Question 1

Which verbal operants are most crucial in the development of vocal speech?

Options :

A : intraverbals and tacts

B : echoics and mands

C : mandsand intraverbals

D : tacts and echoics

Answer: B

Question 2

Tony is supervising a work crew at the post office. Every day, his clients are supposed to check each waste bin and empty those that contain trash. Tony takes data on the number of waste bins emptied by the crew. In order to report data in terms of percentage of occurrence Tony MUST also know:

Options :

A : that some waste bins contained trash.

B : how many waste bins contained trash.

C : how many waste bins were in the office.

D : This behavior is not amenable to percent of occurrence reporting.

Answer: B

Question 3

What best defines a discriminative stimulus?

Options :

A : It always elicits a response.

B : It is defined by its effect on behavior.

C : It is established using either operant or respondent procedures.

D : It is any change in the environment.

Answer: B

Question 4

A behavior analyst is conducting research on the accuracy of a student's responding to written math problems based on the final answer with no scoring of intermediate calculations. Which is the BEST method for obtaining accurate inter-observer agreement results?

Options :

A : Researcher and observer sit together to score the student-s work.

B :

Photocopies of the student-s work are scored independently by researcher and observer.

C :

The student-s scratch paper is scored if researcher and observer do not agree on a response.

D :

Researcher scores the student-s work and the observer reviews the researcher-s scores for accuracy.

Answer: B

Question 5

Each response in a chain produces a stimulus change that serves as both a discriminative stimulus anD.

Options :

A : a prompt.

B : a limited hold.

C : a conditioned reinforcer.

D : an establishing operation.

Answer: C