6th Edition Trivia Compilation

6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 Trivia Compilation Author: Celia Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Aligned to the BCBA 6th Edition Task List This mock is not affiliated with the BACB Do not reproduce or disseminate without author’s permission Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 1 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 Refer to www.bacb.com for the latest eligibility requirements. Content Area Foundations A. Behaviorism and Philosophical Foundations B. Concepts and Principles C. Measurement, Data Display, and Interpretation D. Experimental Design E. Ethical and Professional Issues F. Behavior Assessment G. Behavior-Change Procedures H. Selecting and Implementing Interventions I. Personnel Supervision and Management Total Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission # of Tasks # of Questions % of Exam 5 8 5% 24 12 24 21 14% 12% 9 12 8 19 16 13 22 23 25 20 7% 13% 14% 14% 11% 7 104 19 175 11% 100% P. 2 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 Name: _______________________________ Date: ________________ 1. You would like to increase cooperation and decrease problem behaviors during instructions. Antecedent-Based variables you might consider are: a) Provide choice and use high-p sequence presentation b) Consequence Based interventions c) Praise or token economy system d) All of the above 2. _______________ ethics refers to a practitioner’s ability to adhere to the ethical code of their discipline and ______________ ethics refers to the person’s moral code. a) b) c) d) Personal, Professional Scholarly, Personal Professional, Personal Client, Professional 3. In condition A, Sheldon provides a candy to Penny when she speaks in a low voice and sprays her with water when she speaks in a high voice. In condition B, Sheldon sprays water on Penny when she speaks in a low voice and gives her a candy when she speaks in a high voice. This is likely to be: a) Reversal design b) Withdrawal design c) ATD d) MBD 4. Discovering how certain schedules of reinforcement can influence post-reinforcement pauses in the laboratory is to ______________ while using this knowledge to influence adjunctive behavior during sessions with participants in a study is to ____________. a) b) c) d) Service Delivery / Experimental Analysis of Behavior Experimental Analysis of Behavior / Behaviorism Applied Behavior Analysis / Experimental Analysis of Behavior Experimental Analysis of Behavior / Applied Behavior Analysis 5. Which of the following exemplifies collaboration with other professionals? a) Providing opinions in regards to the medications recommended by the psychiatrist. b) Graphing the learner’s behavior when medication is taken and when it is not taken and sharing your data. Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 3 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 c) Let the team know that you will only work with those using evidence-based interventions. d) None of the above 6. Mary, the BCBA was hired by a third party, a) Decline the job; BCBA should not be hired by a third party. b) Should clarify her role as a behavior analyst and keep all parties updated at the end of the consulting job. c) Should clarify her role as a behavior analyst and define roles at the onset of services. d) Should ultimately view the one who is paying her as the “primary” client. 7. There are two schedules; A and B. 75% of the reinforcement comes from schedule B. Therefore, 75% of the organism’s responding will be allocated to schedule B. This best describes: a) Behavioral economics b) Behavioral distribution c) Matching Law d) Premack Principle 8. a) b) c) d) A target definition should be: Objective, contextual, and concise Objective, clear, and complete Measurable, criterion-based, and objective None of the above 9. Zoe just created a new skill acquisition program for her client and would like her therapists to implement the new program. Zoe should: a) Email the written program record to the therapists and ask them to run it at the next session with the client. After the session, check on their data via the data collection management system. b) Email the written program record to the therapist and call them after their sessions with the client to see how it went. c) Email the written program record to the therapists and encourage them to ask any questions before they run it in their next session. d) Provide the written program record to the therapists, discuss it with them, model how the program should be run, engage in role-play, and provide onsite supervision to model implementing the program with the client and providing feedback to the therapist as they are running it for the first time. 10. When implementing a behavioral intervention, one should: a) Consider contingencies acting on people in and around the learner. Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 4 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 b) Involve staff, caregivers, and family from the beginning. c) Consider a cost benefit analysis d) All of the above 11. Howard has been spraying water on Sheldon when he nagged. To determine if this is effective, Howard stopped spraying Sheldon to see if nagging would increase. This is likely to be a: a) Reversal design b) Withdrawal design c) ATD d) Concurrent Schedule 12. Tommy threw work materials on the floor. Knowing the function maintaining this problem behavior to be escape, the teacher prompted Tommy by saying “I need a break”. Allowing Tommy to escape from work when Tommy says “I need a break” is likely a: a) DRI or DRO b) DRI or DRA c) DRA or DRC d) DRA or DRL 13. a) b) c) d) In performance evaluation, the most objective method is: Behavioral rating scale Count Ranking They are all the same 14. Which exemplifies a dual relationship for the behavior analyst? a) The behavior analyst coaches his former supervisor’s son in tennis. b) The behavior analyst has a crush on one of her supervisees and refers him out to another supervisor. c) The behavior analyst coaches her current client’s son in tennis. d) They are all examples of dual relationships 15. In regards to the 3 levels of investigations in science, descriptive assessment such as ABC data analysis is to ________________ as functional analysis is to ____________. a) Description, Prediction b) Prediction, Control c) Description, Experimentation d) Description, Control Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 5 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 16. a) b) c) d) Inclusions and exclusions satisfy the element of ____________ for operationalized definitions. Contextual Objective Complete Criterion 17. a) b) c) d) Tom is conducting a task analysis, he is: Breaking down a task into more complex components. Shaping a behavior Breaking down a task into its stimulus-response components. Combining behaviors into the same response class. 18. Despite frequent requests of bites, baby Albert was only given bites of food contingent on meeting IRT criterion for bites and only if a bite is taken. Dr. Watson is likely to be using which type of procedure? a) Full session DRL b) Spaced-responding DRL c) Interval DRL d) All of the above 19. According to baseline data, cursing occurs about every 20 minutes. The initial criterion should start at ______ for a DRO procedure. a) 25 minutes b) 30 minutes c) 21 minutes d) 19 minutes 20. a) b) c) d) A Changing Criterion design would most likely to be used for: Increasing the percentage of completed steps in a task analysis for making coffee. Teaching a learner how to use Microsoft Excel application. Increasing the number of words read in a minute for a learner who knows how to read. Generalization of greetings to various settings. 21. a) b) c) d) Shelly is training CPR. Which of the following is an ideal training procedure to use? Social Stories Video Modeling Competency Based Training Scripts and script fading 22. Beth, the BCBA saw another fellow BCBA not giving a tip to his waitress at the local diner on her lunch break. Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 6 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 a) b) c) d) Beth should report the incident to the BACB as this colleague lacks integrity. Beth should report the incident to the BACB as this is not a value of a behavior analyst. Beth does not need to report the incident to the BACB. A and B 23. Celia is shaping Beth’s tennis serve. The first step is the toss, next is bringing the racket back over the shoulder, etc. Shaping a tennis serve is: a) Shaping within topographical response class. b) Shaping across topographical response class c) Shaping within stimulus class d) Shaping across stimulus class 24. a) b) c) d) Systematic Performance Monitoring can: Be bias measurements Provide adequate delivery of reinforcement and feedback Spread jealousy amongst staff All of the above 25. Every time difficult demands were presented, Joey would rip up his work. Joey ripping up his work was occasioned by difficult demands. When the work is not difficult, Joey does not rip up his work. This exemplifies which attitudes of science? a) Determinism b) Analysis c) Philosophical Doubt d) Behavioral 26. Ignoring is to ______________ extinction as withholding maintaining reinforcers is __________ extinction. a) b) c) d) Functional, Topographic Respondent, Operant Procedural, Negative Procedural, Functional 27. Which of the following statement is correct about primary reinforcers? a) b) c) d) Not all primary reinforcers are required to sustain life at birth Food, money, warmth, praise are primary reinforcers Praise, shelter, water, food are primary reinforcers None of the above 28. When baseline data shows variability; one might use this experimental design. a) Alternating Treatment b) Multiple Baseline Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 7 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 c) Multiple Treatment d) Reversal 29. Logan used a structured behavioral interview such as the Functional Assessment Interview tool. He is conducting a(n): a) Descriptive assessment b) Indirect analysis c) Indirect assessment d) Descriptive Interviews 30. Wanda is using aversive to decrease her learner’s hand flapping as it was impeding on learning. Positive forms of intervention have not been attempted. Hand flapping was reduced by 50% in one week. Wanda might not have considered: a) Social Validity of Goals b) Social Validity of Intervention c) Social Validity of Outcomes d) Wanda considered all 3 types of social validity 31. Which of the following statement is true regarding functional behavior assessment? a) Indirect assessment does not meet any level of scientific rigor. b) You don’t have to conduct one if the behavior is stereotypy which is maintained by automatic reinforcement. c) Indirect assessment is the lowest scientific investigation and meets only the “description” level of rigor. d) None of the above 32. “Tom arriving late to class. Teacher 1 said “I’m sure he was daydreaming about his weekend and got lost roaming around the hallways.” Teacher 2 said “Since the buses arrived late to school, this might have explained his tardiness.” Teacher 2’s statement exemplifies which attitudes of science? a) b) c) d) Experimentation Empiricism Replication Parsimony 33. Jim is an OBM consultant and is consulting to a company that manufactures widgets. He has been asked to find ways to increase profits and productivity. His interventions obtained the outcomes the company wanted but employees worked long hours and some jeopardized their health. a) Jim did not do anything wrong. Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 8 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 b) Jim violated ethical guidelines because he considered productivity as a goal and benefit. c) Jim violated ethical guidelines because he did not consider benefits and welfare of the employees. d) Ethics do not apply in this situation. 34. a) b) c) d) In the efforts to provide unrestricted activities for his supervisee, John (the BCBA) should: Have his supervisee read several articles and write a summary of what she learned. Have his supervisee take IOA data with another therapist. Have his supervisee listen to several podcasts and write a summary of what she learned. Have his supervisee print, cut, and laminate the pictures John has identified for a skill acquisition program. 35. Although Jen was able to observe her learner across 5 days, observation conducted varied in times of day and elapsed time. Jen is likely to use _______________ to graph her data on the number of head bangs the learner engaged in across 5 days of observation. a) Rate b) Frequency c) Trial to Criterion d) None of the above 36. Jose is a teacher in a general education classroom with 30 students. The BCBA requested Jose to take some data on social interactions for a student during indoor recess. Currently there is no baseline data and the BCBA would like to evaluate the intervention. Given the lack of resources in the classroom, the BCBA might suggest for Jose to take _______. a) Continuous Measurement b) Whole-Interval Recording Data c) Momentary Time Sampling Data d) Derivative Measures 37. a) b) c) d) Lou has chosen a discontinuous measurement to evaluate his intervention. Lou will likely: Use event recording measurement procedure Not count every instance of behavior Use a derivative measure Use a timing measurement method Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 9 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 38. John would like to decrease one problem behavior for all the 6 children in the class. A design he might use to demonstrate experimental control by showing the behavior is decreased when and only when the intervention is applied without withdrawing the treatment might be: a) Multi-Element b) Multiple Schedule c) Multiple Baseline d) Multiple Reversals 39. a) b) c) d) “What does the behavior look like?” might be a question asked in a(n): Descriptive assessment Direct observation Indirect assessment Indirect observation 40. Sitting close to the learner or just being in the classroom to conduct an observation might alter both the staff and learner’s behaviors. This might be due to: a) Procedural drift b) Reactivity c) Learner’s maturation d) All of the above 41. Susan took data on her student’s behavior. This exemplifies which attitudes of science? a) b) c) d) Replication Empiricism Experimentation Determinism 42. You carpool to work with several colleagues. One of your colleagues talks too much and on subjects that are of no interest to you. As a result, you turned on the radio and cranked up the volume to drown him out. In the future when you ride with this colleague, you will continue to turn on the radio to a high volume when he starts babbling. Turning on the radio is influenced by ______________________ and in particular, a(n) _____________ behavior. a) Positive Reinforcement b) Negative Reinforcement, avoidance c) Negative Reinforcement, escape d) Discriminated Avoidance, Free-Operant Avoidance 43. The BCBA conducted a visual inspection of several skill acquisition programs. He notices that several programs have a downward trend over the past 10 sessions. The BCBA should: Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 10 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 a) b) c) d) Assess treatment integrity and make any necessary procedural changes Allow for several more data points to see if progress is made Discontinue the programs Change the therapist 44. Lisa is evaluating video modeling as the intervention to teach sequences of a complex behavior chain. The design she will likely use is the _________. a) Changing Criterion Design b) Multiple Baseline Across a Few Settings c) Multiple Treatment Reversal Design d) Multiple Probe Design 45. Lori is using a derivative measurement to collect data. She is likely to be using _________________. a) Event Recording b) Frequency c) Percent of Occurrence or Non-Occurrence d) All of the above 46. In Baseline, data points show 2, 4, and 6. In intervention, data points show 8, 10, and 12. Was the intervention effective in increasing the behavior? a) Yes, the level changed so it must be an effective intervention b) Yes, the trend changed so it must be an effective intervention c) No, the level did not increase d) No, the trend line indicated no behavior change 47. Lauren is a BCBA coordinating a home program for a 7-year-old learner who is highly aggressive. Lauren has handled aggressive children in the past. Lauren has a new staff member (Jamie) who has been working less than a month in the field. Lauren assigns herself to work with Jamie for a week. Although Jamie is not using the strategies independently, Lauren discontinues training and Jamie gets beaten up on her third day. a) Lauren did not violate any ethical guidelines. b) Lauren violated ethical guidelines because adequate training needs to be provided to supervisees. One week of training might not be enough for someone who has only one month experience to work with a highly aggressive learner. c) Lauren violated ethical guidelines but this situation is typical and acceptable. d) None of the above. 48. To teach conditional discrimination: a) We should start with two or more comparison stimuli Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 11 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 b) We should start with one stimulus in the array c) We should not use any sample stimulus d) We should not have any comparison stimuli 49. Karen works with a home-based client who is of Indian culture. The grandparents live with the family. Karen learned that it is customary for the grandparents to feed their young grandchildren. This practice is one of the highest honors for the older generation. Furthermore, parents advised Karen that their child feeds himself when he is in school. Understanding this cultural practice, Karen is not prioritizing self-feeding over other adaptive daily living programs. a) Karen missed out on an opportunity to help the client to be more independent by not working on self-feeding at home b) Self-feeding is an important adaptive life skill and not working on this goal violates the applied dimension of ABA c) Karen has identified goals based on client preferences and cultural variables d) Karen did not develop intervention goals based on observable and measurable terms 50. The therapist has identified jellybeans as a potential reinforcer to be used during DTT. However, during the session, the client engages in a lot of approaching behavior such as reaching out and staring at the jellybeans. These behaviors interfere with attending to the instruction and to the stimuli in the array. This side effect is referred to as: a) Operant condition; a side effect of reinforcement b) Aggression; a side effect of reinforcement c) Approach to the reinforcing agent: a side effect of reinforcement d) Suppression of the target response; a side effect of reinforcement 51. Professor Skimmer only considers public behaviors as the subject matter of this branch of behaviorism. Professor Skimmer’s views align with? a) Interbehaviorism b) Methodological Behaviorism c) Radical Behaviorism d) Cognitive Behaviorism 52. Susan manipulated variables across settings to see the effects on her student’s problem behaviors. This process best exemplifies which attitudes of science? a) b) c) d) Verification Experimentation Determinism Empiricism Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 12 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 53. Cooper’s mom took away his computer time because he cursed. This exemplifies which operant contingency: a) b) c) d) Negative Reinforcement Positive Punishment Negative Punishment Not enough information 54. Laura lacks scanning skills and toleration to relinquishing reinforcers. A preference assessment that might be appropriate for Laura is? a) b) c) d) Free operant MSWO Progressive Ratio MSW 55. Operant contingencies or procedures are said to ___________ behaviors while respondent procedures are said to _____________ behaviors. a) b) c) d) Emit/Evoke Elicit/Emit Evoke/Emit Evoke/Elicit 56. Joseph and Mary are observing a learner and measuring the behavior using event recording (count). The most stringent IOA we can calculate on Joseph and Mary is: a) Total Count IOA b) Exact Count Per Interval IOA c) Mean Count Per Interval IOA d) Exact Count Event Recording IOA 57. Suzy is continuously observing the learner to insure if he engages in the response throughout the interval. She is likely to be using _____________. a) Time Sampling b) PLAYCHEK c) Partial-Interval-Recording d) Whole-Interval-Recording 58. _______ is concerned with teaching the learner to perform a skill during distractions, across people, settings, and maintaining the skill over time. a) Direct Instructions Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 13 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 b) Discrete Trial Teaching c) Competency Based Training d) Precision Teaching 59. a) b) c) d) Which time sampling IOA is the most stringent for a behavior that occurs at low frequency? Unscored Interval IOA Interval by Interval IOA Scored Interval IOA Exact Interval IOA 60. Linda is running functional analyses for her learners. Linda prepares the environment and staff to help learners discriminate between stimulus conditions in order to demonstrate experimental control. Linda is likely running a(n): a) Multiple Baseline b) Multi-Element design c) Multiple Probe d) Changing Criterion 61. John, the BCBA has been assigned to work with a child whose parents are homosexuals. John is a Christian and does not feel comfortable with the assignment. a) John should continue working with the family as the opportunity will allow him to increase tolerance and understanding of homosexuality. b) John should tell the family of his feelings about homosexuality and decline the assignment. c) John should not accept the job and refer out to other colleagues. He should also assess his moral codes to see if they align with the responsible conduct of a behavior analyst. d) John should speak to his priest. 62. Zoe is a BCBA providing behavioral services in a low-income neighborhood. A client is unable to pay for services and Zoe accepts home cooked meals in lieu of payment. a) Zoe has demonstrated compassion and empathy; these characteristics are valued in a behavior analyst. b) This exemplifies Zoe accepting a pro bono client. c) Bartering should be avoided to reduce conflict of interest in the relationship. Zoe can help the family identify government resources to alleviate the financial burden. d) Zoe adhered to responsible conduct of a behavior analyst. 63. Which of the following experimental designs demonstrates the strongest experimental control? a) Multiple Baseline b) Multiple reversals Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 14 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 c) AB Design d) All single subject designs demonstrate experimental control equally 64. a) b) c) d) Concept formation involves: Generalization within a stimulus class and discrimination across stimulus class. Discrimination within stimulus class and generalization across stimulus class. Generalization within response class but discrimination across stimulus class. Discrimination within both stimulus class and across stimulus class. 65. a. b. c. d. Learners who have become prompt dependent: are common during DTI are common for establishing stimulus control Tend to be cognitive delayed Might have resulted from prompts being inserted into the behavior chain 66. a. b. c. d. It is effective to teach discrimination training by: Presenting both the S∆ and SD; reinforcing one condition and not the other Presenting the S∆ and SD; reinforcing both conditions Presenting the S∆ alone on every trial presenting the SD alone on every trial 67. Hungry Lucy leads mom into the kitchen and points to the apple. Mom gives Lucy an apple. Lucy is possibly: a) Tacting b) Emitting an autoclitic c) Manding d) None of the above 68. a. b. c. d. The goals of prompt fading: Allows the learner to be prompt dependent. Teaches the learner to respond to the naturally occurring stimuli in the environment. Not recommended when attempting to establish stimulus control To prevent the transfer of stimulus control from the prompt to the discriminative stimulus 69. Student attempted to grab the ice-cream cone from the teacher’s hand. The teacher said to the student “I want ice-cream”. Student then said “I want ice-cream” and was provided with icecream. The prompt provided to the student is best described as: a) Model response prompt b) Gestural Prompt Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 15 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 c) Graduated Guidance d) Stimulus Prompt 70. In initial tact training, the ultimate goal for the learner is to tact when: a) b) c) d) The teacher says “what’s this?” while the object or event being “tacted” is present The object or event being “tacted” is present or in sight of the learner. The object or event being “tacted” is out of sight The teacher says “what do you want?” 71. Peter and Paul are observing a learner and measuring behavior using Partial Interval Recording. What is the most stringent method of IOA on a learner who engages in the behavior at a very high rate. a) Unscored Interval IOA b) Scored Interval IOA c) Interval-by-Interval IOA d) Trial by Trial IOA 72. On a cumulative record, the data point for Monday is a 3 and the data point for Tuesday is a 5. How many total occurrences of the behavior occurred on Tuesday? a) b) c) d) 2 3 5 Cannot be determined 73. a) b) c) d) The data points are 9, 0, 3, 6, 17, 13, 10. The median is: 9 6 8 14.5 74. Toby was taught to tact three pictures of different looking dogs as “dog”. When shown a novel dog, Toby was also able to tact it as “dog”. Toby was taught to match and is now able to demonstrate generalized identical matching. In addition, after Toby was taught to read the textual word “dog”, the bidirectional relation was emerged. The behaviors emitted by Toby are examples of? a) b) c) d) Equivalence Stimulus generalization Derived stimulus relations Transitivity Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 16 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 75. In recent literature, some authors suggest that having joint attention will lead to higher reading comprehension skills such as the ability to make inferences and perspective taking. As suggested by these authors, joint attention skills might be a ________________ for making inferences in reading. a) Behavior cusp b) Socially significant c) Pivotal behavior d) None of the above 76. a) b) c) d) Paul is writing a task analysis on cooking pasta. How might he conduct a task analysis? Paul should record each step as he cooks pasta. Observe a competent performer. Take a survey A and B 77. Which of the following is a well-written goal? a) Jamal will be able to imitate models with objects b) Jamal will be able to imitate 3 consecutive novel models (with objects) across at least 2 staff members and 2 settings c) Jamal will be able to imitate 20 models with objects d) Jamal will be able to imitate gestures 78. The visual display of the TBFA results is below. Based on the graph, the strongest EO influencing the target behavior is? a) Escape from demand b) Access to attention c) Control d) Access to tangible Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 17 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 79. To teach children how to play tennis, the instructors use balls that are larger than regular size tennis balls. As a result, the students are hitting the ball more frequently. The example best exemplifies the instructor using: a) b) c) d) Within-Stimulus prompts or Stimulus shaping transformation Extra-Stimulus prompts Most-to-least prompts Least-to-Most prompts 80. In a functional analysis, controlling variables are identified through the systematic manipulation of? a) Participants b) Behavior c) Environmental Variables d) Data 81. To teach Tom to make his bed, his mother either have Tom independently or with assistance complete each step of the task analysis. Tom’s mother is likely using ____________ to teach. a) b) c) d) Forward Chaining Total Task Chaining Backward Chaining Sequential Behavior Chaining 82. In mand training, the ultimate goal for the learner is to mand when: a) b) c) d) The stimulus requested is out of sight but the EO is absent. The stimulus requested is in sight and the EO is present. The stimulus requested is in sight but out of reach and the teacher says “what do you want?” The stimulus requested is out of sight and the EO is present. 83. Tessa decided to use peer models to teach social skills to her learner. It is more effective if: a) b) c) d) Behavior of the peer model is reinforced Any neuro-typical developing peer can be used Peers should be younger than the learner Peer model’s interest must be incorporated in social skills activities 84. “.....excluding are high-fives and handshakes....” is likely to be part of a operationalized definition; contributing to the ___________ of the definition. Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 18 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 a) b) c) d) Measurable objectivity clarity Completeness 85. Jill exchanges tokens for _______________ in a token economy system implemented by her teacher. Tokens are ________________ for Jill. a) b) c) d) Conditioned reinforcers, generalized conditioned reinforcers Primary reinforcers, Secondary reinforcers Primary reinforcers, Backup reinforcers Backup reinforcers, Conditioned reinforcers 86. Everyone in the class will earn extra recess time if Joey engages in the target behavior for the next 10 minutes. This contingency is likely to be a(n): a) b) c) d) Interdependent group contingency Independent group contingency Intradependent group contingency Hero Procedure 87. Three timers are exactly 5 minutes slower. If these instruments are used to measure behavior, we can say the timers are at the very least likely to produce _____________ data. a) Valid b) Accurate c) Reliable d) Artificial 88. In an equal interval graph, the abscissa reflects ___________ while the ordinate reflects _______. a) Percentage, Days b) Time, Responding c) Y,X d) Rate, Days 89. A matching-to-sample procedure was used to teach the term and its definition. The emerged bidirectional relationship was then tested. If not, the definition-to-term relation was taught. The relationship of definition to its example was then taught and the derived bi-directional relationship was tested. If not, the example-to-definition was then taught. Finally, the combinatorial entailment of term-to-example was tested. This type of teaching protocol likely describes? Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 19 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 a) b) c) d) PSI Discrimination training EBI Programmed Instruction 90. Greg is using event recording to measure a learner’s behavior. On some days, Greg is able to observe the entire period while on certain days, he is only able to observe part of certain periods. In addition, the school had a half day schedule during Greg’s week of observation so the periods were shortened. To display his data, Greg is likely to use ________ on the Y-axis. a) b) c) d) Count Rate Frequency All of the above 91. Poor reading skill leads to a low reading score is to ________________ as Executive Function is to _____________________. a) b) c) d) Hypothetical constructs, explanatory constructs Circular Reasoning, Hypothetical Constructs Attitudes, feelings Hypothetical fictions, explanatory constructs 92. Sue and Joe got a high IOA on their observations. We can be sure that their data: a) b) c) d) Has high agreement with one another. Their data is accurate. Their data is valid. All of the above. 93. During the study, some participants’ behaviors changed due to observing another participant contacting the intervention. a) This can be a benefit for a multiple baseline design across participants as vicarious reinforcement can be an efficient way to change behaviors b) This will have no impact when using a multiple baseline design c) This will impede on internal validity in a multiple baseline design across participants d) This is an advantage when using a changing criterion design Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 20 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 94. The moving up target states 3 consecutive correct responses. Based on the data of [+ - - + + - + + + + +], what is the trials-to-criterion? a) b) c) d) 11 5 9 8 95. Which is not a private behavior? a) b) c) d) A thought Feeling an itch or tingling sensation Feeling warmth Internal bleeding 96. Jaime obtained his BCBA credential 7 months ago and was requested by his company to provide supervision experience to an RBT. Can Jaime be the supervisor for this RBT? a) b) c) d) No, Jaime needs to be credentialed for at least 5 years Yes, but only if Jamie demonstrates the skills of the supervisor Yes, but only if he obtains a qualified consulting supervisor No, Jaime has never supervised and should not be practicing outside of his competence 97. Celia saw her friend receiving praise for using precise behavioral terms. As a result, Celia starts to use precise behavioral language. If the teacher is assessing her effects of intervention (praise statements to reinforce speaking in precise behavioral terms), experimental control might be jeopardized due to: a) b) c) d) Vicarious reinforcement Ripple Effects Spillover Effects All of the above 98. The IISCA is a(n)? a) b) c) d) Functional Behavior Assessment Indirect Assessment Descriptive Analysis Functional Analysis Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 21 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 99. Rules are more effective when: a) b) c) d) The learner has a history of non-contingency shaped repertoire. Outcomes are unlikely The learner has a history of only contingency shaped behavior/repertoire. Outcomes are small 100. “Mary will flap her arms and hands throughout the school day. Her stereotypical behavior is common among many individuals with autism” said Mary’s teacher. “Can you help me reduce this behavior as it is interfering with learning?” asked the teacher. a) You provide suggestions on competing behaviors that might give Mary the same reinforcing consequence. b) You ask to observe as you need to understand the functional reasons for the behavior c) You recommend redirection and blocking as the intervention. d) You ask if this is socially significant. 101. Let A=spoken word for ball. Let B=picture of a ball. Let C=written word “ball”. If A=B, and B=C, then ____________________ demonstrates the last and final step of stimulus equivalence. This last step is __________________. a) b) c) d) Spoken word for ball = written word “ball”, transitivity Written word “ball” = picture of a ball, symmetry Picture of a ball = written word “ball”, transitivity Picture of a ball = picture of another ball, symmetry 102. The supervisor conducts an evaluation on the supervisee’s problem behaviors and identified the competing contingencies that influenced him to turn work in late. The supervision is likely using a _______ to addressing performance issues. a) b) c) d) Indirect assessment approach Functional assessment approach Private or mentalistic approach Punishment approach 103. A high IOA suggests that: a) Data are accurate. b) Data are more believable. c) Data are most likely to be valid. d) None of the above Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 22 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 104. The data point for 6/7/14 is 5, 6/8/14 is 7, 6/9/14 is 7, 6/10/14 is 9, etc. Data points never go below the previous data point. This is likely to be a(n): a) Line graph b) Standard Celeration Chart c) Histogram d) Cumulative Record 105. The BCBA would like to influence the temporal locus dimension of smoking behaviors. A valid data product to consider when evaluating the intervention is? a) Event Recording b) Timing c) Duration d) Latency 106. John is looking to decrease the time between smoking for his friend. John decided to measure the duration of his friend smoking one cigarette. Although duration data was correct, in regards to measuring duration, John’s data likely to be: a) inaccurate b) unreliable c) invalid d) artificial 107. Joan is conducting a functional behavior assessment; Matching Law can be helpful in analyzing: a) Variables that influence relative response rates b) Variables that control low frequency behaviors. c) Differential rates of various members of the response class. d) All of the above 108. Driving will allow the learner to contact new contingencies. Driving is a _________________. a) Behavior cusp b) Pivotal behavior c) Target behavior d) Habilitative skill 109. John manipulates antecedent variables to see the effects on a student’s problem behavior. John asks the teacher to act as she would normally would after the behavior occurs this means not necessarily providing the suspected functional reinforcer(s) to abate the behavior. John is likely conducting a(n): a) IISCA b) Continuous ABC Recording Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 23 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 c) Scatterplot Analysis d) A-B Analysis 110. a) b) c) d) As a BCBA, John must maintain confidentiality to his clients: At all times At all times and discuss limits to confidentiality at the onset of services At all times and discuss limits to confidentiality when opportunities arise At all times unless consent is provided by the client 111. David is writing a behavior program, he should: a) Have his interventions be socially valid b) Consider the contingencies acting on the staff c) Include family and staff members in its conception d) All of the above 112. Tom presents an array of 3 or more stimuli. The item chosen by the learner remains in the array and the items not chosen are replaced with new ones. Tom is likely to be conducting a(n): a) Free Operant Preference Assessment b) Paired Stimulus Preference Assessment c) Multiple Stimuli with Replacement Preference Assessment d) Multiple Stimuli without Replacement Preference Assessment 113. In a standard functional analysis protocol, which condition(s) would you ignore the problem behavior when it occurs? a) Toy Play or Unstructured Play b) Attention or Social Disapproval c) Unstructured Play or Alone d) Escape or Alone 114. If more than one validated treatment is available. Behavior analysts should consider other factors such as ____________ when selecting treatment. a) b) c) d) Client preference Practitioner’s experience/training Efficiency/costs effectiveness All of the above 115. Which of the following assessments is contingent on the learner to respond? Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 24 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 a) b) c) d) Reinforcer assessment using a progressive ratio schedule Multiple Stimulus Without Replacement Free operant preference assessment Forced Choice 116. Mrs. Walker is using Direct Instructions (DI) in her classroom. What might you see if you walk into her classroom? a) b) c) d) The children responding “parallelogram” out loud in unison. Discrete Trial Instructions being provided in a didactic format. Instructions provided at a slow pace. A low level of structure in instructions. 117. a) b) c) d) The effects of supervision can be evaluated based on? Client’s performance Staff’s performance Supervisor’s performance All of the above 118. An IOA method you might use for the PIR data is: a) Exact Count per Interval IOA b) Total Duration IOA c) Total Count IOA d) Interval by Interval IOA 119. Celia is measuring the length, width, and height and multiplying these dimensions to get the volume of a rectangular prism resulting in 60 cubic feet. However, the teacher asked for the surface area of the rectangular prism which was 112 square feet. Celia’s answer did match the true value of the rectangular prism’s volume; obtained through the water displacement method. At the very least, Celia’s volume calculation matching true value exemplifies _________ criteria for trustworthiness of data. However, Celia’s answer did not meet __________ criteria for trustworthiness because it wasn’t what the teacher had asked for. a) b) c) d) Accuracy/Validity Validity/Accuracy Reliability/Validity Validity/Reliability Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 25 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 120. Every time Jose engages in aggression, attention is mediated. Data from 3 days of observation show that 20 instances of aggression all mediated attention. However, data also shows that attention is present in Jose’s environment in the absence of aggression as well. As a matter of fact, partial interval recording data shows that attention was present in the absence of aggression 85% of the intervals. The remaining 15% of the intervals show that attention was present in the presence of aggression. Having this information, one can now interpret that: a) There is a strong correlation between aggression and access to attention. b) There is a weak correlation between aggression and access to attention. c) Control between aggression and access to attention is evident. d) There is no need to examine the environment in the absence of aggression. 121. a) b) c) d) Which exemplifies the functional definition of spitting? Ejecting saliva or liquid from one’s mouth to get attention. Ejecting saliva or liquid from one’s mouth hitting another person Ejecting saliva or liquid forcibly from one’s mouth as a stereotypy A and C 122. School decided to implement a token economy for reading. Even though nothing changed at home, Penny started to read less at home. There is likely a ____________ at the __________. This alteration is likely to be a ____________. a) Behavioral Contrast/Home/Negative Contrast b) Behavioral Contrast/School/Positive Contrast c) Behavioral Contrast/Home/ Positive Contrast d) No Behavioral Contrast 123. a) b) c) d) Which of the following statements is false as per the 6th edition task list? Restricted activities can both be supervised or independent Unrestricted activities can be both be supervised or independent The restricted activities cannot be more than 40% of the total accrued hours. The unrestricted activities cannot be more than 60% of total accrued hours. 124. Celia was working in finance as a financial analyst before pursuing a second career in behavior analysis. Celia completed her practicum in a public school district and after obtaining her BCBA, she was approached by JP Morgan Chase to provide OBM services. a) Celia is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst and is able to provide behavior analytic services for this company. b) Celia is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst and after having worked in finance, she is able to provide behavior analytic services for this company. Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 26 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 c) Celia should not pursue this opportunity as ethical guidelines might conflict with the financial company’s objectives to increase profit and benefit shareholders. d) Celia should not pursue this opportunity without supervision. 125. In a functional analysis, environmental variables are manipulated while _________. a) The target behavior is maintained constant b) Data is collected on the dimensions of behavior c) The target behavior is evoked but not abated d) Replication is unnecessary 126. To reduce scheduled induced behavior such as stereotypy, Jenn is likely to implement this antecedent strategy: a) b) c) d) Implement Premack principle Provide intermittent reinforcement Do nothing; scheduled induced behavior like spontaneous recovery is short lived. Shorten inter-trial intervals during instructions. 127. Billy lacks scanning skills and struggles relinquishing preferred items. A trial-based preference assessment to consider might be? a) Free Operant b) MSWO c) Forced Choice d) Single Stimulus 128. Ian provided his supervisee the supervision meeting notes to reviews. The notes contained feedback on service delivery and the demonstration of competence. The supervisee should: a) Read the feedback. b) Review the feedback, reflect one’s competence and skills, ask questions, and demonstrate changes in one’s behavior analytic and professional repertoire accordingly. c) File the meeting notes. d) Ignore the feedback as it is just formality. 129. We should value supervision the same way we ___________________. a) Value someone who is lower rank than us b) View the hierarchical structure of an organization c) Value positive outcomes from our clinical work with clients Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 27 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 d) Talk Therapy 130. The data points are 4, 6, 6, 8. The median is ____________ and the mean is ___________. a) 3.5, 6 b) 4, 8 c) 6, 6 d) None of the above 131. Which of the following statements does not violate ethical guidelines of a behavior analyst? a) “I have over 25 years of experience working with individuals with PICA and I’m certain I can be successful at reducing your child’s problem.” b) “I have had success working with individuals with PICA.” c) “According to the data, problems behavior increased during Math period. I would say your child does not like Math.” d) “I am a BCBA with 20 years of experience in the adult population with autism. I believe I can improve your company’s productivity with the technical knowledge I have in applied behavior analysis. 132. The supervisor would like to help her supervisee build fluency. One approach she might use is? a) b) c) d) Using a task analysis Matching-to-Sample Precision Teaching Punishment 133. a) b) c) d) Behavior analysts should: Use both vernacular language and precise ABA language Use only ABA jargon Use only vernacular language Use only mentalistic language 134. What is one criterion to use when evaluating supervision effects using data from the client? a) Generalization and maintenance of targets b) A and C c) Social Validity Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 28 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 d) Subjective reporting 135. For behaviors that tend to covary, you would likely not use ________ design to demonstrate experimental control. And if the behavior is not already in the learner’s repertoire, you would likely not use ____________. a) b) c) d) Multiple Treatment Reversals/Multiple Baseline Across Behaviors Changing Criterion/Multiple Probe Multiple Baseline Across Behaviors/Changing Criterion Nonparametric/Component Analysis 136. a) b) c) d) You should only work on behavior reduction in an FBA You should recommend at least one behavior to teach You should bulk up on consequence-based strategies None of the above 137. a) b) c) d) For every behavior reduction in an FBA Record review in an FBA might most likely consist of: Reviewing Birth records, tax and legal documents. Reviewing Litigation briefs, adoption and hospital records Reviewing IEPs, progress notes, program books Record review is not part of a FBA as assessment involving observation should be considered only. 138. The staff has exhausted all possible reinforcement and risk/benefit assessment shows that punishment is warranted to reduce severe self-injurious behavior. The staff should deliver the aversive: a) To adhere to less invasive protocol, the staff should start at the lowest intensity before increasing intensity of the aversive. b) Staff should never implement punishment due to emotional responses and the perpetuation of punishment. c) Staff should start at the lowest but most effective intensity. d) Staff should always obtain consent from the learner before using punishment. 139. The Performance Diagnostic Checklist addresses? a) Issues with task clarification and prompting b) Identifies performance consequences, effort, & completion Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 29 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 c) Issues with training d) All of the above 140. Hanley’s Open-Ended Interview when completed can provide meaningful and qualitative details to designing the experiment. The interview is a(n) __________. a) b) c) d) Indirect Assessment Descriptive Assessment Functional Analysis All of the above 141. At the IEP meeting, the OT recommended using B12 shots and the parents agreed to try them. a) You know B12 injection is not an evidence-based intervention for treatment of autism but you refrain from saying so since it was the OT who recommended it. b) You do not need to say anything since the OT was the one who made the recommendation and the OT is not a BCBA. c) You report the incident to the BACB. d) You advise the team that B12 injection is not an evidence-based treatment but that you would be able to take data before, during, and after the intervention to evaluate progress and effectiveness for the team. 142. a) b) c) d) When there are more than one treatment options, you should consider: The cost of the treatment The skills of the staff implementing the treatment Client’s preference All of the above 143. Penny is using gummy bears as a reinforcer to increase on-task behaviors for a learner. However, the gummy bears are so potent that they are triggering inappropriate behaviors such as talking about gummy bears, etc. This scenario exemplifies: a) b) c) d) Approaching the reinforcing agent; a negative side effect of reinforcement. Matching Law The potency and strength of gummy bears as a reinforcer. Suppression of the target response; a negative side effect of reinforcement Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 30 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 144. Toby has been assigned to provide home-based services to an Indian family. Toby has never worked with clients of Indian culture before. a) This is not a problem for Toby as Toby is behavior-analytic trained. b) Toby should take some classes on Indian culture and master all the modules to be culturally competent. c) Toby should seek consultation from a supervisor who has experiences working with families of Indian culture and continue to seek knowledge to be culturally-responsive and act with cultural humility. d) Toby should provide services to the Indian family just like how he has been serving his other families. 145. Celia is comparing the effects of SAFMEDS with another method to increase fluency of ABA concepts for her supervisee. She provided her supervisee several sets of concepts of equal complexity. SAFMEDS was used on some sets and the supervisee’s regular studying procedure was used on other sets. The two methods were randomly assigned to the sets. Celia is likely using which type of single subject design? a) Multiple Baseline Across Participants b) Withdrawal Design c) Pretest-Posttest Design d) Adaptive Alternating Treatment Design 146. Juanita was excited to have passed the BCBA examination and obtained her BCBA credential. She got an amazing position with a clinic as the BCBA responsible for several clients who engage in dangerous severe behaviors. Juanita has only conducted an academic assignment on FBA in school and has not received any unrestricted supervision fieldwork hours on FBAs. Juanita should: a) Accepts the position as working with clients with dangerous behaviors is in the scope of practice of a BCBA. b) Accept the position as having done an academic assignment FBA will allow her to work with clients with dangerous behaviors. c) Inform the employer that she has no fieldwork experience conducting FBAs and will need supervision if she accepts the position. d) Accepts the position as she has the BCBA credential. 147. Jen is a teacher for a self-contained pre-school classroom. All the children need to have their diaper changed prior to dismissal. To speed up the process and to eliminate wait time for the bathroom, she changes some of the students’ diapers in the rug area of the classroom. a) Jen is mindful of the potential issues if students do not get on their buses on time. b) Although it is probably better to change the students’ diapers in the bathroom, the children are too young to care about being changed in the open area. Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 31 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 c) Jen is doing the best she can. d) Jen violated one of the core principles; accord dignity. 148. a) b) c) d) Supervisors should ________________ as part of the responsibility to supervisees? Avoid mistakes Be confident in one’s competence Pay for the supervisee’s meals Adopt a reflective practice 149. When the principal is present, the students are likely to walk in the hallway. When the principal is absent, students tend to run in the hallway. The presence of the principal is likely to ___________? a) b) c) d) Have stimulus control over walking Be a conditioned stimulus Be a S-Delta Be a neutral stimulus 150. The function of feedback should? a) Not be in written communication b) Not be vocally communicated c) Change or shape the behaviors and skills of supervisees d) Be based on sense mode of delivery 151. Which of the following exemplifies a FI schedule on hand raising? a) Lucy will only be called on when she raises her hand on the third time. b) Lucy will only be called on randomly after a certain period of time has passed. c) Lucy will only be called on if the IRT of hand raising meets a minimum of 3 minutes upon correct responding. d) Lucy will be called on every 5 minutes regardless of whether she raises her hand or not. 152. As I’m standing on top of the double black diamond trail and about to ski down, my heart rate starts to raise. I bended my knees and shifted my weight between the edges of my skis. In regards to my heart raising, it is likely a(n) ____________. a) Respondent Behavior b) Conditioned Stimulus c) Operant Response d) A symptom of anxiety Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 32 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 153. As I’m standing on top of the double black diamond trail and about to ski down, my heart rate starts to raise. I bended my knees and shifted my weight between the edges of my skis. In regards to bending my knees and shifting weight between the edges, it is likely a(n) ________________. a) Respondent Behavior b) Conditioned Stimulus c) Operant Response d) A symptom of anxiety 154. You can do 3 correct math problems or do math problems for a duration of 15 minutes to earn music time. The basic schedule component specified in this contingency is/are? a) FR3 b) FI15m c) FR 3 and FI15m d) Alternative 155. You can press “1” to get peanuts, “2” to get chips, “3” to get candy from a vending machine. The topography of the selection-base response is the same. The schedule exemplified is likely a? a) Multiple b) Chain c) Alternative d) Concurrent 156. After surgery, the patient was put on a self-pain management system. The patient can press the button to get a set dose of pain medication delivered intravenously. However, to prevent overdose, the pain medication is only available every 60 minutes. The schedule exemplified is likely a(n): a) FR b) VR c) FI d) VI 157. Hassan practices his religion as a Muslim and is assigned to a family of a homosexual couple/partners. The practices and perspectives of the family appear to be different from Hassan’s beliefs. Hassan should: a) Identify personal biases and how they might interfere with professional activity. b) Do nothing Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 33 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 c) Keep his be beliefs to himself d) Educate the family on the values of the Muslim religion 158. A feature of the IISCA that is different from the Iwata’s functional analysis is? a) Consists of multiple test conditions b) Reinforcement in the test condition matches the reinforcement in the control condition c) Single contingency analysis d) Does not demonstrate functional relationship 159. Components of BST includes? a) Instruction, Modeling, Feedback, Role Play b) Lectures, Modeling, Rehearsal, Punishment c) Feedback, Reinforcement, Tests, Lectures d) Instruction, Written Evaluation, Multiple Choice Questions, Surveys 160. When I eat hotdogs, I need to add mustard. I don’t like to eat mustard on its own! At a picnic, when given a hotdog, I asked the host for some mustard. In regards to asking for mustard, having a hotdog served as a(n)? a. CMO-R b. CMO-S c. CMO-T d. SD 161. Faulty stimulus control is? a) Relevant features controlling the response evoked by stimuli in the same stimulus class b) Irrelevant features controlling the response c) Irrelevant features having no control on a response d) Relevant features having no control on a response 162. Peter is a fast walker. However, he does not pay attention to the light turning green and therefore, does not cross the street until it is too late. This is a problem because the light does not stay green forever and once it turns red, the traffic will resume. The BCBA implements an intervention to get Peter to take his first step sooner once the light turns green. To evaluate this intervention, the BCBA is likely to use the data product of _____________. The dimension of behavior targeted for influence is _______________. a) Rate / Repeatability b) IRT / Temporal Locus c) Latency / Temporal Locus d) Duration / Temporal Extent Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 34 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 163. In a demand condition of a functional analysis, the presentation of work likely serves as a(n) ____________ to the problem behavior and the therapist removing the work upon emittance of the problem behavior likely serves as a(n) ______________. a) SD / CMO b) UMO / CMO c) SD / Prompt d) EO / SD 164. Which of the following is needed before accruing supervision experience for credential of a board-certified behavior analyst? a) Start the approved ABA graduate course b) Enrolled as a student with a graduate school c) When you are an RBT d) When you have an undergraduate degree 165. Toby raised his hand in class to volunteer to help. The teacher enthusiastically praised Toby, “You are awesome! Such fine young boy who is always willing to help!” In the future, Toby’s hand raising to volunteer decreased. The teacher’s comments likely served as a(n)? a) Reinforcement b) Punishment c) Extinction d) Rule-Governed 166. The IISCA involves? a) Synthesized contingencies in one test condition b) Time-based delivery of reinforcement context after emittance of problem behaviors c) Multiple test conditions d) Single contingency analysis 167. When Greg’s children come home from school, he attempts to engage them in conversation such as asking questions like “How was your day?”, However, the children would only give one-word responses. Greg’s children do not appear to care much about his attention. However, when Greg has his suit on and had his luggage by the door, his children would shower him with attention. Seeing their dad with his suit, luggage and about to go on a business trip likely served as a(n) _________ evoking behaviors that have mediated their dad’s attention. a) SD Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 35 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 b) EO c) AO d) S-Delta (Special thanks to Dr. Greg Hanley for your contributions to the field of behavior analysis. Thank you for being a leader, a visionary, and an amazing teacher. Your scholarly work and entertaining stories will never be forgotten.) 168. The supervisee continues to submit work the evening before the supervision meeting. This creates a problem for the supervisor as he does not have adequate time to review the work to provide meaningful feedback. The supervisee is also frustrated because he does not receive the level of feedback, he wants at the supervision meeting. This can be resolved by doing which of the following? a) Reduce the amount of work for the supervisor to review. b) Postpone the supervision meeting. c) Establish clear expectations on when work needs to submitted on the contract. d) Terminate the supervision contract. 169. Experimental analysis of problem behaviors might include? a) Latency-Based FA, ABC analysis, Contingency-Space Analysis b) Trial-Based FA, Brief FA, Contingency-Space Analysis c) Full FA, ABC Analysis, Structured Analysis d) IISCA, Latency-Based FA, Precursor-FA 170. Toby’s screaming behavior was identified to be influenced by access to attention as according to the FBA. Prior to intervention, Toby’s appropriate mands for attention was at zero occurrence. The staff implemented FCT to teach Toby a more appropriate way to accessing attention by placing screaming on extinction reinforcing the appropriate communicative response. As a result, Toby’s screaming decreased and the communicative response increased. However, one day, the substitution teacher did not review the behavior plan and ignored Toby when he appropriately requested for attention. As a result, screaming emerged. The reappearance of this once extinguished response is likely to be? a) Spontaneous Recovery b) Renewal c) Resurgence d) Reinstatement 171. An intervention to help staff accept feedback well might be? a) Conduct preference assessment on feedback b) Reduce feedback Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 36 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 c) Do nothing, accepting feedback should already be in the staff’s repertoire d) A and B 172. Celia got in car accident on the intersection of Cooper Street and Hanley Boulevard. As a result, every time she drove past that same intersection, her heart rate increases and she hovers over the breaks, ready to use them. However, after passing through that intersection for several weeks and experiencing no accidents, her heart rate no longer increases (but she still hovers over the breaks) when she drives through it. The decrease of responding is likely due to? a) Weakening of the SD b) Operant Extinction c) Habituation d) Respondent Extinction 173. What should the supervisor do after determination that the skill is missing from the supervisee’s repertoire? a) Begin demonstrating the simplest version of the skill to teach b) Begin demonstrating the hardest version of the skill to teach c) Ask the supervisee to listen to a podcast d) Skip the skill and move to another one 174. Which of the following actions is legal or allowed in research publication? a) Filing away studies with negative outcomes b) Forging data c) Identifying participants without consent d) Plagiarism 175. An example of supportive feedback might be? a) Don’t do it like that b) Let’s see what happens when you try “xyz” c) The mistake you are making is “y” d) You are forgetting to do “x” Property of Celia L. Heyman, PhD, BCBA-D Do not reproduce or disseminate without permission P. 37 6th Edition Trivia Compilation – January 2025 Color the boxes you answered correctly. 91 52 51 41 32 25 15 4 A 172 167 165 163 161 160 156 155 154 153 152 151 149 143 95 74 67 64 55 53 42 27 26 7 B 162 130 119 106 105 104 94 90 88 87 84 73 72 57 46 45 37 36 35 16 8 C 145 135 97 93 63 60 44 40 38 28 20 11 3 D 174 157 148 147 146 144 142 141 138 133 131 128 124 110 96 62 61 33 22 14 6 2 E 169 158 140 137 127 125 121 120 115 113 112 109 107 100 98 80 78 54 39 31 29 10 9 F 126 116 101 99 89 86 85 83 82 81 79 76 70 69 68 66 65 58 48 23 19 18 17 12 1 G 170 136 122 118 114 111 108 103 92 77 75 71 59 56 50 49 47 43 30 5 H 175 173 171 168 164 159 150 139 134 132 129 123 117 102 34 24 21 13 9 I Answer Key Property of Celia L. 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