ABA Skill Acquisition and Teaching Procedures

Question 1

In discrete trial training (DTT), what is the correct sequence of components?

Accepted Answer

SD → Response → Consequence

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Antecedent → Consequence → Response

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Response → SD → Reinforcement

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Consequence → Antecedent → Behavior

Question 2

Which prompting strategy involves providing the least intrusive prompt first and increasing only if needed?

Accepted Answer

Least-to-most prompting

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Most-to-least prompting

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Simultaneous prompting

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Time delay

Question 3

Progressive time delay involves:

Accepted Answer

Gradually increasing the delay between the SD and the prompt across trials

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Providing the prompt simultaneously with the SD initially

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Using a fixed 5-second delay from the start

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Removing prompts entirely after the first session

Question 4

What is the purpose of a task analysis in ABA?

Accepted Answer

To break a complex skill into a sequence of smaller teachable steps

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To identify the function of a behavior

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To measure the rate of a target behavior

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To determine appropriate reinforcement schedules

Question 5

In backward chaining, teaching begins with:

Accepted Answer

The last step of the task analysis

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The first step of the task analysis

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The most difficult step

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A randomly selected step

Question 6

Which prompting type involves physically guiding the learner through the correct response?

Accepted Answer

Physical prompt

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Gestural prompt

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Positional prompt

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Modeling prompt