Question 1

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 2

Deane's friend takes her to the mall every week. She frequently hugs people whom she does not know. The behavior analyst wants to use an intervention that includes reinforcement of appropriate behavior when Deane does something other than hugging. Which intervention would be MOST appropriate?

Options :

A : Teach her friend to provide reinforcement when Deane greets others appropriately.

B :

The behavior analyst goes to the mall and gives tokens to Deane for appropriate interactions.

C : Teach her friend to hug Deane when she appropriately interacts with others.

D : Teach her friend to provide tokens for appropriate interactions.

Answer: A

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

After collecting baseline data and verifying the hypothesis, which of the following is the BEST approach to use when selecting behavior change procedures?

Options :

A :

Ask professionals in the individual-s environment to list procedures to address the unique circumstances involved.

B :

Use a procedure that has previously been found to be socially valid based on staff evaluations.

C :

Limit selection to behavior change procedures that are consistent with those documented in the behavioral literature.

D :

Review all journals containing procedures that may apply to the behavior targeted for change.

Answer: C

Question 5

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