Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Training Practice Test

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• What are the two types of response described in the practice?
• Task analysis, as used in behavior analysis, involves:
• What is maintenance?
• What is an echoic prompt?
• Which is a component of EIBI?
• What is overcorrection?
• Successive discrimination is like a ______ test question.
• Which prompt involves adding to or altering a portion of the stimulus?
• What are the steps for successive discrimination for the first two targets? (3 steps).
• What is differential reinforcement of high rate of behavior (DRH)?
• Which term describes the application of principles of learning to change socially significant behaviors?
• What is an informational no?
• What is a gesture prompt?
• What is differential reinforcement?
• What is differential reinforcement of low rate behavior (DRL)?
• Which of the following is a primary reinforcer?
• What is skill repertoire building?
• Which is rarely used in NET?
• NET emphasizes which factor in task selection?
• Which statement best describes DRO?
• What is an escape function of behavior?
• What is a behavior intervention plan (BIP)?
• In an echoic response, the consequence is described as:
• What are the two primary components to an individual's program?
• What are the three primary components of the three-term contingency?
• In which setting can NET be implemented?
• Which of the following is an example of environmental modification?
• Why do we want to understand behavior?
• What does NET stand for?
• What is response blocking?
• Which is NOT a characteristic of Discrete Trial Training (DTT)?
• What best describes the function of a behavior?
• Which are the three primary areas affected by ASD?
• What is a primary goal of Fluency Based Instruction?
• Which statement best describes how consequences influence behavior?
• Which outcome is taught by a token economy?
• What is a verbal directive prompt?
• Which type of extinction involves withholding access to a desired item or activity that had previously been given as a consequence of a behavior?
• Which set lists the four functions of behavior?
• What is a behavior?
• Chaining can include methods such as forward chaining and backward chaining. Which option best reflects this?
• Which statement about observable behavior is true?
• Simultaneous discrimination is like a ______ test question.
• In DTT, what are the three components of the learning trial?
• What is skill repertoire?
• Which area of skill encompasses reading, writing, and mathematics?
• Which of the following is a characteristic of NET (Natural Environment Training)?
• Which statement best describes DRH?
• What is a response prompt?
• Which of the following best describes an MO (motivation operation)?
• Which statement is NOT a common element shared by DTT and NET?
• Which of the following is a secondary reinforcer?
• Which statement about consequences is most accurate in ABA?
• What is the typical teaching progression for echoics?
• What is ABA?
• Expanded trials are designed to:
• Discrete Trial Training (DTT) is best described as what?
• Which statement best lists the primary characteristics of ASD?
• In shaping, as new approximations are gained, what happens to previously reinforced approximations?
• What is differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior (DRI)?
• What is extinction?
• Response generalization refers to which of the following?
• Which statement about non-contingent reinforcement is true?
• What does acquisition refer to in behavior analysis?
• Which statement correctly describes primary reinforcement?
• What is differential reinforcement of other behaviors (DRO)?
• Which tools are used for skill assessments and probes?
• What is non-contingent reinforcement?
• In NET, which statement best describes typical instruction location?
• What is a stimulus?
• What is generalization?
• What are the steps for stimulus discrimination training for the third target?
• What is the relationship between environment and behavior in ABA?
• Which prompt is defined as providing vocal demonstration of the desired behavior for imitation?
• What is response maintenance?
• What is a response cost?
• In extinction, reinforcement is withheld following a behavior.
• What is NET's overall goal?
• What is a token economy?
• Which of the following is an advantage of Discrete Trial Training?
• Which extinction type involves interrupting a problem behavior and immediate redirection to a high-probability behavior?
• What is task modification?
• Which statement best describes intraverbal?
• NET instruction is described as what?
• Which of the following best describes an attention function of behavior?
• Which statement defines behavior momentum (high probability task sequence)?
• What are the steps in stimulus discrimination training for the first two targets? (7 steps).
• Which statement describes stimulus generalization?
• Direct individualized assessment primarily involves which activity?
• What is a response?
• Which statement best defines stimulus discrimination training?
• Which statement BEST describes Natural Environment Training (NET)?
• What does direct observation allow us to do?
• What is positive practice overcorrection?
• Which statement best defines topography in behavior analysis?
• Which extinction type involves withholding attention (positive or negative) that had been previously been given as a result of the behavior?
• Graduated random rotation is described as:
• In NET, instruction is typically conducted where?
• What describes a pure operant?
• Which of the following correctly orders the steps in echoic training?
• Which of the following is NOT one of the four types of extinction?
• Task modification involves which of the following?
• What is the unit of analysis in ABA to understand, predict, and change behavior?
• What is a baseline?
• What is a tangible function of behavior?
• What is receptive language?
• What is functional communication training (FCT)?
• What is true about reinforcement in NET and DTT?
• What is no-no prompt repeat?
• In NET, which statement best describes the consequence?
• What is an echoic?
• Which statement best describes errorless learning?
• In a behavior intervention plan, which component specifies how consequences are adjusted to reduce the problem behavior?
• Which statement best describes environmental modifications?
• What are the assumptions of behavior analysis?
• A key feature of EIBI regarding environment is that treatment should:
• In discrete trial teaching, a response that is correct without prompting is categorized as which of the following?
• In mand development, what does 'impure to pure' refer to?
• Which of the following is an advantage of Fluency Based Instruction?
• What is a stimulus prompt?
• Which of the following lists the four basic verbal operants?
• What is restitutional overcorrection?
• What is chaining?
• What is the goal of NET?
• In Applied Behavior Analysis, acquisition is defined as
• How do we know when something is mastered?
• Which of the following is NOT a form of direct assessment?
• Which of the following is an example of an escape function of behavior?
• What is a positional prompt?
• Which of the following are components of a BIP?
• What is behavioral analysis?
• Which of the following is NOT listed as a component of a BIP?
• Which term describes prompting by providing a physical prompt, full or partial?
• In tact, what describes the relationship between the nonverbal antecedent and the consequence?
• Which statement about DRO is true?
• Which statement best describes no-no prompt repeat?
• Verbal behavior is best described as:
• Which statement about EIBI is correct regarding program monitoring?
• NET strategies may be appropriate to implement in a treatment program for which of the following?
• Which of the following best describes the purpose of a BIP?
• What best defines an SD (discriminative stimulus) in behavior analysis?
• Which of the following describes a sensory/automatic function of a behavior?
• Which description best defines a full physical prompt?
• In Discrete Trial Training, which item serves as the discriminative stimulus (SD) or motivating operation (MO)?
• Which of the following describes how to conduct Discrete Trial Training?
• Which statement about the mand's consequence is most accurate?
• In the example 'Take a bite', the listener responds by taking a bite. This demonstrates which language type?
• What is differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA)?
• In NET, who selects the target items?
• What is a task analysis?
• Which statement best defines intraverbal?
• What is the typical duration for Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention?
• Which statement about Discrete Trial Training is true?
• What does EIBI stand for?
• Which statement best defines a mand?
• Which method involves offering two choices to identify what the individual selects first and/or most frequently?
• What is shaping?
• An MO is an antecedent condition which:
• What is the core principle of ABA?
• In discrete trial training, a response that is correct with no prompt is labeled as?
• What does the environment include in ABA?
• What is an environment?
• What is expressive language?
• What is a model prompt?
• Which statement about autism is supported by the material?
• In DTT, what are the three main components of a learning trial?
• What describes a pure mand?
• Which statement best differentiates verbal behavior from vocal behavior?
• Precision teaching is described as:
• What is the function of a behavior?
• What is a within-stimulus prompt?
• In tact, what is the nature of the consequence that follows the verbal response?
• What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
• Stimulus generalization is best described by which statement?
• Indirect individualized assessment involves gathering information through which methods?
• Which statement best describes Fluency Based Instruction?
• In the training steps, RR stands for:
• Which of the following is a characteristic of Discrete Trial Training?
• How does ABA work?
• Which of the following is an advantage of NET?