EMT Practice Test

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Question1: Behavior that can be directly observed only by the person behaving is called.

Question2: Manipulating a students chair in a classroom setting to avoid distraction fro the window is an example of a
manipulation of a

Question3: Which characteristic of the response measure shown in this graph changed from baseline during the
intervention phase?

Question4: 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:

Question5: Which method is the BEST to use when presenting categorical data from a functional analysis?

Question6: 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?

Question7: 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:

Question8: What does this graph depict?

Question9: To increase the likelihood of beginning a difficult task:

Question10: The purpose of including untaught items or tasks within a Discrete Trial Instruction program is to assess:

Question11: A study was undertaken to determine the effectiveness of time-out for physical aggression. The time-out
procedure would be considered the:

Question12: An establishing operation is any change in the environment which.

Question13: 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.

Question14: 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?

Question15: To definitively identify effective reinforcers for an individual, it is necessary to:

Question16: 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):

Question17: 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?

Question18: Three boys with autism, ages 7-10 years old, served as participants in a study. During baseline, staff used
response blocking when five instances of aggression or head-banging occurred within 10 seconds, until
attempts ceased for 1 minute. During baseline and treatment, each occurrence of aggression and head-
banging was recorded daily and converted to the number of responses per hour. Treatment comprised a
differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior (DRI) schedule coupled with response blocking after
every head-banging or aggression. The staff initially applied the treatment to head-banging, while
continuing to take a baseline on aggression.
After noting treatment effects on head-banging, the staff then applied the treatment to aggression.
In this scenario, how was direct replication shown?

Question19: Providing a complete description of one's procedures in a behavior analytic study of classroom
management techniques is adhering to which dimensions of behavior analysis?

Question20: 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:

Question21: 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?

Question22: In general, when a behavior analyst is asked to help someone make friends, the behavior analyst should:

Question23: An experimenter examines the effects of three types of prompts on compliance in a developmentally
disabled person. In this experiment, what is the independent variable?

Question24: In this graph, what is plotted on number 1?

Question25: Joe describes himself as being addicted to video games. He is told that if he does not complete his chores,
he will lose access to his computer. On Monday, he refuses to complete his chores and he loses access to
his computer for 2 days. From Tuesday on, Joe's refusals cease. The change in Joe's behavior is MOST
likely to be the result of.

Question26: In order to obtain the GREATEST increase in the value of an identified reinforcer after satiation has
occurred, the behavior analyst should:

Question27: To address hitting others, two procedures were compared, differential reinforcement of incompatible
behavior and time-out. The outcomes were examined within and across subjects. A withdrawal design was
employed. The BEST response measure to use in this study is frequency of:

Question28: The use of a withdrawal design is LEAST appropriate when:

Question29: The systematic presentation and examination of information in an ABC format, where A represents the
antecedent stimuli, B represents the behavior, and C represents the consequences following the behavior,
is called:

Question30: A punishment contingency is LEAST likely to produce which effect?

Question31: 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.

Question32: A behavior analyst is asked to consult about a 10-year-old child who gets out of his seat during class at
least once every 15 minutes. The behavior analyst wants the teacher to collect data on the child's on-task
behavior. Given that the teacher works alone in the classroom with 30 children, the BEST procedure to
employ would be.

Question33: A person "getting wet" in the rain is NOT considered an occurrence of behavior because "getting wet"

Question34: A behavior analyst responsible for the evaluation of a behavior change program has been unable to get
others to collect data on the targeted behaviors. The others involved, including other service providers, are
relying on personal anecdotes and questionnaires to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. The
primary consumer reports satisfaction with the results so far. To evaluate the program, the behavior
analyst should:

Question35: A child with food refusal behaviors accepts one bite out of the ten bites that her caregiver offered. What
measure should be used to record this behavior?

Question36: An experimenter examines the level of noise in a school bus full of children under the following conditions:
baseline, rock music, baseline, classical music. In this experiment, the dependent variable is:

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

Question38: One limitation of descriptive analysis is that it:

Question39: To facilitate errorless learning, begin with.

Question40: A good behavior analyst always does what before authoring a behavior intervention?

Question41: The number of time intervals in a specific period of time during which a response occurs continuously for
an entire interval is which measure?

Question42: A parent reports that her 2-year-old daughter uses a number of stalling techniques to avoid bedtime once
she is told to go to bed. What would be a good progress measure for going to bed when told?

Question43: Jody had an access-maintained tantrum for 14 minutes and it started 3 seconds after she was told, "No."
It had been 2 days since the previous tantrum. The latency is:

Question44: Once a stimulus has been determined to function as a reinforcer in a particular contingency, which of the
following is likely to be true?

Question45: If a behavior analyst states, "It took four attempts, but Johnny completed the puzzle," she is using which
measure?

Question46: 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:

Question47: Identifying the steps involved in evacuating the group home during a fire drill is an example of a (n):

Question48: 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?

Question49: Which of the following could NOT function as an unconditioned punisher?

Question50: 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?

Question51: Teaching a receptive-identification task falls in the category of _____ instruction.

Question52: Which of the following scenarios involves a behavioral contingency?

Question53: 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:

Question54: The response rate for this cumulative record would BEST be described as:

Question55: Teaching a student a self-talk strategy consisting of, "After I use the toilet, I must flush." is an example of.

Question56: An experimental design that starts with a baseline phase, followed by a treatment phase, then another
baseline phase, and ends in the same type of treatment phase is called a (n):

Question57: The purpose of conducting a functional assessment is to:

Question58: A person is asked to make his bed. His caregiver checks 30 minutes later and the bed was made. No one
else was present during that time. The caregiver records that the client made his bed even though he did
not observe the behavior directly. The data collection method used is:

Question59: Which is the BEST example of stimulus generalization?

Question60: When determining the specified time interval to prescribe at the start of a DRO intervention, which of the
following dimensions of the target behavior is MOST relevant?

Question61: 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:

Question62: When Susan attempts to escape from a task, she exhibits several behaviors, including hitting her head,
stomping her feet, and crying. This is an example of a.

Question63: When using a changing criterion design, the BEST demonstration of experimental control would be
produced if the:

Question64: Trials to criterion refers to a measure of

Question65: Behavior analytic interventions that are effective in changing an individual's behavior in a socially important
way are said to have:

Question66: The rehabilitation therapist wants to determine if the sensory integration sessions are helping to reduce
Ed's hand-slapping. What is the BEST method for recording momentary time-sampling data?

Question67: 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:

Question68: What best defines a discriminative stimulus?

Question69: A behavioral assessment indicates that the problem behavior of a young woman is maintained by others
bringing things to her or taking things away following occurrence of the behavior. Since the behavior
results in physical injury, the decision to decrease its occurrence has been made. Which is the BEST
general approach?

Question70: What are the three elements of informed consent?

Question71: 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):

Question72: In behavior analysis, the __________________ is usually __________________.

Question73: The BEST definition for mouthing behavior would be any instance of Luke.

Question74: In order to promote generalization in intensive teaching, the behavior analyst should.

Question75: Marvell is working on a new case with a student who refuses to attend school. Before deciding on a
treatment plan, Marvell schedules interviews and observation sessions. This is an example of which
assumption of behavior analysis?

Question76: One of the MOST important reasons for writing a precise definition of behavior is that a precise definition:

Question77: The PRIMARY advantage of using a multiple baseline design across subjects is that:

Question78: Which schedule of reinforcement is most effective at maintaining behaviors?

Question79: For which scenario would discrimination training be an appropriate behavior change strategy?

Question80: A behavior analyst is conducting research on the accuracy of a student's responding to written math
problems based on the final answer with no scoring of intermediate calculations. Which is the BEST
method for obtaining accurate inter-observer agreement results?

Question81: A behavior analyst is measuring the time it takes for a client to say, "You're welcome" after the staff says,
"Thank you." The behavior analyst is measuring __________________.

Question82: Which of the following measures would be the MOST appropriate for reporting head banging during each
5-minute interval of work?

Question83: 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.

Question84: When developing a task analysis, a behavior analyst would first:

Question85: Requiring a student who disrupts the class by throwing papers and tipping over chairs to clean the mess
up and then clean the rest of the room by sweeping and cleaning desktops is a(n) __________________
procedure.

Question86: 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.

Question87: Tokens are generally referred to as:

Question88: Alternative appropriate behaviors that serve the same function for an individual:

Question89: Teaching a child to match printed words to pictures, then pictures to the actual objects, and then testing to
determine if the child can now match printed words to the actual objects is known as:

Question90: 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?

Question91: Reinforcing closer and closer approximations to the final desired behavior involves:

Question92: 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?

Question93: A teacher is tracking the performance of both math and spelling assignments for each of her 25 students.
For feedback purposes, she wishes to display each student's percent correct for both areas using a line
graph. What would be the MOST effective and efficient way to accomplish this?

Question94: A major benefit of product recording is that:

Question95: Speed, magnitude, durability and generality of effect are some of the MOST important

Question96: John's instructional program has successfully increased the number of words he reads correctly per
minute. The procedures used include special worksheets, contingent reinforcement for number of words
read correctly, and peer tutoring. The behavior analyst wants to determine which part or parts of the
treatment have been effective, so he systematically dismantles the treatment and withdraws elements until
the reading no longer improves. The behavior analyst is completing a:

Question97: 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?

Question98: Observation sessions should be scheduled so that the representativeness of the data can be maximized.
Considering behaviors occurring in a school setting, which of the following options is consistent with this
recommendation?

Question99: When conducting an analogue functional analysis, the condition commonly used as a control is the:

Question100: Although tests have confirmed that Matthew is not deaf, his mother is worried because Matthew is very
slow to respond when she calls to him. Frequently, she has to resort to touching him before he looks at
her. Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate for measuring Matthew looking when called?

Question101: The use of an alternating treatments design should be considered if.

Question102: An extinction procedure involves:

Question103: Available resources, applicable federal and state laws, programmatic costs, and a person's adaptive skills,
learning history, and personal interests should all be considered as part of the process of:

Question104: The specific, or technical, name for the type of procedure used in the above question is:

Question105: Which does NOT increase the effectiveness of punishment?