ASRs Unit 1 Flashcards

1
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What is the main reason to regulate professions (including the practice of behavior analysis)?

Protect individuals from harm

Restrict practice

Eliminate competition

Increase profits

A

Protect individuals from harm

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2
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What is the main goal of ABA practitioners?

Publish results of studies in peer reviewed journals for the benefit of science

Help individuals achieve meaningful outcomes and improve their quality of life

Change the behavior of individuals

Conduct research to discover the basic principles of behavio

A

Help individuals achieve meaningful outcomes and improve their quality of life

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3
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ABA practitioners must provide services that are _______.

Integrated, highly controlled, objective, and standardized

Holistic, interpretative, comprehensive, and generic

Comprehensive, integrated, individualized, and data-based

A

Comprehensive, integrated, individualized, and data-based

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4
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The practice of ABA includes the application of the principles, methods, and procedures derived from the science of behavior analysis to:

Assess and improve socially important human behavior

Validate the principles of operant and respondent learning

Change people

Change the behavior of organism

A

Assess and improve socially important human behavior

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5
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Which of the following is beyond the scope of practice of ABA?

Instructional design

Consultation to individuals and organizations

Implementation of treatment programs

Long-term cognitive-behavioral counseling

A

Long-term cognitive-behavioral counseling

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6
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Professional behavior analysts must do all of the following, except:

Complete a functional analysis on each target behavior

Adhere to the seven dimensions of ABA

Use only research-based practices

Adhere to the ethical code of our profession

A

Complete a functional analysis on each target behavior

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7
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Which of the following document types outline legal standards?

All of these

Service contracts and core assurances

Ethical codes and guidelines

Statutes and rules

A

Statutes and rules

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8
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Rules are related to statutes in that they provide details on the ______ of the statute.

Legislative history

Implementation

Consequences

Legal foundation

A

Implementation

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9
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Professional behavior analysts need NOT be familiar with which of the following types of statutes and rules? Those statutes and rules which _______.

Regulate other professions that may engage in the same, similar, and/or related practices

Apply to one’s own professional practices

Protect the consumers one serves

Relate to the practice of any other profession that may provide a service to one’s client

A

Relate to the practice of any other profession that may provide a service to one’s client

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10
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This process establishes and determines the qualifications of individuals to practice a profession, to be authorized as a service provider for an insurance company or an organization, and/or to be a member of a professional organization. This defines:

Induction

Affiliation

Accreditation

Credentialing

A

Credentialing

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The process of establishing and determining if an organization meets certain specific standards, and may therefore issue credentials or degrees based on acceptable practices, is known as _____.

Accreditation

Affiliation

Supervision

Credentialing

A

Accreditation

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12
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As a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), a person is:

Credentialed

Accredited

Licensed

Appointe

A

Credentialed

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13
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All of the following are terms that refer to various ways that professions are formally regulated, except:

Licensure

Verified

Certification

Registration (use of a Registry

A

Verified

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14
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Certification establishes the X competencies a professional must demonstrate to become credentialed; Licensure establishes the Y competencies for a professional to earn the credential.

X = Minimum Y = Maximum

X = Maximum Y = Maximum

X = Maximum Y = Minimum

X = Minimum Y = Minimum

A

X = Minimum Y = Minimum

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15
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Which of the following statements is (or are) true regarding certification? Certification _____.

X = Involves both profession and state

Y = Restricts title

Z = Restricts practice

Both Y and Z
X only
X, Y, and Z
Y only

A

Y only

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16
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Which of the following is considered an advantage of certification in ABA?

It involves only the profession, so is not dependent on political processes within the state

The state certification board has members of various professions

It involves both the state and the profession, so provides protection from outside professions taking over

It involves only the state, so is clear and unambiguous

A

It involves only the profession, so is not dependent on political processes within the state

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17
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An advantage of licensure is that it restricts ________.

Markets

Practice only

Title only

Both title and practice

A

Both title and practice

18
Q

Anne just completed a BACB® verified course series offered through an accredited university, but she has NOT yet taken the BACB® Certification Exam. At this point in time, Anne will receive which type of credential?

A certificate of course sequence completion

Anne will receive all of these credentials

Certification as a Board Certified associate Behavior Analyst (until she takes the test to be a full BCBA)

A university degree in A

A

A certificate of course sequence completion

19
Q

An act that restricts what a professional can call himself or herself (i.e., the credential a professional can publically claim) is otherwise know as a(n) ______ Act.

Identity

Title

Practice

Profession

A

Title

20
Q

John works as a behavior analyst at a state facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities. The legislature in his state recently passed a licensure law for behavior analysts. Even though John is neither a Board Certified Behavior Analyst nor a Licensed Behavior Analyst, he is still permitted to practice behavior analysis as a state employee at the state facility where he works. This would be considered an example of a(n):

Exemption

Exclusion

Infraction

Inclusion

A

Exemption

21
Q

The main reason professions are regulated is to:

Validate the profession

Decrease costs

Increase profits

Protect individuals from harm

A

Protect individuals from harm

22
Q

The main goal of professional behavior analysts (practitioners) is to:

Promote the scientific method and advocate for evidence-based treatments

Assist individuals in changing their own behavior or the behavior of others

Demonstrate the effectiveness of ABA as a treatment modality

Help individuals achieve meaningful outcomes and improve their quality of life

A

Help individuals achieve meaningful outcomes and improve their quality of life

23
Q

Which of the following statement is not true? ABA practitioners must provide services that are _________.

Integrated

Standardized

Data-based

Individualized

A

Standardized

24
Q

Which of the following is NOT a task within the practice of ABA?

Develop treatment plans

Conduct behavioral assessments

Identify the appropriate diagnosis

Monitor and evaluate treatment plan

A
Which of the following is NOT a task within the practice of ABA?
  Develop treatment plans 
  Conduct behavioral assessments 
Correct!
  Identify the appropriate diagnosis 
  Monitor and evaluate treatment pl
25
Q

The practice of ABA can include all of the following, except ______.

The application of the principles, methods, and procedures derived from both ABA and EAB research

None of these. The proper practice of ABA could include any of the other answers

The provision of purely consultative services to individuals and/or organizations

The design, implementation, evaluation, and revision of treatment programs to produce socially significant behavior change

A

None of these. The proper practice of ABA could include any of the other answers

26
Q

Which of the following is not included in the practice of ABA?

Evaluation of treatment programs

Consultation to individuals and organizations

Design of treatment programs

Facilitated communication

A

Facilitated communication

27
Q

Professional behavior analysts must do which of the following?

X= Place the benefit of their clients as their primary goal
Y= Use only research-based practices
Z= Adhere to the Seven Dimensions of ABA

X, Y, and Z

Both Y and Z

Both X and Z

X only

A

X, Y, and Z

28
Q

_ are enforceable by law.

Statutes

Ethical codes and guidelines

All of these

Professional disciplinary standards

A

Statutes

29
Q

In relation to the professional practice of behavior analysis, _______ are given the authority of law by statute, and regulate the practice of the profession.

Codes

Guidelines

Position statements

Rules

A

Rules

30
Q

All of the following are types of statutes and rules that should inform professional practice, except statutes and rules that:

Regulate other professions that engage in different and/or unrelated practices

Protect the consumers one serves

Regulate one’s practices

Regulate one’s profession

A

Regulate other professions that engage in different and/or unrelated practices

31
Q

All of the following are types of credentials, except:

An accreditation

A license

A certification

A university degree

A

A license

32
Q

The Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB ®) provides which of the following services?

Licensing

Both credentialing and accreditation

Credentialing

Accreditation

A

Credentialing

33
Q

Which of the following can be accredited?

Both individuals and organizations

Organizations only

Neither individuals nor organizations

Individuals only

A

Organizations only

34
Q

Select the correct statement from the options below:

Byron is accredited as a BCBA-D by the BACB

All of these are correct statements

Josh is credentialed as a BCBA-D by the BACB

The BACB is credentialed by the state

A

Josh is credentialed as a BCBA-D by the BACB

35
Q

Certification and licensure establish X competencies for a professional and usually require that the applicant Y .

X = maximum Y = write a formal letter of intent

X = minimum Y = pass an exam

X = maximum Y = pass an exam

X = minimum Y = write a formal letter of intent

A

X = minimum Y = pass an exam

36
Q

Certification does which of the following?

X = Restricts title
Y = Restricts practice

Neither X nor Y

Y only

X only

Both X and Y

A

X only

37
Q

Which of the following statements are true regarding licensure? Licensure _______.

X = Involves both profession and state
Y = Restricts title
Z = Restricts practice

X and Y only

X and Z only

Y and Z only

X, Y, and Z

A

X, Y, and Z

38
Q

An advantage of certification is that it restricts:

Clients

Practice

Markets

Title

A

Title

39
Q

When you complete this university-based course sequences (the 8-course online program in ABA offered through Florida Tech, of which this course is a part), you will earn which of the following?

A certificate of completion

A license

A certification

A university degree

A

A certificate of completion

40
Q

An act that restricts who can engage in the professional activities covered by the act is otherwise called a _____ Act.

Certification

Profession

Title

Practice

A

Practice