F04- F05 Conduct Assessment of Relevant Strengths and Skills/ Preference Assessments Part 1

Question 1

Reinforcer sampling involves

Answer 1

Noncontingent exposure to a variety of novel stimuli or activities for a brief period.

Question 2

The reinforcing efficacy of a particular item can be determined using which of the following procedures?

Answer 2

Deliver the item contingently under one condition but not another, then reverse the conditions to see if responding changes accordingly.

Question 3

A reinforcer assessment for an active ten year old student just after recess is likely to show a preference for

Answer 3

Edible reinforcers

Question 4

When conducting a behavior assessment, the learner’s skill repertoire is assessed to

Answer 4

Identify potential replacement behaviors from the learner’s repertoire.

Question 5

In a contrived free operant observation to identify reinforcers,

Answer 5

The environment is salted with a variety of potential reinforcers and an observer records duration of engagement with each one.

Question 6

The availability of reinforcers can be enhanced by

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Using conditioning procedures to establish secondary reinforcers.

Question 7

Reinforcer identification via naturalistic direct observation involves

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Identifying high probability behaviors which may be used as reinforcers.
Observing the student in the natural environment.
Recording duration of engagement with various environmental stimuli.

Question 8

Using direct observation, you conclude that TV is likely to be a reinforcer. You may have

Answer 8

Found that watching TV was the longest duration activity.

Question 9

When selecting reinforcers to use in an intervention, to help ensure that they do not lose their value through satiation, you should select

Answer 9

A variety of reinforcers

Question 10

When conducting a behavior assessment, the learner’s skill repertoire is assessed to

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Identify areas of strength and weakness in the learner’s repertoire.
Determine whether a learner’s behavior problem is related to a skill deficit.
Determine whether a skill could be developed to reduce the MO related to problem behavior.
Identify potential replacement behaviors.

Question 11

A student is referred for pants wetting… to begin you assess the student’s ability to

Answer 11

Open the bathroom door.
Remove coat and gloves to use the bathroom.
Locate the bathrooms accessible from the playground.

Question 12

One might conclude that a stimulus is a reinforcer if its contingent presentation is compared to that of a known reinforcer and

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The stimulus produced a response pattern similar to that of the known reinforcer.

Question 13

When a person is free to do anything they like, the behavior they engage in the most

Answer 13

May be used to reinforce low-probability behavior.

Question 14

If food reinforcers are to be used in an individual’s reinforcement program, they should be

Answer 14

During sessions that take place before meals.

Question 15

Interview and paper and pencil instruments for assessing reinforcers.

Answer 15

All the above:
Are less valid than systematic manipulations.
Are less time consuming relative to systematic manipulations.
Include scales, surveys, inventories, and checklists.

Question 16

In a reinforcer assessment in which you observe an individual engaging freely in activities of their choice, you record the

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Duration of engagement with each stimulus or activity.

Question 17

One way to determine whether stimuli are reinforcer is to

Answer 17

Compare rates of behavior under an extinction condition to rates when suspected reinforcer is provided contingent on the behavior.

Question 18

You noncontingently offer a student a small portion of chocolate ice cream. You then tell him that with each math problem he completes, he gets another bite. You have used

Answer 18

Reinforcement sampling

Question 19

One way to determine whether stimuli are reinforcers is to

Answer 19

Compare rates when the potential reinforcer is made contingent versus noncontingent

Question 20

When selecting reinforcers to use in an intervention, select

Answer 20

Different reinforcers to be used at different times of the day.

Question 21

The procedure which best predicts reinforcement value is

Answer 21

Direct measurement of choice responding

Question 22

The FBA shows that a child’s disruptive classroom behavior is maintained by peer attention. You

Answer 22

Assess whether the child can appropriately initiate interactions with peers during free time.

Question 23

You are tasked with ensuring that a client consumes all her packed lunch during a 30 minute lunchtime. Which is NOT a consideration? The

Answer 23

Ability to mand for a break from the cafeteria.