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Question 1 of 20

1. Question
You decide to use interval recording to measure your student’s reading during morning DEAR time. You want to avoid overestimating the amount of time that the student is reading. Which type of measurement would be the most appropriate for this?
- Duration
- Partial interval recording
- Momentary time sampling
- Whole interval recording
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Question 2 of 20

2. Question
Janelle is choosing a measurement system for her RBTs to record data on their client’s aggressions. These behaviors are free operants that consist of open-palm hits to various parts of the RBT’s body. Each aggression has a discrete beginning and end. What would be the most appropriate measurement type for this client’s aggressions?
- Rate
- Count
- Duration
- Partial interval recording
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Question 3 of 20

3. Question
You need to graph your client’s monthly mastered goals for their funding source. You want to show how many goals the client masters each month and visually represent the overall number of goals mastered since the start of therapy. What graph could best represent this information?
- Bar graph
- Line graph
- Cumulative record
- Standard celeration
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Question 4 of 20

4. Question
____________ interval recording has a tendency to underestimate the actual rate of a target behavior.
- Partial
- Whole
- Duration
- Momentary
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Question 5 of 20

5. Question
Suzy engages in self-stimulatory vocalizations throughout her school day. These vocalizations occur at high rates across different periods throughout the day and tend to occur for various durations of time, sometimes a few seconds, other times several minutes at a time. Her special education teacher is tasked with creating a measurement system to track occurrences of this behavior. Her SpEd teacher has other behaviors to observe and track with other students, which may be a barrier to certain measurement methods. Given this information, choose the best possible response for what measurement system Suzy should choose.
- Duration
- Rate
- Partial interval
- Whole interval
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Question 6 of 20

6. Question
What type of graph is depicted below?
- Cumulative record
- Non-equal interval graph
- Histogram
- Line graph
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Question 7 of 20

7. Question
Mr. Jakobiak gives his class a math test. He has a few students in his class who tend to whisper to each other during tests, so he monitors this by observing the students every 3 minutes and recording whether or not they are talking at that time. What type of measurement does this exemplify?
- Partial interval recording
- Momentary time sampling
- Latency
- Whole interval recording
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Question 8 of 20

8. Question
Which of the following is a type of indirect measurement tool that can be used for measuring challenging behaviors?
- Functional Assessment Screening Tool (FAST)
- Narrative ABC recording
- Functional analysis
- Direct observation and ABC data
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Question 9 of 20

9. Question
Which of the following is not an equal interval graph?
- Scatterplot
- Bar graph
- Line graph
- Celeration chart
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Question 10 of 20

10. Question
You’re recording data on your learner’s independent manding for tangible items. You record an independent mand when they request an item without any prompting. You record a prompted mand when they engage in targeted behaviors as a result of seeking a preferred item. Which of the following measurement types would best tell you how often your learner is manding independently compared to total mand opportunities?
- Rate
- Count
- Trials-to-criterion
- Percentage
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Question 11 of 20

11. Question
You’re visually analyzing your client’s manding data. The line graph shows a flat line, which would represent:
- High variability
- Significant progress toward mastery
- Little to no progress
- An increased trend
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Question 12 of 20

12. Question
The 6th-grade math teacher assigns each student their daily math homework, then sends them off for the day. The next day, the students put their homework in the homework bin. During her lunch hour, she reviews each turned-in assignment and marks “completed” under each student who turned in their work. What type of behavioral measure does this entail?
- ABC recording
- Direct measurement
- Permanent product measure
- Temporal dimension of behavior
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Question 13 of 20

13. Question
Analyze the trend and variability in the following graph.
- No trend, high variability
- Increasing trend, high variability
- No trend, low variability
- Moderate level, increasing trend
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Question 14 of 20

14. Question
Calculate the rate of spitting in the following scenario.
Josiah, an RBT, works a 4-hour session with Leena. Josiah tallies 16 occurrences of spitting throughout his session. Before he graphs this data, he needs to verify the rate.
- Unable to be determined given the information provided
- 16
- 2
- 4x/hr
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Question 15 of 20

15. Question
Sammy started a new ADHD medication on June 1st. Her mother’s main goal with this medication was to reduce impulsive behaviors. Sammy’s BCBA operationally defines impulsive behaviors and tracks these before the medication is prescribed and during the course of treatment. The independent variable in this scenario is _________________.
- Impulsive behaviors
- Sammy’s mother
- The medication
- ABA therapy
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Question 16 of 20

16. Question
You are frequently getting your son late to school due to hectic mornings. Specifically, your son struggles to get up when the alarm goes off. You provide repeated reminders after the alarm to get him up and moving, to no avail. It usually takes him 20-30 minutes to get up. You create a strategy to systematically reduce the time it takes for him to wake up after the alarm clock first goes off. What type of measurement would you use for this?
- Duration
- Latency
- Interresponse time
- Rate
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Question 17 of 20

17. Question
Harriet engages in self-injurious biting of her arm and hand. The team is currently recording rate data on the SIBs. As her BCBA begins to evaluate this behavior, she notices a range of force in the biting. Sometimes Harriet will bite her hand lightly, immediately discontinuing pressure, leaving no mark. Other times she bites herself hard enough to leave a mark. And on less frequent occasions, she bites herself with enough force to break the skin. With such variation, what type of measurement would be beneficial for Harriet’s therapy team to use? Choose the best possible response.
- Topography
- Rate
- Magnitude
- Duration
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Question 18 of 20

18. Question
The grid below shows a learner’s session data for a matching 2D to 3D object goal. The mastery criteria for this skill is 100% accuracy across 3 consecutive sessions. What would the trials-to-criterion be?
- 24 trials
- 12 trials
- 10 trials
- 3 trials
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Question 19 of 20

19. Question
Behavior analysts are responsible for creating operational definitions of a target behavior before implementing interventions to address the behavior. Which of the following is true regarding operational definitions?
- They must be subjective and concise
- They must be based on the behavior’s function
- They must be clear, complete, and objective
- They must be socially significant
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Question 20 of 20

20. Question
Mrs. Crew records data on her student’s out-of-seat behaviors during the morning lesson. She marks whether or not he stayed in his seat at 8:05, 8:10, 8:15, 8:20, 8:25, 8:30, 8:35, 8:40, and 8:45. How long are the intervals that she is using in her time sampling procedure?
- whole interval recording
- 5 minutes
- 45 minutes
- 40 minutes
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1. Question

You decide to use interval recording to measure your student’s reading during morning DEAR time. You want to avoid overestimating the amount of time that the student is reading. Which type of measurement would be the most appropriate for this?

2. Question

3. Question

You need to graph your client’s monthly mastered goals for their funding source. You want to show how many goals the client masters each month and visually represent the overall number of goals mastered since the start of therapy. What graph could best represent this information?

4. Question

____________ interval recording has a tendency to underestimate the actual rate of a target behavior.

5. Question

6. Question

What type of graph is depicted below?

7. Question

Mr. Jakobiak gives his class a math test. He has a few students in his class who tend to whisper to each other during tests, so he monitors this by observing the students every 3 minutes and recording whether or not they are talking at that time. What type of measurement does this exemplify?

8. Question

Which of the following is a type of indirect measurement tool that can be used for measuring challenging behaviors?

9. Question

Which of the following is not an equal interval graph?

10. Question

11. Question

You’re visually analyzing your client’s manding data. The line graph shows a flat line, which would represent:

12. Question

13. Question

Analyze the trend and variability in the following graph.

14. Question

Calculate the rate of spitting in the following scenario. Josiah, an RBT, works a 4-hour session with Leena. Josiah tallies 16 occurrences of spitting throughout his session. Before he graphs this data, he needs to verify the rate.

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18. Question

The grid below shows a learner’s session data for a matching 2D to 3D object goal. The mastery criteria for this skill is 100% accuracy across 3 consecutive sessions. What would the trials-to-criterion be?

19. Question

Behavior analysts are responsible for creating operational definitions of a target behavior before implementing interventions to address the behavior. Which of the following is true regarding operational definitions?

20. Question

Mrs. Crew records data on her student’s out-of-seat behaviors during the morning lesson. She marks whether or not he stayed in his seat at 8:05, 8:10, 8:15, 8:20, 8:25, 8:30, 8:35, 8:40, and 8:45. How long are the intervals that she is using in her time sampling procedure?

Calculate the rate of spitting in the following scenario.
Josiah, an RBT, works a 4-hour session with Leena. Josiah tallies 16 occurrences of spitting throughout his session. Before he graphs this data, he needs to verify the rate.