QABA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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The temporary reappearance of a behavior that was previously extinguished for a period of
time. - ANS spontaneous recovery
A signaled (SD) contingency for behavior that indicates that engaging in the behavior will
prevent and/or delay the onset of an aversive stimulus. - ANS Discriminated avoidance
A type of conditioned motivating operation that is established when an environmental variable
establishes another event as a reinforcer or punisher, meaning that a deprived item can only be
acquired by a secondary stimulus, establishing the reinforcing effectiveness of the secondary
stimulus, and evoking the necessary behaviors to contact the secondary stimulus. -
ANS transitive MO (CMO-T)
The agreement of participation by a client who is unable to give legal consent for their own
participation. - ANS assent
A branch of behavior analysis that deals with research on basic processes and principles and is
mainly conducted in laboratories. - ANS Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB)
Behaviors that, when acquired, result in the individual accessing new environments and,
therefore, new stimulus controls and contingencies(i.e., reinforcement). - ANS behavior cusp
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, A philosophical assumption underlying the science of behavior analysis that focuses on practical
solutions (e.g., if it works, don't fix it), which at the level of behavior, involves the relation
between the setting (A) and the behavior (B) is because of the consequence (C). -
ANS pragmatism
A dimension of ABA, which explains that any behavior change should persist across time,
settings, behaviors, and people that differ from the original intervention conditions. -
ANS generality
Measurement is trustworthy when the measurement that produces data is applicable and
specific to the target behavior of interest and the relevant dimension of that behavior; in other
words, you measure what you set out to measure. - ANS validity
A systematic and objective observation method of staff performance used to ensure procedural
fidelity and effectiveness of training and to assess for areas of needed support. -
ANS performance monitoring
The presence of a competing or distracting stimulus that interferes with the acquisition of a
skill/stimulus control of another stimulus. - ANS overshadowing
A specific sequence of discrete responses/behaviors that, when linked together, form a terminal
behavior. Each discrete response/behavior is associated with a particular stimulus condition(SD),
and each response and the associated SD serve as an individual component of the chain. -
ANS behavior chain
A process that occurs when a response is followed immediately by the removal of a stimulus (or
a decrease in the intensity of a stimulus) that results in a decrease in the future frequency of
similar responses under similar conditions. - ANS negative punishment
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100% PASS 2026 EDITION
The temporary reappearance of a behavior that was previously extinguished for a period of
time. - ANS spontaneous recovery
A signaled (SD) contingency for behavior that indicates that engaging in the behavior will
prevent and/or delay the onset of an aversive stimulus. - ANS Discriminated avoidance
A type of conditioned motivating operation that is established when an environmental variable
establishes another event as a reinforcer or punisher, meaning that a deprived item can only be
acquired by a secondary stimulus, establishing the reinforcing effectiveness of the secondary
stimulus, and evoking the necessary behaviors to contact the secondary stimulus. -
ANS transitive MO (CMO-T)
The agreement of participation by a client who is unable to give legal consent for their own
participation. - ANS assent
A branch of behavior analysis that deals with research on basic processes and principles and is
mainly conducted in laboratories. - ANS Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB)
Behaviors that, when acquired, result in the individual accessing new environments and,
therefore, new stimulus controls and contingencies(i.e., reinforcement). - ANS behavior cusp
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, A philosophical assumption underlying the science of behavior analysis that focuses on practical
solutions (e.g., if it works, don't fix it), which at the level of behavior, involves the relation
between the setting (A) and the behavior (B) is because of the consequence (C). -
ANS pragmatism
A dimension of ABA, which explains that any behavior change should persist across time,
settings, behaviors, and people that differ from the original intervention conditions. -
ANS generality
Measurement is trustworthy when the measurement that produces data is applicable and
specific to the target behavior of interest and the relevant dimension of that behavior; in other
words, you measure what you set out to measure. - ANS validity
A systematic and objective observation method of staff performance used to ensure procedural
fidelity and effectiveness of training and to assess for areas of needed support. -
ANS performance monitoring
The presence of a competing or distracting stimulus that interferes with the acquisition of a
skill/stimulus control of another stimulus. - ANS overshadowing
A specific sequence of discrete responses/behaviors that, when linked together, form a terminal
behavior. Each discrete response/behavior is associated with a particular stimulus condition(SD),
and each response and the associated SD serve as an individual component of the chain. -
ANS behavior chain
A process that occurs when a response is followed immediately by the removal of a stimulus (or
a decrease in the intensity of a stimulus) that results in a decrease in the future frequency of
similar responses under similar conditions. - ANS negative punishment
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