EMT Practice Test

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Question1: When shopping with her dad, Sally knocks items off the shelf, especially canned goods. The cans make a loud noise when they hit the floor. Her dad decides to teach her an alternative behavior.
What alternative behavior is the BEST choice to teach?

Question2: When using a changing criterion design, the BEST demonstration of experimental control would be produced if the:

Question3: What is the next step in the assessment process if data from the functional analysis do NOT support the original hypothesis?

Question4: Holly is learning to use a spoon to feed herself. Applesauce is known to function as a reinforcer. Her teacher has selected the following objective for Holly: "Given a spoon and a 3-ounce dish of applesauce, Holly will independently scoop the applesauce to her mouth." This objective is incomplete. Which component is missing?

Question5: The decision to develop and implement a behavior intervention plan is not made unless:

Question6: Which is the best definition of a behavior function?

Question7: Steve is a behavior analyst working with staff members who are not implementing programs on a consistent basis. Staff report that the heavy workload interferes with their ability to run the programs consistently. What should Steve do FIRST to address this problem?

Question8: In order to obtain the GREATEST increase in the value of an identified reinforcer after satiation has occurred, the behavior analyst should:

Question9: Jamie frequently falls to the floor and screams at school. Preliminary behavioral assessment data indicate that his tantrums are maintained by attention and escape from demand situations. Jamie's behavior analyst wants to examine precisely how attention and escape conditions affect these behaviors. The behavior analyst does not want to conduct the analysis in Jamie's classroom because she would not be able to control for potentially important factors. Relating to this scenario, which statement is TRUE?

Question10: When an observer notes everything the client does or says as well as events before and after the episode of behavior, he or she is using:

Question11: If a client exhibits problem behaviors throughout the day and evenings regardless of what is going on in the environment and what activities he/she is participating in, which would be the BEST way to reduce the high frequency and increase latency?

Question12: One of the basic requirements for staff training is that the:

Question13: What if you teach the child to swim in a pool and the child goes to the beach and can do the front crawl in the ocean?

Question14: Carlos participated in a toothbrushing skill acquisition program. When he started the program, he needed physical assistance to perform each step. After two weeks, he met all objectives and was able to complete each step independently. The program involved the use of graduated guidance, praise, and token reinforcement. In the future, the behavior analyst would like to examine which procedures made the program most effective (i.e., guidance, praise, or token reinforcement). To determine this, the behavior analyst could use a

Question15: When conducting an analogue functional analysis, the condition commonly used as a control is the:

Question16: A child is exhibiting tantrum behaviors. You believe the tantrum is occurring for your attention. You therefore ignore the tantrum until it ceases while continuing daily activities. You note that the tantrums decrease over time. This is an example of:

Question17: To teach Beth to wash her hands, staff trained Beth in all the steps identified in the task analysis in each session. They also introduced prompts in successive levels if Beth did not respond after a two-second waiting period. Which behavior chaining procedure was used in this program?

Question18: To definitively identify effective reinforcers for an individual, it is necessary to:

Question19: You are working with a client who finds physical touch to be aversive. When the person is off task, the program calls for you to give a warning by counting to 10; at that point, you gently touch him if he is not back on task. The touch remains until he returns to task. Please note that being touched is aversive for this particular individual. If the person gets back on task during counting, this is an example of:

Question20: Behavioral contracts must include.

Question21: Jack, a behavior analyst, is consulting about a student who engages in face slapping. A recent functional analysis clearly determined that the behavior is maintained by automatic reinforcement. In the past, reinforcement procedures alone were found to be ineffective. The current intervention consists of a punishment procedure. pulling the student's hands away from his face contingent on any attempts to slap and saying, "No!" Jack should.

Question22: The reinforcement schedule that produces a high steady rate of responding is:

Question23: In general, when a behavior analyst is asked to help someone make friends, the behavior analyst should:

Question24: Reinforcing closer and closer approximations to the final desired behavior involves:

Question25: Instruction that focuses on speed and accuracy of responding can BEST be described as promoting.

Question26: An extinction procedure involves:

Question27: The use of a withdrawal design is LEAST appropriate when:

Question28: The matching law states that when responding is reinforced on concurrent VI-20 and VI-50 schedules, the:

Question29: In order to evoke a mand for "cookie," the behavior analyst should.

Question30: Clifford's lawn work is steady and up to standard as long as his work is verbally praised approximately every twelfth completed mower circuit. However, at times the crew chief is unable to praise his work at that moment. When praise is not forthcoming, Clifford usually stops working. The best way to facilitate maintenance and generalization of Clifford's work, using a self-management technique, would be to:

Question31: Which is the BEST example of stimulus generalization?

Question32: Self-management is best defined as the:

Question33: Non-contingent reinforcement is this type of intervention:

Question34: Considering the potential impact of behavioral contrast, what is a likely outcome when there is an effective program targeting compliance at school when no formal program is implemented at home? Compliance at home would be predicted to:

Question35: Tokens are generally referred to as:

Question36: In self-control, where does the ultimate control lie? (Or, why is self-control a misnomer?)

Question37: When using an alternating treatments design it is important to randomly:

Question38: The PRIMARY advantage of using a multiple baseline design across subjects is that:

Question39: Staff alerts you that one of their clients seems to become aggressive when he has not consumed food for several hours. This phenomenon demonstrates the effect of a(n):

Question40: The purpose of including untaught items or tasks within a Discrete Trial Instruction program is to assess:

Question41: Alternative appropriate behaviors that serve the same function for an individual:

Question42: For which scenario would discrimination training be an appropriate behavior change strategy?

Question43: Which does NOT increase the effectiveness of punishment?

Question44: In a token economy, what type of reinforcers are the tokens themselves?

Question45: A teacher uses a group contingency with her students. She states the following rule: "If everyone gets
100% on their spelling test the week, I will turn cartwheels down the hall for you." What type of group contingency is this?

Question46: A study was undertaken to determine the effectiveness of time-out for physical aggression. The time-out procedure would be considered the:

Question47: What is a likely benefit of having trained a client to say both "truck" and "vehicle" in response to your saying "fire engine"? The client will now likely:

Question48: The behavior analyst has had good results with an intervention she designed that makes access to video games contingent upon playing with other children. She now wants to compare the effects of differing amounts of video game access time. She should conduct a

Question49: Jim's teacher has taught him to say, "Hello, how are you?" and when he does this, she delivers praise.
Now Jim says this whenever he meets anyone, and some people say,
"Fine, how are you?" What is the natural consequence for Jim's behavior?

Question50: To facilitate errorless learning, begin with.

Question51: Tommy is looking at a photo album with his dad. He looks at his dad and then points to a picture of his mom and says, "Mommy." This is an example of.

Question52: A good behavior analyst always does what before authoring a behavior intervention?

Question53: Keller's Personalized System of Instruction features which of the following characteristics?

Question54: You are designing a treatment program for Susan. Before getting into details, you wish to identify some ultimate outcomes towards which Susan will progress. Which of the following is NOT an appropriate ultimate outcome for Susan?

Question55: Sammy is having a difficult time completing his independent math worksheet on two-digit division. He is frustrated and doesn't understand how to solve the equations.
Sammy raises his hand and asks for "help." The teacher assists Sammy. Sammy's asking for "help" is?

Question56: A married couple wants a behavior analyst to assist them in creating a happier home life for their family.
The behavior analyst should.

Question57: When using direct instruction programs, teachers are often signaling students to respond in unison and moving through the tasks at a brisk pace so that they can:

Question58: A child who learns to say "red" when presented with a red card, also says "red" when presented with an orange card. This is called:

Question59: Once a stimulus has been determined to function as a reinforcer in a particular contingency, which of the following is likely to be true?

Question60: Which of the following would not be a type of function of behavior identified during a functional assessment?

Question61: Placing a request that a child is least likely to perform at the end of a series of requests that the child is most likely to perform is a phenomenon known as:

Question62: Select the best staff training package:

Question63: Adherence to "procedural integrity" promotes generalization by facilitating.

Question64: When developing a task analysis, a behavior analyst would first:

Question65: What are the three elements of informed consent?

Question66: A teacher says: "Everyone, you have math homework tonight. Tomorrow, I will draw a name from a hat. If that person has completed his or her homework and remembered to bring it back to school, everyone will get extra recess." What type of group contingency is this?

Question67: Behavior analytic interventions that are effective in changing an individual's behavior in a socially important way are said to have:

Question68: 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

Question69: You are working with a child on teaching swimming. You teach the child to do the front crawl. After a few weeks of teaching, the child is doing both the front crawl and also starts doing the breast stroke. What has occurred?

Question70: Which method is the BEST to use when presenting categorical data from a functional analysis?

Question71: Ingrid is attempting to learn to speak English. Her teacher, Rosa, presents pictures of preferred items, states the label in English, and prompts Ingrid to repeat them. Over time, Rosa stops labeling items and begins to present Ingrid with a variety of pictures of the same items. Rosa is trying to promote.

Question72: A child's behavior is being reinforced on a VR 8 schedule during intensive teaching. During the sessions, the child begins to get out of the chair. In order to address this problem, the behavior analyst should switch to which schedule?

Question73: In order to replace a behavior targeted for change with a behavior that topographically does not resemble the target behavior, which differential reinforcement procedure would be BEST?

Question74: Unwanted side-effects associated with the use of an extinction procedure are MOST likely to appear:

Question75: A client with a history of escape maintained problem behavior begins to throw the puzzle pieces a few minutes after starting to work on the task. What is the BEST programmatic change for the behavior analyst to make?

Question76: As part of evaluating procedural integrity on a school based program, it is important for the behavior analyst to assess the quality of data collected by a teacher.
The BEST method is for the behavior analyst to?

Question77: If the person gets back on task when he is touched, this is an example of:

Question78: Mr. Winston has developed a reward system in his classroom where only those students who have submitted homework for 5 out of 5 days in the week receive a reward from the "treasure box." This is an example of a (n):

Question79: A teacher gives a student a piece of paper and asks him to draw a picture. To request a crayon, the student looks at the teacher and says, "Crayon." In response to this, the teacher replies, "Say, 'Crayon please'." The student complies with the request and the teacher gives them a crayon. This exchange is an example of.

Question80: A punishment contingency is LEAST likely to produce which effect?

Question81: Results of a functional assessment reveal that a child engages in hand-biting when she is in a room by herself. The likely function of behavior is:

Question82: In reference to maintenance, functional arrangements between behavior and antecedent and consequence events that occur in the environment in which the behavior of interest is to be maintained are called:

Question83: You are teaching David to clean the workshop to prepare him for working on the cleaning crew. Read the descriptions below and identify which is LEAST likely to promote generalization of the workshop cleaning skills to real-life cleaning jobs.

Question84: All of the following are appropriate methods for promoting maintenance and generalization of newly trained behaviors EXCEPT:

Question85: Teaching a student a self-talk strategy consisting of, "After I use the toilet, I must flush." is an example of.

Question86: To increase the likelihood of beginning a difficult task:

Question87: Speed, magnitude, durability and generality of effect are some of the MOST important

Question88: Imitation training can be made MOST beneficial for clients when it includes a range of.

Question89: Jimmy is watching his favorite Saturday morning cartoon and playing with his train set. The cat walks past him and he pulls its tail. Jimmy's mother takes away one of his train cars. This is an example of.

Question90: Having obtained appropriate consent, a behavior analyst wishes to communicate data to non-behavior analyst colleagues and family of the client. The most appropriate presentation strategy is:

Question91: A __________________ is derived from a descriptive analysis.

Question92: Jamie and Morgan have similar behavior challenges and similar daily schedules. A behavior analyst has spent extensive time and effort on developing and implementing Morgan's plan, which is proving to be very successful. How should the behavior analyst proceed with developing a treatment plan for Jamie?

Question93: The purpose of conducting a functional assessment is to:

Question94: Identifying the steps involved in evacuating the group home during a fire drill is an example of a (n):

Question95: Which schedule of reinforcement is most effective at maintaining behaviors?