correspondence. Currently, the young man needs prompting through almost every step of checking his e-mail. and he is able to follow written instructions. What’s the best way to proceed?

9. The main 3 components of a discrete trial are:

10. John, an RBT working in a preschool program, uses the teaching method of keeping highly engaging items in the children’s sight, but out of their reach as a way to evoke verbal engagement about the items, and to cause children to have to ask him for the items. This strategy is called________.

11. Extinction refers to

12. BCBAs and RBTs should keep clear, concise and objective notes on variables that may affect a client’s behavior. This may include all EXCEPT__________.

13. If client abuse or neglect is suspected by the RBT, they should report it to___________.

14. An example of a multiple relationship would be__________.

If a RBT physically guides a client through a transition it is called _______________ ?

16. Effective reinforcers should be all of the following EXCEPT_________.

17. A private behavioral services firm has posted a job opening for an RBT. The posting mentions integrity as a desired qualification a number of times. An RBT applying for the job could best demonstrate integrity in the application process by_________.

18. An RBT implementing a skills acquisition plan should plan for a training session by_________.

19. If you prompt the client through all steps of a chain except the last step you are using _________________ ?

20. A child cries every time his mother is on the phone. The mother puts down the phone and hugs the child. The most likely function of the child’s behavior is ___________ .

21. John has been assigned to work with a child whose parents are LGBT. John is a Christian and does not feel comfortable with the assignment.

22. In addition to interviewing a client and the significant others in his/her life, one could assess a person’s social skills repertoire by _________.

23. As an RBT you have been working long and hard with a special education student on writing a topic sentence in her English assignments? Proof of her ability to generalize her newly acquired skill would be _________.

24. Chaining is the process of teaching the sub-components of a larger task and “chaining” them together to teach a complete task. The chaining procedure which teaches each step of the chain during each training session is called_________.

25. An example of a discriminative stimulus (SD) would be__________.

26. Frequency and rate are often used interchangeably in ABA, however there is a distinction.

Which statement is correct?

27. Which is not a form of functional assessment?

28. Janelle, a BCBA, asks her client to go to the store and buy one loaf of bread, a stick of butter, and a quart of milk. When he returns she checks his shopping bag to make sure he purchased every item on the list. Janelle is using_________.

29. You have been asked to determine the IRT of a behavior. You record__________.

30. Permanent product procedures would be most appropriate for__________.

31. The most common form of graph used in ABA is the________.

32. Ways to          assess potential           stimuli               preference        include              all          of           the        following EXCEPT_________.

33. Your client has successfully mastered how to place an order for fast food in a training setting where you have set up a menu, counter, and cash register. In order to see if she can perform the necessary skills at a real fast food place you should first_________.

34. Two brothers had a habit of rinsing their dishes after each meal but failed to put them in the dishwasher. Instead, they would simply put them to the side of the sink. Their parents modeled the behavior of rinsing their dishes and then stacking them in the dishwasher. After five training sessions with their parents, the boys were able to complete the entire task of rinsing and loading their dishes. If the parents want this behavior to be maintained they should?

35. A high-quality behavioral definition describes the behavior and environment in observable and measurable terms. Which is the BEST behavioral definition?

36. As an RBT you may come across many variations of Behavior Reduction Plans or Behavior

Intervention        Plans       (BIPs).       However,        all       good     plans              should           include:

Introduction/background information, descriptions of behaviors, hypothesized functions, functionally equivalent replacement behaviors, skills acquisition strategies, antecedent prevention strategies and __________.

37. The following procedure describes__________. Jill, a BCBA is trying to keep a child from picking his nose and wiping his fingers on classmates. Jill requires students to hold a pencil in one hand and an eraser in another hand during their entire social skills lesson.

38. ABA professionals base their professional practices on ____________.

39. RBTs assist BCBAs in making treatment plan modification based on all of the following EXCEPT_________.

40. If an RBT is having difficulties with a client, the first person they should consult with is___________.

41. Jenny, a RBT, is going to collect data on Ellie, a preschooler’s hair twirling behavior. She decides to track 30 second intervals and if Ellie twirls her hair all the way around her finger, Jenny defines that as an incidence of hair twirling. If Ellie demonstrates the hair twirling at any point during the 30 second interval, Jenny marks her data sheet as the behavior having occurred for that interval. Jenny is using _________.

42. If you are prompt fading and you allow a minute to see if the client can do the skill, you are using_________.

43. How often should RBTs update aggregate data?

44. When BCBAs, BCaBAs and BCBA-Ds conduct functional assessments or functional analysis, they are looking for what a certain behavior does (or how it functions) for an individual.

Possible functions include all EXCEPT________.

45. When a client is learning a new skill, the ideal schedule of reinforcement would be __________.

46. Response prompts may be__________.

47. Which would be the most conservative direct, discontinuous measurement to track a child’s engagement during a class lesson?

48. A one-time trial (has a clear beginning and ending) to correctly perform a task or answer a question before an inter-trial pause and the beginning of a new trial is called ___________.

49. Stimulus fading involves fading out the exaggeration of a stimulus dimension (size, shape, proximity, etc.). This is done to, in essence, point the client to the correct response at first. Once they understand the correct response and its connection to the antecedent stimuli, the exaggeration can be gradually withdrawn. Which of the following is an example of stimulus fading?

50. In order to teach discrimination training, a behavior professional must teach a client to ____________.

51. In a written Behavior Reduction Plan, antecedent or environmental strategies refers to__________.

52. Zoe, an RBT, is working with a client. She has completed a preference assessment and has determined going out for frozen yogurt to be a likely reinforcer for the client. The client typically goes to frozen yogurt every other day. If Zoe wants to begin a skills acquisition plan on Thursday, using frozen yogurt as a potential reinforcer, how might she manipulate the environment to her advantage?

53. If you use a visual schedule with a client, it is what type of prompt?

54. Discrimination training involves reinforcement being available for one response and not for another. An example of discrimination training might be_________.

55. Which is an antecedent technique?

56. Zach, an RBT, is checking in with the family of a client with whom he works. The client’s mother mentions the client, a seven-year-old boy, has been cranky and sick. She was taking him to the doctor the following week. What should Zach do with this information?

57. Which of the following would be the best addition to objective session notes?

58. Jamie, an RBT, misunderstood the skills acquisition plan left for him by the supervising BCBA. He inadvertently reinforced the wrong behavior, while ignoring the designated replacement behavior. Jamie should:

59. Tools used in continuous measurement, sometimes referred to as event recording, might include all of the following EXCEPT__________.

60. Molly wants to know how long it takes her client to get dressed after being given the instructions to get dressed. She should use _______________ data?

61. Paul is modeling the correct skill for the client, this is called ____________ ?

62. RBTs will assist in assessment procedures. This may look like:

63. Determining the steps required to successfully complete a task by either doing the task yourself, watching an expert complete the task, or observing another competent individual is the first step in teaching a chaining procedure. This process can be described as__________.

64. A focus of ABA is the belief that people behave a certain way for a reason (function). The basic functions of behavior are to gain something or get away from something. In ABA we classify functions as:

65. Lizzy, an RBT, is teaching her client to use sign-language to signal for a break instead of yelling when she is frustrated. The student simply has to sign Break. This is an example of__________.

66. In order for RBTs to track data, they must have an operational definition of the behavior they are observing, and knowledge of the dimension of the behavior they are recording (rate, frequency, latency, IRT, duration, etc.). An operational definition should be all of the following EXCEPT__________.

67. If a child is engaging in maladaptive behavior due to pain attenuation, what should you do?

68. Kevin dislikes the way Amy yells from the other room. She thinks that everyone can hear what she is saying, even though she is far away. In the past, Kevin has answered her, or replied I can’t hear you.” He has now decided not to acknowledge her yelling from another room at all. He is implementing the behavioral procedure of _________.

69. Dain, an RBT working under a BCBA, is not seeing progress with a client’s behavior goals. Dain meets   with      the        client’s        caregivers         after     each     training                         Dain should__________.

70. Objective session notes should include all of the following EXCEPT__________

71. Jose is an RBT working with a BCBA to teach a six-year-old client how to ask for what she wants instead of melting down and having a tantrum. They are using a combination of extinction for the tantrumming behavior and DRA for asking. Jose notices the client’s mother comforting the child when she is on the floor having a tantrum. Jose should__________.

72. You believe a client you are working with would find edibles reinforcing. They have no health or dietary restrictions. You decide you would like to see if they prefer potato chips over fruit and yogurt. You offer a choice of a potato chip and a tube of yogurt at the same time. They select the yogurt. Then you offer the choice of a yogurt and bowl of mixed fruit at the same time. Again they select the yogurt. You have conducted a_________.

73. Schedules of reinforcement can be both continuous (reinforcement is received after each appropriate response, sometimes called a Fixed Rate 1–FR1) or it is intermittent (reinforcement varies from one opportunity to the next). Behavior on ___________ schedules of reinforcement is the most difficult behavior to extinguish.

74. Continuous measurement procedures include: frequency (how many times a behavior occurs), rate (how many times a behavior occurs per period of time, i.e. tantrums per hour), and_________.

75. Sally prompts a client by pointing to the correct answer. This is ________________ ?

1. What is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)?

2. Why is ASD referred to as a “spectrum” disorder?

3. Which of the following is a common characteristic of ASD?

4. What type of behavior is commonly associated with individuals with ASD?

5. Individuals with ASD may experience which of the following sensory sensitivities?

6. What is a key difficulty associated with social communication deficits?

7. Which of the following behaviors is indicative of restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior?

8. What type of interest is commonly observed in individuals with social interaction deficits?

9. What describes the insistence on sameness in behavior?

10. Hyper-reactivity to sensory input may manifest as:

11. What is a common red flag for autism in children by 12 months?

12. At what age should a child begin using single words to avoid a red flag for autism?

13. What is a sign of regression in a child that may indicate autism?

14. Which behavior might indicate a lack of social interest in a child with autism?