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Question 1

What best defines a discriminative stimulus?

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 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:

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

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?

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 4

Self-management strategies are:

A : applying behavior analysis principles to change one's own behavior.

B : a method for capitalizing on an individual's will power.

C : primarily used for extinguishing one's own undesirable behaviors.

D : based on personalized systems of instruction.

Answer: A

Question 5

When setting criteria for behavior change, behavior analysts attempt to implement the simplest mode of intervention necessary to elicit the desired outcome. As such, the identified outcome criteria should be

A : applied to ecological assessments to generalize skills.

B : developed prior to the identified intervention.

C : initially broad in focus with subsequent reduction to a target response.

D : measured independent of practice effects or reactivity.

Answer: B

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