First

Question 1

Christine put the toy in front of Judy and 15 different occasions. Judy approached the toy on 10 occasions I just walked away on three occasions. Given the opportunity, what percent of occurrence did Judy not approach the toy?

87%

33%

20%

67%

Answer 1

B. 33%.

Question 2

Due to a parent only implementing punisher procedures, she finds out her son begins to avoid her. Which of the following best explains this effect?

The parent becomes a discriminative stimulus for negative reinforcement

Para becomes a conditioned aversive stimulus

Parent elicited emotional responses

Parent becomes an unconditioned aversive stimulus

Answer 2

B
Review C – 02. State and plan for the possible unwanted effects of punishment. Over time, the parrot became an aversive conditioned stimulus. There is no mention of the child engaging in emotional responses, one does not become an unconditioned aversive stimulus (Unconditioned implies no conditioning necessary), There was not sufficient info to show the parent becoming an SD for negative reinforcement, (Review FK 29 & FK-30).

Question 3

Trina reviewed a video recording of a student three times, and took date on the students Eye contact using a stopwatch each time she counted 17 seconds. The client actually engaged in 23 seconds of eYe contact. The fact that these two numbers don’t match is because Trinians measurements lack

Reliability

Treatment integrity

Validity

Accuracy

Answer 3

Accuracy=

When the observed value matches the actual value. Because the actual value was 23 seconds and the observed value was 17 seconds, her measurements like accuracy.

Question 4

If Alex is using a shaping procedure to teach Lauran to use the complete ASL sign to MAND for water, what would the procedure look like?

Alex make the sign for water then gives Lauran water when she makes the sign. Over time, Alex stops making the sign and only provides water when Lauran independently does so

Alex give Lauran water contingent upon a modified sign. Over time, Alex only provides water as each sign attempt becomes more like the real sign for water.

Alex points to the picture of water and gives Lauran water after Lauran does a modified sign for water. Overtime Alex only provides water after feeding the picture from the environment

Alex manually prompt Lauran to do the sign and give her water. Overtime Alex only gives assistance as needed providing water at each success.

Answer 4

B

Question 5

Across three days, there was low IOA on data collected during a new procedure implemented with a student. For the students behavior measured by two observers, agreement was calculated at 40%, 50%, and 45% for each respective day. What could be a potential issue

The definition of the target behavior is unclear

The description of the teaching procedure is unclear

The student being observed is not consistently engaging in the target the response

Percentages are dimensionless and shouldn’t be used in behavior analysis

Answer 5

A.

If target behaviors are not well defined, it is one possible reason why IOA Is so low. Regarding the answer choice, if the teaching procedure description is unclear and the teacher is not implementing the procedure correctly, or if the student is it consistently engage in the target response, all observers will take data on that and the date it would show agreement of the target a response occurrence if the response definition is clear.

Question 6

To assess if treatment drift has occurred which of the following is LEAST likely to be effective

Repeatedly review the recordings of half the randomly selected treatment sessions, and measure if the treatment was followed as prescribed and just a selected recordings

Develop a data collection form that describes all acceptable variations of the treatment and related via mental events so the date I can quickly be marked on the form

Arrange for two independent observers to observe at least 1/3 of the treatment sessions and measure the delivery of the treatment compared to how it was originally prescribed

Conduct a functional analysis of the treatment delivery and determine which antecedents and consequences maintain both correct and incorrect implementation of the treatment.

Answer 6

D.

“Design and use system for monitoring procedure integrity”.

A functional analysis is more typically use for behavior is necessary to decelerate, and would likely be a necessary in most cases.!!that’s why it’s the LEAST likely To be effective. Regarding the incorrect answer choices, those may work for assessing treatment drift a.k.a. procedural integrity.

Question 7

Treatment drift a.k.a.…

Answer 7

Procedural integrity

Question 8

Tommy’s mom says he eats his food quickly: he takes 12 bites of food per minute. What would be the estimated average IRT?

0.2 minutes

12 bites/minute

One bite/ 5 seconds

Five seconds

Answer 8

D.

If Tommy takes 12 bites per minute that would be 12 bites per 60 seconds – this is the rate. The IRT is the inverse of the rate. Therefore to calculate the I RT, we would flip the numerator and denominator and divide: 60 seconds/12 equals five seconds

Question 9

Of the following which is the best definition of selectionism

Response becomes extinct as a result of the environment no longer selecting them

Organisms select traits that help them survive and as a result change over time

Life evolves as a result of selection with respect to function

Responses are naturally selected by evocative antecedent stimuli

Answer 9

C.

Life evolving with respect to function is the best definition of selectionism available in the answer choices. Regarding incorrect answers, consequences, not antecedents, select. Extinction of responses it’s only part of the process of some selection isn’t an organisms do not select treats. The environment does. Note: the real certification exam likely will not have any straightforward questions from the FK area on the task list. Rather it is the most basic information that may be incorporated into more applied questions from the other areas of the task list. The FK questions on this mock exam are considered bonus questions that fill in the place of the pilot questions they don’t count for or against you on the real CERT exam.

Question 10

Christina put a toy in front of Judy on 15 different occasions. Judy approached the toy on 10 occasions and just walked away on three occasions. Given the opportunity, what percent of occurrence did Judy NOT approach the toy

87%

33%

20%

67%

Answer 10

B

Percent occurrence is calculated by dividing the number of occurrences by the number of opportunities and multiplied by 100. Judy approached the toy 10 times. 10 approaches divided by 15 opportunities equals .666 equals 67 Times 100 equals 67%. That she is not approaching the toy 33% of the time. 5/15 equals 33%

Question 11

Josh has several treatments he thinks will be affective to teach prosocial behavior. After taking baseline data what is one way he can systematically arrange the treatments to determine which one has an affect on behavior.

He can implement one treatment and require a target response rate. Once the criteria is met, change treatments and require a new response rate.

He can implement one of the treatments for several sessions until the response which is a steady state, return to baseline and repeat for all of the treatments.

He can implement all of the treatments at the same time across several different settings

He can rapidly alternate several different responses and match a treatment to each response

Answer 11

B

The correct answer is an example of a withdrawal design. In this example, Josh is systematically manipulating one independent variable, treatment, at a time and evaluating effect on behavior, returning to baseline and then repeating the cycle controlling for extraneous variables while determining the effect of the independent variable on behavior. Regarding the incorrect choices, if you implement all the treatments at the same time, you can’t determine which have the effect; he needs to test all the treatments not just one at various levels; and if you use an alternating treatment design, you alternate treatments not responses.

Question 12

Which of the following areas of behavior analysis have the primary function of developing, training and implementing behavior plans?

Experimental analysis of behavior

Applied behavior analysis

Conceptual analysis of behavior

Behavioral service delivery

Answer 12

D

Behavioral service delivery is when the behavior analyst work directly with clients to change behavior of importance to increase the quality of life for their clients.

Applied behavior analysis is the applied research. It uses principles developed from the analysis of behavior branch to solve problems of social significance. It develops the procedures that can be used in behavioral service delivery.

The conceptual analysis of behavior in forums EAB, ABA research and behavioral service delivery so that they are conceptually systematic. Note: the real certification exam likely will not have any straightforward questions from the FK area of the task list. Rather it is the most basic information that may be incorporated into more apply questions from other areas of the task list.

Question 13

Of the following, which would likely be the least acceptable method for maintaining a clients behavior in a particular setting?

Recruit the manager of the local grocery store to give assistance, if necessary, to the client when the client is purchasing items in the store

Teach the parents of a child how to use intermittent weed for us meant to maintain the adaptive behaviors that were targeted in the behavioral plan

Inform the clients colleagues which of the clients behaviors are being targeted and teach them to differentially reinforce those behaviors

Ask the group home management staff to continue differentially reinforcing the clients adaptive behaviors that were targeted by the clients behavioral program

Answer 13

C

Question 14

During implementation of a plan to address Bob’s skill deficits, his father move back into the house after a brief separation with his mother. Bob’s parents get into loud vocal arguments in front of him which seems to disrupt Bob’s progress. Of the following, which would be the best strategy for a behavior analyst to take?

The behavior analyst to take responsibility To facilitate transfer of responsibility to another provider if the clients need one immediately

The behavior analyst should recommend that other professional assessment and services be thawed for Bob’s father and mother

The BA should formally assess the parents interactions with each other while Strongly encouraging them to not argue in front of Bob

The BA should focus only on building Bob’s skills and not attempt to assess the behavior of Bob’s father and mother

Answer 14

B

Question 15

Behavior analyst wants all residents of a group home to increase their cleaning behavior but is concerned that several of the residents may sabotage a group effort. Which would be the best group contingency to use

Independent group contingency

Dependent group contingency

Inter-dependent group contingency

A token group contingency

Answer 15

A.

If the behavior analyst is concerned with several members of the group sabotaging group performance, then an independent group contingency would be the best option. For an independent group contingency, a contingency is presented to the group and those individuals who engage in the target behavior will contact the continued consequence regardless of the behavior of others in the group

Question 16

A BC BA is assisting an agency to reduce their clients last minute appointment cancellations. There is currently no strategy in place to reduce cancellations. What are the BC BA consider recommending first?

Look for a computer software that automatically sent that reminder calls to clients

Set up a monitor a performance improvement plan for the secretary to increase reminder calls

Train employees to implement a reward system for clients meeting appointments

Periodically offer trainings to clients regarding the importance of meeting appointments

Answer 16

A. There might be other things a BC BA would recommend for us but the Best answer choice available is to look for a computer software since this identifies environmental changes that reduce the need for behavior analytic services to begin with. Regarding the incorrect answer choices, maybe if the correct answer later proved to be in sufficient, then some of the other answer choices may be considered such as, implement a reward system but we’d want to assess if effectiveness of an award system before training the employees to implement it, if we even need them to implement it such as it could also be automated that’s reduce the need for a costly/unnecessary behavior analytic services

Question 17

On average, Angel gets attention from making a funny face such as sticking his tongue out and crossing his eyes, every five minutes, regardless of how long it takes him. When Angel completes a simple matching task, on average he gets attention every 10th match, Regardless of how long it takes him. If the same attention is all that maintains both behaviors and both behaviors are equally effortful then of the following, which would Likely be the best prediction of angels behavior?

Angel will spend approximately twice the amount of time completing matching tasks as he does making funny faces

Angel will spend the same amount of time making funny faces as he does completing matching tasks

Angel will spend the vast majority of his time making funny faces and almost no time doing matching tasks.

Angel spend approximately twice the amount of time making funny faces as he does completing matching tasks

Answer 17

C.

The reason Angel will most likely spend the vast majority of time making funny faces and not completing matching tasks is because both making funny faces and completing matching tasks are on ratio schedules that angel can maximize his reinforcement, attention, by choosing to only make funny faces. This conforms with the matching law and is called exclusive responding that results from two competing ratio schedules we are one pays off more. Regarding the incorrect answer choices, the matching law would predict angel will spend approximately twice the amount of time making funny faces as he does completing Matching tasks, proportional responding, if both OPERANTS were maintained hy interval schedules of reinforcement, relative and absolute strength of response as a function of frequency of reinforcement and the lot

Question 18

Steve’s intervention aims to establish a clients appropriate greetings at home and school. Which experimental design would be best to examine functional relations between an increase in his clients appropriate greetings and the intervention?

Parametric design

Multiple baseline design

An.AB design

Changing criterion design

Answer 18

B

Multiple baseline design is best when used with a reversal may not be possible And across to them or behaviors, participants or settings. Appropriate readings are not likely to be reversed if the natural environments support them and this is across to settings. Therefore requiring the incorrect answer choices, with drawl isn’t likely the best option. Changing criterion does not fit the goals of the intervention since it’s typically use for behavior is already in someone’s repertoire

Question 19

The team is writing goals for a five-year-old and the response is listed below are considered for target. Which would be the best behavioral cusp to target first

Toileting

Imaginary playing

Reduce self stimulation

Manding

Answer 19

D

While all of the choices may help to increase the quality of his life, manding Is the best behavioral cost to talk at first as it can lead to accessing a variety of reinforcers

Question 20

The therapist wants to test if Susan can say ball in the presence of an actual ball using stimulus equivalence. After she trains Susan to select the text ball when she sees the ball, which of the following should she do next?

Train Suzanne to select the text ball in the presence of the actual ball

Say ball after hearing the spoken word ball

Say ball after The therapist presents an actual ball

Say ball in the presence of the text Ball

Answer 20

D
Stimulus equivalence is the emergence of accurate responding to untrained and non-reinforced stimulus stimulus relations.. spoken word ball in the presence of a ball, following the reinforcement of responses to other different stimulus stimulus pairs – note the correct answer is the missing/middle step to demonstrating transitivity. We recommend students try drawing this on a scrap of paper to really see how it works. Regarding the incorrect answer choices, training her to bowl after the therapist present the ball is an example of TACT training not using stimulus equivalence.Saying ball after hearing the spoken word ball is echoic training

Question 21

Behavior analyst is helping a teacher develop classroom management plan. If all students find pure social approval reinforcing, then which group of contingency with most likely be effective toward increasing all students performance?

Inter-dependent group contingency

Dependent group contingency

Independent group contingency

A group contingency should not be used

Answer 21

A

Question 22

What is not a possible unwanted effect of using food as a reinforcer with a client

Is the food being used is candy or the sweets, it can cause Dental and/or health issues

The client may start seeking out the person who typically provides at the reinforcers.

If the food delivery is not delivered immediately following the desired target behavior, it’s possible that another undesirable behavior may be reinforced

Appropriate behavior it will increase

Answer 22

D

Question 23

The teacher is instructing Sydney and Jackson how to name colors. Which of the following descriptions best demonstrates direct instruction?

The teacher shows the color brown to Sydney and ask her what color? The teacher than praise is Sydney’s correct answer. Next the teacher shows the color blue to Jackson and ask him what color? The teacher than praises Jackson is correct answer

The teacher shows the color blue for us to Jackson then to Sydney. The teacher then tells the students that the fastest want to name the color correctly get a sticker on his or her sticker sheet. Stickers can later be exchanged for items in the prize box

The teacher shows the color brown to the students then tells them that everyone can earn one sticker for a correctly naming the color but the fastest person to name the color correctly gets two stickers

The teacher shows the color read to the students and tells them the color then they all say the color when she pointed to it. The teacher then praises a student saying read simultaneously when the teacher silently points to the color red

Answer 23

D

Question 24

Maureen has successfully taught her client how to use the toilet at home but not at school or other places. Of the following options which is the best course of action that Maureen should consider doing to ensure her client will use the toilet correctly and in places other than home?

You sequential modification to ensure that her client successfully use of the toilet and several of the settings

Program for correct toileting and several different settings until her client can demonstrate correct toileting independently in those settings

Train correct toilet used in several other settings until her client independently demonstrating correct toileting in an untrained setting

Program for a response generalization by making sure the response generalizes to new settings why is that wrong

Answer 24

C
The correct answer is correct because this describes programming for appropriate stimulus generalization with a skill that may be a behavioral cusp.

Response generalization is not done by making sure the response generalizes two new settings. That is stimulus generalization.

Sequential modification is not correct because this does not ensure a generalization. It is a little better than training and just hoping for generalization

Programming toileting in different settings does not directly program for generalization after demonstrating independence in just those train to settings.

Question 25

A BCBA is working with Anna and one of her eight young children who throws large objects at his siblings. This usually occurs after access to an item is denied and results the siblings leaving the room. Anna states the problem behavior we are only occurs in her presents. What initial intervention is most likely to be successful

NCR

DNRA

Escape extinction

Punishment

Answer 25

A
Anna has stated that behavior does not occur when she is present. NCR does not require the parent to be present for the occurrence of behavior so it is the best answer.

DNRA includes an escape extension component and in this case would require that a family member remains in the room contingent upon the target
behavior. Keeping family members in the environment could place them in a harmful situation

Escape extinction in this case would require that a family member remains in the room contingent upon the target behavior.

Punishment should not be The first consideration. It would also require an aversive stimulus to be presented or the Pettit of stimulus be removed contingent upon the target behavior

Question 26

Which of the following descriptions is the most behavior analytic

Rhonda won the lottery and became very happy. Soon after which she bought everyone in her immediate family a new car, pay their debts and gave some money to charity as a result of her happiness

Ronaldo’s employees We’re doing their jobs well but Ronaldo yelled at them anyway because he had been in a bad mood all day. As a result the employees tried to keep Ronaldo in a good mood by giving him extra praise

Karen worked hard to strengthen her resolve. As a result of her increase will power she was able to run an entire marathon without stopping. In the past she has been unable to finish the tasks before she began

Mark said that when his girlfriend broke up with him he became depressed. Mark’s friend started doing things to make Mark feel better and as a result more continue talking about his depression.

Answer 26

D

Marcos talking about his depression is maintained by the environment in the form of his friends actions.

Note: this description is not offering depression as a reason for any of his behavior. Rather the objectively measurable behavior of focus is talking….

Question 27

Which behavioral assessment procedure is not helpful with identifying target responses that need a more direct and thorough assessment?

Ecological assessment

Interview

Checklist

Functional analysis

Answer 27

D

A functional analysis is the systematic manipulation of selected environmental variables to observe and measure their affects on behavior and is used to provide a clear demonstration of the relationship between environmental variables and behavior. It would not be used to identify possible target behaviors as well as which ones it would be more worthwhile to further assessed using a more direct and thorough assessment

Question 28

Darcy had been biting her own hands several times per day. After the caregivers began using food, praise and toys contingent upon no SIB, Darcy is biting decreases Significantly. When exploring the effectiveness of the treatment, which approach is Lisa recommended for the behavior analyst to consider?

Parametric analysis

Reversal design

Multi element design

Component analysis

Answer 28

B

Question 29

A client is taught to ask his teacher, I’ve completed my work. How does it look? This prompts the teacher to respond with praise and feedback. what did the behavior analyst program for when he taught this skill

Maintenance

Stimulus generalization

Response generalization

Discrimination

Answer 29

A

Program for maintenance: teaching a client to recruit reinforcement such as attention, praise etc., is a way to help prompt others to provide those maintaining consequences. This will assist with the maintenance of the skill overtime

Question 30

Tonya setting up a token economy which uses tickets as tokens. Of the following suggestions which would most likely help Tonya’s token economy be successful

Generally set the price of each back up a reinforcer at twice the number of tokens earned

Once prices for back up reinforcers are determined, the prices should not be adjusted

Initially allow the client to purchase back up in Foster’s for a relatively small number of tickets

Gave the client a sticker each time the client engages in the correct response

Answer 30

C

Question 31

The data show that a 42-year-old client will work about the same amount for any kind of reinforcer that is available despite having vocally indicated that he prefers to work for one specific item. Which of the following interventions would be most appropriate

Randomly very the reinforcer is so that the client does not get satiated with any particular reinforcer e.g. the specific item

Very the reinforcers and ensure that time spent interacting with each reinforcer is evenly balanced so that all reinforcers remain effective

If praise is one of the reinforcer is use praise to reinforce the clients performance so that the client adapt to the natural environment

Arrange the contingencies of reinforcement so that the client earns the specific item until the client indicates he prefer a different item

Answer 31

D

If all the reinforcers are equally effective then client preference should be a primary concern regarding the type of intervention used.

Regarding incorrect answers: It is often important to very the reinforcers so that a client does not get satiated on any particular reinforcer and praise as it’s a vantages. However if all the reinforcers are equally effective, the client preferences should be a primary concern regarding the type of intervention used moreover allow the client to indicate when the reinforcer should be varied if the client indicates a preference

Question 32

Nicole is creating a data sheet for her behavior tax. Which is the most appropriate description for a variables to record

Reinforcing stimulus. Any food or non-food items That’s a client likes or prefers

Disruptive stimulus: any stimulus that the client finds aversive and changes the clients behavior.

Loud noise: any sound that is 60 or more dB within 5 feet of the client

Staying quiet: not speaking or making noise that can be heard from five or more feet away

Answer 32

C

It is an environmental variable that is defined in a measurable an observable way.

Regarding incorrect answer choices; dead people and pet rocks can stay quiet, thus this is not a behavior or an environmental variable that has a clear and reliably measurable beginning middle and end.

The definition of reinforcing stimulus or disruptive stimulus were not defined in observable or objective and reliably measurable ways

Question 33

Julian has not learned how to safely cross the street and he regularly runs into traffic to get to the park. In a safe and controlled setting which procedure should most likely be tried first?

Forward cheating

Positive practice

Contingent exercise

Backward chaining

Answer 33

A
MSafely crossing the street has very few steps in the chain and it’s not complex that’s forward cheating is the best answer.

Backward chaining would be impractical for this task

Positive practice and continued exercise are the names for procedures intended to punish behavior and there’s no practical or ethical need to try them first.

Question 34

A teacher with the help of her assistants has successfully implemented and maintained a behavior analyst’s plan for her classroom. Two of the three assistance moved and the plan is no longer effective. Of the following, what’s the best course of action?

Revise the components that the two assistance for implementing

Train the teacher to consistently implement all components of the plan

Reassess all of the group and individual contingency contracts

Train the assistant you consistently implement all components of the plan

Answer 34

Since the TA’s are no longer in the classroom, There might not be anyone implementing those components and it may not be practical for the teacher to implement a plan that was designed for more than one individual.

Question 35

Ryan’s client Sometimes attempts to run away when presented with a nonpreferred task. If Ryan wants to replace running away with a verbal response, which of the following is advisable

Illuminate the establishing operation for running away, putting running away on extinction, and reinforce the verbal response

Differential he reinforced a verbal response with a reinforcer that does not maintain running away; put running away on extinction

Put running away on extinction and thin the reinforcement schedule for the verbal response after it’s been firmly established

Differentially reinforce the verbal response and all behaviors other than running away: but running away on extinction

Answer 35

C

The question stem describes the need for a functional communication training, and differential reinforcement of the alternative response, not all other behaviors. This is a core feature of using functional communication training. The correct answer best describes functional communication training.

Question 36

Samantha use the withdrawal design to evaluate the effectiveness of a treatment the use of the with drawl design example far as which dimension of ABA

Answer 36

Analytic

Conceptually systematic dimension of behavior analysis, refers to the ability of the descriptions of a procedure to be technological and relevant to the principles of behavior. There are no descriptions of the procedure nor its relevance to the principles of behavior.

Determinism and empiricism are not of the seven dimensions of behavior analysis they are a philosophical assumptions

Question 37

Michelle, a teacher, has a goal to change her classroom into one of personalize a system of instruction. Which of the following suggestions would most likely help Michelle to do this?

Students should be allowed to move their own pace and take quizzes and test when they are ready. In class Michelle should mainly discuss the materials that the students have already mastered

Students engage in coral responding when Michelle presents the SD after she has modeled the correct response to the ST. Differential feedback may be individualized for correct and incorrect responses

Student sit independently work through computer software programs that are designed to teach them the required skills at their developmental levels. Grades are disbursed electronically to the teachers and parents

Students should be allowed to independently work on the curriculums their own choosing; just students who did well in prior classes can assess the performance of current students and to do them if necessary

Answer 37

A

Question 38

Which of the following would likely be included only in a behavioral language assessment

Assess correct use of syntax and sentence structure

Assess morphological deficits and ability

Determine correct and incorrect use of auto clinics

Determine variance of pitch and intonation

Answer 38

C

Question 39

Read all of the answer choices then select the best example of a rule

Technician regularly cleans out the pigeon cage to avoid the smell

Researcher adjust the schedule of reinforcement for a pigeons Peking from a CRF to a VR three

A signed states that technicians can be fired if the rat cages smell bad

A scientist behavior is reinforced on a VR 30 schedule of reinforcement

Answer 39

C

Question 40

Scotty started his homework two minutes after his mom asked him to start. It took him 15 minutes to complete his math assignment, 28 minutes to complete his writing assignment and seven minutes to complete his science assignment. In between math and writing he use the restroom for five minutes. What was the total duration of completing his homework

Five minutes

57 minutes

15 minutes

Two minutes

Answer 40

C

Question 41

After a learner’s performance is established, which of the following strategies should least likely be used when programming for a generalization?

Assess if untrained peers can demonstrate the behavior

Randomly vary the non-critical stimulus dimensions

Provide multiple exemplars for one not to engage in the behavior

Determine if the performance across fluently in a new setting

Answer 41

A