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C - ----Answers----A person is asked to make his bed. His caregiver checks 30 minutes later and the bed has been made.No one else was present during that time. The staff person records that the resident made the bed, even though he did not observe that behavior directly. The data collection method

being used is:

a) Duration recording

b) Event recording

c) Permanent product recording

d) Whole interval recording

C - ----Answers----Which of the following definitions is best?

a) Head banging = when John bangs his head

b) Head banging = When John hits his head with his hand.

c) Head banging = When John hits his head with either hand

hard enough to be heard 10 feet away

d) Head banging - When John touches his head with his hand.

A - ----Answers----Which data collection technique is most appropriate for recording out of-seat behavior in a classroom?

a) Record the frequency and duration of the behavior

b) Record the frequency of the behavior

c) The latency of the behavior 1 / 4

d) Permanent product recording.

B - ----Answers----Kirk is interested in collecting data on Cary's whining behavior. Every ten minutes, Kirk puts a + on a data sheet if whining occurs, and a - if it does not occur. For a

• to be scored, the behavior must occur at least once in the

interval. Kirk is using:

a) Whole interval recording

b) Partial interval recording.

c) Momentary time sampling

d) Event recording

C - ----Answers----The measurement of time between the

onset of a stimulus and the initiation of a response is called:

a) Duration recording

b) Momentary time sampling.

c) Latency recording

d) IRT recording

A - ----Answers----The number of times response opportunities are presented before an individual achieves a

pre-established level of accuracy is called:

a) Trials to criterion.

b) Number correct.

c) Percentage correct

d) Trials to reinforcement. 2 / 4

B - ----Answers----The form or shape of a behavior is known

as its:

a) Topology

b) Topography

c) Magnitude

d) Latency

D - ----Answers----An occasional measurement of response

to different stimuli is called a:

a) Infrequency measurement

b) Infrequency recording

c) Frequency recording

d) Probe.

B - ----Answers----Behavior analysis interventions that are effective in changing an individual's behavior in a socially

important way are said to have:

a) Parsimony

b) Social validity

c) Primary importance.

d) Inter-observer reliability.

D - ----Answers----We are interested in working on

"functional" skills. This concept states that:

a) The simplest explanation is the best 3 / 4

b) For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

c) Target behaviors should be chosen based on the function of

the behavior in question.

d) Target behaviors should be chosen with regard to what is

likely to be reinforced in the individuals' post-intervention environment.

D - ----Answers----A behavior definition is tested, and it is found that two observers using it agree on the occurrence or non-occurrence of the target behavior 90% of the time. This

technique is called:

a) Social Validity

b) Direct observation

c) Parsimonious

d) Inter-observer agreement.

B - ----Answers----A behavior is observed to occur 80 times in a 40 minute session. What is the rate of the behavior, expressed in number of occurrences per minute?

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• 2
• 20
• 8

A - ----Answers----You are assigned to collect data on hand mouthing using a partial interval recording system. Your observational session is divided into contiguous 10 second

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