FREE ABAT Foundational Knowledge Questions and Answers

Question 1

Jesse has been keeping his hands to himself in the classroom for most of the school year. Our best schedule of reinforcement would be the following:

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Surprise him with verbal praise when he shares

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Reward him with an edible every time he shares without hitting

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Ignore the behavior of sharing when it is shown

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None of the above

Question 2

By altering a variable between a setting event and a behavior we are utilizing what dimension of behavior analysis?

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Analytic

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Applied

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General

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Social

Question 3

Jerry has to climb 25 stairs to get one drop of water. This is an example of:

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Great effort in responding with a low probability of the behavior occurring.

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Satiation

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Ratio strain

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None of the above.

Question 4

Which of the following is a guideline for the use of punishment?

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Deliver high intensity every time it is given

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Low-intensity and high-frequency

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Reduce stimuli

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None of the above.

Question 5

Billy states he did not know that he broke a rule because he could not see the rules. Upon your review you discover the rules were not clear in their writing. This demonstrates which variable affects the punishment effectiveness:

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Clarity of rules

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Quantity of rules

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Intensity of rule selection

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None of the above.

Question 6

Billy receives the punishment and now is very angry with the school and attacks a teacher the following day. This exemplifies which of the following negative effects:

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Result in undesired conditioned emotional responses

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May serve as a model

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Increase use by teachers

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Increase use by students

Question 7

A teacher wants to use extinction to ignore a student's tantrums.  She has in the past gone over and given attention and at other times, ignored the behavior. This pattern has gone on for months. This pattern makes the behavior:

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More resistant to change

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Less resistant to change

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More likely to be reinforced

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None of the above

Question 8

Tantruming was extinguished for months and then one day Jimmy decides to throw a tantrum to get candy. This is an example of:

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Spontaneous recovery

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Extinction burst

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Satiation

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None of the above.

Question 9

Instructions may be more effective when combined with other procedures such as modeling, rehearsal and:

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Prompting

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Pace

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Rate

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Silence

Question 10

Jerry is showing Shawn how to walk and carry a tray. Shawn really does not like Jerry and would like to work with someone else. This is an example of:

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Model prestige

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The "difficulty" of the modeled behavior

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Whether or not the modeled behavior is reinforced

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None of the above