ABAT FREE Procedures and Intervention Questions and Answers 3

Question 1

A behavior analyst wants to reduce a client's self-injurious behavior by teaching an alternative communicative response that serves the same function. This procedure is best described as:

Accepted Answer

Functional communication training (FCT)

Answer

FCT replaces problem behavior by teaching a functionally equivalent communication response that accesses the same reinforcer.

Question 2

During a behavioral assessment, a practitioner systematically manipulates antecedent conditions across test and control conditions to identify the function of a behavior. This assessment is called:

Accepted Answer

Functional analysis (experimental)

Answer

A functional analysis (experimental functional analysis) involves direct manipulation of antecedent and consequence variables under controlled conditions to identify behavioral function.

Question 3

A BCBA is using a procedure where the client must complete a previously reinforced response before gaining access to a preferred activity. This procedure is known as:

Accepted Answer

Premack principle

Answer

The Premack principle states that a high-probability behavior can serve as a reinforcer for a low-probability behavior.

Question 4

An intervention involves removing all sources of reinforcement for a problem behavior while simultaneously reinforcing an alternative behavior. The reduction in problem behavior over time is primarily the result of:

Accepted Answer

Extinction

Answer

Extinction involves withholding the reinforcer that previously maintained the problem behavior, leading to a decrease in that behavior.

Question 5

A practitioner provides a preferred item to a client on a fixed-time schedule regardless of the client's behavior to reduce escape-motivated aggression. This procedure is:

Accepted Answer

Noncontingent reinforcement (NCR)

Answer

NCR delivers reinforcers on a time-based schedule independent of behavior, reducing the motivation to engage in problem behavior to access that reinforcer.

(ABAT) Applied Behavior Analysis Test Practice Test

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ABAT FREE Procedures and Intervention Questions and Answers 3