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EDF 6221 EXAM 1 AND EXAM 2 2026\2027
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
1. Using self-management training to ensure that a generalized
response occurs.An example would be, after teaching a lesson, a
student teacher evaluates the lesson by checking a list of effective
teacher behaviors (e.g., gain attention of the students , provide
review, state goal, use signals for group responses) used during the
lesson, determines a percentage of behaviors exhibited, and graphs
them. -CORRECT ANSWER - Mediate generalization
2. Functional Analysis was initially applied to the analysis of self-
injurious behavior and was soon adapted to analyze environment-
behavior interactions that maintained a wide variety of ___________ ,
such as aggression. -CORRECT ANSWER - behavior disorders
3. Operational definitions must be observable, clear,_________ , and
individualized. -CORRECT ANSWER - complete
4. Are procedures that you conduct to help you predict what
consequences you can deliver to the learner that are likely to work as
reinforcers. CORRECT ANSWER - preference assessments
5. Your supervising BCBA may ask you to collect data on __________ ,
according to a variety of skill acquisition assessment. -CORRECT
ANSWER - skills
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6. Generally speaking, you do not provide ______ or _______ during
skill acquisition assessments. -CORRECT ANSWER - prompts or
cues
7. Before beginning to teach a new skill, a brief ___________ to identify
whether the learner already has the skill. -CORRECT ANSWER -
baseline
8. Are procedures that help the team discover why a learner engages in
a particular challenging behavior. -CORRECT ANSWER - Functional
assessments
9. Knowing the operant function of aberrant behavior opens the door for
applied researchers to conceptualize related ________ interactions
as basic operant process. -CORRECT ANSWER - environment-
behavior
10. The principal and significant ________ of rating scales is that the
findings are unreliable when compared to direct and detailed
assessments of behavior. -CORRECT ANSWER - Limitation
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11. A common and very practical way to implement preference
assessments throughout the day is to conduct _________ multiple
stimulus assessments before each new program, lesson, or activity,
or any time you believe the learner's motivation is lagging. -
CORRECT ANSWER - one-trial
12. Skill acquisition is the part of ABA treatment that focuses on _______
and maintaining new skills to help the learner function more
independently and productively in life. -CORRECT ANSWER -
teaching
13. A skill acquisition plan is a written document that specifies how you
are going to teach a ________ to the learner you are working with.
CORRECT ANSWER - particular skill
14. Generally speaking, you should always minimize ________ and have
appropriate reinforcers when preparing the learning environment.
CORRECT ANSWER - distraction
15. It is important for the skill acquisition plan to clearly define what
counts and does not count as a correct __________ so all behavior
technicians on the team cab implement the program consistently.
CORRECT ANSWER - response
EDF 6221 EXAM 1 AND EXAM 2 2026\2027
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
1. Using self-management training to ensure that a generalized
response occurs.An example would be, after teaching a lesson, a
student teacher evaluates the lesson by checking a list of effective
teacher behaviors (e.g., gain attention of the students , provide
review, state goal, use signals for group responses) used during the
lesson, determines a percentage of behaviors exhibited, and graphs
them. -CORRECT ANSWER - Mediate generalization
2. Functional Analysis was initially applied to the analysis of self-
injurious behavior and was soon adapted to analyze environment-
behavior interactions that maintained a wide variety of ___________ ,
such as aggression. -CORRECT ANSWER - behavior disorders
3. Operational definitions must be observable, clear,_________ , and
individualized. -CORRECT ANSWER - complete
4. Are procedures that you conduct to help you predict what
consequences you can deliver to the learner that are likely to work as
reinforcers. CORRECT ANSWER - preference assessments
5. Your supervising BCBA may ask you to collect data on __________ ,
according to a variety of skill acquisition assessment. -CORRECT
ANSWER - skills
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6. Generally speaking, you do not provide ______ or _______ during
skill acquisition assessments. -CORRECT ANSWER - prompts or
cues
7. Before beginning to teach a new skill, a brief ___________ to identify
whether the learner already has the skill. -CORRECT ANSWER -
baseline
8. Are procedures that help the team discover why a learner engages in
a particular challenging behavior. -CORRECT ANSWER - Functional
assessments
9. Knowing the operant function of aberrant behavior opens the door for
applied researchers to conceptualize related ________ interactions
as basic operant process. -CORRECT ANSWER - environment-
behavior
10. The principal and significant ________ of rating scales is that the
findings are unreliable when compared to direct and detailed
assessments of behavior. -CORRECT ANSWER - Limitation
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11. A common and very practical way to implement preference
assessments throughout the day is to conduct _________ multiple
stimulus assessments before each new program, lesson, or activity,
or any time you believe the learner's motivation is lagging. -
CORRECT ANSWER - one-trial
12. Skill acquisition is the part of ABA treatment that focuses on _______
and maintaining new skills to help the learner function more
independently and productively in life. -CORRECT ANSWER -
teaching
13. A skill acquisition plan is a written document that specifies how you
are going to teach a ________ to the learner you are working with.
CORRECT ANSWER - particular skill
14. Generally speaking, you should always minimize ________ and have
appropriate reinforcers when preparing the learning environment.
CORRECT ANSWER - distraction
15. It is important for the skill acquisition plan to clearly define what
counts and does not count as a correct __________ so all behavior
technicians on the team cab implement the program consistently.
CORRECT ANSWER - response
